On the morning of Wednesday, November 8, some 50 Twin Cities residents
rallied outside the Mexican Consulate in St. Paul, MN.Â
The protestors demanded that Ulises Ruiz be removed and that all power
be transferred to the Popular Assembly of the People of Oaxaca (APPO).
With the occupation of Iraq spiraling out of control and growing increasingly unpopular among the majority of Americans, military recruiting would seem to be as winning an endeavor as selling tickets to get on board a sinking ship. It therefore comes as no surprise that military recruiters have been falling well short of fulfilling their quotas.
This year's mid-term elections mark yet another change in the consciousness of the U.S. working class. Workers' consciousness is not fixed in stone. We can't have a one-sided approach to what is an infinitely complex process, especially in a country as rife with contradictions as the U.S. This brief, initial analysis will be followed by a series of articles in the coming days and weeks, which will examine various aspects of the elections and their aftermath.