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22 September 2017
Some lessons we learned, others have yet to sink in.
Laura Carlsen on Real News Network:
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Some good film footage and first-hand observations by Ms. Carlsen, but her multiple references to “The Government” has a Republican sound to it. For one thing, hardly anyone who was in “The Goverment” in 1985 is still around. And is “The Government” the one of CDMX or the Federal one? Are we talking about the CDMX police, the army, the marines…?
I AM interested in hearing more about that school that collapsed.
Here’s a better article: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/22/opinion/sunday/mexico-citys-people-power.html