Life in FARC territory

[Red October]

I haven't been able to find much on this subject so I'm asking revleft. What is life like in the territory FARC controls? What sort of government exists? Is there worker's control over the means of production?

[Red_or_Dead]

I searched Wikipedia a bit, and I did find something about FARC protecting small peasants from local landlords, but not much beyond that, and that it is infact in a power struggle with the government to control people and teritory (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colombian_armed_conflict towards the bottom of the page, quotes section).

Then again this is just a quote from a possibly unreliable source, but its the best I could find so far.

[gla22]

Its hard to know what is true or not due to the intense amounts of propaganda that come out of the region.

[punisa]

I was recently writing an article about Venezuelan government secretly aiding FARC with arms, unfortunately I didn't have time to get deeper in the story.
Many news sources speak of FARC as an organization that is heavily relying on drug smuggling. Many countries describe FARC as a terrorist organization.

As Comrade Gla22 pointed out, it's very hard to distinguish truth from regional propaganda. It would be nice if someone takes times and studies deeper to the subject.
Anyone care for a quick trip to Colombia? :)

[abrupt]

The FARC-EP have been continously slandered against in the Colombian and first world media.

The FARC-EP does not participate in drug smuggling, that would be the paramilitaries. Look in the news where they were recently caught, and then shipped to the US overnight because they were going to reveal a trail all the way to Uribe. Funny how his cousin along with everyone surrounding Uribe has been convicted or wanted on corruption charges but no one seems to think he would be involved.
Colombia is the most corrupt government in Latin America.

Short documentary of a soldier that just enlisted to fight for FARC

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1373334300286367217&q=guerrilla+girl&ei=PrE5SMqCFJX84ALI0pjtAw&hl=en


An Interview with FARC Commander Simon Trinidad

http://squirrelcommunism.blogspot.com/2007/11/interview-with-farc-commander-simn.html

[abrupt]

I was recently writing an article about Venezuelan government secretly aiding FARC with arms, unfortunately I didn't have time to get deeper in the story.
Many news sources speak of FARC as an organization that is heavily relying on drug smuggling. Many countries describe FARC as a terrorist organization.

As Comrade Gla22 pointed out, it's very hard to distinguish truth from regional propaganda. It would be nice if someone takes times and studies deeper to the subject.
Anyone care for a quick trip to Colombia? :)

That article is bullshit, straight up.

FARC-EP is not supported by Chavez, be aware of your sources.

FARC-EP also does not smuggle drugs, the government paramilitaries are the ones. They also kill civilians and plant evidence on the guerilla's bodies to further the hatred towards them. Most things you hear are made up.


Accourding to the USA, Nelson Mandela is also a terrorist.

[Red October]

This isn't supposed to be an argument over FARC's alleged drug smuggling, I'm trying to find out about the material and social conditions inside the territory they control. I'd be interested to know if they have advanced any democratic or socialist programs, and how much progress these programs have made, if any.

[abrupt]

This isn't supposed to be an argument over FARC's alleged drug smuggling, I'm trying to find out about the material and social conditions inside the territory they control. I'd be interested to know if they have advanced any democratic or socialist programs, and how much progress these programs have made, if any.

If you read the interview it explains how it is much like a seperate government. I'll look for more articles/info aswell. They are very much for the people, as they are the people.

I've heard of them teaching campesino's how to read/write and such, and of other social programs. I'll try to dig up sources.