In search of the party: the communist party, the Comintern, and the peasant rebellion of 1932 in el Salvador*

• Eric Ching ^[1]
  1. [1] Furman University

     Furman University

     Estados Unidos

     
• Localización: The Americas: A quarterly review of inter-american cultural history, ISSN 0003-1615, Vol. 74, Nº. Extra 1, 2017 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Revolutions in Latin America), págs. 204-239
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The rebellion of 1932 in El Salvador is commonly described in the context of communism and the leadship role of the Communist Party of El Salvador (PCS). Relying on previously unavailable archive materials from Russia and El Salvador, the present article demonstrates that the PCS played a limited role in the rebellion. Factional infighting and a strategy that collided with social realities in western El Salvador combined to inhibit PCS influence among western peasants. The evidence suggests that Indian communities were at the forefront of the rebellion, as an extention of their long history of political mobilization.