Since the implementation of the North Atlantic Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in 1994 the destruction of local economies and livelihoods drove many Mexicans into migration, to look for jobs and get money to send back home to their impoverished families.

Around the world, the forced implementation of trade liberalization, privatisation, and deregulation increased injustice and drove millions of peoples into poverty since the beginning of the neoliberal era. 

September 27 will see the next edition of CESI's event series 'CESI@noon' with a lunchtime panel debate on 'The use of military forces for internal security'. Registration to the event, which will also feature an intervention of MEP Michael Gahler, is now open.