Re: [Marxism] Abstract antimilitarism in Argentina,

[Carlos Petroni <cepetroni@xxxxxxxxx>]

Mike:

A call for the dissolution of the Argentinean army is Abstract? 
Non-revolutionary?: Non-leninist?  Uhmmmm... Leninism call for work inside the 
army when they are conscript armies, not professional ones.  Argentina has no 
more conscripts. Nevermind that Lenin's position on work inside the army was 
the lesser of two evils being the first "not doing anything" that is your 
position.

Abstract?  Sure, 30.000 killed and dissappeared, 100.000 forced exiles, 100.000 
in jail by the actions of THIS army.  Sounds pretty concrete reasons to want it 
dissolve.

The bourgeoisie will find something to replace the present army with? Sure, 
same with the present congress, executive, etc So, why to bother to oppose any 
of them, right?

Non-revolutionary? Why?  You're proposing to win over some of the 10.000 
assassins in its ranks?  WSo, what is the revolutionary position?  To wait for 
the next coup, the next dirty war?

If not, what we should do or propose to combat the spying of civilians, the 
re-organizations of the "carapintadas", the public mass meetings vindicating 
the dirty war, the repressive actions they prepare, the amassing of new power 
through money given to them by the government in the form of industrial 
development, the meetings and trainings with US officers, their intervention as 
part of the occupation forces in Haiti...?  Nothing?

It is easy to write a pragraph dismissing something, the difficult part is to 
propose something else as an alternative.  Proposing nothing, in this case, for 
the left in argentina is... suicidal.


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