Re: YA BASTA! - and French & German strikes & other musings

[rahul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Rahul Mahajan)]

>At 12:21 PM 6/6/96, Zeynep Tufekcioglu wrote:
>
>>The EZLN does not claim to be marxist, but this obviously
>>does not undermine the value of understanding their experience.
>
>The membership may not be marxist, but I thought that the "leadership" - a
>word that has to be used carefully with the Zapatistas - was, if not
>marxist, then heavily influenced by Marx, especially through Gramsci and
>Althusser.
>
>Doug

This is probably true, but as far as I know, anarchism is a stronger
influence. The Flores Magon brothers, for example. There is also the
considerable influence of the tribal way of life of the various
"indigenous" peoples involved. It seems far too eclectic to characterize by
the term Marxism. Also, the political platform invokes civil society far
more explicitly than it does any movement of workers and/or peasants.

Rahul




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