[ppi] [ppiindia] THE FOURTH WORLD WAR IS AGAINST NEOLIBERALISM

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      INTERVIEW WITH VENEZUELAN AUTHOR LUIS BRITTO GARCIA : 
      "THE FOURTH WORLD WAR IS AGAINST NEOLIBERALISM"
      Eric Contreras 



      "I always say that on February 27, 1989, the fourth world war begain in 
Venezuela. The third was the Cold War, and the fourth is the war against 
neoliberalism, which began in Caracas on that day."
     
     

Luis Britto is a member of the generation of Venezuelan intellectuals who came 
of age amidst traumatic circumstances, with the fall of the Marcos Pérez 
Jiménez military dictatorship in 1958, followed by the armed struggle of the 
1960s, the defeat and obligatory political reflux of the left that came after. 

This generation, who had shared a critical and sarcastic view of the Venezuelan 
political system, was deeply divided when Hugo Chávez began to emerge as the 
leader of a controversial revolutionary process. In that breakup, Britto took 
the side of "Chavismo", supporting the changes that Chávez pursued when he 
became president. 

Born in Caracas in 1940, Britto has twice won the prestigious Casa de las 
Américas literary award from Cuba (1970 and 1979), and in 1980 the Latin 
American Playwright award. Whether he likes it or not, he is one of the 
"celebrities" of the 6th World Social Forum in his native city. 

-What impact does the World Social Forum have on the globalisation process? 

-The importance of the WSF is that it is a centre for debate about this reality 
that is known as social movements, which are forms of organisation and of 
action for society, which are not framed in the political party context, nor in 
business, and nor are they states. 

They are a new and dynamic realty that are grouped, in general terms, around 
very specific objectives, for example, the war against privatisation of water 
in Cochabamba (Bolivia), the ethnic issues of some indigenous movements, the 
movements of landless peasants in Brazil, and the Zamoranos in Venezuela. 

Now, people organise themselves around those goals, which usually have a great 
ability to build unity and cooperation with other similar groups, and that is 
why you see a vast spectrum in the World Social Forum, in that there are 
environmental, economic, ethnic and gender movements, and all kinds of things. 

Before all of this is a sort of "agora" of social movements, to find their 
points of contact, where they can collaborate, or establish a dynamic with 
another social movement. In my opinion the "Caracazo" [the 1989 riots in 
Caracas in which some 400 people were killed, mostly at the hands of security 
forces] was an immense social movement, and that shows you, especially in 
Venezuela, that there is a great capacity of very small social groups to 
suddenly coordinate themselves in an improvised way around a specific 
objective. 

Chávez's ascent to power with the elections, was another one of these things. 
Chávez did not have a party, in official terms, nor did he have major 
publicity, but he won anyway. 

The reposition of Chávez in power, and the end to the oil strikes, was more or 
less that same thing. This is the great new dynamic reality in the world and in 
Latin America. The problem is the following: the states have disassociated 
themselves from the peoples, and later it was the political parties. 

The people have chosen their own way, in particular coming together around 
social movements. 

-Do you think social movements are now on the offensive? 

-Yes, for me they moved to the offensive a long time ago. I always say that on 
February 27, 1989, the fourth world war began in Venezuela. The third had been 
the Cold War, and the fourth is the war against neoliberalism, which began in 
Caracas on that day. 

The movement against the FTAA (Free Trade Area of the Americas) ... a great 
union of social movements has emerged, the Continental Social Alliance. Where 
there was a meeting of the ones in power, who were going to impose neoliberal 
policies, then they appeared, they staged demonstrations, protests, manifestos, 
mobilised opinion, etc. When the entire world seemed to shut up, the presidents 
agreed to the economic packages, the parties thought it was great, but the 
social movements took to the street. 

-As the 6th WSF continues, have you seen a main issue of debate emerge? 

-All of the issues are central. It would be trite to refer to a dominant issue. 
Without ecology, we would all die; without the fight against poverty, ethnic, 
racial, classist discrimination, our societies would always be a confrontation 
of oppressors and the oppressed. 

Without the debate on gender issues, patriarchy would last forever, or would be 
replaced by maternalism, for example. It is precisely the social movements that 
emerge because the states and the parties thought these were issues that didn't 
merit their attention. It turns out the great dynamic force in Latin America, 
that whole garbage pail, is worth the effort. It is what is mobilising Latin 
America and the Caribbean. 



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