The common knowledge, absolute certainty, Magón talks about when addressing Goldman is remarkably relevant and present nowadays in two different ways.
First, we can consider such common knowledge as an immovable certainty until today: exploitation has never seen an end in our history. And second, even though Magón suggests a foreign power as one enemy, the exploitation he describes is from within — the foe is here. As Magón says, "The rebellion in Mexico was merely aimed at replacing one dictator with another". In other words, the government, the sovereign nation, "us", Mexican politicians, obeying foreign ideology, directly exploit their oppressed people.
Phenomena such as Amlo's train — inaccurately called Tren Maya, make this point stronger. The current government directly alienated many communities from their property, land, and resources. Exploiting this land in such a capitalist manner would never, by definition, benefit the oppressed and alienated but those in power.
As Benjamin points out, "the 'state of emergency' in which we live is in fact the rule". In his direct action, Magón agrees with Benjamin that our task is to "foster the true state of emergency", which will help fight the always fascistic and always anti-democratic rule of our political class.
The common knowledge, absolute certainty, Magón talks about when addressing Goldman is remarkably relevant and present nowadays in two different ways.
First, we can consider such common knowledge as an immovable certainty until today: exploitation has never seen an end in our history. And second, even though Magón suggests a foreign power as one enemy, the exploitation he describes is from within — the foe is here. As Magón says, "The rebellion in Mexico was merely aimed at replacing one dictator with another". In other words, the government, the sovereign nation, "us", Mexican politicians, obeying foreign ideology, directly exploit their oppressed people.
Phenomena such as Amlo's train — inaccurately called Tren Maya, make this point stronger. The current government directly alienated many communities from their property, land, and resources. Exploiting this land in such a capitalist manner would never, by definition, benefit the oppressed and alienated but those in power.
As Benjamin points out, "the 'state of emergency' in which we live is in fact the rule". In his direct action, Magón agrees with Benjamin that our task is to "foster the true state of emergency", which will help fight the always fascistic and always anti-democratic rule of our political class.
Thank you for sharing this.
Cheers,
Arturo