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If Fascism is one expression of imperialist rule, then the authoritarian Vargas was, funny thing, an anti-Fascist. When he got to power, the actual source of imperialist domination in Brazil was the social bloc related to the export trade of coffee, headed by the United States based monopolies on the global scenario, and on the Paulista oligarchy in the country. Most revealing as to the actual meaning of the policies of Getúlio was the choice he made of a Vice-President for the elections of 1930. He chose J. Pessoa, a traditional politician in the North Eastern state of Paraíba. This man was the guy who had sunken the candidacy of still another Paulista, Júlio Prestes, to the presidency of the Nation. Among his own achievements, Pessoa had managed to levy taxes on the goods transported from inland Paraíba to the state´s capital and main harbor, the city of Paraíba. This cost him the most ardent hatred of the large landowners and the support of the popular masses in the State. He was eventually murdered by a political opponent, a journalist who was in direct relation with the Partido Republicano Paulista, the most eminent expression of US imperialist penetration in Brazil. The murder was linked with personal and love affairs too, in a quite Shakespearean way, but the political meaning of the fact was lost to no one. And this assassination was the spark that lit the revolution of 1930 in Brazil. Who is a Fascist and who is not a Fascist in the Third World are not easy questions to answer. Even in the soft usage of the word that, for example, Joaquín B. has been promoting on this list. -- Néstor Gorojovsky El texto principal de este correo puede no ser de mi autoría ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: Marxism@lists.econ.utah.edu Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
