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"If Mexico is “so close to the United States; so far from god”, then Venezuela is “so endowed with oil; so robbed of wealth”. In 1935, Venezuela had the highest per capita GDP in all of Latin America. Yet today, there are reports of a collapsing oil industry caused partly by the fact that oil industry workers are too weak from hunger to actually be able to work. "What happened? The different imperialist powers, especially US imperialism, played their role robbing and plundering, just as they do all around the world. And in the case of US imperialism, it not only plundered Venezuela and Latin America as a whole, it directly supported both the 2002 attempted coup against Chavez; it also helped fund the reactionary capitalist opposition to him. But the role of imperialism was integrated into the capitalist “development” of Venezuela itself." Venezuelan capitalism couldn't break up the latifundias, couldn't break the grip of imperialism and couldn't modernize society. An attempt was made based on the military, but there is no substitute for the organized working class. In fighting for their own interests at home, US workers must transform their unions and link up with the workers in Venezuela and around the world. read full article here: https://oaklandsocialist.com/2019/02/18/venezuela-the-theory-of-permanent-revolution-and-the-role-of-the-working-class/ -- *“In politics, abstract terms conceal treachery.” *from "The Black Jacobins" by C. L. R. James Check out:https:http://oaklandsocialist.com also on Facebook _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: https://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
