Thread: Socialists want Stronger Ties with Mexico

Socialists want Stronger Ties with Mexico
author: Stewart A. Alexander
Dec 13, 2007 08:47

Peace and Freedom Party and Socialist Party USA fully support protecting the rights of working class people on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border and both socialist parties oppose building border walls. All the 2008 candidates, from the two socialist parties, favor strengthening ties with Mexico and developing policy that will benefit working people in both countries and worldwide.

Stewart A. Alexander
Socialist Party USA- Nominee for U.S. Vice President,
and candidate for nomination by the Peace and Freedom Party

December 12, 2007

As the 2008 Election year moves into high gear, most of the Democratic and Republican presidential candidates have adopted an anti-immigrant and anti-Mexican strategy for their campaigns. The message of the candidates is outlining an agenda that will increase border enforcement and supporting legislation that will restrict the rights of millions of immigrants.

This anti-immigrant rhetoric, coming from the two corporate parties, is helping to drive an anti-immigrant public phobia across America and is straining our political ties with Mexico. Just last week President Felipe Calderon of Mexico accused these candidates of being “swaggering, macho and anti-Mexican,â€

Socialist Party of USA... somebody tell me what we spent 21 years in the Navy fighting against.

More importantly what were we fighting for? The freedom to be a member of any political party or religious group they want no matter how stupid that may be. Freedom and the Constitution. America. Not a day of that service was wasted. Thank you.

Why would we want ties with such a backward, corrupt, third-world country? Someone explain to me WHY we need Mexico?

We dont! We have good neighbors to the north that we should be
strengthening our ties with. Let Hugo have Mexico! They deserve
each other.