Bolivian protesters demanding rights for the disabled; 100s clashed with riot police

[RedZero]

Wasn't sure where to post this, but yeah...wow. The pictures.

link: http://www.buzzfeed.com/gavon/disabled-protesters-vs-riot-police

[RedSonRising]

Those are some very brave protestors.

Anytime sectors of the working class, peasantry, or indigenous population rebel in Bolivia, it makes me happy; when they supported Morales, they expected real fundamental change, and it doesn't seem like they're going to accept letting him get away with a half-assed job.

[Os Cangaceiros]

http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/web05/2012/2/24/11/enhanced-buzz-wide-3243-1330102458-23.jpg

:cool:

[ed miliband]

http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/web05/2012/2/24/11/enhanced-buzz-wide-3243-1330102458-23.jpg

:cool:

if only he was whacking morales in the face with his crutch

we can only dream

[Ocean Seal]

DISCLAIMER DISCLAIMER DISCLAIMER
I think that the guy with the crutch is awesome and I completely support these protests.

But I would like to shed light on another issue?

This is exactly why we should support Chavez and Morales type governments springing up. Why? Because it allows for protests like these to happen. With comprador governments we wouldn't have an empowered working class making demands like these. So in the end these guys are responsible for bringing the next stage of class struggle.

So I bring into context my support for these guys. I support their overthrow by the revolutionary working class, and I support them against imperialism (without taking the "factions of the bourgeoisie are all equally reactionary crap too seriously).

Class war doesn't occur overnight. And in the third world, oftentimes when people empower the national bourgeoisie, they also empower the contradictions of capitalism and as a consequence the proletarians of those nations.

[Os Cangaceiros]

This is exactly why we should support Chavez and Morales type governments springing up. Why? Because it allows for protests like these to happen. With comprador governments we wouldn't have an empowered working class making demands like these. So in the end these guys are responsible for bringing the next stage of class struggle.

That's an awfully big generalization. Pre-political upheaval Tunisia was a dictatorship and essentially a client state of France. One could make an argument that nations like Bangladesh and Indonesia are client states as well, considering their input into the world capitalist market and the generally low labor standards, but they also have militant labor movements.