> >That's why I think Venezuela should be the model for
>>Iran and other countries
>
>Whatever happened to workers' councils and the
>supression of the law of value?
>
>I mean, Chavez seems like a decent fellow as far as
>that goes, but communists used to be much more
>ambitious.
>
>I think it's a sign of how far we have sunk since the
>fall of the Soviet Union, that a bourgeois nationalist
>modernizer like Chavez represents our hopes and
>dreams.
Its important to keep our ultimate hopes and dreams alive, however it also behooves us to have a mind for what is possible in light of material circumstances.
The wisdom to know the difference wouldn't go astray either.
Bill Bartlett Bracknell Tas