Talk:Peronism

Movement

I wonder if it wouldn't be better to describe Peronism as a "movement" rather than an "ideology". Of this movement, there are several factions, ie the political parties... -- Viajero 13:42 6 Jul 2003 (UTC)

Race

What's with "Racism is often made out to be integral to fascism"? I suppose that I can't argue too much with "often": plenty of people want to tie fascism to every bad thing that's out there, and I understand the appeal of such a position. Still, for an encyclopedia article, that could use some sourcing. To the best of my knowledge, Mussolini wasn't particularly racist (though he was certainly nationalist and imperialist, and certainly not anti-racist). -- Jmabel 07:40, 6 Dec 2003 (UTC)

Racism would not have had any appeal in Argentina, a country that was lily-white in the 1950s and is about 97% white today. There were not enough minorities for any racist campaign to have any sort of appeal. Peron did, when speaking to an international audience, come off as an anti-racist. With regards to Argentina's Jewish community, Peron himself did not seem to be an antisemite and there were sizeable numbers of Jewish Peronists, yet his Education Minister, Hugo Wass, was a vocal anti-semite who dismissed many Jewish professors and secondary school teachers. In my opinion, Peron's interests lie in political power rather than ethnic supremacy, much like Napoleon I. (anonymous, 17 March 2005)

I* No real disagreement with any of that, but I will point out that many Poles these days can be quite anti-Semitic without needing to have any actual Jews to blame things on. And there certainly has been no shortage of anti-Semitism in Argentina at various times. -- Jmabel | Talk 01:07, Mar 18, 2005 (UTC)

I, too, have a problem with the statement that racism is thought to be integral to fascism. It is not part of the definition of fascism and many fascisms were not racist. I'm deleting said sentence. -ZeroAsALimit

I'd also love to see a little more analysis of what Peronism means in contemporary Argentina. -- Jmabel 07:40, 6 Dec 2003 (UTC)

The article is biased toward National Socialism. Most people who would consider themselves as National Socialists, as opposed to those who label themselves Nazi hunters, anti-fascists, ie. people who are ideological leftists, would see Peronism as something very similar, if not identical to NS. There were no concentration camps in Germany before the outbreak of WWII. There is no such thing in NS as a slave work ideology based on "racist superiority" but a belief that races should be segregated and groups that are considered hostile or criminal (not because of race issues) should be kept out. It was only during WWII that concentration camps became necessary for German war efforts, in the same way, that men were drafted for the army a working force had to be drafted for the war economy.

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         WHO WAS JUAN PERON? THE CASE  "GIOVANNI PIRAS - JUAN PERON"

(the truth on the origins of Juan Domingo Peron) ¿DONDE NACIÓ PERÓN? a sardinian enigma in the history of Argentina. (That is published by the investigation’s autors Gabriele Casula and Raffaele Ballore). One of the most mysterious and fascinating cases of the modern history of Mamoiada, a village of the central Sardinia in province of Nuoro (Italy), is with no doubt the one of " Giovanni Piras - Juan Peron ":that is to say two names, two individuals, in truth were the same person. Sure, it is hard to believe that mythical General Juan Peron, three times president of the Argentine, was, exactly, Giovanni Piras, that same humble peasant that at the beginning of the century emigrated young in South America. You will all ask why this Giovanni Piras would have had to change identity or why Juan Peron hid his true origin. Piras had to create for himself an Argentine birth in order to avoid the call to the arms for war 1915-18 from part of his native land and to escape the officials of the Italian embassy, who searched the emigrant deserters. In that period Giovanni Piras, with the aid of powerful persons that were also friends, found the most suitable situation to creep in: a substitution of person was put into effect, which served also in order to undertake the studies to the Military Academy, granted only to the Argentinean citizens, born and nationalized in Argentine. To change identity was, in fact, the sole manner to enter the Colegio Militar. Once he became the President of the Argentine Republic, to greater reason his true identity did not have to be revealed, since the Argentinean Constitution states that the President of the nation must be native of the place. An irreversible process, a point of no return had been primed; the situation became very serious and dangerous for Peron because with the person substitution a fraud had happened to the State, a serious crime and not only for a politician. To reveal the true identity meant to compromise his credibility, his deep concept of native land, of " betrayal of the native land, and of being a true, genuine and faithful Argentinean ", that he exalted and repeated in many speeches; it meant to lose his rank, his uniform and his power. To rigor of logic, this was the reason for which he hid his true identity, a much dangerous one for his position; otherwise, Peron would have shown his true origin, as he went proud of it. Peron justified his great love for Sardinia and the Sardinians saying that the paternal great-grandfather had come from that island, therefore he had Sardinian blood in the veins, but later, his alibi of this declared ancestors did not stand firm. In one of the books of Enrique Pavòn Pereyra, a personal biographer of Juan Peron, a great enigmatic draw has a sentence (dictated to the writer from the exiled Argentinean in his Madrilenian house) on how he jealously preserved the origin of his birth rate; it reads so: “I have played with my destiny a magical bet, and I was successful until today conserving my origins as deep secret”. In Mamoiada this is a case debated from almost sixty years: in the 1951 N. Tola by the newspaper “Unione Sarda”; in the 1984 P. Canneddu whith the book “Juan Peron-Giovanni Piras two names one person”; in the 200/3 the report of Raffaele Ballore an the book of Gabriele Casula “¿DONDE NACIÓ PERÓN? un enigma sardo nella storia dell’Argentina” have illustrated the proofs collected, unmasking and effectively demonstrating plenty of the contradictions of Peron and of the Argentinean historians with documents and photographs, beyond numerous documented oral testimonies and coincidences. The great Argentine press and the living biographers of general Peron never answered to the appeals to discuss the case. Their indisposition to reconsider objectively and serenely the whole story is to be interpreted like fear of the truth and that their studies on the important personage could be knocked down and mocked. The case could feed ideological earthquakes or provoke patriotic resentments. The worries for the risk of tearing open this myth are comprehensible, but the historical truth must not have compromises. From the author’s part, to prove the true identity of Peron in no way must be seen as a discourteous action towards the Argentinean people nor a way to lessen the myth of their former President: if he was elected democratically for three times it means that he must have had some merit, indeed, together with Evita he remains a mythical personage in the entire Latin American panorama. Only after reading the report and the book an objective judgment can be expressed and a conclusion can be attained. The report is documented and deposited, every information is reliable; not only the several oral testimonies are there but, this time, also documentary and photographic proofs. For more informations to the report and the book please visit the site www.piras-per

Position

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I think it would be more appriopriate to present Peronism as a syncretic ideology. The anti-communist activity of the Orthodox faction is not covered sufficiently. 93.38.68.62 (talk) 14:40, 5 February 2024 (UTC)

Thank you for your message!

The thing is, we cannot have a vibes-based definition on Wikipedia. That Peronism in general is left-leaning is well-sourced.

There is also an ideology quite similar to Peronism, namely Nasserism. It also had socialist and anti-communist factions all alike. Yet it is broadly considered left-wing. Brat Forelli🦊 22:08, 5 February 2024 (UTC)

that is not true. Peronism is considered as a syncretic ideology. 2800:2502:1:9CCB:FF16:96F9:CD3D:4F92 (talk) 18:29, 6 February 2024 (UTC)

If a movement has far-right factions, even if the movement became an extreme-right one at a certain point in its history, it cannot be a leftist movement. Which on top of that has countless features. It is a completely biased edition. Monito rapido (talk) 18:43, 6 February 2024 (UTC)

I do not think what you said is true, unless you have actual sources for that.

There are sources for Peronism being left-wing that you deleted. Please stop. Brat Forelli🦊 23:01, 6 February 2024 (UTC)

Please, if I want, in two seconds I can find references to say that Peronism is right-wing. Peronism is classified as right-wing, center-left, center-right, extreme right, extreme left. That is why it is clear that it is a third position, catch-all or synthetic movement. Monito rapido (talk) 03:28, 7 February 2024 (UTC)

It does not seem so, however. The disputed part of the article is backed by 8 sources in total, with each position even including a relevant source - each one classifying Peronism as a left-wing ideology in itself.

If you mean you can find references in two seconds, that is incredible - what are they then? Can you find 8 as credible ones as the one cited for Peronism being left-wing?

Regarding Nasserism and Peronism, my reference to Nasserism is not accidental, as one of the sources does explicitly mention it along with Peronism - Argentina 1943-1976: The National Revolution and Resistance by Donald C. Hodges. And Nasserism is indeed considered a left-wing movement, some right-wing factions developing notwithstanding. So I would say that this idea of "leftist purity" seems to be biased to me instead.

Because this logic is quite circular - then a right-wing movement with a left-wing faction is still right-wing, whereas a leftist movement with a right-wing faction is right-wing and cannot be left-wing? I would indeed like to see a source that argues that leftism has a much more narrower definition than rightism. Brat Forelli🦊 04:19, 7 February 2024 (UTC)

Can you give me reasons why peronism is leftist? Because the leftt is related to socialism, communism an other revolutionary ideologies. Peronism is conservative, nationalist and catholic, those ideologies are characteristics of the traditional right-wing. Monito rapido (talk) 23:37, 8 February 2024 (UTC)

Unfortunately this is not about our personal convictions, but simply about these 9 sources that we have.

But as to common arguments, Peronism is left-wing since it was based on emancipation on hitherto marginalized and socially excluded groups in Argentinian society, such as immigrants and the working class. Moreover its nationalism was not of imperialist character, but equite the opposite:

Pablo Bradbury argues that nationalism of Peronism was not rooted in a sense of expansion or imperialist greatness, but was left-wing nationalism that "found its most prominent expressions in anti-imperialism, whether against British economic dominance or US political interference." He also remarked that "Peronism originated in a military dictatorship, but established a populist authoritarian democracy". The democratizing movement within Peronism was significant, as it empowered previously marginalized groups - Peronism introduced universal suffrage and reshaped the definition of Argentinian citizenship and national identity. Bradbury also points to the racist rhetoric of middle-class and upper-class opponents of Peronism, who called Peronists cabecitas negras ("little black heads"), portraying the Peronist masses as prone to criminality, unsophisticated, dark-skinned and of immigrant background. Michael Goebel likewise points to the inclusive character of Peronism that conflicted with the exclusive nature of fascism - non-Spanish surnames were far more prevalent amongst the Peronist leadership than among any other political movement in Argentina, and "even in the more marginal provinces, Peronist politicians often had rather recent immigrant origins." Cas Mudde stated that "it is not an exaggeration to state that [Perón's] populism in general propelled democracy forward, both by encouraging democratic behavior and by enrolling lower class groups and their quest for social justice in political life."

It was not only a class-based (trade union) movement, but there are indeed findings that it contributed to "class consciousness":

Regarding class consciousness, sociologist Susan B. Tiano wrote that in the Harvard Project, a survey of working-class attitudes in Argentina during the 1960s, Peronism was found to be a "a major consciousness-increasing force among Argentine workers." Likewise, Munck and Falcón conclude that "Peronism can be seen as an overall consciousness-raising factor, and the ideological cement for the cohesive and solidaristic social structures of the Argentine working class."

As for Catholicism in Peronism, let me quote Argentina’s Partisan Past: Nationalism and the Politics of History by Michael Goebel:

In truth, Perón’s commitment to Catholicism had been less enthusiastic than that of the nacionalistas long before the state–church conflict spiralled out of control. Most of Perón’s references to Catholicism were made in the years before he became president. They related to Christian charity and Catholic social doctrine, but usually refrained from explicitly defining Argentine identity as Catholic. Even in this early period, after which Perón’s positive references to Catholicism waned, he sometimes derived his understanding of social justice not from Catholicism but from the French Revolution and Rousseau’s social contract; an interpretation that collided head on with the anti-enlightenment ideas of Catholic nacionalistas.

But I'm not saying that peronism is right-wing. I'm saying that peronism is sincretic, and you can't only put left-wing. Monito rapido (talk) 23:47, 8 February 2024 (UTC)

I checked your sources, and I am not sure if they really prove much that you wanted to prove, namely that Peronism is syncretic, let alone right-wing.

- First one is El fascismo argentino: La matriz autoritaria del peronismo. Author makes it pretty clear right from the title that they wish to argue for the thesis of Peronism being a variant of fascism. This idea is thoroughly analyzed and described, from both sides of the debate, in the section Criticism of Perón's policies. And some calling Peronism such is already included in the lead. I might say right here that amongst many who argue that Peronism is fascist, they describe it as "left-wing fascism".

- Ideology and World Affairs; a Resource Unit for Teachers seems to explore the same thesis, in fact even calling Peronism "totalitarian".

- Latin America and Caribbean Contemporary Record is a massive book that mentions Peronism 60 times. And in none of these mentions does it refer to it as ideologically right-wing. Do you have a citation?

- Authoritarianism, National Populism and Fascism by Gino Germani is interesting. On page 126, Germani writes that Peronism was characterized as "classic fascism, phalangism, left-wing fascism, totalitarianism, Bonapartism, a variant of the usual Latin American military caudilloism-authoritarian populism, national populism, Mediterranean corporativism-centered on corporatist and hierarchical aspects allegedly typical of Latin American societies-national socialism (derived from a fusion of right-wing nationalism and left-wing socialism), and many others." Germani then rejects all these labels, arguing that "In the extensive literature on Peronism one discovers that it often either lacks any scholarly basis altogether or is based on insufficient or unreliable research in the areas of history, sociology and political science." No judgement of Peronism as right-wing.

- Transatlantic Fascism: Ideology, Violence, and the Sacred in Argentina and Italy, 1919-1945 is by Federico Finchelstein. Finchelstein was the leading figure of the argument that Peronism is a form of fascism, and his thoughts are explained in detail in Criticism of Perón's policies. He cannot really be used to argue that Peronism is right-wing.

- Treasures of War... What is this book? Is this even historical or is it a novel? Look at this writing - [1]

I am sorry, but these appear to be rather random finds - they either touch upon the "Is Peronism fascism?" debate or they do not actually corraborate your claim.

User:Brat Forelli. First, you are ignoring that there are millions of opinions about the political position of Peronism. Second Federico Finchelstein suggests in that book that Peronism is a mixture of far-right nationalism and non-Marxist socialism.

Third, the book Ideology and World Affairs; a Resource Unit for Teachers - Page xviii says that Peronism is right-wing totalitarianism. Here is a reference to put. https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=s9YlAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA1961&dq=%22peronismo%22%22derecha%22&hl=es&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjOz4-I4Z6EAxVnqJUCHc_lA9I4jAEQ6AF6BAgLEAM Monito rapido (talk) 17:16, 9 February 2024 (UTC)

> First, you are ignoring that there are millions of opinions about the political position of Peronism.

There are millions of opinions on almost everything political indeed, which would make it impossible to write Wikipedia if we assumed that every opinion is valid and/or in need of inclusion. Not to mention that this is MOS:AWW - I am not giving you these unattributed millions, neither do 10 sources with citations.

> Second Federico Finchelstein

Germani and Finchelstein are known as leading scholars behind the concept of Peronism being a form of fascism; I also have source that even single these two people out there. This thesis is included later in the lead, and is extensively described in the section I referred earlier, regarding statements for and against that. And lastly the idea of "left-wing fascism", which further muddles the waters.

> Here is a reference to put.

I looked at the source, and it does have some interesting, uh, statements:

Peronismo, cuya hegemonia en los cuarenta y los cincuenta era fascista de derecha, y en los setenta dio espacio al fascismo de izquierda; y el clásico mundial es la China comunista asuminedo el capitalismo en los ochenta.

Peronismo es el eslabón perdido de una particular evolucíon política subterránea de las masas en el siglo XX. Su historia ejemplifica impecablemente la continuidad existente entre el movimentismo de derecha (fascista) y el de izquierda...

What I see here is once again, not only contributing towards the "Is Peronism fascism?" debate, but also even more uncertainty about the author's take on Peronism's political position, especially as once again "left-wing fascism" is mentioned.

This comes on top of the fact that I also showed how sources such as Treasures of War and Authoritarianism, National Populism and Fascism are either completely unusable (the former) or fail to confirm your position (the latter). It seems we have given up on defending these sources, and for a good reason - these do appear to be random finds, or rather ones that do not contribute much to discussion. I do question the validity of this whole issue if these sources are presented to me as "proof" and yet prove nothing of sort when inspected.

I find it questionable to present a view based on what appears to be a novel about Nazis and hidden gold (Treasures of War...), or stretch the fascist debate beyond it scope, ignoring the problematic nature of this whole debate itself which claims the existence of "left-wing fascism". This all also comes on top of your earlier assertion that a (left-wing) movement with far-right factions cannot be considered left-wing (this becomes completely circular since a right-wing movement would not be considered right-wing if it had a far-left faction; that is unless political left somehow has a much more narrow definition than the right, which it obviously does not).

There is no question that right-wing Peronism exists (Orthodox Peronism), but to classify the movement itself as such becomes increasingly sketchy, and I did answer your question regarding the scholars' justifications for Peronism being leftist "in essence". I see someone already applied WP:STATUSQUO on us so we should leave it there. I also do not want to enter the accusations of "removing references" since you did it here, here or there. I lastly want to affirm that this page describing Peronism as left-leaning predates my activity here (no, seriously - you can check).

To begin with, those historians you mentioned never referred to Peronism as left-wing fascism. And when an author talks about Peronism being fascist, he is not necessarily from the left or the right (although he is more likely to be from the right). Afterwards you can make all the analogies you want, but your analogies or analyzes should not interfere with your edits on Wikipedia. There are countless analyzes that say that Peronism is a fusion between left-wing and right-wing policies. I asked myself, what is the reason for ignoring these analyses? We are discussing this because a user thought of arbitrarily putting left without consensus like us now. In short, most historians disagree that Peronism is left-wing (they may think that it is right-wing or a synthesis between the two). I don't see any problem, the issue is that you want to leave the article that way even though the majority of sources contradict you (when I talk about the sources I'm not just talking about the ones I included). The article should not be more left-wing and should clarify different positions (which is what it should always have according to Wikipedia policy and what you are delaying). Monito rapido (talk) 16:21, 10 February 2024 (UTC)

The analogies I made are simply responses to the assessments made by you. Unless you want to clarify what you meant, then I would of course apologize for misunderstanding what you wanted to convey back then.

> In short, most historians disagree that Peronism is left-wing

If that were the case, then we would not have statements such as "Regardless, Peronism is universally agreed upon to be a left wing populism which tends towards the authoritarian, especially during the latter half of Perón's first presidency. Unlike the right wing ideologies of Mussolini and Franco, Peronism relied heavily on unions and the working class."

> those historians you mentioned never referred to Peronism as left-wing fascism

I disagree. Germani did do that, on page 126, where he lists Peronist characterizations: "classic fascism, phalangism, left-wing fascism, totalitarianism, Bonapartism, a variant of the usual Latin American military caudilloism-authoritarian populism, national populism, Mediterranean corporativism-centered on corporatist and hierarchical aspects allegedly typical of Latin American societies-national socialism (derived from a fusion of right-wing nationalism and left-wing socialism), and many others."

Others also acknowledged or even argued for this term.

This "left-wing" label makes no sense if you investigate the totality of Peronism; I frankly don't understand why it is still up on the page. On the one hand, it surely is rooted in support for state-incorporated unions and social democratic welfare programs, without a doubt. On the other hand, it is also rooted in inspirations from Benito Mussolini and the nationalism associated with their fascist regime, with opposition to a fully socialist economic model, in fact incorporating the business class into its corporatism. In this original form, it's fundamentally syncretic. And yet even beyond that, Peronism exists far beyond Juan Perón; we see its development into Orthodox Peronism and Menemism, indisputably right-wing ideologies who even explicitly rejected leftism, and Kirchnerism, a more social democratic left-wing ideology (still not fully socialist), as well as the Tendencia Revolucionaria Peronista which was indisputably left-wing and socialist. Today, we have both Kirchnerist (center-left) and Federal Peronist (right-wing) factions within the Peronist political sphere, and even within the same Justicialist Party--which, by the way, is clearly cited as a "Syncretic" or "Catch all" party despite being the hub of the Peronist movement. Why might this be?

My point here is that we already have plenty of sources already on Wikipedia articles which clearly demonstrate that Peronism has no single position on the left-right spectrum; it is exactly for this reason that political scientists have struggled with it for so long, that it is a concept working beyond the left-right spectrum. Its variants range from far-left, to center-left, to center-right, to far-right. This frankly should not even be up for discussion, given how well-established this already is; the personal perception of Peronism as merely Kirchnerism demonstrates a weak understanding of the political science of Peronism. LaborHorizontal (talk) 03:36, 14 February 2024 (UTC)

I think exactly the same. But the user insists and insists. I have suggested putting it in the ideology section but he doesn't want to. The truth is that it seems to me that the user should be ignored and the absurd rating permanently removed. Monito rapido (talk) 05:42, 14 February 2024 (UTC)

It is up on the page since it is not a personal assessment, but rather something rooted in 10 sources - these sources do not refer to Kirchnerism, but rather Peronism overall, as something that is "left-leaning" if to be taken as a single ideology. These sources already contain direct quotes, but I can share full context of these quotes, if there is any doubt that they mean to refer to Peronism itself and not just Kirchnerism.

> On the other hand, it is also rooted in inspirations from Benito Mussolini and the nationalism associated with their fascist regime,

That Peronism has right-wing elements is acknowledged by the sources and scholars that classify it as left-wing, and I gave some examples on my earlier discussion with Monito rapido on this page. Indeed, Political Man: The Social Bases of Politics by Seymour Martin Lipset notes elements of "right-wing and centrist authoritarianism" in Peronism (p. 173) and then also discusses leftist elements in Peronism. Lipset's conclusion is, however, that Peronism is left-wing overall (p. 176). A different source discussed earlier, Right-Wing Populism in Latin America and Beyond by Anthony W. Pereira, also notes how left-wing populism often contains right-wing elements as well, citing Chavez and Lopez Obrador. This is acknowledged on the article as well by calling Peronism 'left-leaning'.

As for nationalism, what is often emphasized was that Peronist nationalism was anti-imperialist, or at least considered such; Soldiers of Perón: Argentina’s Montoneros by Richard Gillespie notes this:

Nonetheless, anti-imperialism was certainly present in the official doctrine of Justicialismo and as an often-vague and variously-defined, yet highly emotive and generically-unifying, orientation shared by all the Peronist Movement’s principal social and political components. (p. 17)

Argentina’s Partisan Past: Nationalism and the Politics of History by Michael Goebel also analyzes the differences between Peronism and right-wing Argentinian nacionalismo:

Another element that was strong in nacionalismo, but absent from Peronist discourse, was an anti-immigration and, particularly, anti-Semitic bias. Among the Peronist leadership, non-Spanish surnames were far more prevalent than among nacionalistas. Even (or especially?) in the more marginal provinces, Peronist politicians often had rather recent immigrant origins. The descendants of immigrants from the Middle East in Neuquén, Catamarca or La Rioja were a case in point. On the national level, Perón’s government included not only many politicians and unionists of immigrant origin, but also several Jewish advisers. (p. 85)

How much Peronism has to do with fascism, and whether it itself is fascist as all, is also explained in detail in the section Criticism of Perón's policies in the article. Brat Forelli🦊 10:19, 14 February 2024 (UTC)

I already gave you sources that say that Peronism is right-wing, others that say it is a synthesis and others that say it is a Catch-all party. Enough, don't insist any more, there are different opinions and you can't ignore them. Monito rapido (talk) 16:39, 14 February 2024 (UTC)

You did give me sources, and throughout this discussion (or I suppose several, since you started a few threads here, on accident I suppose), I explained the issues that were there - some are unsuitable as they are either novels (Treasures of War) or travel guides (The Rough Guide to Buenos Aires), others discuss Peronism having right-wing and left-wing elements (note that sources that only say that without explicitly using the word "synthetic" are not usable in this context, otherwise it's WP:OR territory) which is also acknowledged by authors cited that classify Peronism as left-wing (even added that one of your sources acknowledge that it is the case for many left-wing populist movements - Right-Wing Populism in Latin America and Beyond by Anthony W. Pereira), and explained the problem of using sources that call Peronist fascist as unapplicable given that some scholars in this debate argue that Peronism is "left-wing fascist" (Political Man: The Social Bases of Politics); the sources you presented, such as Authoritarianism, National Populism and Fascism, likewise acknowledged this position. I even noted how some of my sources argue that the academic consensus is that Peronism is a form of left-wing populism ("Perón and the Argentine Paradox: An Investigation into an Economic Mystery).

While the 'left-leaning' position is properly sourced with a plethora of sources, I did engage a lot in this topic with you and hopefully shed some light on explaining the views that these sources present and issues that I noticed in the sources you presented regarding this, as much as I appreciate your time. As for the last sentences of your message, I am not sure what you are trying to tell me. WP:JUSTDROPIT? If you just wish to accuse me of 'ignoring opinions' then it looks like this discussion is a WP:TIMESINK. Brat Forelli🦊 17:16, 14 February 2024 (UTC)

User:Brat Forelli. That a historian says that Peronism is considered mostly leftist does not make it true. The majority does not believe that it is left or right but rather a synthesis. You can't continue defending the indefensible. I gave you arguments, quotes and I refuted your arguments that were simple analogies of your own (what does it matter if some articles talk about left-wing fascism. When historians call Peronism far-right fascism and nationalism, as is the case with Finchelstein, they precisely call it from the right not from the left). As far as I'm concerned, this is vandalism, removing referenced information is vandalism so I'm going to add back the right-wing references and the formatting that I had given to the page. Monito rapido (talk) 23:05, 11 February 2024 (UTC)

I disagree. Gansley-Ortiz in fact wrote that it is "universally agreed upon" to be left-wing. You just say it is not true and answer with, well, a weasel word.

I think the problems with your sources were presented in earlier threads (why create 3 separate ones?) and you moved from defending just some to defending none in particular.

Calling me a vandal, or that person reverting your edits before per WP:STATUSQUO, is breaking the fundamental rule of assuming good faith. If you think you can make a believable case of my 'vandalism', you are surely wasting your time edit warring. Brat Forelli🦊 03:31, 12 February 2024 (UTC)

I am no longer taking Gansley-Ortiz's opinion as a reference, it was my mistake to use it as a reference, that no longer matters, why talk about a reference that will no longer be used. The reality is that there are different opinions and Peronism "is NOT considered mostly left-wing" so the beginning of the text is wrong because it shows only one part of the opinions and it should be changed. What do you think it should be changed? Or will you continue to ignore the plurality of opinions that exist? Monito rapido (talk) 15:11, 12 February 2024 (UTC)

I suppose you mean that you mistakenly referred to it. I see, I understand - that happens.

I do refer to his quote however because what he said is quite impactful - most sources we have on Peronism being called left-wing or leftist are general statements made by authors. They can be chalked up to their views. But Gansley-Ortiz does not do that, he writes: "Peronism is universally agreed upon to be a left wing populism". So he takes it far back and states that the scholarly consensus is for leftism.

So when we say "The majority does not believe that it is left or right but rather a synthesis", we are directly contradicted by Gansley-Ortiz. There is also a problem of other scholars who likewise argue that this is not their view itself but the consensus as well, such as Donald C. Hodges and James P. Brennan. If we can present a user with 10 sources, with direct citations, stating the same thing then it does become a question if it is really one-sided and not a valid consensus.

After all, there is WP:ONUS and there is a need to not overcomplicate this reality and make even fringe opinions worthy of expression either. I do want to affirm that things like "Peronism is fascism" are included later in the lead, though we need to separate it from the left-right dichotomy because of some scholars arguing that Peronism is "left-wing fascism"; heck, I also have a reliable source that affirms that Peronism is leftist, but also with elements that can be described as "neo-fascist", and progressive at the same time. This ends up contributing to the consensus on it being left-wing though.

Lastly, you seem to asked me what I think I should be changed (I think?). Generally I dunno yet, but Obstacles to Change in Latin America by Claudio Veliz argues that Peronism is considered a form of Nasserism. I definitely want to include maybe a paragraph, maybe a section (if it turns out there is a lot of sources on that), that explore this relationship. Otherwise I am also interested in researching the scholars who claim that Peronism is left-wing fascism, because the whole concept of fascism being placed on the left blows my mind. Brat Forelli🦊 17:57, 12 February 2024 (UTC)

Here are nine references that speak of a synthesis, which of course you decide to ignore when saying that it is a leftist movement. The right-wing factions were apart from the beginning, and for most of the story they were protagonists. Peronism is not leftist even if you look at it from above or from below.

References :

https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=D6u7EAAAQBAJ&pg=PA2&dq=%22Peronism%22%22left-wing%22%22right-wing%22&hl=es&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjOos7IwaaEAxW0qJUCHa6wAXs4ChDoAXoECAMQAw

https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=nE5PEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA35&dq=%22Peronism%22%22left-wing%22%22right-wing%22&hl=es&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwibyP3awaaEAxXyqZUCHT6NDTI4HhDoAXoECAMQAw

https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=dKXnc71NpgQC&pg=PA59&dq=%22Peronism%22%22left-wing%22%22right-wing%22&hl=es&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwili6KlwqaEAxXarpUCHSHfANQ4WhDoAXoECAYQAw

https://books.google.com/books/about/God_s_Assassins.html?hl=es&id=gQeLzE60jDgC#v=onepage&q=%22Peronism%22%22left-wing%22%22right-wing%22&f=false

https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=dKXnc71NpgQC&pg=PA59&dq=%22Peronism%22%22left-wing%22%22right-wing%22&hl=es&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwili6KlwqaEAxXarpUCHSHfANQ4WhDoAXoECAYQAw

https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=zn8FAQAAIAAJ&q=El+peronismo+combina+izquierda+con+derecha&dq=El+peronismo+combina+izquierda+con+derecha&hl=es&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwihxK2lxKaEAxU_rpUCHfHFDsgQ6AF6BAgJEAM

https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=BxUXAQAAMAAJ&q=El+%22peronismo%22+combina+elementos+de+izquierda+con+derecha&dq=El+%22peronismo%22+combina+elementos+de+izquierda+con+derecha&hl=es&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi-hoj2xKaEAxXUqJUCHYqXDXQ4HhDoAXoECAIQAw

https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=paJoAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Peronism%22%22left-wing+and+right-wing%22&dq=%22Peronism%22%22left-wing+and+right-wing%22&hl=es&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi655iqxaaEAxU8qJUCHeRECp84ChDoAXoECAIQAw

https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=Gu1jAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Peronism%22%22left-wing+and+right-wing%22&dq=%22Peronism%22%22left-wing+and+right-wing%22&hl=es&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjTn9HFxaaEAxU4pJUCHdiFDzU4FBDoAXoECAcQAw Monito rapido (talk) 19:39, 12 February 2024 (UTC)

Here are others who call it a catch-all movement

https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=9DwLEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA403&dq=%22peronism%22+%22catch-all%22&hl=es-419&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiU4cKew6aEAxVvr5UCHf4ZCxEQ6AF6BAgLEAM#v=onepage&q=%22peronism%22%20%22catch-all%22&f=false

https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=i01KDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA242&dq=%22peronism%22+%22catch-all%22&hl=es-419&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiU4cKew6aEAxVvr5UCHf4ZCxEQ6AF6BAgOEAM#v=onepage&q=%22peronism%22%20%22catch-all%22&f=false

https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=yctqEAAAQBAJ&pg=PP43&dq=%22peronism%22+%22catch-all%22&hl=es-419&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjt0YfLw6aEAxXWrZUCHYV4DoA4ChDoAXoECAQQAw#v=onepage&q=%22peronism%22%20%22catch-all%22&f=false

https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=1BRNAQAAMAAJ&q=%22peronism%22+%22catch-all%22&dq=%22peronism%22+%22catch-all%22&hl=es-419&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjt0YfLw6aEAxXWrZUCHYV4DoA4ChDoAXoECAkQAw#%22peronism%22%20%22catch-all%22

https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=LvcrEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA4&dq=%22peronism%22+%22big+tent%22&hl=es-419&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjky8vww6aEAxX2jZUCHcACCXMQ6AF6BAgHEAM#v=onepage&q=%22peronism%22%20%22big%20tent%22&f=false Monito rapido (talk) 19:41, 12 February 2024 (UTC)

Thank you for your time and the listed sources. I am also happy that some of them are directly available (given how there are no direct quotes you gave me, but I obviously understand).

One thing that immediately caught my eye is that one of the sources you sent me is The Rough Guide to Buenos Aires, which describes itself as "is the ultimate travel guide to the sophisticated and enchanting capital of Argentina, with clear maps and detailed coverage of all the city's best attractions." While this could be used as a source for articles devoted to tourism, it would not be suitable for political topics.

Another issue is that these sources do say something interesting, that Peronism has both right-wing and left-wing elements. That appears to be an accurate assessment. What is less clear is that we do not have Peronism being explicitly called as syncretic. Visualisierungen des Politischen Homophobie und queere Protestkultur in Polen ab 1980 by Julia Austermann discussed the case of a curious Polish political party Samoobrona. Austermann wrote that it "had a strong left-wing economic policy orientation, but combined this with right-leaning, Catholic-conservative values." (p. 152), but does classify the party as left-wing overall (p. 148).

Of course, here you could accuse me of doing anecdotes. So let me get to the point and point us to the book where this does happen in case of Peronism: Political Man: The Social Bases of Politics by Seymour Martin Lipset. Lipset notes elements of "right-wing and centrist authoritarianism" in Peronism (p. 173) and then also discussed leftist elements in Peronism. His conclusion is that Peronism is, overall, left-wing (p. 176). Even a source you cited, Right-Wing Populism in Latin America and Beyond by Anthony W. Pereira, also notes how left-wing populism often contains right-wing elements as well, citing Chavez and Lopez Obrador. This is acknowledged on the article as well by calling Peronism 'left-leaning'.

Catch-all has the same problem, as it speaks of the movement itself and not the ideology, and we would also have to see how this does not contradict the nature of Peronism as an ideology. The sources shown also refer to Menem and/or Renewal Peronism itself.

> The right-wing factions were apart from the beginning, and for most of the story they were protagonists.

This might be your opinion, and it is an opinion that I would disagree with. Ultimately this is not something that would be productive to discuss without sources that explicitly say that. Brat Forelli🦊 09:44, 13 February 2024 (UTC)

Although you could explain all this in the ideology section and not in the main section. Since it is not a left-wing movement and there are different opinions about it (like the references that I give you). Monito rapido (talk) 15:22, 13 February 2024 (UTC)

> Although you could explain all this in the ideology section

Right, the ideology section is actually atrocious and only lists "Peronist Tenets" which are after all 'potato potato' and say little without context of what Perón actually wrote and what he also did. I will need to think how to make a coherent section for this though. Probably a collection of statements on Peronism and going through all these sources to see all elements of Peronism that authors list, though then I would also need to mention factions that go against this element (for example nationalized and what Donald C. Hodges called 'non-Marxist socialist' economy are listed as typical of Peronism, yet Menem and Orthodox Peronists were neoliberals).

> Since it is not a left-wing movement

I suppose that is your view. The thing is that we have enough sources to call it left-wing, with some of these sources going as far as stating that Peronism being left-wing is not just author's opinion, but also the consensus. Sources that participate in the 'Peronism is fascist' thesis are not good to prove that Peronism is right-wing since the discussion thing is muddled by scholars here arguing for the existence of 'left-wing fascism', with some concluding that Peronism is this 'leftist fascism' itself. Scholars like Finchelstein note that Peronism has right-wing and left-wing elements, but that is acknowledged by those who classify Peronism as left-wing as well, with the conclusion being that Peronism is nevertheless left-wing (notably Lipset), with others also noting that right-wing elements are pretty typical in other left-wing populist movements as well (aforementioned Pereira). I can find more sources if it would make you feel better about it. Brat Forelli🦊 19:07, 13 February 2024 (UTC)

References

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Peronism and Leftism

I just realized a similar discussion had already occured because of the same reason. So I'm sorry if I am bringing the topic back again, but as it seems, I do not happen to be the first person whose attention was called by this. Academically, I am well aware that there are several sources that have claimed that Peronism is a left-leaning ideology and I do not underestimate them, but there also are several claiming that it is a right-wing or a center ideology. What I believe it should be done is simply not positioning it in the political compass in the first place (or at least try to do it as few times as possible), as it will always be a topic of debate and there will probably be more people who will bring up this issue in the future. I personally recommed trying to focus on other terms for describing Peronism which are less broad and abstract, and avoid saying it is "leftist", "centrist" or "rightist" as it will always lead to confusion and arguments. I write this not to oppose anyone's stance, but to reach a consensus and move foward on this topic that has already been debated on more than one occasion. Rax9000 (talk) 03:58, 9 July 2024 (UTC)

No, it is fine, I appreciate you expressing your opinion, especially when you are more concerned about balance than really partaking in that discussion. My main problem was that when I can find a huge amount of sources (most of them used in the article), including ones from well-known political scientists, as well as even statements like "Regardless, Peronism is universally agreed upon to be a left wing populism which tends towards the authoritarian, especially during the latter half of Perón's first presidency.", then it does produce a question if we are not making a mistake by treating all assessments as valid. There is a fair chunk of claims that Nazis were "left-wing", yet these are not taken seriously in the academia, which is why Wikipedia reflects the consensus that it is a far-right ideology. Same applies to left-wing populist parties in general, especially the ones that are socially conservative, such as Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht or Self-Defence of the Republic of Poland. Both parties have some sources that call them "right-wing" or even "far-right", but they are ignored in the view of left-wing assessments being more common and more credible.

In the discussion above, the person representing the opposite of my view, cited Right-Wing Populism in Latin America and Beyond by Anthony W. Pereira as one of the counter-sources to me. I looked at the source and it in fact was closer to my own position, arguing that left-wing populism also has some important right-wing elements, and on page 43, it argued that Peronism and the Venezuelan Acción Democrática represent the same form of populism. There is also Populism and Key Concepts in Social and Political Theory by Carlos de la Torre and Oscar Mazzoleni who argue that the main difference between left-wing and right-wing populism is whether the focus is on redistributive economic policies (left populism) or cultural, ethnonationalist issues (right populism) (p.76). Later (p.125), they make it pretty clear that too:

National sovereignty also plays a role in radical left populism as research on Latin American populism has shown. In two of the most prominent cases, that of Peron in Argentina and Chávez in Venezuela, national sovereignty is understood as a trinom that equates people with the nation and ultimately the both of them with the leader. The Peronist doctrine illustrates this best: “Whoever is not a Peronist is not an Argentinian” (de la Torre 2017).

Which for me it would be at least advisable to mention "left-wing populism" when applicable, because the term is in fact broad enough to include Perón. Sure, some might not understand the difference between "left-wing populism" and "leftism", but that would be a problem of just lack of knowledge rather than the incorrect or controversial use of the term. These are also only three sources that I brought up, I have many more but I just wanted to highlight the reasoning that some of political scientists make for that.

But going back to the discussion, I think I understand your point and it could be good to make it a "judge for yourself" case where we describe the policies and beliefs of Peronism without explicitly using labels themselves. Though I think we can still include the labels as long as we ascribe it to specific authors and explain their reasoning behind it. I think that just might make everyone happy, as in, being scarce about using terms like "leftist", "right-wing" or "centrist". Brat Forelli🦊 14:46, 9 July 2024 (UTC)