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Mexico City: October 2nd, 1968 – A Day Mexicans and Gringos Remember

Source October 2, 2015 5 Comments

Editor: October 2nd of 1968 – the day of the massacre in Mexico City by the Mexican government. Every Mexican with a social conscience remembers that fateful and murderous day. Gringos – Americans need to remember that day as well for our government’s collusion in what happened and the cover-up afterwards.

The following was published a number of years ago, but obviously, is still very, very pertinent for all of us today and tomorrow and everyday until those responsible are brought to justice.

EYEWITNESS ACCOUNTS – Oct. 2, 1968: `A brutal massacre’ and U.S. Government’s Role

Staff October 2, 2015 3 Comments

by Malcolm Beith / The News

Clouds loomed as night closed in. By the hundreds, the students streamed into the Plaza de las Tres Culturas. A little past 5:30 p.m., some 10,000 students – not to mention hundreds of workers, farmers and others attending in solidarity – had gathered in the square. Rain splattered down.

Anna’s Video Pick ~ Asi es como celebramos el Dia de Muertos en Oaxaca…

Anna Daniels November 1, 2010 4 Comments

The Day of the Dead, November 2, is a national holiday in Mexico and is promoted widely as an effort…

Mexico Legalizes Drugs: Is U.S. Youth Liberation Therapy Possible?

Source August 31, 2009 5 Comments

by Rocky Neptune

Mexico last week, in an historic, enlightened, humane move, legalized personal drug use throughout the country. The government also announced that drug addiction would be treated as a medical problem rather than a criminal offense.

The Fumes of Empire

Source April 26, 2009 5 Comments

by Rocky Neptune

Otay Mesa, Tijuana, Mexico……Juanita couldn’t hold her balance. The policemen pursuing her were waving guns and shouting. She tried to re-tie the shawl that held the baby to her breast while darting through the moving traffic, but her six month old fell forward, skidding across the filthy asphalt, his lower lip ripped by the jagged edge of a pothole.