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  • Sheep-Dogging on Steroids: The New Democratic Party Anti-War Activists

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    fitzdon

    The rhetoric of the Democratic “progressives” only gives cover to the ongoing criminality of the U.S. state and its commitment to permanent war – with congressional approval. In the cynical spectacle that is called politics in the United States, the latest insult to the intelligence of the people is the Democrats who are posturing as…

  • Venezuelan Communes Protect the State

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    Direct democracy works like a charm. Check out Venezuela’s Communes….   Venezuela’s ubiquitous Communes are proof that direct democracy works. And, interestingly enough, those same Communes are powerful buffers to attempted coups, protecting the sanctity of direct democracy in their country.   In all likelihood, John Bolton and Trump and Pence and Pompeo and Rubio…

  • Over 70 Experts Call for US to Stop Interfering in Venezuela

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    rsburke

    Noam Chomsky, Alfred de Zayas, Sujatha Fernandes, Boots Riley, John Pilger, Vijay Prashad and many others oppose US interventionism in Venezuela. The statement is worth the read.

  • Venezuela Defeated the U.S. in Its Election. Now It Must Build an Independent Economy.

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    rsburke

    Kevin Zeese sets the record straight on the recent elections in Venezuela.

  • What’s Left of the Bolivarian Revolution?

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    fitzdon

    There have recently been a number of pieces featured in NACLA and the progressive media outlet Jacobin evaluating the Nicolás Maduro government in Venezuela and questioning the ongoing viability of Chavismo. Leftist commentators have proclaimed the end of the Bolivarian Revolution and the failure of twenty-first century socialism, and have offered a takedown of the…

  • Clinton Emails Reveal Direct US Sabotage of Venezuela

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    fitzdon

    While Hillary Clinton publicly welcomed improved relations with Venezuela as secretary of state, she privately ridiculed the country and continued to support destabilization efforts, revealed her emails leaked by WikiLeaks. In 2010, Clinton asked Arturo Valenzuela, then assistant secretary of state for Western Hemisphere Affairs, how “to rein in Chavez.” Valenzuela responded that, “We need…

  • What Happened to the Pink Tide?

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    fitzdon

    When the “pink tide” of left-leaning governments first rose to power on the back of anti-neoliberal protests across Latin America in the late 1990s and early 2000s, the initial reaction from the Left was euphoric. Striving to move beyond the “there is no alternative” mantra, many pinned their hopes on what seemed to be a…

  • The New South American Political Map

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    fitzdon

    The New South American Political Map The election results in Venezuela and Argentina, the Brazilian crisis, and the erosion of the “citizens’ revolution” in Ecuador are part of a change in political climate that puts the transformative processes underway on the defensive. In the past weeks four progressive governments in the region show unmistakable signs…

  • Can People’s Power Save the Bolivarian Revolution?

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    fitzdon

      Seventeen years after Hugo Chávez was elected Venezuela’s President for the first time, the supporters of his Bolivarian Revolution, now led by President Nicolás Maduro, suffered their first major defeat in a national election in the December 6 elections to the country’s parliament, the National Assembly. Coming only two weeks after the victory of…