Strategies of unionism of communists in Rosario (Santa Fe - Argentina), 1932-1935. The “class against class” political line in the time of crisis and changes

In 1928, the (PC) Communist Party adopted a new political strategy, launched by The Communist International (CI), which sought to influence the trade union activity. For some time, communists had implemented several strategies that had as central axis to proletarianize the party. From that year, the...

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Autores principales: Menotti, Paulo, Merayo, Sebastián
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Lenguaje:Español
Publicado: Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades. Escuela de Historia 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/RIHALC/article/view/15913
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Sumario:In 1928, the (PC) Communist Party adopted a new political strategy, launched by The Communist International (CI), which sought to influence the trade union activity. For some time, communists had implemented several strategies that had as central axis to proletarianize the party. From that year, they have adopted a line of action called “class against class”, through which they rejected any approach or alliance with progressive sectors of the bourgeoisie and other left movements. When the dictatorial government concluded in 1932, the province of Santa Fe went through a democratic experience until 1935. The government of Luciano Molinas, of the Progressive Democratic Party (PDP), tried to hold certain civil guarantees that allowed local communism to have a different level of insertion compared to what happened at the national level. In this framework, and based on a vast bibliography and a plenty of professional local and partisan press, we wonder about the ways in which communists took advantage of those “free spaces” to combine political, trade union and cultural activities, in order to recover their influence among workers. This paper aims to reconstruct the experience of communists in the city of Rosario (Santa Fe) between 1932-1935, and also to think about the implications of their political strategies.