Opinion and Analysis

Did Mexico’s Leftist President Accidentally Privatise His Own Tourism Campaign?

March 26, 2019

The AMLO government’s rolling back of support for community tourism has created a vacuum to be filled by private industry.

Why NAFTA 2.0 Bodes Ill for Mexico’s AMLO

September 5, 2018

Mexico’s next president, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO for short) is still three months away from taking office, but some of his campaign trail promises already seem distant.

The Labour Theory of Value Made (Massively) Easy

May 3, 2017

As readers of my blog probably know, lately I’ve been trying to produce a series of articles aimed at presenting basic Marxist ideas in a really simple, easy to read

10 Things I Learned Trolling Trump Supporters

April 23, 2017

It all started as fun and memes, until I was forced to question some of my deepest ideals as a progressive.

Trump’s Gift to Mexico: A Left-Wing President?

March 22, 2017

Trump's anti-Mexico rhetoric may have just backfired.

Mexico’s Gas War: A Rejection of Neoliberalism?

January 28, 2017

The deregulation of petrol prices is just the latest phase in Mexico’s decades-old experiment with neoliberalism.

Trump Might Have Forgotten the Great Wall of China Was an Economic Disaster

January 6, 2017

Donald Trump just referred to his signature campaign promise as the “Great Wall”, without noting the ironic fact the actual Great Wall was partly responsible for the collapse of one of the world’s great superpowers.

Wondering How Colombia Voted Away Peace? Look No Further Than These Revolting Tweets!

October 3, 2016

How could anyone oppose peace? Well ...

Trump in Mexico: Yet Another Disaster for Pena Nieto

September 2, 2016

If there’s one thing US presidential hopeful Donald Trump and Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto have in common, it’s that they’re both doing terribly in the polls.

Two Decades on: A glimpse Inside the Zapatista’s Capital, Oventic

August 29, 2016

The line of guards clad in the guerrilla movement's iconic balaclavas was a sign we had found the place. For anyone who did not get the hint, there was a half rusted sign across the road that read, “You are now in rebel Zapatista territory.”