The Murmuring Volcano - Ecuador's Economic Crisis
Article from Black Flag #219 (2000) about the uprising in Ecuador against neoliberalism and "dollarisation".
Balance sheet and perspective of the current proletarian struggles all over the world
Submitted by Guerre de Classe on Nov 14 2019 16:49
This past year we see revolts one after the other all over the world: revolts that lead Macron to visit the bunkers of the Elysée, that make Lenin Moreno move the seat of the government to Guayaquil, that assault the barracks and the headquarters of bourgeois parties in Iraq while reviving the memory of the insurrection of 1991, that topple one after the other prime ministers in Haiti or that plant a black flag in the Hong Kong parliament. The world bourgeoisie is beginning to get afraid.
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Exposición de la historia del concepto de comunización, acompañada de una crítica de algunos sus usos más recientes y frívolos
1922: Guayaquil General Strike
Submitted by Reddebrek on Jan 18 2017 22:08
Workers in the southern Ecuadorian city of Guayaquil struck due to increased economic pressures. The strike brought the city to a halt and gained several concessions but the violence from the police and military would set a precedent for other labour struggles.
Real education: varieties of freedom - David Gribble
Gribble describes several different schools around the world with pupils from all backgrounds, and demonstrates how children do better when they are allowed to think for themselves. He provides evidence that discipline, curriculum and tests are irrelevant to a child's development and that the central issues are care, respect and freedom.
Complexities of Autonomy: Part Three of Four
A brief look at Latin American autonomous movements and their contradictions, third part of a four part overview of autonomous movements
November 15: Class war, memory war! - Proletarios Revolucionarios
Translated text from Proletarios Revolucionarios (“Revolutionary Proletarians”) from Ecuador, about the memory of the 15 November workers' uprising in Guayaquil in 1922, which was crushed by the state.
Announcing @latinlibnews: keeping you up to speed on Latin America in 140 characters
Submitted by Caiman del Barrio on Feb 23 2013 12:06
Announcing a new Twitter account that will provide irregular and brief updates on social movements and news of interest to libertarian communists in Latin America.
Ecuador: the President who cried "¡Golpe!”
Submitted by Caiman del Barrio on Oct 4 2010 20:13
Last Thursday, the world was briefly enthralled by events in Quito, Ecuador, where left-leaning President Rafael Correa called his followers out onto the streets via a hospital telephone, claiming that a police and military coup d’etat was in motion against his regime. However, upon closer examination, a different picture - one of popular anger with austerity measures and mass reduncancy - emerges...
Is Latin America really turning left?
Submitted by libcom on Jun 4 2006 11:00
James Petras examines recent social movements and developments in the class struggle in Latin America.
