Media Is Mum About Mexican Anti Wal-Mart Riots

Sweetness & Light ^ | May 5, 2006 | N/A

[Sam Hill]

As I said, our hate America crowd loves these thugs.

This is from Tom Hayden’s site:

More than anything, I went to Chiapas to explore whether resistance is possible to the New World Order first vocalized by George Bush and implemented by Bill Clinton’s multiple trade agreements. One of few centers of resistance to this North American corporate dominance was the 1994 Zapatista uprising with its declaration that “NAFTA is death.”

http://www.tomhayden.com/articlesGA4.htm

[GeorgefromGeorgia]

According to Victor Davis Hanson in "Mexafornia" many of the Mexican illegals that come to California are Indians from southern Mexico (they definitely have a more collectivist culture). The Mexicans that come to Texas are more likely to be mestizos from northern Mexico. They tend to be more conservative and culturally more linked to the USA.

[AirForceBrat23]

See, I like seeing those signs, because it means I'm on a road trip to the Florida Keys...

[abigailsmybaby]

What racist xenophobes.

[wildbill]

You have to understand something of the Mexican economy.

The small vendors who sell stuff to tourists for example have to have a vendor's license. In popular areas like the beaches of Acapulco, the license is only good for ONE HOUR and they are frequently chased by the cops and beaten if they overstay their time.

Other vendors have the same licensing problems for their small street sales of consumer goods.

Considering the state of the Mexican economy, these small tiem entrepaneurs are really at the mercy of a giant chain like Wal-Mart when they try to support their family.

[Sam Hill]

I suspect that a local Wal-Mart would do more good for the local economy than street vendors.

But that is not the point. The point is that our Wal-Mart hating media covered up the reason for these quite dramatic riots.

Why?

[djreece]

According to Victor Davis Hanson in "Mexifornia" many of the Mexican illegals that come to California are Indians from southern Mexico (they definitely have a more collectivist culture). The Mexicans that come to Texas are more likely to be mestizos from northern Mexico. They tend to be more conservative and culturally more linked to the USA.

Perhaps that is part of the reason President Bush and Rove have had such a tin ear on this issue (particularly to the cries of Californians). They view all Hispanics in the U.S. to be the same as those they know in Texas.