[PEN-L:9622] Re: Revolution in Colombia, part one: historical background

[Jim Devine <jdevine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>The
>Communists and Trotskyists have concentrated their forces in the urban
>trade union movement, but most of the serious fighting in the class
>struggle, except for Argentina, has taken place in the countryside.

didn't the Trotskyist Hugo Blanco organize (and arm) peasants in Peru? If I
remember correctly, some Trotskyists were criticized by the Left in general
because they organized and armed peasants and then left them to defend
themselves against the Army. And some of the armed movements in Latin
America are Trotskyist in name or in origin.

Jim Devine jdevine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx &
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