Capitalist Fundamentalism at Work In Mexico: Gas Prices Sky-Rocket!

Thanks to the privatization of the state owned gas resources, Mexicans now face a 22% hike in the price of gas. While in the U.S. that may not sound like much, given the minimum wage in Mexico, this article says it would take 12 days of work at minimum wage to fill a gas tank! In some cases people have taken over gas stations, and redistributed gas at lower prices.

Read in teleSUR

(AP Photo/Erick Herrera)

About Bruce Lerro

Bruce Lerro has taught for 25 years as an adjunct college professor of psychology at Golden Gate University, Dominican University and Diablo Valley College. He has applied a Vygotskian socio-historical perspective to his four books: From Earth-Spirits to Sky-Gods: the Socio-ecological Origins of Monotheism, Individualism and Hyper-Abstract Reasoning Power in Eden: The Emergence of Gender Hierarchies in the Ancient World Co-Authored with Christopher Chase-Dunn Social Change: Globalization from the Stone Age to the Present and Lucifer's Labyrinth: Individualism, Hyper-Abstract Thinking and the Process of Becoming Civilized He is also a representational artist specializing in pen-and-ink drawings. Bruce is a libertarian communist and lives in Olympia WA.

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