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On 12/8/18 11:25 AM, John Reimann via Marxism wrote:
If the protests against Ortega are all just a CIA plot,
Nobody, especially me, believes that there is a "CIA plot". This is Marxmail, not the Grayzone.
The real issue is the character of the opposition that tends to get swept under the rug.
Just a reminder. This is what a leading supporter of the anti-government movement wrote in NACLA, hardly a magazine that could be described as apologists for Ortega:
Yet not everyone who supports the movement shares this revolutionary nostalgia. In fact, many in the movement and the civic alliance are fervent anti-Sandinistas. These are people who do not just oppose Ortega and Murillo in the current context but also pro-capitalists who have attacked the Sandinistas since their emergence. This group includes Somocistas (those who defend the legacy of the Somoza dictatorship), Liberals, Conservatives, and former Contras. There is growing evidence that from the ranks of anti-Sandinistas such groups are arming themselves and gaining momentum.
Meanwhile, labor unions —government-sponsored or otherwise—appear to have little sway in the movement, though human rights organizations like the Nicaraguan Center for Human Rights (CENIDH) and the Maria Elena Cuadra maquila network claim to represent the interests of workers and women in the larger alliance and national dialogue. Some members of the private sector, who claim to represent the interests not only of capital interests but also labor, have called for a National Strike.
Further, representation of peasants and farmers, who make up over 40% of Nicaragua’s population, is incomplete. While some farmers are involved in a movement against a proposed trans-oceanic canal through Nicaragua, this group has little connection to the much larger northern and northwestern agricultural parts of the country and the demands of campesinos living there. So, it is unclear where farmers and other rural sectors might fall in the context of the national movement.
full: https://nacla.org/news/2018/07/03/deciphering-nicaraguan-student-uprising-descifrando-el-levantamiento-estudiantil
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