The daily worker., 1927-05-17

The recent events which have oc-
CURED in the Republic, the uprising
Of the Gallegos in Guanajuato; the
rebellious outbreaks in the region Of
Los Altos, Jalisco; the assault on u
railway train in the North, the recent
conflicts in Chichuahua; the slaughter
of Federal soldiers in Jalisco and
finally the massacre of unarmed
workers in Yurecuaro, mark the be-
ginning Of new civil war; they are
the first signals of the conflict which
threatens the country.
1t could be pointed out that since
1910 the situation in Mexico is char
acterized by a series of fundamental
contradictions which penetrate the
entire economic and political life OF
the country. We need to mention:
IN the antagonism between the gov
erning petty bourgeoisie, and the re-
mains Of the feudalistic State; (2)
the antagonism between the national
istic petty bourgeoisie and the eco
nomic hegemony of foreign capital;
(3) the antagonism between national
and foreign on one side, and the
workers and peasants on the other;
(4) and the antagonism between the
Federal Government and number of
the State Governments.
All attempts to solve these contra
dictions, only lead to their aecentua-
tion, and give origin to inflammable
situations which stir the country into
a state of constant agitation and rest
lessness.
The 1927 Constitution.
The political power of the small
bourgeoisie against the dictatorship
of the feudal state and the unlimited
power of foreign capital, found its
expression in the constitution Of
1917.
The Constitution of 1917 expresses
the effort of the young Mexican
bourgeoisie, and other advanced ele-
ments of this epoch, to harmonic
the interests of the landlords with
those of the masses of peasants, and
the interests of national and foreign
capital with those Of the industrial
proletariat.
The very development Of the Revo-
luton, the struggle of the peasant
masses for the land, the struggle of
the working class for betterment in
working and living conditions, and
the very necessity of the petty bour-
geoisie to defend its position against
the continuous attacks of reaction and
foreign capital, have obligated the
promulgation Of the rather radical
laws, such as Article 81, 1913, and 13C
Of the Constitution, which favor the
creation of a national economy, and
The Petty BOurgeOisie in Power
Since 1917 reaction has on many
occasions attempted to reconquer its
lost ground. Sustained by foreign
capital it organized counter revolu-
tionary instructions, melted bandit
groups that pillaged the peasantry,
and set on foot campaign against
the Government under the cloak of
the catholic church. But the revolu-
tionary governments inste d of
crushing with steel arm the reac-
tionary forces, have followed out a
policy of compromises, delaying the
repartition of the land, and restrain
Ing the struggle Of the industrial pro-
letariat against the foreign ex-
ploiters.
Lacking solid economic base, and
being politically disjointed by region
alism, the power of the petty bour-
geoisie does not rest on its own
strength, but rather on the weakness
of the reactionary forces on the one
part, and on the lack of development
and the dispersion of the working
and peasant class.
The crises confronting the petty
bourgeoisie manifests itself clearly in
the economic situation. To realize its
program of national reconstruction
the petty bourgeoisie not only desires
to harmonic the interests of essen
italy opposed classes, but has sought
also to conciliate irreconciIable eco
nomic forms. 1t has tried to oppose
and put into competition to large
scale rural ownership, a system of
small ownership, and to the power Of
large capitalist enterprise small in
dustry of town and country. A net
work Of producers and consumers CO.
operatives, and the creation of agri-
cultural credit banks and labor banks.
was to be destined to constitute the
financial and organic base Of this ma
tional economy, medly of capitalist
and socialist production.
To seek TO realize such a program
in a country whose exploited wealth
Is two thirds in the hands of foreign
, capital, where reaction makes al
Aances with the imperialst interest
Without first breaking the economic
FIRMS of capitalist society, is TO de-
ckive ones self and TO deceive the
masses Of workers and peasants.
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