MEXICO SOLIDARITY BULLETIN — WEEKLY NEWSLETTER OF THE MEXICAN SOLIDARITY PROJECT — NO. 286 — AUGUST 26, 2026

Contents: Sheinbaum: Tied up like Houdini — By Meizhu Lui, for the editorial team

Voices: Why Mexico Buys Arms from Israel — Interview with Patricia Escamilla-Hamm, specialist in national security and US-Mexico relations. Escamilla-Hamm has been a consultant for both the Mexican and US governments. Currently in Mexico City, she contributes to the Small Wars Journal-El Centro.

Reflections: Quietly Grand or Boring? — By activist Vicky Hamlin, a retired tradeswoman, shop steward, and painter, who shines the light — in her art and in this column — on the lives of working people and the world they live in.

LEER MÁS:  THE PEOPLE'S MAÑANERA --- MORNING PRESIDENTIAL PRESS CONFERENCE --- MONDAY, AUGUST 24, 2026

Clicks: Recent news reports and commentaries, from progressive and mainstream media, on life and struggles on both sides of the US-Mexico border. Compiled by Samuel Martínez.

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*¡SOBERANÍA! (Sovereignty): For entertaining exposés of events in Mexico in English, catch our podcast with José Luis Granados Ceja and Kurt Hackbarth.

*Sin Muros with English subtitles: José Luis and Kurt host a weekly TV show on Canal Once that analyzes Mexico-US relations with English subtitles.

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Bulletin Team: Courtney Childs, Heather Dashner, Pedro Gellert, Vicky Hamlin, Aggie Hinman, Bruce Hobson, Meizhu Lui, Samuel Martínez and Sebastián Ostri