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Politiques climatiques : comment convaincre les électeurs centristes et obtenir des majorités ?
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US lower court judges are challenging Trump’s ‘war on the rule of law’, experts say
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Israeli Peace Activist: Gaza, Iran & Lebanon Are All Part of "One Forever War" That Must End
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At least 17 people were arrested Saturday as Israeli police violently cracked down on an antiwar protest in Tel Aviv, where hundreds had gathered condemning the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran. Israeli peace activist Alon-Lee Green, who helped organize the protest and was among those arrested, says the Israeli public’s initial support for the war has rapidly declined in recent weeks, as the quick, decisive engagement that was promised has not come to fruition. “I think the Israeli public is waking up. A lot of people are angry. It’s been three years now of constant war. People are tired. People want different realities for their families.” Speaking from a courthouse where he is filing for a restraining order against right-wing extremists who have harassed him at his home, Green calls for an end to Israel’s “forever war” and says that both Israeli law enforcement and right-wing groups have violated peace activists’ constitutional right to protest.
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This article by Alexia Villaseñor, Jared Laureles, Jesús Estrada and Alejandro Lemus originally appeared in the April 6, 2026 edition of La Jornada, Mexico’s premier left wing daily newspaper.
Road blockades and free passage for vehicles at some toll booths were announced for today, starting early, in 20 states of the country, as part of the actions of the national strike of the National Front for the Rescue of the Mexican Countryside (FNRCM) and the National Association of Transporters in Mexico (ANTAC).
After analyzing the federal government’s counterproposal in a private meeting, the groups felt they did not receive “precise positive answers” regarding the situation facing agriculture and food transportation in the country, as they demand guaranteed prices for basic grains, a rural development bank, and security for transporters, among other points.
Therefore, they confirmed that they will carry out an indefinite strike, which will begin today (Monday) and each group in its entity will decide what actions to take, although they did not rule out homogenizing the protest with blockades in all states.
Some of the states that will participate are Baja California, Chihuahua, Tamaulipas, Sinaloa, Zacatecas, Nayarit, Hidalgo, Tlaxcala, State of Mexico, Jalisco, Guanajuato, Michoacán and Morelos.
Farmers organizing their strike in Morelos Photo: FNRCM
Among the road blockades announced in social media calls by the organizations are the entrances to Mexico City, on the Pachuca-Mexico highway, on the Arco Norte, on the Puebla-Mexico highway, the road access points in Guadalajara, and the main highways in the Bajío region.
Also, the Siglo XXI highway (Puebla-Acapulco) at the Jantetelco junction, Morelos, starting at 9 a.m.; at the Corona Brewery of Grupo Modelo in Calera, Zacatecas, at 8 a.m. At the same time, they will demonstrate at the Tlaxcala intersection; in Chihuahua they will give free passage at the Sacramento Toll booth, as well as in Sinaloa – for two days.
For now, blockades of international bridges, customs, or points in Mexico City such as the international airport, the Chamber of Deputies or the Senate of the Republic are ruled out, mentioned Eraclio Rodríguez, leader of the Front in Chihuahua.
A group of farmers blocked the streets of the historic center of Zacatecas City with tractors on March 24. Photo: Alfredo Valadez Rodríguez, La Jornada
Baltazar Valdez, leader of the Front in Sinaloa, maintained that the response they received last Saturday was sent by Carlos Augusto Morales, private secretary of President Claudia Sheinbaum, based on the demands they have raised since the mobilizations of November 2025 and which they reiterated on April 1st in a meeting at the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (SADER).
He explained that they also requested a meeting with the head of the federal Executive branch, although the “counterproposal does not include a response to that request.”
Another demand was for support of 10,000 pesos per hectare for sorghum producers in Tamaulipas, who have been affected by drought and low profitability, but “the secretary found it too costly.”
Eraclio Rodríguez lamented that federal authorities offered no solution to their demands. “It’s a counterproposal that says nothing; the federal government has no interest in resolving our issues. So far, the negotiations have led us nowhere, which is why we decided to go on a national strike.”
He considered that the federal government shows no interest in creating an agricultural development bank; there is also no definition regarding the removal of basic grains from the Treaty between Mexico, the United States and Canada (USMCA) or guaranteed prices, demands that were presented last year, in addition there are new problems that arose due to the war in Iran, such as the increases in the cost of diesel and in the price of fertilizers.
He emphasized that they were asked to commit to not holding “any demonstrations this year regarding the World Cup, but it is our right.”
The leaders reiterated that while they agree with the government programs, they are “insufficient and isolated responses” to the seriousness of the problem.
On November 24, the FNRCM and ANTAC paralyzed at least 23 states of the country, as well as access to Mexico City, for three days, as they only began to remove the blockades on the afternoon of November 27.
Other agricultural organizations that have demonstrated in previous months clarified that they will not participate in this time’s protest, including the Mexican Agricultural Confederation, Friends of the Countryside, and the Guanajuato Agricultural Improvement Committee. However, they reiterated that their demands have not been fully met and they continue their struggle. The latter, in a statement, specified that its intention is not to discourage the mobilization or those who decide to join.
Frente Nacional Para el Rescate del Campo Mexicano Demands
- Real Food Sovereignty: No more dishonest imports! We demand that Mexican production be prioritized over foreign treaties2. Guaranteed Fair Prices: The peasant’s sweat should not depend on the Chicago Stock Exchange, but on the real costs of producing in Mexico.3. Technology for the Field: We want a modern field so that food comes cheap and of good quality to your city.4. End to Usury: We need fair credits from the Bank of Mexico, not debts that suffocate the producer.5. Water to Produce, Not to Waste: First, for the food of Mexicans, before soda & breweries.6. War on Monopolies: No more abuse from the big corporations that are negatively affecting your pantry to enrich themselves!
Mexico’s National Farmers Strike Begins Today in 20 States
April 6, 2026April 6, 2026
Organizers considered the government’s has no interest in resolving the agricultural crisis, and balked at the demand that they not hold any demonstrations during this year’s World Cup.
Mexico Imports Record Amount of Corn From US
April 6, 2026April 6, 2026
Despite this multi-billion dollar business, the US Trade Representative continues to assert a series of non-tariff barriers prevent the free access of genetically modified corn to Mexican territory.
High Oil & Fertilizer Prices are Impacting Mexican Agriculture
April 3, 2026
Research professor Gerardo Noriega says the cost of armed and trade wars has hit Mexican agricultural producers hard.
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