Re: [Marxism] The Battle over Bolivia's Constituent Assembly: Class, race and nation in Bolivia

["michael a. lebowitz" <mlebowit@xxxxxx>]

Richard Fidler stresses the obvious centrality of indigenous 
struggles and identity reflected in the proposed new Bolivian 
Constitution... and its relevance to indigenous struggles everywhere. 
My reaction was different: an absolutely essential aspect in the 
Bolivarian Constitution of Venezuela is the focus upon the goal of 
full development of human potential and the explicit recognition that 
this is possible only through collective protagonism (ie., the 
concept of revolutionary practice). And, I've argued that this is the 
subversive element in the Bolivarian Constitution, a constitution 
which otherwise is supportive of capitalist relations, and that it 
has served very significantly in the struggle since its adoption. I 
was unhappy to see that the proposed Bolivian Constitution did not 
have a similar explicit subversive element to counter its acceptance 
of capitalist relations.
        michael
Michael A. Lebowitz
Professor Emeritus
Economics Department
Simon Fraser University
Burnaby, B.C., Canada V5A 1S6

Director, Programme in 'Transformative Practice and Human Development'
Centro Internacional Miranda, P.H.
Residencias Anauco Suites, Parque Central, final Av. Bolivar
Caracas, Venezuela
fax: 0212 5768274/0212 5777231
http//:centrointernacionalmiranda.gob.ve
mlebowit@xxxxxx


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