Renegotiating the Accord: The silence of the Left: Renegotiating is in fashion. The President-Elect of the USA, Donald Trump, threatens to renegotiate everything, o just simply burn all the agreements signed by the country. But the Colombian Right beat him to it. After their victory in the plebiscite, Uribe and the evangelical pastors, amongst others, did not waste any time in demanding to renegotiate what had been agreed upon
What type of peace awaits us? What is the scope of that peace? And, is the Left really thinking of continuing to struggle after the signing of the peace accord? These are questions that should concern us. The declarations made in Havana by the FARC commander give us some clue as to what they are thinking and the path they intend taking.
By Gearóid Ó Loingsigh
George Orwell made the concept of doublethink famous – The power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one’s mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them..– and – newspeak- reducing a language to its most basic elements with the aim of controlling the ability to express oneself – that truth was a lie, war was peace and nothing was what it seemed. We are used to these concepts and the use and abuse of language by the North American Empire, the media, companies and the academic world is usually denounced. But nothing is said about the abuse of language by the NGOs and the peace show business that accompanies them. Here I will try to deal with that abuse of language.
The EPL rose up against the state starting in 1967 and those who fight today in the name of the EPL did not demobilize in 1990, maintaining their insurgency in Norte de Santander, where they meet and coordinate with the ELN and the FARC.
The accord dealing with justice signed by the FARC and the Colombian government, last September 23rd was announced amidst great fanfare. Just like the other accords, great joy broke out amongst the NGOs, the government and a part of the press and so called intellectuals. They had completely forgotten that the FARC had said in a communiqué issued in 2014 that they would not bow down to justice. But just like everything said by insurgent organizations in various parts of the world, what they say they won’t do is the clearest indication of what they are thinking of doing. So, we have an agreement on justice.
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