John Ross reports form the Purepecha Indian village of Santa Cruz Tanaco in the Mexican state of Michoacan — about changes in the nature of agriculture in Mexico. He tells us about migration fueled by the 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement, and major lifestyle changes that have come as a result, including an increased role for women in the fields. This is a “bright light in a [otherwise] dismal prospectus,” as men tend to pin their hopes on the market, and women are more in sync with the land.
Thorne Webb Dreyer, Editor
SEARCH
RECENT POSTS
JONAH RASKIN : OBITUARY | Lawrence Ferlinghetti (1919-2021)
February 23, 2021
Alice Embree : POLITICAL CRIME | Ken Paxton and the Three 'Enemigos'
February 13, 2021
Larry Piltz : VERSE | Bernie Sanders’ Victory Tour 2021
February 11, 2021
JONAH RASKIN : FILM | 'The War at Home'
January 28, 2021
JONAH RASKIN : FILM | Watch this movie: Dorothy Dickie's LNS
January 12, 2021
Joshua Brown : POLITICAL CARTOON | A Covid Christmas
December 20, 2020
Allen Young : ENVIRONMENT | Appreciating nature as a political act
December 14, 2020
Joshua Brown : POLITICAL CARTOON | Treason special
December 12, 2020
JONAH RASKIN : OPINION | Top 12 heroes of 2020
December 9, 2020
ARCHIVES