[lbo-talk] Chomsky gets cozy with Chavez

Eric Beck ersatzdog at gmail.com
Fri Aug 28 10:19:18 PDT 2009


[Fresh off his award for services rendered to the Serbian state and being feted by Hezbollah, Chomsky plays footsie with another heroic anti-imperialist.]

Noam Chomsky Meets with Chavez in Venezuela August 28th 2009, by James Suggett <http://www.venezuelanalysis.com/news/4748>

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The nearly finalized deal to allow the U.S. to increase its military presence on Colombian bases "is only part of a much broader effort to restore Washington's capacity for intervention," said Chomsky.

According to Chomsky, the region has the capacity to unite and form a "peace zone" in which foreign militaries are forbidden to operate. "Venezuela can help to advance this proposal, but it cannot do it alone," he said.

"The transformations that Venezuela is making toward the creation of another socio-economic model could have a global impact if these projects are successfully carried out," said the renowned author.

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