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The Colombian Communist Party has been waging a continuous guerrilla war =
against the Colombian state for many years now. It occupies a large =
section of Colombian territory. Its main source of income is agriculture =
--monocultural farming in the form of cocaine production.

Its negotiations with the Pastriana regime would seem to indicate that =
it is prepared to collaborate with the Colombian bourgeoisie and =
indirectly with imperialism. It the difficulty merely boils down to the =
price and conditions at which they are prepared to collaborate.Given =
this fact the military struggle of the FARC cannot be regarded as in any =
way a revolutionary struggle. Instead it is a reformist guerrilla =
campaign designed to achieve a reform in the political situation in =
Colombia.=20

FARC"s guerrilla campaign is merely another form of reformism, In this =
sense it is no different to any traditional social democratic party. The =
FARC guerrilla campaign presents revolutionary image with all the =
romantic revolutionary connotations that guerillism has. However in =
substance it is a reactionary campaign that sows illusions in the masses =
concerning the nature of capitalism in Columbia.Castro's 26th of July =
movement had a distinctly reformist or liberal character to it too. =
However there was at least one more radical element within it in the =
form of the Che Guevara faction. However when Castro won power he was =
forced by the specific objective circumstances to radicalise his =
politics and policies.

It would be interesting to establish how the FARC got going. Was the =
original guerrilla war a spontaneous affair among the revolutionary =
peasantry which was eventually taken over and controlled by the =
Communist Party? In that way did the Communist Party through FARC =
contain a peasant uprising and in that way engage in a form of invisible =
collaboration with the bourgeoisie? I would find it difficult to believe =
that the Communist Party initiated the guerrilla campaign.

I found Louis' suggestion that the social contradictions are the source =
of the conflict interesting. His conclusion that any  attempts to =
achieve political and social stability in the absence of a corresponding =
resolution of the objective contradictions equally interesting. However =
this same conception could apply to northern Ireland in relation to the =
peace process. The cobbling together of a stability package in the long =
run, according to Louis conception, is hardly going to achieve stability =
in the long run is the social contradictions in northern Ireland are not =
resolved.

Warm regards
George Pennefather

Be free to check out our Communist Think-Tank web site at
http://homepage.tinet.ie/~beprepared/

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<DIV align=3Djustify>The Colombian Communist Party has been waging a =
continuous=20
guerrilla war against the Colombian state for many years now. It =
occupies a=20
large section of Colombian territory. Its main source of income is =
agriculture=20
--monocultural farming in the form of cocaine production.</DIV>
<DIV align=3Djustify>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV align=3Djustify>Its negotiations with the Pastriana regime would =
seem to=20
indicate that it is prepared to collaborate with the Colombian =
bourgeoisie and=20
indirectly with imperialism. It the difficulty merely boils down to the =
price=20
and conditions at which they are prepared to collaborate.Given this fact =
the=20
military struggle of the FARC cannot be regarded as in any way a =
revolutionary=20
struggle. Instead it is a reformist guerrilla campaign designed to =
achieve a=20
reform in the political situation in Colombia. </DIV>
<DIV align=3Djustify>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV align=3Djustify>FARC"s guerrilla campaign is merely another form of =

reformism, In this sense it is no different to any traditional social =
democratic=20
party. The FARC guerrilla campaign presents revolutionary image with all =
the=20
romantic revolutionary connotations that guerillism has. However in =
substance it=20
is a reactionary campaign that sows illusions in the masses concerning =
the=20
nature of capitalism in Columbia.Castro's 26th of July movement had a =
distinctly=20
reformist or liberal character to it too. However there was at least one =
more=20
radical element within it in the form of the Che Guevara faction. =
However when=20
Castro won power he was forced by the specific objective circumstances =
to=20
radicalise his politics and policies.</DIV>
<DIV align=3Djustify>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV align=3Djustify>It would be interesting to establish how the FARC =
got going.=20
Was the original guerrilla war a spontaneous affair among the =
revolutionary=20
peasantry which was eventually taken over and controlled by the =
Communist Party?=20
In that way did the Communist Party through FARC contain a peasant =
uprising and=20
in that way engage in a form of invisible collaboration with the =
bourgeoisie? I=20
would find it difficult to believe that the Communist Party initiated =
the=20
guerrilla campaign.</DIV>
<DIV align=3Djustify>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV align=3Djustify>I found Louis' suggestion that the social =
contradictions are=20
the source of the conflict interesting. His conclusion that any&nbsp; =
attempts=20
to achieve political and social stability in the absence of a =
corresponding=20
resolution of the objective contradictions equally interesting. However =
this=20
same conception could apply to northern Ireland in relation to the peace =

process. The cobbling together of a stability package in the long run, =
according=20
to Louis conception, is hardly going to achieve stability in the long =
run is the=20
social contradictions in northern Ireland are not resolved.</DIV>
<DIV align=3Djustify>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV align=3Djustify>Warm regards<BR>George Pennefather</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV align=3Djustify>Be free to check out our Communist Think-Tank web =
site=20
at<BR><A=20
href=3D"http://homepage.tinet.ie/~beprepared/";>http://homepage.tinet.ie/~=
beprepared/</A></DIV></BODY></HTML>

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