Abstract

TORRES GUILLEN, Jaime. The political opposition in Mexico: reflections on trade unionism, social movements and the instrument of convergence. Espiral (Guadalaj.) [online]. 2011, vol.18, n.51, pp.201-233. ISSN 1665-0565.

The following article tries to show the reader that in Mexico, the ideological and political struggle is and has been very rich in experiences. Although in the last years, some attempts have been made to make invisible and at certain moments the trade union and social struggle has been criminalized, it carries on standing against the extraparlamentary political powers. The work shows in a very synthetic way the historical development through which Mexican trade unionism has passed as opposed to the state and patronal power. As for the social movements, it reports its theorizing and diversity, especially under the polysemic and little clear category of civil society. The argument is kept that the social movements in Mexico have been the product of the reactivation of the civil society against the authoritarian political society. Deep in the essay, it is proposed to think about the convergence instrument with which the trade unions and the different civil institutions could stand against the political and economic crisis into which the project of the present-day government, ally of the patronal and ecclesiastic elite, has plunged the country.

Keywords : Trade unionism; social movements; civil society; convergence; Mexico.

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