http://www.permanentrevolution.net/http://www.permanentrevolution.net/images/logo.gifhttp://www.permanentrevolution.net/en-GBwww.zenblog.net(c) 2008 Permanent Revolution. http://www.permanentrevolution.net/entry/1371#comment-672http://www.permanentrevolution.net/entry/1371#comment-672For a critical look at the eurocentric "workerist" vision of Bolivia and the thesis of Pulacayo read Bolivia – From colonialism to Indianism by Christian Rudel http://boliviarising.blogspot.com/2007/05/bolivia-from-colonialism-to-indianism.html In his introduction to the piece Charles-André Udry writes: The analytical tradition of the European or Argentine radical left on “the social and political situation” in Bolivia — reinforced in part by the work of Guillermo Lora, the Bolivian Marxist — is marked by a unilateral or skewed approach. Its image of the Bolivian miner was simply of a proletarian and not a proletarianized “Indian”; that is, a Quechua or Aymara who was “mobilized” by the descendants of Francisco Pizarro (the 16th century conquistador) and by the “national bourgeoisie” in formation beginning in the 19th century, to spill its blood in the extraction of tin and silver. And to be executed by the army when he revolted. This interpretation was all the more dominant in that the authoritative written references tended to confirm the spin by those who supplied this expurgated “workerist” analysis. For example, the Theses of Pulacayo — drafted in 1946 by Guillermo Lora under the influence of European revolutionary Marxists — were presented as the direct, authentic product of the miners who belonged to the Federation of Miners Unions of Bolivia. Such was not the case......Bolivia Rising2007-06-06 19:36:482007-06-06 19:36:48