Mexico’s Fourth Transformation

Monday, May 16, 2022 - 1:00pm
CDT
Bill Gallegos

As President, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, also known as AMLO, has embarked on an ambitious effort to transform Mexico – the Fourth Transformation. It is an effort to reverse the neoliberal programs instituted since the days of Carlos Salinas. They have involved the privatization of ejido land, shifting the economy toward exports, privatizing the banks, oil and most recently, electricity. While all of this cannot be undone in a single six year term, he has made a start on it. Now, midway through his presidency, Bill Gallegos will assess how far the Fourth Transformation has gone. What are its accomplishments, what are its successes and failures, what is the opposition to these changes? He will emphasize the very challenging conditions under which AMLO is attempting to effect this transformation and why Chicanos/Mexican Americans especially should support this endeavor… and how.

Bill Gallegos is a veteran Chicano liberation activist, environmental justice leader, and revolutionary socialist.

Upcoming Events

Monday, October 20, 2025 - 1:30pm
CST
Bruce Hobson & Meizhu Lui
Location:
La Biblioteca, Teatro Santa Ana, Insurgentes 25, Centro, San Miguel de Allende

Co-founders of the Mexico Solidarity Project, Bruce Hobson and Meizhu Lui will speak on why North American progressives should understand why Mexico is critical to advancing a vision of socialism and multiracial democracy in the United States.

 

Wednesday, October 22, 2025 - 12:00pm
CST
Organized by The Reentry Resource Program

You are invited to join a discussion with filmmaker Santiago Esteinou and Cesar Fierro about the new documentaryThe Freedom of Fierro.

César Fierro has just become a free man, and he needs to rebuild his life after being wrongly sentenced to death in Texas. César spent 40 years in prison before being released... Read more

Monday, November 3, 2025 - 1:30pm
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Joe Belden
Location:
La Biblioteca, Sala Quezal, Insurgentes 25, Centro, San Miguel de Allende
This mostly forgotten war led to Mexico losing over half its territory and the United States expanding to the Pacific. The lecture examines the political and economic background of the conflict, what led to it, and the roles of such factors as Texas annexation in 1845, slavery, racism, the Democratic and Whig parties, and Manifest... Read more