Argentina: Polarization against Macri / PJ

be alternative, uniting all the anti-capitalist left. A medida que se profundiza la crisis económica y social, in the midst of major struggles against the few months left for national elections, it has again debated the need for left unity. Here we proposed the MST.

Let's change crisis

Clearly the worst months macrismo lives and internally debate on how to make us change to avoid national defeat. The PRO lives his bad time expressed in its first loss in the internal of us change in La Pampa, insecurity led him to lower his candidate in Santa Fe, expect a weak election on Sunday in Neuquen and over the UCR crestfallen now possible Brings an internal against Macri or at least order a radical vice.

Part of all is the economic crisis continues and deepens social discontent. The long-awaited economic upturn expected by owners of Macri election is not given and economic crises horizon looms the coming months. If it comes to August the government will be in serious electoral problems. That is why all their provincial allies have decided to split their choices, nobody wants to tie its fate to that of Macri.

Dilemmas and complicities PJ

This old party and key stronghold of Argentine bourgeois regime, It has been acting against the adjustment Macri and IMF, with much greater loyalty has indoors. On the one hand to vote for him Macri fundamental laws including its national budget is nothing less than the government plan, the other to adjust their governors in most provinces, and in addition to the old Peronist union bureaucracy, the adjustment let it run without flinching.

Still it has not yet achieved unity that seeks; the official PJ and Kirchner advance in armed with most of the union bureaucracy, Federal Alternative for now but does not stop and continues on his side, with several candidates still unwilling to get off and postulated Lavagna, but only if there is no internal. PJ is the fragmentation and complicity with adjusting what you play against.

Paragraph deserves CFK and all kirchnerismo. In a few weeks dedicated to seduce the establishment, Kicillof reaffirmed its dolphin wherever he could to, if governing, They will not break with the IMF, and gestured to the large financial investors with whom he just met, spokesman made them saying they are concerned about the disaster that did Macri. To this must be added the decision to support CFK in Santa Fe to Perotti, privatizador old official, sojero and antiabortion, and summon the Evangelical Churches, so that you organize a "Celeste branch", trampling women's struggle for their right to decide. All samples that PJ, in any of its variants, is the real solution to this crisis huge.

The FIT and doubts, delay

At the level of the left, It has reinstated the debate on unity, which it is logical. Who can deny that, against Macri, IMF and PJ need to generate something different? It is also obvious that an alternative project, background and confront all parties in the system, It can only come from the anti-capitalist left. It happens that while this can only be generated if the current dispersion of this space we move to a new policy framework and program unit.

So far the FIT dare not open that way when one has more responsibility to do so. Insinuates some fuzzy proposal, but in particular, while discussion internally, He did not yet pose no serious to discuss among all organizations that are part of this space. Time passes and thus lose valuable opportunities to advance, They go by where there will be provincial elections division and therefore in those places hardly left is the great alternative that could be attached. And this will continue if the FIT is not decided really to get out of a logic of electoral calculation, when reality imposes other needs; have an offensive policy, class and bold to form a new bigger and stronger unity against Macri, the IMF, the PJ and the center-left.

MST's proposal

Macri will want to follow, PJ will want to return and set all the big media want to reduce the presence invisible or left, in millions encouraging the idea that you can only choose between two sectors. these maneuvers and policies of the regime must be overcome and their parties in the only way possible; building the best alternative and unity of the anti-capitalist left towards elections, and laying the groundwork for a project for the day after, of a political strategy and class independence, in unity, is played thoroughly all the time that comes with working class, women and youth.

Days ago we made an important mobilization and unitary act against imperialist interference in Venezuela and an independent exit Maduro government. It was a great common step that shows that, when unit will, You can reach important agreements posit harder all the anti-capitalist left. In that act against the US Embassy, our colleague and pre-candidate for president proposed Cele Fierro repeat the unity achieved in support of the Venezuelan people moving towards political unity in our country. No doubt that is the main political task of the moment.

At the same event, Christian Castillo direction of said PTS: "There is now more important point in Latin American politics, and therefore the policy Argentina, that what is happening in Venezuela. And that's the merit of this act to urge the parties of the Left Front, PTS, the Workers Party and Socialist Left, alongside fellow MST, New MAS and self-determination and freedom. Is the workers' and socialist left which holds the banner of anti-imperialism. Because we know that the liberation of our continent will come from the hand of the workers' government and socialist unity of Latin America, not one of those national bourgeoisies that always end up capitulating ".

We share these definitions. We only add that, so, it is consistent advance a political unit, workers' and socialist who fought in Argentina for government workers, without further delay decision. No electioneering difference calculation or on aspects of the past must prevent the necessary unity of all the parties that were in front of the US Embassy. The political task of the moment is to advance this unit. Who does not drives, although it is not its intention, ends up favoring the establishment parties.

All this from the MST we joined forces FIT and made a very concrete proposal; move to a programmatic and political agreement for the struggles and the upcoming elections, I do also thinking about it in the medium and long term to act with great strength and unity from the anti-capitalist left in the years of social upheaval that have been. Sit down and discuss all possible ways forward in this agreement, always on our side open to different variants that allow the unit.
And I do nationwide, to be a major national political event, great news that excites us thousands and thousands and place set, better able to face Macri, the IMF and the PJ in all its variants. In the midst of this crisis, the news of a new unit is the only one that can open better conditions for a leap in political and social influence of the anti-capitalist left. If we do not, electorally polarization can reduce space and representation of the left, politically and generate a setback when we can be actors in a qualitative advance if we unite. This is the challenge.

Sergio Garcia

reproduced from Anticapitalist Network

6.3.2019