Long Reads: Mariátegui's Marxism w/ Mike Gonzalez

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🗓️ 6 April 2023

⏱️ 65 minutes

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In the past few years, Peru has experienced several waves of political turbulence. The latest cycle of unrest began when Pedro Castillo was ousted as president last December. State security forces have killed dozens of people protesting against Castillo’s removal from office.

The political questions being posed in Peru and other Latin American countries today have a long history behind them. A century ago, the Peruvian intellectual José Carlos Mariátegui tackled many of those questions in his work, from the legacy of European colonial rule to the struggle of indigenous communities for rights and recognition. Mariátegui died at the age of just thirty-five, but his political writings became a touchstone for Latin American radicals.

Historian Mike Gonzalez joins Long Reads to discuss Mariátegui. Mike is the author of several books, including In The Red Corner: The Marxism of José Carlos Mariátegui.

Read Mike's piece, "José Carlos Mariátegui Was the Great Pioneer of Latin American Marxism" here: https://jacobin.com/2023/02/jose-carlos-mariategui-latin-america-marxism-indigenous-inca-united-front

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0:21.5	Hello, you're very welcome to Longreads, a jacobin podcast where we look in depth at
0:25.6	political topics and thinkers. My name is Daniel Finn, and the features editor here at Jacobin
0:31.5	and I'll be presenting the show. In the past few years Peru has experienced several waves
0:37.4	of political turbulence. The latest cycle of unrest began when Pedro Castillo was ousted as
0:43.5	President last December. State security forces have killed dozens of people protesting against
0:49.7	Castillo's removal from office. Channel 4 news carried this report towards the end of January.
1:01.0	Deep in the Peruvian andes, local people have taken control of the mountain roads.
1:10.6	There are supporters of the depots president Pedro Castillo, who was arrested in December after
1:16.7	trying to dissolve Congress and rule by decree. Most here are poor indigenous farmers and miners
1:24.6	who work southern Peru's resource rich land but see little in return. Castillo, a left-wing
1:31.7	former union leader, promised to change all of that. And these protesters believe he was overthrown
1:38.8	by a corrupt political elite in the capital Lima, who have never done anything to help them.
1:47.3	Violent protests have spread across Peru since Castillo's removal.
1:53.1	Clashes with police have led to more than 50 deaths and hundreds injured.
2:00.2	Castillo's successor, President Boloarte, has done little to quell the anger,
2:05.2	refusing to resign and calling the protests terrorism. The protesters call her a traitor.
2:13.3	The political questions being posed in Peru and other Latin American countries today
2:20.0	have a long history behind them. A century ago, the Peruvian intellectual José Carlos Marriatagi
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