Yes, that is probably the reason why people are excited about Chavez, it's just a little bit depressing that they are willing to settle for that.
It seems that four years ago, Argentina was in all the discussions, and the books by Hardt & Negri and John Holloway were part of the general intellectual fashion on the left. I think the globalization movement and the dynamics of that movement inspired a belief that we were entering a period of self-activity and emancipatory social movements.
Some of the worst accusations made against the movement by its opponents, that it was anti-cosmopolitan and sought a return to the protections of the nation-state, have now actually turned out to be true.
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