Re: [PEN-L] [Marxism] chavez once again on building a 21st Century socialism

2005-02-28 Thread michael a. lebowitz
Hi Patrick, I simply don't know. My sense is that his international priority at this time is on strengthening a multi-polar alliance to give some space in the context of the principal contradiction with US imperialism. (Things could easily get overwhelming here.) Even if he makes some

Re: [PEN-L] [Marxism] chavez once again on building a 21st Century socialism

2005-02-27 Thread Patrick Bond
Hi Michael, this is all extremely encouraging. We have Greg Albo touring South Africa this week speaking with enormous enthusiasm (and of course also rigour and caution) about Venezuela. However, this question emerges occasionally: when/would/might Chavez start invoking his left instincts in terms