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On 5/19/17 1:24 PM, Richard Fidler via Marxism wrote:
A truly exceptional article, with a compelling argument well grounded in recent experience: <http://www.counterpunch.org/2017/05/19/the-chavez-hypothesis-vicissitudes-of-a- strategic-project/>
Not sure I want to reply to Gilbert but I find the notion of communes in Venezuela troubling. Were they supposed to be an expression of dual power? When the government in power has created them, it sounds much more like a single power. I haven't been paying close attention to Venezuela since Maduro took over. To some extent that has to do with Chavismo support for Assad that makes the notions of 21st century socialism sound hollow. I may write something about the communes if I get a chance.
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