Puerto Rican revolt
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https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2019/07/27/us/puerto-rico-protests-timeline.amp.html
in 15 days the Puerto Rican peoples were able to force a semi- colonial governor to resign , it should be a historical lesson for the workers in the USA.
The USA ruling class of the USA must be scare in the same way that George Washington was scared of the Haitians slaves when they rebelled against classical slavery, and France domination, now, the wage slaves from Puerto Rico rebelled against a us puppet governor
For years the Caribbean have proven that nobody can fuck with them , as it have been shown by all the rebellions and invasions that have taken place in that region, such as Constanza Maimon, and Stero Hondo which gave birth to a big political movement and the invasion of Caracoles conducted by Caamano
In 500 years Puerto Rico has had more than 250 governors most of them imposed by the European empires and the USA and few have been elected by peoples and the elected ones are puppets of the USA
Puerto Rico has had a long history of resistance and rebellions which many peoples do not know , and some who know a little about its history, they have distorted it, including their history in New York and Chicago and their participation in the civil rights movement in the USA
They prepared the altar for others to give the mass , which means that they created the political scenario for other Latinos in the USA
To understand others peoples mentality and culture , it is important to read and study their history, without that we do not have sufficient basis to talk about any topic, we are empty ,or empty can making noises when they are boot
I read the commentaries of some peoples in the USA about the Puerto Rican by saying that the lazy boricuas should take the tools to build their country, the thing is that it is more important for them the political struggle and their liberation than buying a stupid car and a house, or to worship presidents and governors and senators and their own class enemies
Probably those do not know about the large production of surplus value made by the puerto ricans accumulated for the Usa corporations, the textile industry, the sugar industry The tobacco
and they automotive industry and the Puerto Rican Sugar company , now known as gulf and western Peoples in the Caribbean ironically they say that sugar is bitter because many people were killed, tortured, deported and persecuted
Personally , for me all governments, senators, presidents, flags ,and countries can be overthrown or eliminated and for me the political struggle is not a part time it is a full time which is part of my life
PS I am not an English major ,I am a socialist communist major and whatever I write it comes from my mind and my heart ( in medicine we know that the heart is a pump with a pre-pump it does not create any sentiment ) it is written with sincerity
Marquito
With equal sincerity, Marquito, what took place against the corrupt Puerto Rican elite can be commended as can be the mass protests going on in Hong Kong to defend their democratic privileges.
We should be very careful in promoting the idea of direct action mass disobedience in all situations and circumstances.
Our most powerful tool still remains our vote and elections which ultimately supplies the legitimacy needed for change.
Do not forget Venezuela where mass demonstrations were organized by Guaido and America’s proxy puppets in an endeavor to overthrow Maduro. It remained Maduro’s constitutional rule that enabled him to retain his presidency.
I think the situation in Puerto Rico is totally different to the situation that existed in Venezuela with Guaido. The Puerto Ricans have been using the electoral process for many years to elect their governors and it has not worked either . There are going to be certain places around the world where the ruling class is going have some resistance even if the working class as majority decide to overthrow capitalism, and people would be forced to overthrow them.
I must add that this revolt in some way was initiated by two women who obtained and published all the documents and email from the governors and his associate, it is called the Puerto Rican Wikileaks ( Ricky’s Leak ) and Carla Minet from the Investigative Center of Journalism was the one who published all the documents. The vast majority of the protesters are women
https://www.democracynow.org/2019/7/23/puerto_rico_carla_minet_ricky_leaks
Alan:
It is very sadly to say that in the Dominican Republic the situation is totally different, many peoples sell their votes for one bottle of rum, or a box with groceries, and knowing that the leaders of the official political parties are corrupted they let them to take control of the nation, and they are just a bunch of thieves who have bankrupted all the government departments and they are involved in the drugs traffic, the journalists are being bought by them and they live like kings, knowing that the Vice President was under investigation for stealing more than 43 millions of dollars she was elected, and the journalist who accused her was taken to jail. The situation was different during the 60 when young peoples and workers had more political consciousness, and the political parties from the left tried to take control of the state thru the electoral process but most of the time they were stopped by electoral frauds
I couldn’t access that New York Times article as you have to sign up. So I looked up what the Guardian reported.
There does seem to be a parallel with events in Hong Kong in that, as with China and Hong Kong, Puerto Rico is a US territory (tempted to say colony) with its own administration also struck by “people’s power” demonstrations. But there has not been much coverage in the British media (not been mentioned on TV or the radio) compared with that for Hong Kong. Partly no doubt because Hong Kong used to be a British colony but the fact that China is seen as a rival while the US is an ally will also be a factor.
I think we can agree with Marquito that there could be some parts of the world where the ruling class might attempt to resist the majority will to abolish capitalist rule even if ultimately this will be futile. But, as we have always said echoing the slogan on the Chartists in the UK, “peaceably if we may, forcibly if we must”, though mass demonstrations like in Hong Kong and Puerto Rico, combined with strikes, might do the trick better than an armed uprising.
In this context I see that in Puerto Rico (though not in Hong Kong) even some of the police supported the anti-government demonstrations. There’s is an article on police revolts in this month’s Socialist Standard, the paper edition of which is already out but won’t be online till next Thursday.
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