[lbo-talk] Chavez and his Carpers

[Jim Devine]

On 5/20/06, Carrol Cox <cbcox at ilstu.edu> wrote:
> While Chavez's route or strategy probably won't transfer to the core
> imperialist nations, it may in fact provide not a model but at least a
> set of pointers for revolutionaries in some or many quasi-democracies in
> the 'third world.'

The key lesson from Chavez so far: come to power in a country
(hopefully in a democratic way) with abundant natural resources and
then use them to build up mass democratic support and to develop the
country's economic potential -- instead of using them to feed the
first-world life-styles of the rich.
-- 
Jim Devine / "TOUGH, adj. A term used by admiring journalists to
describe politicians, especially the U.S. president and other heads of
state. It normally means: 1) Callous; 2) Having little regard for
human life; 3) Ready and willing to shed the blood of others while
running no risk of personal injury." — Chaz Bufe