31 MAY 2021
La Resistencia
Forrest Hylton
Long one of Latin America’s most conservative countries, Colombia is
undergoing a sea change. The second general strike in as many years
evolved rapidly into a nationwide urban insurrection. ‘La Resistencia’
has endured for a month in the teeth of ferocious repression (remember
that Lenin celebrated the Bolshevik Revolution once it had outlasted the
Paris Commune). Soon after the protests started on 28 April, the
proposed tax reform package that had triggered the strike was withdrawn,
proposed healthcare reforms died in committee, and the finance minister
and the foreign minister were forced to step down. There were
(toothless) calls for dialogue and de-escalation from the international
community. Yet the overwhelmingly non-violent protests have continued,
as has the government’s response using deadly force.
https://www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2021/may/la-resistencia
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