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For 53 days, Bolivia witnessed an intense struggle that reached insurrectionary proportions. The movement demanded the resignation of President Rodrigo Paz, and might well have succeeded. Instead, it ended with the government declaring a state of emergency, the persecution of the movement’s leaders, and the continuing of the government’s programme of capitalist austerity. What happened?
The cities of La Paz and El Alto have for weeks been inundated with marches, pitched battles with police, strikes, and blockades, sparked by the fight against counterreforms and inflation. Now, the struggle has gone beyond these demands, and is calling for the right-wing government to fall.
On March 31, the Cervecería Boliviana Nacional announced to the workers at the Pepsi plant in Cochabamba that operations were to be shut down immediately, leaving more than 150 workers without a job.
The country with the highest number of military coups in history suffered yet another one last week. This chaotic and short-lived episode has deepened the crisis in Bolivia.
The MAS (Movement for Socialism) has returned to power in Bolivia following a crushing victory in the recent elections. Bold socialist measures are necessary to overcome this period of crisis.
On November 10 at 4:50pm, Bolivian president Evo Morales announced his resignation. It was the culmination of a coup that had been brewing for some time.
The Communist is the official newspaper of the party of the Revolutionary Communists of America. It is different from any other publication you’ll find in the US today. Behind this newspaper, there’s a vast network of communist activity from coast to coast. It is a tool for organizing in the streets, at protests and strikes, for building communist cells in our neighborhoods, workplaces, and campuses.
The RCA is on a mission to carry Bolshevism into the political arena of a country that’s ripe for it. Yes, we’re Bolsheviks living in the digital age, and we also use social media and our podcast to spread the communist program. But we’re not the kind of internet leftists who stay inside and “do politics” online. That’s why we need something we can carry with us into the streets and put into people’s hands. The physical paper is an instrument for building a real-life organization—a genuine Communist Party of fighters.