There’s a new movement of working class youth who’ve lived in the U.S. and México, and were abandoned by both governments. Seeing undocumented students in the U.S. call themselves “Dreamers” for a better life, from Mexico these youth have raised their banner as L@s Otr@s Dreamers, the title of a new book which describes their stories in English and Spanish.
They are the ones who were deported, or who left the U.S. with families escaping the migra. Some are American citizens, others left Mexico as babies and now find themselves in a new land, sometimes speaking little Spanish. Their families migrated north because of poverty back home, and often sent money that helped the Mexican economy. Now they are calling on Mexico’s government to help their transition to new lives. Check out their website at losotrosdreamers.org.
A lot has been written about “globalization,” today’s type of capitalism with giant corporations using high tech production to dominate markets around the globe. They had no loyalty to the communities whose workers helped them get started, like Detroit, which they left in economic disaster when they shifted factories to cut costs. Nor do companies and their governments have any loyalty to L@s Otr@s Dreamers. The book tells the story of 27 young people, but theirs is a condition faced by millions in the face of rampant corporate capital.
