The following is lifted from a post I made to a thread on reformism (http://www.revleft.com/vb/futility-e...140/index.html):

Progressive reforms, while not ideal, are of some importance. Their significance is twofold: to serve as a rallying point from which further actions may be formulated and acted out (many of which lead away from the drudgery and defeatism so prevalent in electoral politics), while serving as a barometer of public opinion. In no way is this...

[From the Fracción Trotskista, ft-ci.org – Unofficial, continuing/incomplete translation]

The #Yo Soy 132 movement
Young people in the streets of Mexico

The youth movement “Yo soy 132”, that emerged in Mexico as a repudiation of the statements of the PRI presidential candidate, Peña Nieto, and quickly took on other aspects of the most heartfelt democratic demands by the Mexican people, is coming to be added to the youth phenomena that are now covering...