By Luís Bonilla-Molina The awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to María Corina Machado (MCM) has sparked an unusual debate on social media. However, the arguments for and against are more emotionally charged than deeply thought-provoking. Is it possible to approach Venezuelan reality only through the Manichaean perspective of polarization?
Clearly, understanding the implications of awarding this prize requires a structural analysis to comprehend the scope of the political operation behind it. Only in this way can we base possible courses of action and convergence with the military, media, and massive data-gathering offensive that has been taking place in the Caribbean in recent months. Our call is to overcome the simplistic interpretations — typical of polarized political propaganda — as well as the geopolitical interpretations that serve the very logic of power that led to the awarding of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize. Of course, our position rejects any attempt by the United States to intervene militarily or through intelligence work (CIA) in Venezuela; there can be no doubt about that. What we wish to emphasize in this article is the need to build an anti-imperialism from the working class, one that overcomes deceptive leftist discourses hidden behind a geopolitical vision that obscures the material living conditions of the working class and the limitations of the current regime of political freedoms in the country. Continue reading at https://links.org.au/context-and-significance-maria-corina-machado-nobel-peace-prize -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#39166): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/39166 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/116185635/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/13617172/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
