Democracy Against Politics
Against The Current vol. 136
Feinberg, Joseph Grim
http://www.solidarity-us.org/node/1888
Date Written: 2008-09-01
Publisher: Against The Current
Year Published: 2008
Resource Type: Article
Cx Number: CX13441
“¡Que se vayan todos!” shouted rebellious crowds during the Argentine economic crisis of 2001, “Out with them all!” The call soon spread throughout Latin America: for a new politics without politicians and a new society without social elites. Many radicals have been inspired by the movements that seemed to rise with so much energy and idealism from this foundational fire. Others have been quick to criticize the inadequacy of movements which seem to have forgotten that economic exploitation is more fundamental than political oppression, and that exploitation is held up by political power which must be seized rather than ignored.
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