Venezuela's "Revolution" Faces Capital & "Human Capital" Strikes

Carrol Cox cbcox at ilstu.edu
Wed Dec 11 16:41:14 PST 2002


Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:
>
> A bit old, but it may still be useful.
>
> ***** _In These Times_ 9 November 2001
> NEW WORLD ORDER
> But Venezuela's "revolution" faces many obstacles.
> by John Marshall and Christian Parenti
>
>
> Despite all of the obstacles, many Chavistas remain hopeful. "Little
> by little, it'll happen," says Don Julio Cezar, a restaurateur in the
> small beach town of Santa Fe. "The people are learning, the economy
> is developing. This is not a violent revolution-it'll take time."
>

There have been several"experiments" in non-violent, democratic revolution. Santo Domingo. Chile. (Panama?) And Nicaragua tried to survive democratically. Now Venezuela.

What basis is there for assuming the capitalist classes will _ever_ allow a peaceful transition to socialism?

Carrol



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