Forwarded by Nestor to the Marxism list, reply to follow: On May 1st., 1974, Per�n delivered his last Presidential address to the Chambers. During this speech, he established which were his goals and the objectives that he set to his third term in government (unfortunately he was to die in a couple of months). In the afternoon, his speech to the masses at Plaza de Mayo had to be radically changed in view of the petty bourgeois provocation led by the Montoneros, so that it has little material of interest for those interested in understanding the kernel of Peronism.
But these three paragraphs, extracted from his most interesting address to the Chambers, explains why the 1976 coup took place, and why can, say, Fidel resort to foreign capital and market measures without abandoning revolution. This aging bourgeois General, whose Movement was melting beneath his feet, was still decades ahead of many self-appointed Marxists who still believed that there was no difference between Henry Ford IV and the repair shop around the corner because both exploit wage earners. These three paragraphs are all that "globalisation" is against. I have made a fast translation, so that some hue may be wrongly placed. But read them and you will see how simple the whole thing is... ******************************************************************* THE ROLE OF FOREIGN CAPITAL Argentina has always been an open country for foreign participation; so shall we remain, but it is indispensable to discipline such participation, establishing where it can exist, and the role that it will have to fulfill in our social, political and economic life. No country is really free if it does not fully exert its right to make decissions regarding the exploitation, use and marketing of its resources, and regarding the employment of its productive factors. This is why it is necessary to define the rules of the game for the participation of foreign capital. Once these have been defined, we must ensure their stability and, basically, make sure that they will be followed. Economic progress will depend on our own effort only; thus, foreign capital will have to be understood as complementary and not as a determining and irreplaceable factor in our development. Juan Per�n to the Argentinean Chambers, May 1st. 1974 [The answer came on March 24, 1976. The above was unacceptable.] N�stor Miguel Gorojovsky [EMAIL PROTECTED]
