[CTRL] FW: [CTRL] FW: [turnwind] HANDS OFF VENEZUELA! sign on letter
-Caveat Lector- Just passing along info... I don't live in Venezuela, so therefore I cannot say with absolute certainty who is right on this one. Media reports seem to conflict with "Independent" media accounts of what's going on down there. Keep believing everything the main-stream media feeds you. -franc -Original Message- From: William Bacon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, December 25, 2002 8:21 AM To: Franc Tireur Subject: Re: [CTRL] FW: [turnwind] HANDS OFF VENEZUELA! sign on letter Franc, Your not bothered by the fact that Hugo Chavez is dictatorial thug just like Fidel Castro? Bill BAcon "I pledge Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America and to the REPUBLIC for which it stands, one Nation under God,indivisible,with liberty and justice for all." visit my web site at http://www.voicenet.com/~wbacon My ICQ# is 79071904 for a precise list of the powers of the Federal Government linkto: http://www.voicenet.com/~wbacon/Enumerated.html On Tue, 24 Dec 2002, Franc Tireur wrote: > -Caveat Lector- > > FYI... > > -Original Message- > From: james jordan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, December 23, 2002 1:51 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; > [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [turnwind] HANDS OFF VENEZUELA! sign on letter > > HANDS OFF VENEZUELA! > An appeal to the international Labour Movement > > The situation in Venezuela is reaching a critical > point. The > reactionary forces, backed by conservative big > business and the US embassy, are > mobilising all their forces to overthrow the legally > elected government > of Hugo Chavez by extra-parliamentary means. > > The mass media have put in circulation the lie that > this is a "general > strike" supported by the workers of Venezuela against > an unpopular > government. There is absolutely no truth in this. In > reality what we are > seeing is a campaign of organised sabotage designed to > destabilise the > country and prepare the way for a right wing coup > d'etat. > > The bosses have organised what amounts to a lock-out > with the support > of certain right wing trade union leaders. This is > already the fourth > time this year that they have attempted to destabilise > the country by > these means. It is similar to the lorry drivers' > "strike" that the CIA > organised to bring down the legally elected government > of Salvador Allende > in Chile. These machinations led to the bloody > dictatorship of > Pinochet. Now the same people want to repeat the > experience in Venezuela. > > THEY MUST NOT BE ALLOWED TO SUCCEED! > > The last time they moved in this way (last April) it > led to a coup in > which reactionary businessmen linked up with right > wing army officers to > arrest the President. They talked a lot about > "democracy" but > immediately came out in their true colours, with plans > to suspend the > Constitution and introduce a dictatorship of the rich. > > The role of the USA in all this was quite clear. This > great "democracy" > - as always - refused to condemn the coup. The CIA has > played, and is > playing, an active role in this conspiracy, as it has > in every other > coup in Latin America: Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, and > so on. > > The attempted coup last April was defeated by a > spontaneous mass > movement of millions of workers, unemployed, peasants, > soldiers and poor > people. Now once more the masses are confronting the > counterrevolutionary > forces in the streets of Venezuela. > > If the people of Venezuela were allowed to fight the > counterrevolution > on their own, they would easily defeat it. This was > shown last April. > But behind the counterrevolution stands the might of > the USA and its > allies in Latin America. These are intervening > shamelessly in the internal > affairs of Venezuela, encouraging and financing the > counterrevolutionary forces. > > The revolutionary process opened by the election of > Hugo Chavez has > aroused the workers, peasants and poor people of > Venezuela and given them > new hope for a better future. The government has > carried through a > series of progressive reforms to improve the > conditions of the masses. > > The people now understand that Venezuela is an > immensely rich country > with huge reserves of oil, but that the wealth of the > nation is being > plundered by foreign imperialists and a handful of > wealthy local > oligarchs who serve the interests of imperialism. They > want to carry the > revolution forward and put an end to this scandalous > exploitation once and > for
[CTRL] FW: [turnwind] HANDS OFF VENEZUELA! sign on letter
-Caveat Lector- FYI... -Original Message- From: james jordan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, December 23, 2002 1:51 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [turnwind] HANDS OFF VENEZUELA! sign on letter HANDS OFF VENEZUELA! An appeal to the international Labour Movement The situation in Venezuela is reaching a critical point. The reactionary forces, backed by conservative big business and the US embassy, are mobilising all their forces to overthrow the legally elected government of Hugo Chavez by extra-parliamentary means. The mass media have put in circulation the lie that this is a "general strike" supported by the workers of Venezuela against an unpopular government. There is absolutely no truth in this. In reality what we are seeing is a campaign of organised sabotage designed to destabilise the country and prepare the way for a right wing coup d'etat. The bosses have organised what amounts to a lock-out with the support of certain right wing trade union leaders. This is already the fourth time this year that they have attempted to destabilise the country by these means. It is similar to the lorry drivers' "strike" that the CIA organised to bring down the legally elected government of Salvador Allende in Chile. These machinations led to the bloody dictatorship of Pinochet. Now the same people want to repeat the experience in Venezuela. THEY MUST NOT BE ALLOWED TO SUCCEED! The last time they moved in this way (last April) it led to a coup in which reactionary businessmen linked up with right wing army officers to arrest the President. They talked a lot about "democracy" but immediately came out in their true colours, with plans to suspend the Constitution and introduce a dictatorship of the rich. The role of the USA in all this was quite clear. This great "democracy" - as always - refused to condemn the coup. The CIA has played, and is playing, an active role in this conspiracy, as it has in every other coup in Latin America: Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, and so on. The attempted coup last April was defeated by a spontaneous mass movement of millions of workers, unemployed, peasants, soldiers and poor people. Now once more the masses are confronting the counterrevolutionary forces in the streets of Venezuela. If the people of Venezuela were allowed to fight the counterrevolution on their own, they would easily defeat it. This was shown last April. But behind the counterrevolution stands the might of the USA and its allies in Latin America. These are intervening shamelessly in the internal affairs of Venezuela, encouraging and financing the counterrevolutionary forces. The revolutionary process opened by the election of Hugo Chavez has aroused the workers, peasants and poor people of Venezuela and given them new hope for a better future. The government has carried through a series of progressive reforms to improve the conditions of the masses. The people now understand that Venezuela is an immensely rich country with huge reserves of oil, but that the wealth of the nation is being plundered by foreign imperialists and a handful of wealthy local oligarchs who serve the interests of imperialism. They want to carry the revolution forward and put an end to this scandalous exploitation once and for all. This is the only "crime" of the people of Venezuela, for which the imperialists are determined to make them pay. If the Venezuelan revolution goes down to defeat, it will be a severe blow against the cause of millions of poor people throughout Latin America who are fighting for their rights. THE INTERNATIONAL LABOUR MOVEMENT MUST BE MOBILIZED IN THEIR SUPPORT. The aim of the counterrevolutionary "strike" is to strangle the economy, paralysing the vital oil industry and the movement of essential supplies. They have already succeeded in causing food and petrol shortages. The intention is to cause such chaos that it will bring about a split in the tops of the armed forces and a coup by right wing army officers - as in Chile. Not satisfied with seizing the oil of Iraq, the USA also wants to get its hands on Venezuelan oil. There is constant pressure from Washington and its corrupt allies in the region to force a "regime change". This shameless and insolent bullying must cease! Let the international labour movement take a firm stand against imperialism! The people of Venezuela must not feel alone in their hour of need. Let the world working class raise its voice in their support! We appeal to you to raise this matter urgently in your trade union and Labour Party branch. Send messages of support to Venezuela and protest to the US embassy about its continued interference in the internal political affairs of Venezuela. Send letters to the press and to the British government, demanding that it does not support US aggression against Venezuela. The youth must add its voice to the protest. Every youth and student organ
