Re: [Marxism] Argentina: It's only a small step from sectarianism towards support for Kirchner

["Fred Feldman" <ffeldman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Garcia is a member of a neo-Morenoite group so  I am not surprised
> that they are hostile to Kirchner.  Meanwhile, Claudo Katz seems to
> be some kind of ex-Morenoite himself who writes occasionally for the
> Mandelista press. I guess Nestor has been too busy out in the
> countryside mugging those reactionary farmers to write much.
>

We i suppose that means no point reading their stuff then hey? Just
like no point reading what that damn ex-morenist Hugo Blanco has to
say about what is occurring in Peru? Or any other members or former
members of currents not to the particular taste of Louis.

BTW, i strongly disagree with the comrades from the MST and their
position on this, but feel that their is quite an interesting debate
which goes much beyond just the issue of the tax increases amongst the
Argentine left, something Links is providing in English. 

Fred comments:
I think this line of argument by my fellow Fred F. is demagogic and should
be avoided. Especially since he says, "I strongly disagree with the comrades
from the MST and their position on this." He should therefore be much more
tolerant of the positions of comrades who are doubtful about this, who have
learned the hard way to respect Nestor's positions on Argentina, as opposed
to the Morenistas in their current incarnation. I think Louis' comments are
legitimate information, and they do sharpen my political hearing for what is
going on.

How can these revolutionary-minded intellectuals be compared so lightly with
Hugo Blanco, whose consistently revolutionary combat record over decades
places him closer to Castro and Guevara in the history of the continent,
rather than with the history of Morenism. It is worth pointing out that
Blanco's connection with Morenism coincided with the most revolutionary
historical period of this Trotskyist current, the 1960s. 

I grew up with all the customary bourgeois prejudices about Peronism, which
I thought were radical ideas and anti-fascism. Moreno opened my eyes during
the debates on guerrilla warfare. For me, no Moreno -- no Nestor. And I
don't like to imagine how I would see Argentine politics without Nestor. The
whole Latin American question for me was transformed by what I learned from
the Morenoists in this period (although I never considered becoming a
Morenoist -- I have always been a US revolutionary). At any rate, with all
his weaknesses, Moreno brought me closer to the Latin American class
struggle and, perhaps more importantly, to the leadership of the Cuban
revolution.

So in that context, I wonder: Why is the focus of the material submitted so
focused on opposition to Kirchner, a bourgeois-nationalist leader with ties
to Bolivia and Venezuela who is disapproved in Washington. Why does a DSP
leader submit this under an anti-Kirchner, not pro-working-farmer headline?
The Militant (newspaper of the US Socialist Workers Party)  might have a
similar sectarian axis, but they would choose a more mass-oriented headline.
Why is opposition to Kirchner the first priority? 

Is the overthrow of Kirchner something to be devoutly wished for through
this fight, as the headline clearly suggests? Does this reflect the
orientation of the farmer leaders? The materials I have read seem to be
based on the assumption that the dominant social forces among the farmers
are helpless in the face of self-organization and decision-making. 

It has to be proven that this struggle poionts organically to a more
revo;utionary and anti-imperialist government than Kirchner's. Otherwise it
must be asked: why have the rank and file working farmers allowed a
down-with-Kirchner orientation to be imposed on what we are told is simply
THEIR
purely popular movement.
Fred Feldman 


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