This was the May Day march called by the Peruvian Communist Party (PCP) and the General Workers' Confederation of Peru (CGTP). About 300 people gathered in the Plaza Dos de Mayo and then marched up Ave. Nicolas de Pierola and then down Ave. Garcilazo de la Vega, to rally at the monument to the founder of Peruvian communism and of the CGTP, Jose Carlos Mariategui.
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| Marching down Ave. Garcilazo de la Vega |
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| Supporters of Integracion Estudiantil march past a PCP pamphleteer |
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| Gathering at the monument to Jose Carlos Mariategui on Ave. 28 de Julio |
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| National Union of Home Workers, affiliated with the Unified Workers' Central (CUT) |
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| A supporter of Peru Pueblo |
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| "July 19th" Liberation Movement |
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| The flags read "The Amautas" -i.e. "Teachers" or "Masters" in Quechua- and bear images of Jose Carlos Mariategui and communist poet Cesar Vallejo. |
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| Monument to Jose Carlos Mariategui |
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| Membersof the Alfa y Omega Association of Revolutionary Christians |
When these guys first showed up in the late 1980s, no one on the left seemed to know what to make of them. They seemed to be a sort of millenarian evangelical cult, but they have become a staple part of left and labor demonstrations since. I've seen them at rallies against US intervention in Nicaragua, against the 1991 invasion of Iraq, in opposition to APRA's neoliberal economic plans, etc.
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| Alfa y Omega supporter |
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| Alfa y Omega supporter wearing a T-shirt from Ollanta Humala's presidential campaign |
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| "Vortice" is a fairly new feature -even though it has been around for seven years. I was a bit surprised, given the bad rap that Sendero gave Maoism for so many years, to see Mao's portrait (on the back cover of issue 27) so prominently displayed. The T-shirts have images and quotes of Jose Maria Arguedas, Mariategui, and Flora Tristan. |
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| MNI and Patria Roja supporters |
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| Literature praising the programs of reformist general Juan Velasco Alvarado, who, among other things, nationalized petroleum and initiated agrarian reform |
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| Street youths' union sign: "For the right to dignified work!!!" |
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| Kids and banner from the street youths' union |
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| Street youths' union |
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| Kids from the street youths' union |
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| Supporters of the Independent Nationalist Movement |
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| Mariategui monument behind banner for the National Federation of Municipal Blue-Collar Workers |
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| PCP's Lima Provincial Committee |
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| Speakers on the stage. The banner behind them is from the building trades union. |
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| This guys is a left party bigwig, but I can't recall his name. In the past he was associated withe the United Left (Izquierda Unida) coalition, and maybe Patria Roja. |
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| Street youths representatives at the podium. At right is Mario Huaman, head of the CGTP |
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| Patria Roja banner: "For dignified work with rights! Against neoliberalism!" |
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| National Teachers' Union, Lima Region: "In Defense of Teachers' Rights! For Free and Quality Public Education!" |
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| Group accusing presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori of being complicit in forced sterilizations of poor women during her father's dictatorship |
