Question about syndicalism in Latin America

palotin
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Submitted by palotin on 6 November, 2007 - 03:04.

I am a student currently being paid by a professor to research synidcalist movements in Latin America. Does anyone have any suggestions for where to start? Websites and other forums to try? He is particularly interested in theoretical contributions that have originated in Latin America. Thanks!

-Alex

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Preston SolFed
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6 November, 2007 - 13:53

http://www.selfed.org.uk/units/2001/pdfs/binder.pdf

Unit 9 is on Argentina

mikus "I think that even a cursory study of the 20th c shows the decay of capitalism."
Posts: 961 Joined: 18-07-06
9 November, 2007 - 02:01

There is an interesting article here about Carlos Mariátegui, Peru's most famous Marxist. The article is mostly not about anarcho-syndicalism but it does mention its popularity in Peru in the 1910's and 20's. There are a couple of citations which definitely look to be of interest if you read Spanish, particularly these two:

Pflucker, Piedad Pareja, 1978, Anarquismo y Sindicalismo en el Peru: 1904-1929 (Lima).

Sulmont, Denis, 1978, El Movimiento Obrero en el Peru: 1900-1956 (Lima).

Also, I remember Aufheben talking a bit about the history of the worker's movement in Argentina in their article on the piqueteros. Probably fairly shallow compared to what you are looking for but maybe it has some good leads.

ncwob "'I hope the bourgoeisie will remember my carbuncles until their dying day' - K. Marx "
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9 November, 2007 - 03:13

getting paid? You lucky bum. From what I understand, Mexico had quite and active syndicalist movement (Wobblies even fought in the Mexican civil war!) as did Cuba. Busy at the moment, but let me see what I can find...

fnbrill ""Flatterers are the worst kind of enemies." - Tacitus"
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9 November, 2007 - 03:54

Anarchism in chile:

http://dwardmac.pitzer.edu/Anarchist_Archives/worldwidemovements/chilemovement.html

x357997 "go ahead, make my day...punk"
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9 November, 2007 - 05:38
ncwob wrote:
getting paid? You lucky bum. From what I understand, Mexico had quite and active syndicalist movement

they joined they state in a worse way than in spain from what i understand.

ncwob wrote:
(Wobblies even fought in the Mexican civil war!) as did Cuba.

http://www.seesharppress.com/cubananarchism.html

syndicalist
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9 November, 2007 - 05:51
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"Oompa-Loompa"
Posted: Fri, 09/11/2007 - 06:38
ncwob wrote:
getting paid? You lucky bum. From what I understand, Mexico had quite and active syndicalist movement

they joined they state in a worse way than in spain from what i understand.

What in good name are you talking about man?

x357997 "go ahead, make my day...punk"
Posts: 1853 Joined: 04-12-06 Location: Yay Area
9 November, 2007 - 05:53

mexico...anarcho-syndicalists...joining the state.....

OliverTwister "Tied directly to Bekken and the Philly camp"
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9 November, 2007 - 06:21

Yes, i'm sure they had a vote and 100% of them joined the state.

To translate for syndicalist, i assume he's talking about the Casa del Obrero Mundial.

But hey, I heard that some russian anarchists joined the state, so lets toss out the entire history of a very complex movement in a large and turbulent country, yeah?

x357997 "go ahead, make my day...punk"
Posts: 1853 Joined: 04-12-06 Location: Yay Area
9 November, 2007 - 08:48
OliverTwister wrote:

But hey, I heard that some russian anarchists joined the state, so lets toss out the entire history of a very complex movement in a large and turbulent country, yeah?

that wasnt my aim...just pointing it out.

JoeBlack2 "Posting a lot less in 2007"
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9 November, 2007 - 15:54

Actually thats an interesting question - was there an opposition within the Casa to the military alliance they formed with the government against the Zapatistas? They were a mass syndicalist organisations so I'd presume there must have been but I'm unaware of any details.

Smash Rich Bastards "self-hating anarchist"
Posts: 1112 Joined: 24-03-06 Location: Boston, MA
9 November, 2007 - 16:19
JoeBlack2 wrote:
Actually thats an interesting question - was there an opposition within the Casa to the military alliance they formed with the government against the Zapatistas? They were a mass syndicalist organisations so I'd presume there must have been but I'm unaware of any details.

I'm sure there was some opposition, but from everything I've read the bulk of the (largely urban based) Mexican anarcho-syndicalist movement backed the government in crisis against the rural-based movements of Zapata, Villa, and even the Magonist PLM in exchange for favorable labor reforms. A sad chapter in anarchist history...

syndicalist
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11 November, 2007 - 12:55

Humph..... interesting, but a bit more complex than described above.

See http://libcom.org/library/revolutionary-syndicalism-mexico-john-m-hart for a description of some of the complexities and factions at work.

Edited comments:

Humph..... interesting, but a bit more complex than described above.

See http://libcom.org/library/revolutionary-syndicalism-mexico-john-m-hart for a description of some of the complexities and factions at work.

Edited comments:

I would recommend reading the full book "Anarchism and the Mexican Working Class, 1860-1931" by John M. Hart . I went back to my library after reading some of the comments on this thread. As I assumed from the above article, the Mexican situation was a bit more complex than simply the failure of the anarcho-syndicalists to support Zapata or the Magon brothers.