[Marxism] On fighting fascism in Argentina

[Aaron]

>Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2008 02:17:11 -0300
>From: "Néstor Gorojovsky" <nmgoro at gmail.com>
>Subject: Re: [Marxism] Argentina: It's only a small step from sectarianism
>	towards support for Kirchner | Links
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>Not mugging farmers in the countryside, BTW, but yes traversing the core area where conflict raged most, from Villa María to Firmat, and trying not to be mugged by them. This is serious: from a technical point of view what we had were actual Fascist gangs, though of course all its members would call themselves anti-Fascist.

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>It is quite interesting, to say the least, when you see former Maoists leading a Kulak-type turmoil with Fascist tendencies who want to reap the whole share of differential rent for themselves, against the country.

Remembering the role of the Maoists in Portugal in 1975-76, where they supported fascist rioters against the Communist Party and a left government, I'm not at all surprised.

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>A few have saved the honor of the left (even some National Left groups have lost track!), as well as many Leftist intellectuals without party who, for the first time in the history of Argentina, have supported the Government without throwing overboard their criticisms (from my point of view, many were quite excessive, but this is a secondary issue now)

Fighting fascists by supporting a "democratic" government has alwas been disastrous for the working class and the left. I'd argue that the left should be organizing the working class and the small farmers to fight independently of the government against the fascists and, especially, the big landowners by

 (1) breaking up the road blockades,

 (2) blockading the export of soya and other food or food-displacing crops, and

 (3) seizing the large capitalist farms (especially those owned by multinational corporations and/or obtained as part of the Menem saqueo).

 - Aaron