Workers in Bolivia are continuing to protest the Paz administration despite concerns that the union leadership is negotiating behind the backs of the rank and file. Below, we republish a statement from our sister organization in Bolivia who are intervening in the class struggle and calling for an indefinite general strike.
In Bolivia, the working masses are continuing to mobilize against the government of Rodrigo Paz. Roadblocks are intensifying, and new social sectors are joining the conflict. Amid this intensification, President Paz addressed the nation in a press conference on Wednesday, May 20. The president adopted a conciliatory tone toward the mobilized sectors, whom he had referred to as “hitmen” just a few days earlier. He hinted that there was a possibility of lifting the arrest warrants against dozens of union leaders, including Mario Argollo, the executive secretary of the COB, the largest trade union federation in Bolivia. Paz also said it was impossible to uphold the so-called *“*Anti-Blockade Law,*”* spoke of a cabinet reshuffle, and reinforced his calls for dialogue. He also hinted that the government was already in negotiations with COB leaders who, notably, had disappeared from the streets despite having announced a miners’ mobilization for last Wednesday. While we categorically reject this government’s repression, persecution, and criminalization of the leadership of various sectors, we note that the COB leadership, by completely disappearing from the streets and following the executive’s statements, raises serious suspicion that these bureaucrats are negotiating behind the backs of the mobilized rank and file. If confirmed, this would mean the leadership is flagrantly ignoring the resolutions of hundreds of union, peasant, neighborhood, student, and community assemblies.... Read full statement <https://www.leftvoice.org/bolivia-working-people-stay-in-the-streets-to-protest-paz-amid-labor-leadership-absence/> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#41822): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/41822 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/119466542/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/13617172/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
