Claudia Sheinbaum and Morena serve capital and empire—not the working class
In order to analyze what a Claudia Sheinbaum presidency would mean for working class people, we have to look at Claudia as an individual politician and also see that her term in office will be a continuation of AMLO’s legacy and the Morena party platform.
Is Claudia a well-intentioned person or not, isn’t what I consider important when the person’s job is to govern over an extremely unequal society. Ammerman mentions that Claudia is a scientist and not a career politician. As mayor of Mexico City, she instituted environmental policies such as separating garbage and measures to decrease pollution. While, as Ammerman points out, she did oversee the creation of a new metro line, linea 12, it was so poorly constructed that a portion of track collapsed on May 3, 2021, killing 27 and seriously injuring 79 people.
Cutting corners and choosing which companies will win major civil contracts isn’t political party-specific, it’s part of the job of running Mexico City (and Mexico). Speaking of the interests of working and indigenous people while appeasing the wealthy is a skill AMLO and Morena has mastered.
