> The CTV was forced by Chavez to hold new elections for leadership-- which
> Chavez forces lost despite great pressure from the government. There are
> pro-Chavez parts of the unions, but not a majority. That's called
> democracy, just as it's democracy that Chavez has been elected to run the
> government.
>
> US-allied elites in Venezuela should not be seeking to oust democratically
> elected Presidents like Chavez, but the left should not be advocating
> ousting democratically-elected union leaders either.
>
> When did the left lose all moral credibility in favor of pure opportunism?
>
> -- Nathan Newman
>
So supporting the coup against Chávez (then backing out when they so it would fail) is an appropriate response? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <../attachments/20021205/ec232b76/attachment.htm>