A-Infos (en) Chile, Politics and Society #27 - Contents + Editorial (ca) [machine translation]

Contents ---- Editorial ---- Social struggles, state violence and prospects in the context 
of resetting the opposition to capital ---- Education and social change: a view from 
Colombia ---- Strategies criminalization and social movement responses ---- Notes on the 
experience of popular power in times of UP ---- Traces of utopia. The self experience of 
four Chilean schools in 2011 ---- What is anarchist communism? ---- Editorial ---- In the 
previous issue of PyS we mentioned the increase of social struggle that has been recorded 
in recent times in the country, which motivated us to think of a new cycle of conflict and 
even to raise upward resetting of the popular and opposition to the model. While this 
semester has not had a great intensity in the fight, it is clear that the country is 
experiencing a different climate from about 5 years ago. Think this new cycle of clashes 
between classes, which opened for some time, leads to the reflection that the processes 
are not necessarily linear.

Thus, fluctuations experienced by the conflict between antagonistic classes gradually 
become evident when we look at the social events that have occurred in recent times in 
Chilean society.

These small changes in the political and class consciousness that have managed the various 
sectors in the society have been perceived the current power bloc, which has been 
awkwardly adjusting their responses to the crisis of legitimacy and undeniable political 
force in model the country. These measures have aimed primarily to contain and dismantle 
the popular movements and organizations that continue in the process of strengthening and 
maturing. At the same time, given the persistence of social mobilization, sectoral or 
regional, has been the increase and sophistication of the repressive state apparatus.

The increase in these various conflicts, whose background is the struggle and class 
antagonism, and had been going a few years ago, but has reached levels that would have 
been difficult to predict a decade ago. Without being in a pre-revolutionary process, let 
alone something like this, we intend to reflect on the issue of repression as a strategy 
that fits the dominant bloc in a political context in more open social conflict. From our 
village, urgently required, therefore, discussion and reflection on the role of violence 
in political action and the safeguards that are supposed to ship these conflicts bourgeois 
right. To this end we interviewed the historian Sergio Grez Toso, that we share their 
vision of these issues. We have also included a text of lawyer Julio Cortes on strategies 
of criminalization of protest and the role they play in the current political context. As 
an editorial board, and as part of the libertarian communist camp, we believe that careful 
reflection on these issues will equip ourselves to meet the political criteria times 
ahead. At the same time, this reflection will help us avoid outdated tactics or idealized.

By the left, and more critically in sectors revolutionary struggles intensified involves 
having to devote its energies on providing answers and solutions to problems and 
short-term quotas, at the risk of losing sight of the objectives beyond. Precisely because 
of this problem believe it is necessary to approach the discussion "on the horizons of the 
long-term struggle" (central theme of this edition). In that sense, although the prospect 
of popular power narrows a defined orientation for our sector, also remains a series of 
propositions too abstract or general. Thus such proposals require thought to the dilemmas 
facing and will face the popular movement. This deepening exercise should be in multiple 
directions: building program, social articulation strategy, among others. This is a huge 
task and as a magazine we can only bring certain items to these discussions. In that 
spirit we have included a text by Leopoldo Montenegro on the experiences of people power 
during the Popular Unity government, as well as a review of the book "Traces of Utopia", 
which discusses the realization of self-management perspectives in the field of struggles 
in education.

In that sense, we think inside the revolutionary intent left unresolved there is a 
discussion, and we do not believe that will be resolved in the short term. While some 
place their bets in the municipal elections, or talk about a constituent assembly (both 
institutional decisions about social conflict), others do struggle on multiple platforms 
or exercising social sectors building programs through social institutions wide. However, 
the forms of construction and remain somewhat accumulation produced by the left bit. For 
this discussion we found relevant to understand what has been done elsewhere. So we took 
advantage of interviewing the Colombian educator Marco Raul Mejia, who in addition to 
referring to the processes of the popular struggle for their country and how they have 
taken to build a strong social fabric, we discussed issues as diverse as the principles 
that should guarantee peace in Colombia or the role of teachers in the discussion of new 
forms of education. Looking continental trends we find the same struggles that we are part 
of, but with the advantage of having them in perspective.

About the electoral situation, as well as revolutionary anarchists but we are convinced 
that a sustained social transformation process from the state apparatus has clear limits 
and structural weaknesses. Our position is to build strong grassroots, independent and 
autonomous class against bourgeois institutions. That's one of the lessons of the period 
of the Popular Unity government and the coup that gave the term. While no text in this 
issue specifically addresses this issue, you will find lights along with many pages of 
this magazine. In this connection, the text of the experiences of the People in times of 
UP also draw lines on the complex relationship of the popular movement with the 
institutional apparatus. Also in the interview with S. Greg can find their particular 
position in front of the municipal elections in October.

As concerns us avoid postures magazine decontextualized or ahistorical about these joints. 
We believe that the key questions facing these processes are: What is at stake in this 
election, What roads open and what closes roads?, And who can earn and what builds? Given 
this we believe that in this municipal election of 2012 not in play any significant 
popular construction process, or to open or to close the roads that the working class is 
opening slowly. By the same token, as the elections seem a central element, neither is the 
make-election campaign. However, we also assume that our vision is limited. We know the 
reality of all the counties, let alone all the regions that make this strip of land. 
However, we risk raising the stakes election, in the current period, it serves as a space 
to build social spaces that point to revolutionary social change. And this by a 
combination of practical facts: that bodies are still embryonic and popular mainly because 
the bourgeois institutional framework allows catalyzing Popular routes to the current 
model. Therefore, be part of the current electoral game not only legitimizes all 
injustices inherited from the authoritarian regime, but even they are not suitable for the 
processes of change and maturation that this society needs. This little reflection could 
be expanded much more as it needs deep analysis and decision class position. That is, we 
take it up at all times (not just in the election), it is an ongoing task that we as 
struggling sectors. Therefore, we invite our readers to help us nurture these and other 
considerations that are relevant to address the process of building a classless society 
without exploitation.

Health and Social Revolution

Already street number 27 of "Politics and Society"


The journal "Politics and Society" (formerly "Man and Society") reached number 27, 
corresponding to the austral spring 2012.

Can be found in various outlets of Santiago and regions can also be ordered at the 
following email: distribucion.pys @ gmail.com
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