Thursday, July 9, 2009

In the crowd





National Confederation of Micro- and Small Business Guilds




"Alfa & Omega" Association of Revolutionary Christians


National teachers' union (SUTEP)






This group, the Movimiento Cumbre de los Pueblos, tried to split the demo. They parked their truck near the stage and kept up a constant stream of chatter over loudspeakers and calls for "mobilization" down Ave. Nicolas de Pierola, toward the Palace and Congress, arguing that "struggle is from the streets, not from balconies!" Eventually they got a minority of the crowd to follow them down the street, I'm sure much to the relief of many in the plaza who were clearly annoyed by them.

Socialist Workers Party


This trio of middle-aged guys amused me. They're holding banners of the Communist Party "Unidad"'s youth league, the Juventud Comunista del Peru.


Supporter of PCP-Patra Roja, a "Pekinese" splinter of the Communist Party, long influential in the teacher's union (SUTEP) and today the largest, most influential communist organization in Peru.







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