Mexican Authorities Move to Crush Copper Strike

[nadinbrzezinski]

can Authorities Move to Crush Copper Strike
By David Bacon
t r u t h o u t | Report

Sunday 13 January 2008

Mexican labor authorities seized on technicalities to order an end to the strike at the country's largest copper mine in Cananea, Sonora, on Friday. The Mexican press reports that over 700 heavily armed agents of the Sonora state police arrived in Cananea just hours before the decision was announced, and agents of the Federal Preventative Police were sent to this tiny mountain town as well. Strikers report that the streets were filled with rocks and teargas, and 20 miners have been injured - some seriously - in the ensuing conflict. The union says that five strikers are missing.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/011308A.shtml

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Ah the memories of HS History classes on the Mexican Revolution... flashback to my HS classes and the history of the 1910 Mexican Revolution. Care to guess what is seen as one of the trigger points?

You guessed it... the violent suppression of the cananea copper mine strike on orders of President Diaz in 1909... so if history fully repeats itself... Mexico will soon explode in civil war. (or at least openly recognized civil war)

[thunder rising]

1. A revolution has been overdue.

Mexico needs to take care of itself and it's people. Instead it's a banana republic that is the Republican dream of the perfect South American country. A few rich people, lots of prostitutes, and the poor don't count.

[nadinbrzezinski]

2. I'd defend them on the prostitutes, who receive medical care

instead of being fully seen as criminals... but that is just me... from the POV of public heath all sex workers should be medically checked every so often.

Of course there are problems but... you get my drift

As to a revolution... it is coming, here, there, everywhere... it is called a reaction to neoliberal, friedman, chicago school economics, and I hope that the bullets don't fly

[NashVegas]

3. I Spent Some Time As an ESL Adult Tutor

One of the people I worked with was a fully trained lawyer, who'd been working for the Mexican government. She left because she was sick of the corruption.

Revolution down there would be a good thing.

[nadinbrzezinski]

4. Grew down there

and I believed at one time that it was worst down there.

It is just as bad up here... just at a different level...

I fear though that we will see a revolution here and there SOON