The movement for an independent worker’s party in México as a case of Grassroots Marxism from the Abya Yala

Abstract

The current discussion in the Mexican leftist political arena is that the Workers class need an Independent Workers Party (POI). We take the movement of the construction of a POI in Mexico as case study. The debate on the construction of the Movement for a Independent Workers Party (MPOI) is based on the theoretical discussion of different Marxist approaches, as well as in the analysis of the particularities of the Mexican case. We use a qualitative research methodology with a participatory observation method; along with an extensive documentary review of the acts and records of the MPOI meetings; and bibliographic research for the theoretical section. The conclusions we arrived at are: The importance of the incorporation of the women liberation and emancipation movement in order to emancipate the proletariat; women continue to suffer double or even triple exploitation under capitalism. Moreover, another main problem is identified in México as central in the proletariat women movement demands: the end of violence against women. Moreover, is concluded that the use of the United Workers' Front (FUO) and United Antiimperialist's Front (FUA) constitute an important element of what we call “Grassroots Marxism from the Abya Yala”, theorizing Marxism from praxis.