The Rights of Donald Trump
By Diego Martín Velázquez Caballero
Although left and right schemas are obsolete for the current development of political theory, their old ways still can help those looking for a compass in these times of catastrophic reality. It is necessary to observe the specter of ideologies to understand phenomena such as Donald Trump, who suddenly appear disconcerting in the future of Mexico with everything and the clarity of the messages that he has sent.
What is Trump? Various characters of the news and political media have insisted, until the satiety, to identify it with the populist root of Andres Manuel López Obrador; However, populism in Latin America is close to left-wing Justicialism. Trump can be linked to a type of populism, but the proper name is Fascism and is Right. The United States of America has always been a plutocracy; But, this time, the monster lost the friendly side.
What type of Right represents Donald Trump? It is still early to distinguish it. The political coalition that brought it to power integrates an amalgam of rights that will try to be cohesive according to time and circumstances. For theorists like Roger Eatwell and Noel O'Sullivan (1989) there are multiple rights. They maintain a core of common values; but also nuances that make significant differences. Rights are classified - at least - in the categories of reactionary, moderate, radical, ultra and new. Nor to say of the plurality of rights that offers us the Francoist sociology of Alonso de Miguel (1975). Donald Trump includes different rights to varying degrees. Perhaps, this is due to the slowness and expectation in the true impacts of their decisions.
One element should be highlighted in the new governing group of the United States: the significant influence of Israel and the Jewish community in Donald Trump. Will this situation involve a decrease in xenophobia and discrimination that the WASP are radiating in a bizarre way? The global evolution of Islamic fundamentalism requires a new geopolitical design, which explains the Russian American alliances, which the rights do not completely understand. The scenario provoked by the neoliberal globalization runaway can not end in the regime of the black sun. In contexts of survival, the rapprochement between right-wing groups and members of the Jewish community is not strange. For the most part, however, this approach becomes unfortunate. It has happened in the Italy of Mussolinni, Argentina in the military dictatorship and contemporary France.
Immigration and its consequences are an effect of globalization and the development of savage capitalism. Globalization, runaway capitalism, is one of the greatest challenges in the social sciences. This phenomenon shows that even the technocrats of the hegemonic countries do not know what to do. Islamic fundamentalism is an externality that was misunderstood by Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. The Democratic Party is responsible for the development that has taken Islamic terrorism and the empowerment of the central states that are part of this civilization. The same can not be said of Mexican emigration. President Barack Obama is the American who expelled more Mexicans in all bilateral history. The latest measures against Cuban immigrants are also inexplicable. Without saying or pretending, Obama wanted to be more WASP than Trump.
While it is true that Mexico became the WASP's favorite scapegoat, one of the elements to be highlighted in the opening speech of the new US president is the frontal confrontation with Islam. The historical clock was returned to the nineties, not to the forties of the twentieth century.
Donald Trump can re-edit the Bush administration more than FD Roosvelt. In the first case, Donald Trump is more like Vicente Fox Quezada. It even has a similar liking for ambiguity in decisions. The hopes and longings that kept the right reactionary and ultra, were fulfilled half. They gave in front of the PRI and, as a result, lost the PAN candidacy to the presidency of the republic in front of the moderate and neoliberal right where the PRI also had good seats. Vicente Fox knows, in a broad sense, the concept of impotence as far as the art of governing is concerned. Perhaps, based on that experience, it is possible to predict what will happen in the government of Donald Trump. In the early hours, the trumpista freight train is no longer so scary to the Mexican political class. The trumpista railway includes wagons representing different rights. It makes a terrifying sound and seems to crush us; however, major threats are being suspended.
When Jose Lopez Portillo met Jimmy Carter thought things would be simple, considered advantages given the human condition of the character. It was not like that, things were just the opposite. If the political elite of the country thinks like Jose Lopez Portillo, the situation of Mexico will be complicated. The ties of Luis Videgaray are generating these expectations in the Mexican government that thinks in tempering the situation. The problem is not Donald Trump, the fault corresponds to the corruption, incoherence, irresponsibility and delinquency of our politicians and entrepreneurs. Mexico has to do the things that are its obligation. The Mexican government and the political business class in our country, have to give a rudder to the course of their behavior. If the Mexican political class does not understand, it does not inspire, it does not strengthen the welfare state everywhere, then populist people, right and left, will continue to appear. Or is controlled wild capitalism or populists of all ideologies will become an epidemic.
Monday, January 23, 2017
Monday, January 16, 2017
El gobierno tiene miedo a la movilización social, coinciden expertos
El gobierno tiene miedo a la movilización social, coinciden expertos
“Políticas del miedo” del gobierno federal tienen fines político-electorales y tintes autoritarios; la oposición política, incapaz de estructurar una propuesta frente a este clima, aseguran politólogos de Ibero y BUAP
Aranzazú Ayala Martínez
El gobierno tiene miedo de que la gente se manifieste en la calle genuinamente, tal como ocurrió el sábado 7 de enero en muchas ciudades del país de manera simultánea, concluye el politólogo Juan Luis Hernández Avendaño, Director del Departamento de Ciencias Sociales de la Ibero Puebla, tras un fin de semana de reacciones por el incremento a la gasolina.
La víspera del Día de Reyes se alzó una ola de rumores sobre posibles saqueos, junto con una serie de denuncias sobre agentes policiacos que no sólo permitían que la gente se llevara juguetes y electrodomésticos de las tiendas, sino que ellos mismos incitaban al saqueo vestidos de civiles.
“La violencia y la psicosis social que envolvieron a Puebla y el resto del país la primera semana de 2017 convienen a los gobiernos autoritarios”, dijo en entrevista para Lado B. En este sentido, el académico alcanza a apreciar lo que llama “políticas del miedo” para inhibir la movilización y la protesta social, clara estrategia de un gobierno federal “que no ha alcanzado a levantar mínimos de confianza o credibilidad social”.
“La violencia y la psicosis social que envolvieron a Puebla y el resto del país la primera semana de 2017 convienen a los gobiernos autoritarios”
De acuerdo con el politólogo e investigador de la BUAP, Diego Velázquez Caballero, el gobierno optó por tácticas clásicas que en su momento aplicaron presidentes como Gustavo Díaz Ordaz, como el empleo de grupos infiltrados para sembrar terror y desalentar las críticas de la sociedad. “Me parece pues algo muy deshonesto por parte de la clase política (…), es obvio que se usaron grupos de choque, grupos infiltrados, gente violenta que es contratada por el Estado”.
Para Juan Luis Hernández la fórmula de crear psicosis en redes sociales y, por otro lado, financiar a grupos violentos se ha visto prácticamente desde el 1° de diciembre de 2012. “Desgraciadamente vemos un gobierno que es muy malo para crear políticas de bienestar pero muy bueno para crear políticas de miedo. Lo estamos viendo frente a un temor real de enfrentar una movilización social genuina y auténtica.”
Velázquez coincidió con el académico de la Ibero en que tales “políticas del miedo” y desinformación están dirigidas a que los ciudadanos dejen vacía la arena pública: “es obvio que la violencia la usa el Estado para aminorar la crítica. [Aún así] La gente salió a las calles, salió a protestar de manera pacífica.”
En todos los lugares donde está ocurriendo esto esa parece ser la lógica, según el académico de la Ibero: “que los ciudadanos no tomemos la calle, no tomemos la iniciativa del control público. En términos generales este es el mensaje, se busca regresar al ciudadano a su casa, que la gente decida mejor no salir.”
Asimismo, Hernández destacó el hecho de que la oposición política no ha alcanzado a estructurar una propuesta frente al desastre del gobierno federal, por lo que es la sociedad civil quien ha tomado la iniciativa. Y aunque hay una parte que cada vez está más informada, continuó, circula también mucha información falsa que detiene las movilizaciones sociales: “la política del miedo se basa en la desinformación”.
¿Y qué pasa en Puebla?
Con la violencia por el gasolinazo, Moreno Valle “es un actor que se beneficia y sobre todo en esta necesidad de autoritarismo”
A nivel local la situación se enmarca en los preparativos electorales de 2017. Hernández Avendaño hizo énfasis en que buena parte de los actos de vandalismo tuvieron lugar en el Estado de México, donde habrá elecciones este año, y en Puebla, “donde Morena tiene un crecimiento muy alto”. De acuerdo con el académico, el gobierno ha tratado de vincular la violencia con Morena y Andrés Manuel López Obrador, lo cual “no les ha funcionado del todo, pero ha sembrado esta suerte de idea porque no cabe duda de que es un tema político”.
“Creo que en los territorios en donde hay una presencia significativa de Morena y el Estado de México, donde se va a jugar la gubernatura, lo están ligando a un clima preelectoral, donde siempre ayuda mucho que la gente se quede en casa y se juegue el proceso electoral con las clientelas controlables”, dijo el politólogo.
Por su parte, Diego Velázquez cree que la situación fue la misma en todas partes, pero que indiscutiblemente el gobierno del estado de Puebla, al ser aliado del grupo de la presidencia de la República, provocó un comportamiento semejante al del Estado de México. Desde su análisis, la situación del gasolinazo cambiará el escenario sobre todo para el gobernador Rafael Moreno Valle, aspirante a la candidatura presidencial del PAN.
“Por supuesto que él es un actor que se beneficia y sobre todo en esta necesidad de autoritarismo de la clase política, pues él se perfila como un personaje ideal para este tipo de eventos.”
Wednesday, January 11, 2017
January: Beginning of Mexican Spring?
January: Beginning of Mexican Spring?
By Diego Martín Velázquez Caballero
http://quoruminformativo.com.mx/index.php/2017/01/10/enero-inicio-de-la-primavera-mexicana/
What dignity can have a political class that compels the people of their country to sing the National Anthem on their knees? What respect does a government bureaucracy that has taken patrimonialism and corruption due to public ethics deserve? Is a government that irresponsibly indebts its people and sacrifices social welfare considered legitimate? Must be obeyed a regime that betrays identity, history and hope? Should you support a government that purposely misjudges all its decisions and does not defend the country at any time?
The Mexican people have decided to express their rejection of the government and have taken to the streets to express their pain. This situation represents a unique opportunity, in the contemporary era, to try to redirect the national destiny. In all the cities of the nation a protest reaction has been generated, to send the message of indignation and nonconformity to the authorities of all levels. The regime remains indifferent to the request of the Mexicans, the answer has been wrong and evidence the incapacity. Politicians have decided to employ groups of bandits, porros, assassins, thieves and beaters who are generally their political operators to distort the demands of social movements. Demonstrations of social discontent have accompanied looting, violence and destruction that have been provoked by those who should govern and seek order; It is a paradox, or stupidity, to make use of ungovernability to try to maintain governance. However, society continues the demonstrations against gasolinazo and aggression against citizens. The people have not been intimidated by the dirty war practices that, at this point, evidence the unhealthy folly of government leaders.
The dirty war was a strategy designed to combat communism in Latin America. The US government provided resources, strategies and supervision to Latin American leaders to repudiate the influence of peasant, labor and university movements. Why does not the dirty war strategy work now? Why can not the government collapse the national civic movement calling for its dismissal? Because, even North America, it no longer bears the stench of corruption that distills Mexico's business-political class. Donald Trump has hatred and resentment towards México, he will not respect any law or order that seeks benefits to mexican people. The failure of the Free Trade Agreement is the responsibility of a corrupt, cheating, ineffective and rude political class whose mirrey behavior finance the dollars of emigrants and US citizens. The commercial relationship with the United States has come to an end, as well as other political, economic and social processes thanks to the miserable attitude of the Mexican regime.
The marches and demonstrations of the population against the gasolinazo, as well as other policies and behaviors of the Mexican elite, will continue. The government should be more concerned about the people's request for resignation and leave the attempts to deface a spontaneous, legitimate and socially aware movement. Unemployment, poverty, violence and insecurity are also being provoked by the decisions of the future US president, and this will be aggravated when geopolitical interests show their departures. The demands of the people who ask for the abandonment of power by the Executive Branch, will soon be extended to all institutional levels of the country.
The Mexican political class must renounce its privileges and understand the demands of the non-conforming movements protesting at this moment. The insistence on affecting and depleting the population will only cause the movements to be radical. The government must seriously consider abandoning power.
By Diego Martín Velázquez Caballero
http://quoruminformativo.com.mx/index.php/2017/01/10/enero-inicio-de-la-primavera-mexicana/
What dignity can have a political class that compels the people of their country to sing the National Anthem on their knees? What respect does a government bureaucracy that has taken patrimonialism and corruption due to public ethics deserve? Is a government that irresponsibly indebts its people and sacrifices social welfare considered legitimate? Must be obeyed a regime that betrays identity, history and hope? Should you support a government that purposely misjudges all its decisions and does not defend the country at any time?
The Mexican people have decided to express their rejection of the government and have taken to the streets to express their pain. This situation represents a unique opportunity, in the contemporary era, to try to redirect the national destiny. In all the cities of the nation a protest reaction has been generated, to send the message of indignation and nonconformity to the authorities of all levels. The regime remains indifferent to the request of the Mexicans, the answer has been wrong and evidence the incapacity. Politicians have decided to employ groups of bandits, porros, assassins, thieves and beaters who are generally their political operators to distort the demands of social movements. Demonstrations of social discontent have accompanied looting, violence and destruction that have been provoked by those who should govern and seek order; It is a paradox, or stupidity, to make use of ungovernability to try to maintain governance. However, society continues the demonstrations against gasolinazo and aggression against citizens. The people have not been intimidated by the dirty war practices that, at this point, evidence the unhealthy folly of government leaders.
The dirty war was a strategy designed to combat communism in Latin America. The US government provided resources, strategies and supervision to Latin American leaders to repudiate the influence of peasant, labor and university movements. Why does not the dirty war strategy work now? Why can not the government collapse the national civic movement calling for its dismissal? Because, even North America, it no longer bears the stench of corruption that distills Mexico's business-political class. Donald Trump has hatred and resentment towards México, he will not respect any law or order that seeks benefits to mexican people. The failure of the Free Trade Agreement is the responsibility of a corrupt, cheating, ineffective and rude political class whose mirrey behavior finance the dollars of emigrants and US citizens. The commercial relationship with the United States has come to an end, as well as other political, economic and social processes thanks to the miserable attitude of the Mexican regime.
The marches and demonstrations of the population against the gasolinazo, as well as other policies and behaviors of the Mexican elite, will continue. The government should be more concerned about the people's request for resignation and leave the attempts to deface a spontaneous, legitimate and socially aware movement. Unemployment, poverty, violence and insecurity are also being provoked by the decisions of the future US president, and this will be aggravated when geopolitical interests show their departures. The demands of the people who ask for the abandonment of power by the Executive Branch, will soon be extended to all institutional levels of the country.
The Mexican political class must renounce its privileges and understand the demands of the non-conforming movements protesting at this moment. The insistence on affecting and depleting the population will only cause the movements to be radical. The government must seriously consider abandoning power.
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