[lbo-talk] NYT: Chavez loses, 51% to 49%; Chavez does concede on TV

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Mon Dec 3 12:03:17 PST 2007


On Dec 3, 2007, at 2:33 PM, Charles Brown wrote:


> No aya contradiciion in supporting Chavez as the main leader of the
> popular revolution. The popular revolution in Venezuela wouldn't have
> had the successes it has had without a popular and progressive leader.

It's funny how this is one thing that anarchists and the ISO agree on - Chavez, like Castro, is a power-mad despot, a classic Latin caudillo. The authentic revolution would rise from the grassroots. Problem is, there's really no precedent for that sort of thing.

Doug



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