Journalism, democracy, … and class struggle

Journalism, democracy, … and class struggle

Our job is to make media reform part of our broader struggle for democracy, social justice, and, dare we say it, socialism.

Perhaps they have always been, but today they have become more radical in Latin America and, in Ecuador, even more so, when one of the two candidates represents, simultaneously, the current political power and the established economic power; the other candidate fights for a new social and economic order. The Electoral Function –identified, as almost always, with the traditional political forces and the government in turn – organized these electi…