In the U.S., where about 10 percent of the Mexican people reside, the 132 Movement has joined with Occupy Wall Street to support the campaign dubbed Two Countries, One Voice.
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According to another movement activist, Samantha Herreiras, the stirrings of the international movement came early on when young Mexicans connected to international academic institutions linked up with “some foreigners who came to us to give their expressions of solidarity.”
Far from a single-issue group focused on the contested July 1 presidential election, the 132 Movement is broadly framed, taking up matters of media manipulation, economic monopolization, indigenous and migrant rights, educational access, environmental protection, and more.
In a July 27 manifesto, the 132 Movement defined itself as a non-partisan, autonomous, anti-neoliberal and peaceful force. The 132ers advocate for a free, scientific, humanistic, high-quality, and diverse educational system that is “guaranteed by the state at all levels as a constitutional obligation.”
In the U.S., where about 10 percent of the Mexican people reside, the 132 Movement has joined with Occupy Wall Street to support the campaign dubbed Two Countries, One Voice. The new campaign’s immediate target? Mexican magnate Carlos Slim, named the world’s richest man by Forbes magazine.
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