an acceptance on the armed left of authoritarian a result, becoming “serial assassins.” He calls for
leadership and its abuses of power. He uses as ending the silence about the left’s involvement
examples the executions ordered by the leaders of in atrocities, “truth and justice should be for
the movement of two rank and file members (Adofo everyone.”
Rotblat “Pupi” and Bernardo Groswald). Jouvé takes
Del Barco is not silenced. A deep dialogic
responsibility for witnessing those acts and failing to conflict erupted instead. For some the issues that
speak out against them. He thus became, in his view, Jouvé and del Barco exposed were not new. As one
an accomplice to murder. His confessional text calls commentator states, “Nothing said is new to me;
for language, speaking out and asking questions, as a but it has a particular intensity.” For others what
political weapon: “culture is a web of conversations… emerged was “previously silenced themes and
more than defining ourselves, we need to ask good problems.” The aim of the magazine, and those who
questions…if not, we will continue to repeat the confessed, to generate debate and contention over
same mistakes.” the past within the left succeeded on the pages of
His words begin a dialogue. Oscar del Barco
wrote a letter stating that Jouvé’s interview “moved”
him to become conscious, albeit very late, of the
subsequent issues of the same magazine and in other
news outlets.
On the positive side, those who supported Jouvé
serious tragedy within the EGP. He says, that “by and del Barco mentioned how their confessions
supporting the activities of this group, I was as played a role in presenting a more nuanced
responsible as the murderers.” He goes on to say, version of the past that fell in between the existing
“There is no explanation that makes us innocent.” narratives of the left as in the two devils theory or a
There are not causes or ideas that remove our guilt. devils-angels theory. The confessions emphasized
He calls on everyone to accept the command “thou the danger when the movements’ goals and its
shall not kill,” to recognize that all human beings actions are disconnected and inconsistent. These
are sacred, that no one, no matter what they did, supporters further embraced a commitment to the
should be killed. He refers to the left around the commandment “thou shalt not kill” on the left and
world (Russia, Romania, Yugoslavia, China, Korea, the right to end the legacy of violence as a way to do
Cuba), as failing to uphold this command, and, as politics. Finally, these supporters identified the value
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