Morales Turns on the Workers

international | worker & community struggles and protests | other press Tuesday April 04, 2006 15:08 by Permanent Revolution

It appears that 'socialist' president Evo Morales is on a collision course with socialism

A few months after being hoisted to power on the backs of a mass movement of peasants and workers Evo Morales has turned the army and police on striking airport workers.
The BBC covers the story
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4864092.stm
and libcom has it at http://libcom.org/news/article.php/20060403014826748

In another development Morales has promised to use the army and police to break a threatened bus-workers strike.
That's at http://www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7BDAE6477D-C0A...ge=EN

looks like a very interesting dynamic may be developing, and Morales, if he is not careful, may end up being chucked out by mass protest just like the last two presidents have been.