Richard Mac Duinnsleibhe has been translating lots of interesting stuff about Podemos, the new party of the left that polled 8% in last months euro elections. This is on the comparison between Podemos and populist left movements in South America. History is full of politicians who reach power by adopting left-wing stances and then abandon them, so why could the opposite not happen? To reach power with a moderate and ambiguous discourse so as then to set about deepening changes to the left. It is what happened in Venezuela, in Argentina and in Ecuador. Whilst our socialist parties do the opposite of socialism, in Latin America, without calling themselves socialists or workers, they are doing more for socialism and workers than here. Obviously, to trust that a moderate discourse should finally dare to pursue a left path requires a major dose of faith on the part of the electorate, but has experience not shown us that those who claim to be on the left also requires such a thing?
Posted on: Tue, 03 Jun 2014 16:38:44 +0000
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