Fwd: Re: Questions for Sendero

[Godenas@xxxxxxx]

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Subj:    Re: Questions for Sendero
Date:    96-02-09 19:49:51 EST
From:    Godenas
To:      lnp3@xxxxxxxxxxxx(louisnproyect)

Louis, you're are so far off base here, that I can only imagine that you were
chewing some of that Long Island beetle-nut while the marxism list was kaput.

Louis, you know that nowhere does Olaechea say that the "basis" for the new
fascism lies with the Catholic Church, NGOs,  aid groups,  Amnesty
International, etc.,although all of these groups serve, to a greater or
lesser extent, the interests of international monopoly capital.  They are
tools of the rotten capitalist system, performing as, alternately, "cover"
(in the case of AI, for example), class control (appeals to ecclesiastical
authority have always been an important ideological mainstay of reaction),
and as a "safety valve" (pouring "relief" down the throats of the masses to
dull their revolutionary ardor).  This is especially important to Olaechea,
under a "life sentence" in absentia imposed by the Fujimori dictatorship, and
that is undoubtedly why it figures so prominently in his excellent address.
 As Oleachea explains, "...the fascist method prevailing today is the Anglo
American method of exerting the power of finance capital."  This "method"
suffuses every institution--"liberal, reformist, sectarian, etc--in
capitalist society.  It is in many ways a devious surrogate of past fascist
methods, not as crude or politically dangeous, and therefore much more
effective.  The political basis of fascism--the very heart of its
ideology--was and remains international monopoly capital.
Others can better answer your claims concerning the PCP style of work vis a
vis the united front.  It is a policy in constant development to meet
changing circumstances.  Its basic principles remain unchanged--bringing a
broad and heterogeneous  (and ever widening) coalition to bear against the
tottering Fujimori regime.  The working class and the peasantry remain the
core of the revolution, but it is increasingly joined by practically every
segment of Peruvian society.
Your remarks about the so-called Revolutionary Communist Party USA are so far
off the mark they appear almost laughable:  The RCP very much controls the
Committee to Support the Revolution in Peru, and its concomitant
organization, the International Emergency Committee to Defend the Life of
Abimael Guzman.  Their role vis a vis the "peace accords" has been one of
deception and opportunism; they are increasingly irrelevant to the work of
supporting the PCP in this country.
Haiti is a country controlled by U.S. Troops, whose masters are, apparently,
perfectly content to let Fr. Aristide and his successors have some small
autonomy in the political arena.  No one, least of all Aristide himself,
seriously believes that the Haitian people have the werewithall to
substantially change economic relations in Haiti.  When reformist posturing
begins to hurt business, it will be changed or--finally, shut down
altogether.   Aristide and his coterie of "supporters" have been thoroughly
tamed and are, in fact, serving very nicely the "democratic" facade so
obligingly put in place by imperialism.




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