The Revolutionary Workers' Party ( Spanish : Partido Obrero Revolucionario , POR) is a Trotskyist political party in Bolivia . At its height in the late 1940s and early 1950s, the POR was able to gain a mass working-class following.
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60-530: A series of strikes in 1949, forcing Lechín and other union leaders into exile. New elections were held in 1951 that gave the MNR a plurality, leading the military to nullify the elections. The FSTMB and POR formed militias of workers that fought on the side of the MNR. These militias fought government forces and stormed army bases. These struggles culminated in the "Bolivian National Revolution" in April 1952, which placed
80-703: Is a labor union in Bolivia that represents miners . Bolivia's miners are commonly regarded as the country's most class-conscious workers. The FSTMB has played an important role in Bolivia's recent history. The union emerged in the wake of a violent clash between government troops and striking tin miners in Oruro and Potosí in 1942. The FSTMB was founded on June 11, 1944 at a congress held in Huanuni, Oruro. The Huanuni Congress included delegates from 25 local unions,
100-670: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Revolutionary Workers%27 Party (Bolivia) The POR was founded in December 1935 at a congress in Córdoba, Argentina , called by Gustavo Navarro and other Bolivian radicals who were in exile because of the Chaco War . The congress formally merged three Bolivian exile groups based in Argentina, Chile , and Peru respectively. Under
120-587: The Revolutionary Nationalist Movement (MNR), and the Revolutionary Workers' Party (POR, a Trotskyist group). The newly formed union had a membership of 60,000 miners. Juan Lechín , the leader of the miners' movement and POR member, was chosen as the union's Executive Secretary. Divisions emerged in the union's leadership over how to relate to the new government of Major Gualberto Villarroel . MNR members wanted
140-514: The military junta to surrender on April 12, 1952. Following the "Bolivian National Revolution," the MNR took over the government, but the populist party failed to enact major social reforms because of pressure from international agencies. Pablo, the leader of the IS, characterised the MNR as petty-bourgeois. Others have criticised this arguing that the POR was bourgeois. The POR played a supportive role in
160-653: The FSTMB to support Major Villarroel, but the Lechín and the other members of the POR wanted the union to remain independent of the government. The MNR's position was defeated in 1946 when the FSTMB adopted the "Pulacayo Thesis," which called for a workers' revolution and other radical goals. In 1947, POR members formed a caucus in the union, the Bloque Parlamentario Minero , to represent their interests. The FSTMB faced renewed government suppression following
180-504: The FSTMB. From 1964 to 1982, a series of military dictators ruled Bolivia. The FSTMB and the COB often faced harsh government repression, most notably under the regimes of Colonel Hugo Banzer (1971–78) and General Luis García Meza (1980–81). Many of the union's leaders were jailed or forced into exile during these years. The FSTMB became a leading force in Bolivian politics once again with
200-533: The MNR in control of the government. Following the revolution, the FSTMB became the main component of the Bolivian Workers' Center (COB), a new umbrella organization for all labor unions. Most of the large-scale tin mines were nationalized and placed under the control of a new government agency, the Corporación Minera de Bolivia (COMIBOL). COMIBOL was managed jointly by the government and
220-448: The POR led by Guillermo Lora continued its activity in the COB and FSTMB during the 1960s and 1970s, when the country was ruled by a series of short-lived military juntas. Lora's POR worked closely with FSTMB president Juan Lechín during these years, when the labor movement largely operated clandestinely. Between 1970 and 1971, when General Juan José Torres allowed a Popular Assembly ( Asamblea Popular ) to operate, which included unions and
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#1732773343785240-435: The POR. In November 1946, the FSTMB adopted a program known as the "Pulacayo Thesis" that was heavily influenced by the POR's ideology. The Pulacayo thesis was essentially an application of Trotsky's Transitional Program to Bolivian conditions. After a military coup nullified the results of the 1951 elections (which gave the MNR a plurality), the MNR, POR and FSTMB led workers' militias that stormed army barracks and forced
260-788: The Trotskyist Fourth International , turned to the idea of armed insurrection against the government. Inspired by Che Guevara 's guerrilla tactics, they sought to engage in rural combat against the government. The González wing of the POR faced harsh government repression and eventually disappeared. Lora's POR continues to exist to the present day, though it has been eclipsed by other radical parties such as Evo Morales ' Movement toward Socialism (MAS). It continues to publish Masas . Federaci%C3%B3n Sindical de Trabajadores Mineros de Bolivia The Syndical Federation of Bolivian Mineworkers ( Spanish : Federación Sindical de Trabajadores Mineros de Bolivia ; FSTMB )
280-471: The advice of José Aguirre Gainsborg , the leaders of the new POR affiliated with Leon Trotsky's International Left Opposition . When the Chaco War ended in 1935, the POR leaders returned to Bolivia. The leaders disagreed over whether to maintain a strict Trotskyist party or form a broad socialist movement. As Bolivia passed through a series of short-lived military dictatorships , the POR began to enter
300-697: The creation of the Central Obrera Boliviana (COB), a new federation of labor unions , in 1952. However, when members of the POR began to criticize the moderation of the MNR-led government in October 1952, the MNR removed key POR leaders from the COB and FSTMB. As the MNR's power grew at the cost of the POR, in-fighting increased among the Trotskyists. In 1954, the POR split into two factions. One of these factions (led by Guillermo Lora )
320-575: The emerging labor movement . In 1947 the party's activists formed the Mining Parliamentary Bloc caucus in the newly formed miners' union (the FSTMB ), which was to become the most active and militant union in Bolivia. Along with the populist Revolutionary Nationalist Movement (MNR) it became one of the two most influential parties in the mineworkers' movement. FSTMB president Juan Lechín , an MNR member, maintained good relations with
340-514: The membership of the FSTMB. Many retired mining workers remained active in political life, including as members of the Mining Pensioners' Association (Asociación de Rentistas Mineras). Despite its setbacks, the FSTMB remained active in the labor movement and politics. The union was at the forefront of the movement against water privatization in 2000, and has campaigned for nationalization of Bolivia's natural gas reserves . The FSTMB
360-529: The restoration of democracy in 1982. In 1985 the world tin market crashed. The MNR-led government of Víctor Paz Estenssoro conceded to an economic restructuring plan set forward by the International Monetary Fund and World Bank . As part of the plan, the government closed or privatized most of the state-controlled tin mines. Between 1985 and 1987, the workforce of the state mining company fell from 30,000 to just 7,000. This devastated
380-660: Was led by Lechín. The POR led forces that sought to keep the assembly independent of Torres. After Torres' overthrow, Lora and other POR leaders went into exile. In 1988 Lora's POR founded the Liaison Committee for the Reconstruction of the Fourth International together with other Latin American trotskyists. The wing of the POR led by González Moscoso, which remained the official affiliate of
400-559: Was opposed to continued work with the MNR. The other faction (led by Hugo González Moscoso ) was less critical of the MNR and sought to work with the left wing of the MNR. In 1956, Lora founded a separate party (also named POR) that drew supporters of his newspaper, Masas . In 1963, a large number of POR members left the party to join Juan Lechín's new Revolutionary Party of the Nationalist Left (PRIN). The faction of
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