[Marxism] The Army and the National Revolution

[Greg McDonald <sabocat59@xxxxxxx>]

Lately, I've been thinking quite a bit about this question Paula  
raised some time ago regarding the institutional military and its  
political role in general, and Latin America in particular.  
Originally the debate concerned the proposed dissolution of said  
force, to be replaced by a popular militia, as indicative of  
socialism proper.  Having been a student of Latin American history  
tangentially in the academy, where Latin America was an area focus  
for my studies in anthropology, I became aware of the actually  
progressive and nationalist role of the armed forces in countries  
such as Peru, Panama, Ecuador, and now of course, in Venezuela and  
Bolivia.

The southern cone countries, as well as Brazil, had always been  
neglected in my studies because I was more concerned with the  
indigenous question, and because my portuguese was (and is) non- 
existent.  Anyway, cued by Nestor's reference to Jorge Abelardo  
Ramos, I did a little web investigation and came across a few  
brilliant articles on the "Izquierda Naconal" website which I would  
like to pass on to those who might be interested in the topic.

Check out Tema 4, "Las Fuerzas Armadas", at : http:// 
www.izquierdanacional.org/formacion/index.html

In particular, the article "El Ejercito Y La Revolucion Nacional" by  
Jorge Abelardo Ramos, is quite useful.

Greg






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