IOSTEELE
4th April 2007, 09:46
I've been reading alot of leftist publications that say Latin America is the stage for the next revolutionary wave.
Is this true?
Where in Latin America have capitalist property relation been overturned?
How does the election of communist turned religious fanatic Ortega, sell-out Morales, bourgeois reformers Kirchner and Lula, and rhetoric-heavy Chavez translate into a "revolutionary wave"?
Where is the real revolutionary surge?
And if Latin America is not the stage, what is?
Personally, I think Mexico has alot of potential to see a real revolution some time soon, for a few reasons:
1. Increased class struggle; especially among steel workers, miners and teachers.
2. Recent revolutionary explosions in Chiapas, Oaxaca, and other parts of the country.
3. The lack of any dominate "left-wing" party, thus alowing for free movement of the workers and peasants (note: I wouldn't be opposed to a dominate party, if it was a genuine workers' party).
4. Utter distruction of an already horrid economy by NAFTA; and vast emmigration.
5. Corrupt election system that regularly exposes bourgeois democracy for the fraud that it is.
6. Upsurge in the struggles of women (especially for abortion rights) and indigenous people.
7. Exodus of peasants from the countryside into the cities, where they are becoming proletarianized in foul conditions.
A revolution in Mexico would send shock waves through the imperialist heartland of the U.S.; and could spark a world wide revolutionary wave.
What do you think?
Is this true?
Where in Latin America have capitalist property relation been overturned?
How does the election of communist turned religious fanatic Ortega, sell-out Morales, bourgeois reformers Kirchner and Lula, and rhetoric-heavy Chavez translate into a "revolutionary wave"?
Where is the real revolutionary surge?
And if Latin America is not the stage, what is?
Personally, I think Mexico has alot of potential to see a real revolution some time soon, for a few reasons:
1. Increased class struggle; especially among steel workers, miners and teachers.
2. Recent revolutionary explosions in Chiapas, Oaxaca, and other parts of the country.
3. The lack of any dominate "left-wing" party, thus alowing for free movement of the workers and peasants (note: I wouldn't be opposed to a dominate party, if it was a genuine workers' party).
4. Utter distruction of an already horrid economy by NAFTA; and vast emmigration.
5. Corrupt election system that regularly exposes bourgeois democracy for the fraud that it is.
6. Upsurge in the struggles of women (especially for abortion rights) and indigenous people.
7. Exodus of peasants from the countryside into the cities, where they are becoming proletarianized in foul conditions.
A revolution in Mexico would send shock waves through the imperialist heartland of the U.S.; and could spark a world wide revolutionary wave.
What do you think?