World War 4 Report [4] editor Bill Weinberg [5]'s presentation about Peru at the Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space (MoRUS [6]) on New York's Lower East Side last week is now on YouTube [7]. The talk and slide show focused on struggles for urban space in Lima (community centers, squats, gardens); the movement for legalization of coca leaf, and against US-led eradication efforts [8]; and peasant struggles for land and water [9] against US mineral companies in the Andes. There was also a report on recent protests in Lima against the Trans-Pacific Partnership [10] trade agreement, with a representative from NY Metro Trade Justice [11].
ANNOTATION: Some of the names referenced in the video, as correctly rendered... The current progressive mayor of Lima is Susana Villarán [12]. The left-wing dictator who ruled from 1968 to 1975 was Juan Velasco Alvarado [13]. The folksinger who participated in Peru's 1979 constitutional reform was El Jilguero del Huascarán [14]. The Marxist thinker of the 1920s who looked to the indigenous past as a model for socialism was José Carlos Mariátegui [15]. The Bagua massacre [16] took place on June 5, 2009, the day before the 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre. The video cuts off just before a Skype connection was established to an activist in Lima who spoke about the protests against the Trans-Pacific Partnership talks [10]. This may be uploaded at some point...
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