Jimena Vergara
@JimenaVergaraO
IDEAS AND DEBATES
From Social Democracy to World War
July 17, 2017 | In his NYT op-ed, Jacobin's Bhaskar Sunkara makes a key omission— ignoring the important experience of workers' democracy created by the soviets and the Left Opposition's struggle against (...)
MEXICO
Internationalism and the Mexican Working Class
April 27, 2017 | Internationalism is a strategic necessity. As the Mexican working class begins to mobilize, workers in the US and Mexico must unite against the capitalists and the (...)
MEXICO
Mexico: So Far From God, so Close to the United States
April 26, 2017 | US imperialist penetration in Mexico exists on many levels, profing off of the flow of goods, but limiting the flow of people. The War on Drugs, as well as the huge demand for drugs created an (...)
US-MEXICO
Trump’s Presidency: A Tipping Point for Immigrant Workers
December 21, 2016 | Under Barack Obama, the situation of Mexicans and Central Americans was unsustainable. With Trump, millions of families face a dire future.
SOUTH KOREA
Millions on the Streets of South Korea
November 30, 2016 | These are turbulent days for South Korean President Park Geun-hye. The streets of Seoul are brimming with protesters demanding her resignation.
ARGENTINA
On the Rise of the Frente De Izquierda (FIT) in Argentina: A Debate on the Idea Of “Broad Parties”
August 28, 2015 | On August 9, the national primary elections, known as the PASO*, were held in Argentina.
IDEAS&DEBATES
Two Different Paths: Syriza and Podemos or the FIT?
August 14, 2015 | Last Sunday’s primary elections in Argentina closed with great celebrations. Running under a revolutionary working-class program, the Left and Workers’ Front (FIT) presented two separate slates for (...)
MEXICO
The Dollar on The Rise, the Teachers Upset and “El Chapo” Fugitive
August 02, 2015 | The government of Enrique Peña Nieto (EPN) is besieged by the escape of “El Chapo,” the distrust of the main political agents, the precipitous rise of the dollar and the emergence of teachers in (...)