Comments on: Another Trade Union Leader Assassinated in Venezuela http://theactivist.org/blog/another-trade-union-leader-assassinated-in-venezuela // Culture. Consciousness. Critical Thought. // Tue, 07 Feb 2012 06:43:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Bhaskar Sunkara http://theactivist.org/blog/another-trade-union-leader-assassinated-in-venezuela/comment-page-1#comment-40927 Bhaskar Sunkara Sat, 16 May 2009 00:33:44 +0000 http://theactivist.org/blog/another-trade-union-leader-assassinated-in-venezuela#comment-40927 I have read that article as well. Everyone knows there are many souls of the Bolivarian Revolution; I've been trying to address this in a roundabout way. You have your typical populism, corporatism, corruption, but also you have an expansion of participatory democracy. You have basic welfare capitalism funded by oil wealth, but you also have vital industries under worker management. A lot of the raw development numbers look good, even though inequality has been INCREASED in some sectors. It's hard to decipher it all, actually; I don't see how developing countries can break with the imperialist system and world capitalism. Venezuela has some flexibility because they extract a healthy surplus from importing countries via oil, but I don't really see a "model" here. I have read that article as well. Everyone knows there are many souls of the Bolivarian Revolution; I’ve been trying to address this in a roundabout way. You have your typical populism, corporatism, corruption, but also you have an expansion of participatory democracy. You have basic welfare capitalism funded by oil wealth, but you also have vital industries under worker management. A lot of the raw development numbers look good, even though inequality has been INCREASED in some sectors.

It’s hard to decipher it all, actually; I don’t see how developing countries can break with the imperialist system and world capitalism. Venezuela has some flexibility because they extract a healthy surplus from importing countries via oil, but I don’t really see a “model” here.

]]> By: Jason Schulman http://theactivist.org/blog/another-trade-union-leader-assassinated-in-venezuela/comment-page-1#comment-40891 Jason Schulman Fri, 15 May 2009 17:55:23 +0000 http://theactivist.org/blog/another-trade-union-leader-assassinated-in-venezuela#comment-40891 However awful the opposition may be, let's not romanticize the Chavez government. Worth a read: http://thecommune.wordpress.com/2009/02/09/the-revolution-delayed-10-years-of-hugo-chavezs-rule/ However awful the opposition may be, let’s not romanticize the Chavez government. Worth a read: http://thecommune.wordpress.com/2009/02/09/the-revolution-delayed-10-years-of-hugo-chavezs-rule/

]]> By: Bhaskar Sunkara http://theactivist.org/blog/another-trade-union-leader-assassinated-in-venezuela/comment-page-1#comment-40811 Bhaskar Sunkara Fri, 15 May 2009 01:52:02 +0000 http://theactivist.org/blog/another-trade-union-leader-assassinated-in-venezuela#comment-40811 Venezuelan opposition is turning more violent. http://www.venezuelanalysis.com/news/4437 Venezuelan opposition is turning more violent.

http://www.venezuelanalysis.com/news/4437

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