[Marxism] fronting for Morales

[S. Artesian]

And I could say in response, there is a certain deliberate blindness that 
seems to infect some who think that "government" is the revolution; that 
legislative and executive power shared with and within the framework of 
"populist capitalism" is a "stage" in the development of dual power.

The fact of the matter is that the old regime could not carry on as it once 
did.  Protests--in 2005-- had overgrown the issue of  tax rates on 
international oil and gas extraction-- that the general population of 
workers and poor-- and poor make-up 70% of the population --were mobilized 
independently of the government, independently of the existing parties, 
including the MAS-- I can't think of a better substrate, medium, for the 
development of councils, soviets, proletarian revolution.

The MAS undertook a massive effort to channel this movement back into 
elections.

As for what Morales has done in "liberating" the government of Bolivia from 
imperialism-- as is clear from the activities of the bourgeoisie, local and 
international in Santa Cruz-- the issue is hardly settled-- just as it was 
not settled by liberation of the Chilean government by Allende, but the 
certainly was by the bourgeoisie in 1973.

"Those who make revolutions half-way merely dig their own graves."
--Saint-Just.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stuart Munckton" <stuartmunckton at gmail.com>
To: <sartesian at earthlink.net>
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