By Alex González
21 May 2018
On May 15, about 100,000 teachers from the National Committee of
Education Workers (CNTE), a faction of the government-affiliated National Union
of Education Workers (SNTE), marched to commemorate National Teachers’ Day in
Mexico City and six other states—Oaxaca, Chiapas, Puebla, Quintana Roo, Sonora,
and Baja California.
Teachers marched in opposition to
the education reforms that
were implemented in 2014 as part of the Pact for Mexico, a major legislative
effort to privatize energy, public utilities, and education in the country. The
right-wing reforms have established onerous teachers’ evaluations, increased
standardized testing and created a system of standards for teacher hiring and
promotion based on “merit,” similar to former US President Barack Obama’s
anti-teacher “Race to the Top” program.
Spanning from the Yucatan peninsula to northern Mexico, the
protests represent another expression of the international struggle by teachers
in 2018. These include protests by teachers in the United States, Colombia,
Argentina, the United Kingdom, North Africa and Kenya, as well as strikes by
workers in France, Germany, and Turkey.
In the southern state of Chiapas, traditionally home to some of
the most militant class battles over education, teachers have announced plans
for an “indefinite strike” in 13,000 schools ahead of the July 1 presidential
elections.
The legislation represents an effort to scapegoat teachers for
social conditions facing students in Mexico, while paving the way for the
establishment of more private schools and the further deterioration of the
rights of all workers.
The legislation has led to the firing of over 500 teachers, while
hundreds of thousands have faced disciplinary actions for boycotting the
government evaluations or for missing days to attend protests against the new
laws. All three major Mexican political parties, including the ruling
Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), the right-wing National Action Party
(PAN) and the center-left Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) supported
the legislation.
The deep social inequality in the country has created intolerable
learning conditions for youth and teachers alike. Nationwide, over half of
children and adolescents live under the official poverty rate, with this figure
reaching 60 percent in the poor southern states.
Conditions are no better at public schools. A national census of
primary schools conducted in 2013 revealed that four out of 10 schools lacked
drainage, one out of 10 lacked electricity, and one out of 10 lacked bathrooms
for students. The worst conditions were found in the southern states of
Chiapas, Oaxaca, Guerrero, Veracruz, and Michoacán—the strongholds of the CNTE.
Over 2,500 schools were damaged or destroyed following the 8.2
magnitude earthquake that struck the southern states of Oaxaca and Chiapas on
September 7. Parents and teachers in Chiapas launched protests in March over
the fact that five months after the earthquake only one out of the 700
collapsed schools had reopened.
Striking teachers have also argued that the reforms unfairly
target indigenous students, who tend to be poorer, have fewer resources at
schools, and speak indigenous languages and not Spanish. None of these factors
are taken into account in standardized testing or teacher evaluations.
Teachers have carried out over four
years of protests, strikes, blockades of highways, and occupations of
government buildings in opposition to these reforms. The teachers’ struggle
escalated in 2016, when the Peña Nieto administration deployed federal troops
to Nochixtlán, Oaxaca in
an attempt to squash a three-and-a-half month strike by teachers. The resulting
confrontations left 13 dead and 100 wounded.
Despite its radical phraseology, the CNTE’s strategy to fight
against the education reforms has relied on empty appeals for the ruling class
to reverse its assault on workers. Meanwhile, the government has made it clear
that it has no intention of opening negotiations with the union. In the
aftermath of the Oaxaca massacre, Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto merely
threatened dissenting teachers with more violent repression: “The government of
the Republic will have no qualms whatsoever, no reservations whatsoever, in
resorting to the use of force to restore order and above all to make good on
the rule of law.”
In reality, the CNTE’s vague appeals for “dialogue” with the
government mean a “seat at the table” for the union bureaucracy to dictate the
hiring and firing of teachers. The CNTE is opposed to an independent political
movement of the working class and has instead relied on isolated protests that,
in the final analysis, amount to nothing more than political stunts.
While the CNTE has claimed that it supports no presidential
candidate, it has traditionally been allied with the PRD and the “left”
Movement for National Regeneration (Morena) and its leader, Andrés Manuel López
Obrador. By threatening a strike on the eve of the July 1 elections, the CNTE
is seeking to sow illusions in bourgeois parties like Morena and to keep
workers tied to futile parliamentary appeals.
For his part, López Obrador is seeking to channel the teachers’
anger for the benefit of his own campaign, and if elected, to integrate the
union leadership more closely into the suppression of the class struggle. His
administration would do nothing to challenge the abysmal levels of social
inequality that keep millions of students out of school, or provide the
billions that are desperately needed to build new schools and provide a quality
education for every child.
There is mass support for the struggles of teachers worldwide.
After the Oaxaca massacre, hundreds of thousands of students and workers marched
across the country in support of the teachers. Over 200,000 doctors and nurses
conducted solidarity strikes, and students and major Mexican universities
boycotted classes to protest the use of automatic weapons against the teachers.
However, the defense of public education will require a
fundamentally different strategy than the one being pursued by the CNTE. Far
from appealing to the representatives of the financial aristocracy, addressing
the demands of teachers will require a unified struggle by all sections of
workers, in coordination with their fellow teachers internationally, to
expropriate the ill-gotten gains of the ruling elite for massive expenditures
on public education, health care, housing, food, water, and infrastructure
across Mexico.
YOU CAN'T SEPARATE THE NAROMEX REGIME FROM THE LA RAZA HEROIN CARTELS NOW RUNNING THE COUNTRY
Enrique Pena Nieto
President, Mexico
· The
Mexican president is deeply unpopular in his country of 120 million people
slated to have an election in July 2018.
· The
Mexican constitution allows for a citizen to hold the highest position only
once.
· Pena
Nieto won the office in 2012 on a vow to end drug wars and revitalize the
economy.
· Despite
those promises, his administration remains mired in scandals over corruption,
continued violence and weak economic growth.
· Prior
to becoming President he was Governor of the Province of Mexico.
NC Police Find $90 Million in Meth Hidden in Truck Driven by Alleged Illegal Alien
Officials in Linden, North Carolina, discovered 120 gallons of liquid methamphetamine hidden inside the fuel tank of a semi truck being driven by an alleged illegal alien, reports say.
Harnett County Sheriff’s officers pulled the truck over on May 19 and discovered the large amount of the liquefied drug. According to WRAL, the liquid was destined to be turned into 454 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine and would have had a street value of $90.8 million.
The seizure was part of a wider investigation into the trafficking of meth in the area.
The truck was crewed by Raul Topete Arreola, 49, and Aquileo Perez Pineda, 48. Pineda was quickly put on an immigration hold while immigration officials looked into Arreola’s immigration status.
The pair were charged with three counts each of trafficking methamphetamine and placed under a three million dollar bond.
Follow Warner Todd Huston on Twitter @warnerthuston.
FBI ‘Most Wanted’ Cartel Leader Arrested in Mexican Border State
The National Security Commissioner for Mexico, Renato Sales, confirmed the capture of Carlos Arturo Quintana, “El 80,” the leader of “La Línea”–the armed wing of the Juárez Cartel (Nuevo Cartel de Juárez) and one of the FBI’s most wanted fugitives.
The National Security Commissioner announced the apprehension occurred on the morning of May 18, by the Mexican Army in coordination with the National Security Commission and Federal Police in Namiquipa, Chihuahua.
Quintana, currently listed under the FBI’s Criminal Enterprise Investigations, is wanted for drug trafficking charges in New Mexico. La Línea is considered one of the most violent in Chihuahua.
According to law enforcement sources from the Security Cabinet, they confirmed to La Jornada the participation of “an elite group” involved in the capture of Quintana.
Quintana was singled out by authorities for making threats against journalist Miroslava Breach Velducea, a correspondent for La Jornada in Chihuahua, murdered in March 2017.
According to the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), La Línea is currently involved in a bitter dispute for valuable territory in Chihuahua against the Sinaloa Cartel factions led by Rafael Caro-Quintero and Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada—both are wanted by the FBI.
Breitbart Texas reported extensively on the criminal activities of La Línea regarding the arrest of two former police officers from Ciudad Madera, Chihuahua, for weapons and drug violations. They later admitted to working for the faction. Breitbart Texas also reported on the arrest of the Deputy Police Director of Namiquipa for kidnapping—he was later found working for La Línea and is the cousin of Carlos Arturo Quintana, “El 80.”
Breitbart Texas reported on the ongoing cartel violence in Ciudad Juárez and the return of military assets to help quell the escalating bloodshed.
Robert Arce is a retired Phoenix Police detective with extensive experience working Mexican organized crime and street gangs. Arce has worked in the Balkans, Iraq, Haiti, and recently completed a three-year assignment in Monterrey, Mexico, working out of the Consulate for the United States Department of State, International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Program, where he was the Regional Program Manager for Northeast Mexico (Coahuila, Tamaulipas, Nuevo Leon, Durango, San Luis Potosi, Zacatecas.) You can follow him on Twitter. He can be reached at robertrarce@gmail.com
HIGHLY GRAPHIC!
IMAGES OF AMERICA UNDER LA RAZA MEX OCCUPATION… gruesome!
http://mexicanoccupation.blogspot.com/2013/10/america-la-raza-mexicos-wide-open.html
BEHEADINGS LONG U.S. OPEN BORDERS WITH NARCOMEX: The La Raza Heroin Cartels Take the Border and Leave Heads
http://mexicanoccupation.blogspot.com/2018/05/highly-graphic-la-raza-heroin-cartels.html
BEHEADINGS LONG U.S. OPEN BORDERS WITH NARCOMEX: The La Raza Heroin Cartels Take the Border and Leave Heads
http://mexicanoccupation.blogspot.com/2018/05/highly-graphic-la-raza-heroin-cartels.html
LOS ANGELES – GATEWAY FOR THE MEXICAN DRUG CARTELS
THE LA RAZA MEXICAN DRUG CARTELS REMIND AMERICANS (Legals) THAT THERE IS NO (REAL) BORDER WITH NARCOMEX!
SHOCKING IMAGES OF CARTELS ON U.S. BORDERS:
“Heroin is not produced in the United States. Every gram of heroin present in the United States provides unequivocal evidence of a failure of border security because every gram of heroin was smuggled into the United States. Indeed, this is precisely a point that Attorney General Jeff Sessions made during his appearance before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on October 18, 2017 when he again raised the need to secure the U.S./Mexican border to protect American lives.” Michael Cutler …..FrontPageMag.com
JUDICIAL WATCH:
“The greatest criminal threat to the daily lives of American citizens are the Mexican drug cartels.”
“Mexican drug cartels are the “other” terrorist threat to America. Militant Islamists have the goal of destroying the United States. Mexican drug cartels are now accomplishing that mission – from within, every day, in virtually every community across this country.” JUDICIALWATCH
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“Mexican authorities have arrested the former mayor of a rural community in the border state of Coahuila in connection with the kidnapping, murder and incineration of hundreds of victims through a network of ovens at the hands of the Los Zetas cartel. The arrest comes after Breitbart Texas exposed not only the horrors of the mass extermination, but also the cover-up and complicity of the Mexican government.”
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“Heroin is not produced in the United States. Every gram of heroin present in the United States provides unequivocal evidence of a failure of border security because every gram of heroin was smuggled into the United States. Indeed, this is precisely a point that Attorney General Jeff Sessions made during his appearance before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on October 18, 2017 when he again raised the need to secure the U.S./Mexican border to protect American lives.” Michael Cutler …..FrontPageMag.com
THE MEXICAN DRUG CARTELS OPERATING IN AMERICA’S OPEN BORDERS
Overall, in the 2017 Fiscal Year, officials revealed that a record-breaking 455,000 pounds plus of drugs had already been seized. In 2016, that number amounted to 443,000 pounds. The 2017 haul is worth an estimated $6.1 billion – BREITBART – JEFF SESSION’S DRUG BUST ON SAN DIEGO
http://www.breitbart.com/texas/2017/09/20/ag-sessions-touts-record-breaking-drug-seizure-san-diego/’
38 Illegal Immigrants Warehoused in ‘Deplorable Conditions, Says Border Patrol Official
Border Patrol agents found 38 illegal immigrants being warehoused in “deplorable conditions” in a small house in Laredo, Texas, an official stated.
Laredo Sector agents working with Webb County Sheriff’s Office deputies observed suspicious behavior in a home located on Laredo’s south side not far from the unprotected Rio Grande River border with Mexico. Agents and sheriff’s deputies entered the residence after obtaining permission and discovered 38 illegal immigrants packed into the small home, according to information obtained by Breitbart Texas from Border Patrol officials.
Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents found 36 illegal immigrants packed in a stash house on Laredo’s south side. (Photo: U.S. Border Patrol)
The neighborhood appears to be comprised of small homes and mobile homes.
“United States Border Patrol continues to work in coordination with our law enforcement partners at Webb County Sheriff’s Office and these collaborative efforts, as this enforcement action illustrates, continue to help disrupt illicit activity and deny criminal organizations the ability to operate,” Laredo Sector Assistant Chief Patrol Agent Gabriel Acosta stated. “We will continue to work with our law enforcement partners to prosecute those responsible and prevent individuals from being subjected to deplorable conditions.”
Officials said the illegal immigrants pictured above came to the U.S. from El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, and Mexico.
This part of Laredo is near the area where more than 230 Bangladeshi nationals have been arrested this fiscal year after they illegally crossed the border from Mexico. Officials arrested eight Bangladeshi nationals in Laredo earlier this week.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations agents worked with Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents earlier this month to disrupt another Laredo stash house, Breitbart Texas reported. The agents found 36 illegal immigrants from Guatemala, Mexico, El Salvador, and Honduras, officials stated.
The migrants are now subject to prosecution in criminal court for illegally entering the U.S. according to a “zero tolerance” policy put in place by U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions this month.
The attorney general said his department will refer anyone who enters the United States illegally for prosecution, Breitbart News reported.
“And the Department of Justice will take up as many of those cases as humanly possible until we get to 100 percent,” Sessions said as part of a speech at a law enforcement conference in Arizona.
Bob Price serves as associate editor and senior political news contributor for Breitbart Texas. He is a founding member of the Breitbart Texas team. Follow him on Twitter @BobPriceBBTX, Gab, and Facebook.
CUT LA RAZA’S WELFARE AND FIND THE FUNDS TO BUILD THE WALL AGAINST THE LA RAZA HEROIN CARTELS! http://mexicanoccupation.blogspot.com/2018/03/monica-showalter-cut-billions-in.html
Adios, Sanctuary La Raza Welfare State of California
THEY INVADE OVER AND UNDER OUR BORDERS… and do so by invitation of the Democrat Party.
Lawmen are worried that the cartel tunnel builders on the Mexican border are now using their engineered concoctions to smuggle illegals, not merely drugs.
That's what the Daily Caller has found, describing the new anxiety as one was discovered over the weekend, catching about 30 illegals coming in from Mexico and China. MONICA SHOWALTER – AMERICAN THINKER.com
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