[nasional_list] [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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