From: "Rosser Jr, John Barkley" <rosserjb-AT-jmu.edu> Subject: M-I: Adolfo's analysis of Peru Date: Wed, 5 Mar 1997 13:15:52 -0500 () I did not comment on it before, and I tend to shy away from it because I, like Doug Henwood, know that there is a lot that I do not know about Peru. But in rereading the stuff Louis P. reposted from Adolfo about Peru something struck me. The Velasco "reform" appears to have had a very similar effect on the peasantry as did the Stalin "reform" although the latter included collectivization. Thus, the state extracted a high surplus from the peasantry and impoverished them for the benefit of urban groups. It would seem that this kind of a policy of Velasco's should be right up the alley of someone who admires a leader whose agricultural policies led to a massive famine killing millions of people. Hmm. Barkley Rosser -- Rosser Jr, John Barkley rosserjb-AT-jmu.edu --- from list marxism-international-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
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