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Striking on the Shoulders of Giants

Injustice persists at copper mine that sparked Mexican Revolution

By Kari Lydersen and Jessica Pupovac

CANANEA, Mexico — Jesus Verdugo was born in this hot, dry mining town nestled in the mountains of Sonora, about 25 miles south of the U.S.-Mexico border. A miner like his father, he grew up on the tract of land where the open-pit mine and town converge. Cananea is home to Mexico’s largest copper mine. And Verdugo, 43, is the burly,… return to article

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    This is a superb article, and reminds me why I have read—and written for—In These Times since the very beginning.  Not a word about this strike has appeared in either The New York Times or the Washington Post.  James North

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