[News] “Rifles, machineguns, El Alto will not fall!” Dual Power in Bolivia?

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  “Rifles, machineguns, El Alto will not fall!” Dual Power in Bolivia?

No Borders - November 11, 2019
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As the coup leaders attempt to consolidate power in Bolivia, the 
1,000,000-strong, indigenous-majority city of El Alto neighboring the 
capital La Paz shows signs of resistance. Martín Cúneo, a reporter with 
El Alto news 
<https://www.elsaltodiario.com/bolivia/las-juntas-vecinales-de-el-alto-le-declaran-la-guerra-al-golpe-de-estado-en-bolivia->, 
reports the following:

/Neighborhood meeting in El Alto have declared war on the coup in 
Bolivia. Powerful organizations in El Alto, located 5 kilometers from La 
Paz, have called people to “form self-defense committees, blockades, and 
determined and permanent mobilization” against the coup. This 
organization was central to the downfall of neoliberal president Gonzalo 
Sánchez de Lozada in 2003. /

The report from El Alto includes a video of residents blockading 
streets, chanting, “Rifles, machine-guns, El Alto will not fall! 
<https://twitter.com/OrlenysOV/status/1193720353199181824>“

Here, the leader of the Federation of Neighborhood Associations of El 
Alto, calls for resistance to the coup:

In the video, Federation leaders issue the following instructions:

 1. Maintain permanent mobilization in defense of democracy, peace, and
    respect for the majority.
 2. The coup leaders have 48 hours to leave their positions.
 3. Citizens are instructed to form self-defense committees, organize
    blockades, and maintain permanent mobilization.
 4. Demands the Bolivian police respect the constitution.
 5. (at 3:58 in the video) If the Bolivian police do not comply with the
    constitution, the Federation of Neighborhood Associations of Bolivia
    calls for the formation of a Trade Union-Civilian Police Force to
    safeguard our people and institutions.
 6. Calls on government institutions to obey the law.

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