I'm more optimistic than the article and I agree that if the popular movement pressures the right-wing of the PSUV to build, genuine structural changes, that we are looking at something more than caudilloism.I have hope that this can happen, but the article is important since it reminds us that the Chavez's regime is part "crony capitalism" with a segment of the indigenous bourgeoisie and military elites benefiting greatly. It also exposes the "250,000 new cooperatives" claim.
On Sat, Aug 1, 2009 at 9:41 PM, Darrel Furlotte <darrel.furlo...@gmail.com>wrote: > Prior to April 2002 I probably would have been in general agreement with > what I was able to read of the article (before terminal fatigue set in > because of its sectarian abstraction). The massive, popular resistance to > the coup opened my eyes and mind about LEARNING what was happening in > Venezuela. Fred's article is a real contribution to that process. These > anarchist comrades (it doesn't matter that they are in Venezuela) don't > seem > to have had a similar experience. They still see "revolution" totally > through 19th century ideological blinkers. > Darrel ________________________________________________ YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. Send list submissions to: Marxism@lists.econ.utah.edu Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
