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DESCRIPTION:Sunday Morning at the Marxist Library\n\n¡VIVA MEXICO!
\n\n   Mexican 
 President Díaz (1876-1880 and 1884-1911) famously commented: “Poor 
 Mexico, so far from God and so close to the United States.” \n   Diaz got 
 it at least half right. Mexico has suffered in the shadow of the Colossus 
 of the North, but Mexico is not poor. Mexico is rich in many ways, yet it 
 also has been impoverished. And Mexico has been greatly underappreciated by 
 North Americans. This presentation will emphasize the many poorly known 
 accomplishments of Mexico, while uncovering the role of US imperialism.\n   
 Mexico is bucking an international right-wing tide, shifting its government 
 from right to left-of-center with the presidential inauguration of Andrés 
 Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) on December 1. Speaking for international 
 capital, The Economist is worried. The other 99% of humanity is hopeful.\n  
  Roger Harris will present a PowerPoint-illustrated cautionary history of 
 this trice conquered land. A longtime activist with the Niebyl-Proctor 
 Marxist Library, Roger is on the board of the Task Force on the Americas, a 
 33-year-old human rights organization, and is active with the Campaign to 
 End US-Canadian Sanctions Against Venezuela. He last visited Mexico in 
 March.\n    Ted Lewis, Human Rights Director at Global Exchange, will 
 comment on the current situation where AMLO recently announced a massive 
 regional development plan and an end of the “Merida Initiative,” the 
 US-funded counter narcotics program. This seems to be good news, but the 
 devil remains in the details.\nCo-sponsored by the Task Force on the 
 Americas\n\nSun, May 19, 2019 – 10:30am-12:30pm\n6501 Telegraph Ave, 
 Oakland (just North of Alcatraz Ave.)\nFREE - but hat will be passed for 
 donations to NPML\n\nAbout Sunday Morning at the Marxist Library\nA weekly 
 discussion series inspired by our respect for the work of Karl Marx and our 
 belief that his work will remain as important for the class struggles of 
 the future as they have been for the past. \n\nFor info or to subscribe to 
 our weekly announcements, \nCall Gene Ruyle at 510-332-3865 or email: 
 cuyleruyle@mac.com\nFor our full schedule, go to icssmarx.org \nLabor 
 donated by ICSS volunteers\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2019/05/16/18823462.php
SUMMARY:¡VIVA MEXICO!
LOCATION:NPML, 6501 Telegraph Ave, Oakland (just North of Alcatraz Ave.)
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2019/05/16/18823462.php
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