The war against drugs in Mexico is causing serious harm to people across the country, whilst anti trade union violence is also on the increase, writes Rix Bragg Read more...

• Condemn the President of Honduras Porfiro Lobo as a murderer!

• An urgent international solidarity campaign against assasinations in Honduras is needed! Read more...

Workers Power Can you tell us how the APPO was set up and how it worked?

Andreas Aullet The APPO was made up of more than 250 organisations and they were split up into two main groups. Read more...

The Oaxaca commune has been defeated and a wave of repression has been unleashed.

Keith Spencer argues that while the popular movement has been thrown back, the masses in Mexico must come out on the streets to defend Oaxaca and drive Calderon from office Read more...

Anticapitalist and working class forces around the world must also protest this repression and demand the immediate withdrawal of the army and the police, the release of the political prisoners and the handing over of the murderers to popular justice. Read more...

[Editors note]A possible deal may have been brokered between the masses of Oaxaca and the federal government. Even if such an agreement is made it will not remove the hated governor of Oaxaca or solve the underlying problems of Mexican society. Mexico is still in the grip of a revolutionary situation. Read more...

Over the past few months Mexico has entered a revolutionary situation. In March strikes by copper miners and steel workers erupted. In the state of Oaxaca, a 70,000 strong teachers demonstration in May led to a mass occupation of the main square calling for better pay and state aid for poor students. Read more...

Populist candidate for president, Lopez Obrador, has challenged the outcome of the elections after appearing to lose by a few thousand votes to Calderon of the right-wing National Action Party. Read more...