mexico, machismo, & martial law
it seems that, according to the sensationalist spin by FOX, martial law has been declared in Mexico:
Mexico Martial Law 03 08 09 Pt2
**Breaking News** Martial Law Effectively Declared in Juarez, Mexico - 7000 Troops
Here are some pertinent newspaper articles about this situation:
US military speeding help to Mexico: Admiral Mullen
Texas makes emergency plans in case violence spills over from Mexico
Obama, Mullen discuss violence in Mexico
Mexico pours troops into border city stricken by drug war
Drug war has Juárez, Mexico, on verge of humanitarian crisis
Juarez Mayor calls on army to curb drug violence
Mexico and US step up anti-drug war
Mexican capo Guzman behind drug war deaths
The kingpin behind Mexico's drug war
Mexico drug war hangs over "spring break"
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Let us hope that US law enforcement & espionage collaboration with Mexico improves over previous recent incidents:
The House of Death: An interview with DEA whistleblower Sandy Gonzalez
The House of Death: U.S. Law Enforcement Complicity with Murder in Ciudad Juárez
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Not to mention that whole Zeta debacle...
Mexican Global Guerrillas
To Torture or to Kill? - Los Zetas: Gangland
Los Zetas @ wikipedia
But this is just a continuation of a situation that has been building for some time, really... I have been reporting about this stuff for a while... such as this post:
"People just liked it better that way..."
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And here's some more history about the epically tragic levels of violence perpetrated aganist women in the area for well over a decade, now:
About the Mass-Murder of Women and Girls in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico
Female homicides in Ciudad Juárez
Who's Killing the Women of Juarez? Mexican City Haunted by Decade of Vicious Sex Crimes
Ciudad Juarez:The Serial Killer's Playground
No Angel Came, contains an extensive amount of articles about the homicides, all with sources, covering from 1995 to the current time
For up to date information on this crisis, refer to the blog of Diana Washington Valdez...
"Border Echoes" (Ecos en Una Frontera) by Lorena Mendez-Quiroga
In 2003, journalist Max Blumenthal won the Online News Association independent feature award for his investigative article in Salon.com, Day of the Dead", which examined the murders and the connection between them and the policies of the corporations with factories in the border city.
Amnesty Magazine - The Juárez Murders
Sexism, corporate greed, and drug trafficking make Juárez a deadly town for Mexico's women. Hundreds are dead, but the killers remain free.
Explosive Theory on Killings of Juarez Women: Journalist Hints Wealthy Drug Lords Behind Scores of Murders
The Juarez Murders: Outrage, Activism and Creativity
Amnesty International: Women of Juárez and Ciudad
420 women killed in Ciudad Juarez
Women killed in Juarez
Bibliography about the Women of Ciudad Juárez, México: A work in progress, April 22, 2008
So, besides conspiracies between many levels of government, military, law enforcement, drug cartels, espionage, & general attitudes of Machismo... other elements that have been blamed particularly for the horrific treatment of women in Juarez include: Serial Killers, Copycat Murders, Satanic cults, Organ harvesters, Sexual Slavery, Human Trafficking, & Wealthy Sadists... sigh.
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On a much more progressive note... The Zeitgeist Movement has just released a wealth of useful tools for activists to use in order to assist in the creation a sustainable world civilization!
The Z Day event is planned for March 15th of each year... this year, in Austin this will be observed at Brave New Books @ 1:00 PM, on the day before we celebrate Plutopia 2009: Living Systems at the Palmer Event Center!
The Zeitgeist Movement & Venus Project FAQ offers many insights, including these which I think are relevant, concerning the situation in Mexico:
What is The Venus Project?
It's useless to criticize the culture without providing alternatives. The Venus Project proposes plans for social change that work toward a peaceful and sustainable global civilization. It outlines an alternative social design where human rights are not just paper proclamations, but a way of life. The Venus Project has a vision of what the future can be if we apply what we already know to achieve a sustainable world civilization. It calls for a scientific redesign of our culture in which war, poverty, hunger, debt, and unnecessary human, suffering are viewed as not only avoidable, but unacceptable. Anything less will result in a disastrous continuation of the problems inherent in today's world.
Simply stated, a resource-based economy focuses on resources rather than money, and provides an equitable distribution thereof in a humane and efficient manner. It is a system in which goods and services are available without the use of money, credit, barter, debt, or servitude.
The first objective is to eliminate scarcity. A resource-based economy overcomes scarcity by using renewable sources of energy, plus computerized automated manufacturing and inventory. It would design safe energy-efficient cities with advanced transportation systems, and would provide universal health care and more relevant education.
The aim of this new social design is to encourage an incentive system based on human and environmental concerns, and to avoid the shallow and self-centered goals of individual wealth, property, and power. These new incentives would help people evolve self-fulfillment and creativity, both materially and spiritually.
What is The Venus Project going to do with people of aberrant behavior?
Aberrant behavior is produced by aberrant social conditions, malnutrition, minimum wage, lack of motivation, poor role models, and lack of relevant education. People always reflect the influences of environment. Even the wealthiest people today suffer from intellectual poverty. They too commit crimes such as exploitation of the environment and other human beings.
Click to viewMexico Martial Law 03 08 09 Pt2
**Breaking News** Martial Law Effectively Declared in Juarez, Mexico - 7000 Troops
Here are some pertinent newspaper articles about this situation:
US military speeding help to Mexico: Admiral Mullen
Texas makes emergency plans in case violence spills over from Mexico
Obama, Mullen discuss violence in Mexico
Mexico pours troops into border city stricken by drug war
Drug war has Juárez, Mexico, on verge of humanitarian crisis
Juarez Mayor calls on army to curb drug violence
Mexico and US step up anti-drug war
Mexican capo Guzman behind drug war deaths
The kingpin behind Mexico's drug war
Mexico drug war hangs over "spring break"
--
Let us hope that US law enforcement & espionage collaboration with Mexico improves over previous recent incidents:
The House of Death: An interview with DEA whistleblower Sandy Gonzalez
The House of Death: U.S. Law Enforcement Complicity with Murder in Ciudad Juárez
--
Not to mention that whole Zeta debacle...
Mexican Global Guerrillas
To Torture or to Kill? - Los Zetas: Gangland
Los Zetas @ wikipedia
But this is just a continuation of a situation that has been building for some time, really... I have been reporting about this stuff for a while... such as this post:
"People just liked it better that way..."
--
And here's some more history about the epically tragic levels of violence perpetrated aganist women in the area for well over a decade, now:
About the Mass-Murder of Women and Girls in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico
Female homicides in Ciudad Juárez
Who's Killing the Women of Juarez? Mexican City Haunted by Decade of Vicious Sex Crimes
Ciudad Juarez:The Serial Killer's Playground
No Angel Came, contains an extensive amount of articles about the homicides, all with sources, covering from 1995 to the current time
For up to date information on this crisis, refer to the blog of Diana Washington Valdez...
"Border Echoes" (Ecos en Una Frontera) by Lorena Mendez-Quiroga
In 2003, journalist Max Blumenthal won the Online News Association independent feature award for his investigative article in Salon.com, Day of the Dead", which examined the murders and the connection between them and the policies of the corporations with factories in the border city.
Amnesty Magazine - The Juárez Murders
Sexism, corporate greed, and drug trafficking make Juárez a deadly town for Mexico's women. Hundreds are dead, but the killers remain free.
Explosive Theory on Killings of Juarez Women: Journalist Hints Wealthy Drug Lords Behind Scores of Murders
The Juarez Murders: Outrage, Activism and Creativity
Amnesty International: Women of Juárez and Ciudad
420 women killed in Ciudad Juarez
Women killed in Juarez
Bibliography about the Women of Ciudad Juárez, México: A work in progress, April 22, 2008
So, besides conspiracies between many levels of government, military, law enforcement, drug cartels, espionage, & general attitudes of Machismo... other elements that have been blamed particularly for the horrific treatment of women in Juarez include: Serial Killers, Copycat Murders, Satanic cults, Organ harvesters, Sexual Slavery, Human Trafficking, & Wealthy Sadists... sigh.
--
On a much more progressive note... The Zeitgeist Movement has just released a wealth of useful tools for activists to use in order to assist in the creation a sustainable world civilization!
The Z Day event is planned for March 15th of each year... this year, in Austin this will be observed at Brave New Books @ 1:00 PM, on the day before we celebrate Plutopia 2009: Living Systems at the Palmer Event Center!
The Zeitgeist Movement & Venus Project FAQ offers many insights, including these which I think are relevant, concerning the situation in Mexico:
What is The Venus Project?
It's useless to criticize the culture without providing alternatives. The Venus Project proposes plans for social change that work toward a peaceful and sustainable global civilization. It outlines an alternative social design where human rights are not just paper proclamations, but a way of life. The Venus Project has a vision of what the future can be if we apply what we already know to achieve a sustainable world civilization. It calls for a scientific redesign of our culture in which war, poverty, hunger, debt, and unnecessary human, suffering are viewed as not only avoidable, but unacceptable. Anything less will result in a disastrous continuation of the problems inherent in today's world.
Simply stated, a resource-based economy focuses on resources rather than money, and provides an equitable distribution thereof in a humane and efficient manner. It is a system in which goods and services are available without the use of money, credit, barter, debt, or servitude.
The first objective is to eliminate scarcity. A resource-based economy overcomes scarcity by using renewable sources of energy, plus computerized automated manufacturing and inventory. It would design safe energy-efficient cities with advanced transportation systems, and would provide universal health care and more relevant education.
The aim of this new social design is to encourage an incentive system based on human and environmental concerns, and to avoid the shallow and self-centered goals of individual wealth, property, and power. These new incentives would help people evolve self-fulfillment and creativity, both materially and spiritually.
What is The Venus Project going to do with people of aberrant behavior?
Aberrant behavior is produced by aberrant social conditions, malnutrition, minimum wage, lack of motivation, poor role models, and lack of relevant education. People always reflect the influences of environment. Even the wealthiest people today suffer from intellectual poverty. They too commit crimes such as exploitation of the environment and other human beings.