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Louis, the CONAIE is in Ecuador, not Bolivia, and it has been a part of a larger revolutionary process since its inception in the mid-1980's. They have always worked in coalition with trade unions and student groups to topple successive governments from power.The idea that the CONAIE is merely an identity-based pressure group is a canard. Greg On Sun, Nov 21, 2010 at 10:20 AM, Louis Proyect <l...@panix.com> wrote: > On 11/21/10 9:09 AM, Greg McDonald wrote: >> DANGL: Socialist, state-led projects, no matter how revolutionary and >> how much money they create in the extractive industry, cause a lot of >> pollution and displace communities. And that's been one of the sources >> of conflicts and tension in Bolivia, Venezuela, and Ecuador, where you >> have economies that are largely based on extractive industries, mining >> and oil particularly. And when these industries come into conflicts >> with communities, the government isn't interested in negotiating with >> them or working with them closely. >> > > I am by no means an expert on Dangl's journalism but I have the very > strong suspicion that he is an anarchist. Ever since the Zapatistas, > there have been a number of U.S. journalists and scholars who > practically equate state power with evil. It leads to fetishizing direct > action, civil society, the "social movements", indigenous organizations > against an oppressive "Socialist, state-led" machine that is implicitly > a symbol of Marxist bureaucratic tendencies. Needless to say, this was > not Mariategui's approach. I have been critical of Morales in the past > but you have to put him into context. This is the first indigenous > president of Bolivia, a country that has oppressed Indians for over 400 > years. The challenge to groups like CONAIE is to become part of a larger > radical movement that can confront Morales for state power, while at the > same time defending his government against attempts to subvert it. This > is a delicate balancing act that requires a grasp of Marxism and > revolutionary history. If there was greater attention paid to > Mariategui, this would be a good first step. ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: Marxism@lists.econ.utah.edu Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
