Thought provoking article from Ed Vulliamy, at the guardian.co.uk:
Ciudad Juarez is all our futures. This is the inevitable war of capitalism gone mad
Mexico’s drug cartels are actually pioneers of the global economy in their business logic and modus operandi
War, as I came to report it, was something fought between people with causes, however crazy or honourable: like between the American and British occupiers of Iraq and the insurgents who opposed them. Then I stumbled across Mexico’s drug war – which has claimed nearly 40,000 lives, mostly civilians – and all the rules changed. This is warfare for the 21st century, and another creature altogether. [Read full article]
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