Peron was no fascist. He was a nationalist who represent the class interests of a developing Argentinian bourgeoisie that felt thwarted by the traditional comprador bourgeoisie tied to British capital. In the furtherance of the goals of this wing of Argentinian capital, he drew upon the support of the industrial working class and was pro-union (but anticommunist). He has much more in common with Cardenas of Mexico in the 1930s or the APRA governments in Peru, all nationalist regimes. The reason he earned the epithet of fascist was that he was not an obedient servant of Washington or London. Since he clearly was not a communist, they needed to find some way to stigmatize him. In Marxist terms, the best way to describe Peron is as a "Bonapartist", or somebody who appears to rule above and beyond the two major classes in society but who really acts objectively on behalf of the bourgeoisie. The best source on Bonapartism is Marx's 18th Brumaire. For books on Argentina and Peron per se, I recommend: 1) Paul Lewis, "Crisis of Argentinian Capitalism", Univ. Of North Carolina, 1992 2) Maria Peralta-Ramos, "Political Economy of Argentina: Power and Class since 1930", Westview Press, 1992 Louis Proyect At 09:45 PM 4/21/97 -0700, you wrote: >....... greetings to all. There's been alot of hoopla about Evita Peron >and the movie EVITA. I understand that Juan Peron was an admirer of >Mussilini. His regime was in power during the post WWII era, when Nazi >fascists were flooding South America, especially Argentina. Other than that >I do NOT know much about the fascist Perons. > >Can someone recommend books or provide more details about Evita and her >fascist tendencies? Thanks to all who respond. > >Hasta la Victoria siempre! >................................................... Mike > >
