[ppi] [ppiindia] HOW TO CHANGE THE WORLD WITHOUT TAKING POWER

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      FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 2006    
                  AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE ALTERNATIVE : 
                  HOW TO CHANGE THE WORLD WITHOUT TAKING POWER
                  Elisa Ruiz 



                  For Marxism, the problem of the revolution is the problem of 
power, but John Holloway, economist and university professor in Mexico and 
Ireland, says that doesn't have to be the case. He is accompanied by the groups 
that are alternatives to the alternative, who see Chávez as just another 
reactionary. What would Bush say?
                 

            The World Social Forum is an alternative to the World Economic 
Forum, but in the chaos of a never-ending desire to create something new, a 
forum has emerged in Caracas that is an "alternative to the alternative". What 
do they claim? That the WSF should never have accepted a cent from the 
Venezuelan government. In this context John Holloway arrived to inform us that 
one can change the world without any need to take power, designate ministers, 
make decrees, send laws to Parliament, discipline the military, or any such 
odious administrative functions. He was accompanied by the phrase "no 
revolution is financed by multinationals", a slogan surely aimed at the new 
PDVSA, Venezuela's national oil company that puts money towards President Hugo 
Chávez's anti-poverty and anti-exclusion programmes. The professor affirms that 
established power is personified in capitalism, and to defeat it there are four 
principles. 

            Asking Questions, We Move Forward 

            Holloway says that a horizontal social model must be created, 
different from capitalism. In the world there exist two powers. One is related 
to work, that is, the power others exert over us. The other represents 
self-determination and is reactive, which translates into what each person can 
do. There are moments, he says, when one shouts against capital, demonstrating 
rejection of outside control and the existence of a space for creating. 
Holloway defines these moments as cracks, which ultimately turn into a 
revolution in which these cracks and these shouts of opposition multiply. This 
process of revolution comes about in two timeframes, one of preparation and 
work for the future, and another in which social relations can be changed. 
Venezuela would be precisely in this second stage. In order to take over the 
world without taking power it is necessary that the protagonist of these 
changes be each one of its subjects, who assume the responsibility of 
transforming reality, with a critical eye to the government and representation. 
But similarly, "the revolution represents a movement against ourselves, because 
we are antagonists, schizophrenic." All of this, which could leave Chávez, Evo 
Morales and Lula thinking about resigning, was enthusiastically applauded by 
the audience, made up of the most "alternative" Forum-goers of all. 

            Two Lefts, Two Social Forums 

            Phrases like "No compromise with power", "No subsidies, this forum 
is truly self-sufficient" greet one arriving at the Alternative Social Forum, 
whose theme proposes "a response, a debate from the left", but an alternative, 
pluralistic left, one that rejects the dichotomy of "Chavistas" and 
"opposition" in the Venezuelan political dynamic. Workshops, screenings of 
documentaries, and debates fuel this other forum, which welcomes national 
groups like the Nelson Carrido Organisation and the Centre for Libertarian 
Social Studies, and international groups like Earth First!, War Resisters' 
International, Argentine Libertarian Federation, Mexico's Magonista Autonomous 
Collective, and the Cuban Libertarian Movement. The dynamics of the diversity 
of languages, gatherings and slogans against imperialism are repeated, just as 
in the World Social Forum. The Alternative Social Forum describes itself as a 
self-organising effort, because it does not accept funding from the government 
or from private companies, and there are indications of its very minimal 
budget. However, as ASF organiser Rafael Uzcátegui clarifies, "the objective is 
not to compete with the WSF, but we want to continue as an ongoing space for 
exchange." This alternative forum, he says, proposes to break down the paradigm 
that the entire political left is in power, and the right in the opposition, 
which in his opinion is a childish viewpoint. 

           
     


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