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14th November 2007, 15:05
Originally posted by Luís
[email protected] 14, 2007 12:49 pm
Petty bourgeois movements, completely isolated from the working class, working under the delusion that "the masses" would uprise in response to a few "heroic" acts.
Luís Henrique
Here is an excerpt from my thesis which I think sort of disproves your argument:
The Uruguayan anarcho-syndicalist Revolutionary Popular Organization (OPR-33) supported and helped to win strikes in favor of cement and railroad workers, in the latter example in collaboration with the Worker-Student Resistance (ROE) and the Uruguayan Anarchist Federation (FAU). Guillén contrasts this to the Tupamaros’ backing of a political party, which lost. He continues, highlighting the case most similar and relevant to the FLQ:
the strike at SERAL, a footwear manufacturer, lasted more than a year. Where the Communist-controlled unions failed, OPR-33 and ROE succeeded. The anarcho-syndicalists initiated the strike at SERAL; they endured hunger, asked for collections in the streets of Montevideo and mobilized popular support. But the owner, an ex-worker, could not be moved. Finally, his son disappeared. OPR-33 was apparently behind the operation but, unlike the Tupamaros, admitted nothing. No ransom was asked; words were unnecessary. In view of the circumstances it was tacitly understood that the owner, Malaguero, could recover his son by negotiating with the workers. In this way the most difficult strike in Uruguay was won: workers were compensated for lost pay; their union was recognized as the only legal bargaining agent.