The Thesis of Pulacayo (''Tesis de Pulacayo'') was an important document in the
Bolivia
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Latin American labor movement
The labour movement or labor movement consists of two main wings: the trade union movement (British English) or labor union movement (American English) on the one hand, and the political labour movement on the other.
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. It was adopted at the request of the delegation of
Llallaguaga in the
Congreso de la Federación Sindical de Trabajadores Mineros de Bolivia (FSTMB), which met in November 1946 in the city of
Pulacayo The historic industrial site of Pulacayo is located in the Potosí Department of Bolivia. The mining center developed around Huanchaca, the world's second largest silver mine, and was founded in 1833. Features of the mining center include:
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. The thesis is based on the
Trotskyist conception of
permanent revolution
Permanent revolution is the strategy of a revolutionary class pursuing its own interests independently and without compromise or alliance with opposing sections of society. As a term within Marxist theory, it was first coined by Karl Marx and ...
and on the
Transitional Program of the
Fourth International.
External links
Text of the Thesis of Pulacayo
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Social history of Bolivia
Trotskyism