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A book about the end of fundamentalism

The question Gonzales
FISH OUT OF WATER

April 14 Yesterday was the presentation of the book "fish out" the water of Eduardo Ibarra. The text provides a polemic with Gonzalo Thought, line Communist Party leader of Peru-Shining Path (PCP-SL) Abimael Guzman Reynoso (a) Comrade Gonzalo.

Sacrifices aside, heroics aside, the controversy with the walking has to be in ideological terms, dispassionate and scientific. In short, this debate has to occur in the terms and uses of Marxism. Should not lead to angry behavior by growers of myth, because the mythology is alien to all scientific thought, and has praised the myth Mariátegui. Defender Gonzalo mythologically is to confirm the metaphysical character of Gonzalo and his estrangement with Marxism.

Marxists can face and endure the contrast of their ideas with the harsh reality. The Gonzales-is shown, can not sustain the controversy in the strictly ideological without resorting to personal disqualification of the opponent. The truth is that the PCP-SL now has supporters and sympathizers in different fractions (the peace agreement, continue, etc.) That stir up and disturb audiences, but not polemical. Fajardo Crespo and attorneys can be advocates of a person (Gonzalo) or propagandists of "amnesty for all" (claudication extreme), but not the best apologists for their own political line. The PCP-SL has no ideologues, because the only ideologue in prison. Well says the Yugoslav communist Milovan D'jilas: a revolution without revolutionary intelligentsia is doomed to failure.

Gonzalo errors in revolutionary theory, led to the PCP-SL to its maximum isolation and strategic defeat. One of them was not a Marxist conception of the United Front, which condemned the PCP-SL allies have not tactical, strategic or economic climate. In full 80's Gonzalo thought we could assume that "those who are not with us are against us" because finally decreed the death penalty all left, "wiped off the face of the earth to revisionism." Most number of mayors killed by the PCP-SL belonged to the ranks of the United Left, also claimed victims in union leaders, teachers' leaders, peasant and student tables. Those who were not with the PCP-SL were on the other hill ", or were reactionaries and enemies of the revolution, snitches, etc. To the question: who were facing the PCP-SL?, We respond: with anyone. And remember what Lenin wrote in 1923: the revolutionaries are never alone the revolution can never do without alliances with the non-Communists.

Characterization of society is essential to trace the character of the revolution, strategy and tactics. In this regard, the PCP-SL starts mistaken analysis of Peruvian society and calling it "feudal." This was done to force the applicability of the scheme: if society is feudal, it is for a democratic revolution. If society is semi-feudal democratic revolution and falls, it should be the people's war from the countryside to the city. This was done because the most important was the completion of the line, over the conditions in the country. And the case for a metaphysical apriorism Comrade Gonzalo.

The metaphysical character of Gonzalo derived from their mistakes in materialist dialectics. Reduce the laws of dialectical materialism to one-the law of unity and struggle of opposites, and Mao Tse Tung to blame it is the work of Gonzalo. Disregard or enforceability of the other two laws, led to the PCP-SL to leapfrog in terms of maturity of the objective conditions for revolution. What matters most to the PCP-SL were the subjective conditions. Similarly, in terms of unity and struggle of opposites, gonzales did not understand the difference between contradictions among the people and antagonistic contradictions-that led to the killing of peasants and indigenous Andean Amazon (Asháninkas case). Philosophically, Gonzalo undertakes knowledge of dialectical materialism burdened by other philosophical non-Marxists to be evident in their ideological deviations.

and ideological deviations are those that lead to Gonzalo PCP-SL and catatrófica a resounding defeat. They were guilty of it its members who sacrificed their lives for their cause, but the top leader is never sacrificed, leading the revolution from the comfort of the suburbs and at the time of capture did not give the example that did require of his paintings. The share of blood, "find the bullet that kills you, the offer up their lives for the party, was enforceable against the fighters, for the head, no.

The PCP-SL will be history and will be remembered for being the only organization bearing arms who, having reached the strategic balance, stopped the war because its leader was captured. And this will lead to the collective memory of the videos that were shown on TV about his amazing peaceful capture. Someone called "the fourth sword of Marxism," comparable in stature to artificially Marx, Engels, Lenin and Mao, surrendered without a fight, fell without bodyguards and without the most minimal security measures. After a shameful "peace agreement" that suspended the war to save his life, the call for "amnesty for all" has become perverted appeal that rivals the revolutionary fighters jailed genocide, military and police officers found guilty of violation of human rights.

The author of "fish out of water" is ahead of my delayed publication. I have a book launch on the same subject and is a summary of my argument with gonzales fundamentalism. By participating in the presentation table, I can announce it and also reiterate the proselytes of faith, parishioners of religion Gonzales, I am always ready to argue without time limit, to the ultimate questions.