Re: AUT: Argentina: Diary of a Revolution

[Chris Wright <cwright@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Aside from agreeing that more info would be good, I have been worried
that the Argentinian situation is far less likely to hold on for years
primarily because it is not based in agricultural regions where people
can and do live off the land, but in cities.  That would seem to be a
factor of no small importance.

Also, the disruption of Chiapas does not necessarily mean a constant
disruption of Mexico or the world market, whereas the types of struggles
that have happened in the Argentinian situation would seem likely to
have a much larger and continuous impact on Argentina as a whole, which
ranks up there with Mexico, Brazil, South Korea and South Africa in the
second tier of capitalist economies.

But as for how that all plays out and specifics...

I have some old information from the group that sponsored John
Holloway's tour and published his book in Argentina.  Maybe john has
contact with Francisco and can get some documentation from them.  For my
part, I have not heard from them in some months and I was hoping that
they had translated more stuff into English.

Well, cheers and all that,
Chris

On Tue, 2003-01-28 at 04:15, Steve Wright wrote:
> Hi all.
>
> I'm also interested the question of time frames arising from the recent
> posts on the movements in Argentina by Scott and Monty.
>
> While not holding to Lenin's view that November 6th will be too early.
> ... On the other hand, November 8th
> will be too late", I do wonder how long the sort of spaces opened up by
> these struggles can be sustained. I could also be far too pessimistic in
> asking this though - after all, the movements in Chiapas have been
> developing in the open for 9 years now.
>
> So can anyone throw light on the discussions there about the prospects
> of those movements' developments in the coming months, the nature of the
> counter attacks anticipated or are even unfolding on the part of capital
> and the state, and how people are seeking to respond to them?
>
> I have seen little discussion of this aspect of the Argentinian
> situation in English, beyond the sort of  views which seeks to
> legitimate/rationalise vanguard politics. About the only exception I can
> think of is the long piece on Argentina in the latest copy of Aufheben.
> But then maybe I haven't known where to look - or maybe there are too
> many unknowns in the regional and global mix to hold such a discussion
> at any but the most abstract level ...
>
> Steve
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