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MONTH the Bolivian dictatorship of General Torillo announced an amnesty for all charges with crimes against the In two years Bolivia has seen military Guo. But the people - particularly the copper miners have fought back and forc ed the military to At the heart of this struggle has been the POR (RevoWorkers' Party, Bolivian section of the Fourth International) Hugo Moscoso, one of its leaders, escaped the country recently after having been jailed by the military. Steve Potter spoke to him about his party's history and its curappeal for assistance.
Trotsky's death a : Stalinist For the first time in Mexican histo assassin's hands convinced Moscoso to join the POR in 1940. His party has since been at the centre of working class struggle Bolivia.
The POR was the first Latin American section of the Fourth International, admission being approved after a delegation visited Trotsky in Mexico in 1938. first step towards becoming workers party was for its militants to seek the and live ODSn in miners' areas. It paid off. The fourth national miners' union conference, held in 1946, was won to the POR's VICWS alla adopted one of the most famous documents Latin American revolutionary Marxism the "Thesis of Pulacoyo' 'The document was an application of the theory permanent revolution to Bolivia, 'The advanced political thinking of the which was mainly due to the POR's presence, meant that they played a role struggle."
The Bolivian working class's political consciousCHICS. has been the onl shield against 30 years of continuous 'Many times, the military dictatorships proclaimed the destruction of the workers' movement and the Trotskyists particular, says Moscoso. 'Our party was among the most repressed. . Ever since the 4S Or Cena have been arrested, held in concentration camps and forced into exile.
'We knew the jails and repressive methods of the mining and landlord oligarchy before 1952, and then in the 12 years of the bourgeois nationalist government of the MNR VO CORO our homes were our jails. And finally in the last 18 years of military dictatorship we've been hit very hard Many leaders and militants have died in the struggle but our party continues on its feet.
The POR has continued to produce books even in clandestinity. The even in clandestinity. base it enjoys was evident Republic
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