Peru: An Upsurge of Strikes and Barricades (tags)
All through May the people of Peru built a powerful wave of struggle--isolating the corrupt government and shaking the rotten system that holds them in misery. Peru's President Toledo responded with bloody repression--imposing a fascistic "state of emergency" and unleashing his soldiers to kill people in the streets. As we go to press, this powerful upsurge is still shaking the country. The following report is based on mainstream press accounts.
Revolutionary upsurge in Arequipa, Peru (tags)
"A state of emergency" has been declared in the Peruvian city of Arequipa after three days of revolutionary upsurge organised by communists, workers and activists.