[lbo-talk] Chavez's socialist world vision

[Bhaskar Sunkara]

Bonapartism is a term usually used to describe a political movement that
relies on a strongman.  I could have said left Peronism.  Either way, it was
a bit of a silly descriptor since Chavez and the process in Venezuela is
more complex and contradictory than that.  Most of the work I've done has
been on campus, so in particular segments of YDS there is a marxist
underpinning, in others more of a social democratic one.  It doesn't make a
tremendous difference in practical activity at the present conjecture
(apologies, I hate that word unless Perry Anderson is using it) to be
honest.  RE: the work I mentioned before:
http://radicalebooks.blogspot.com/2009/07/revolutionary-strategy-by-mike-mcnair.html

On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 11:13 AM, c b <cb31450 at gmail.com> wrote:


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> But are u saying Bonapartism was governing the capitalist state to
> bring about socialism ? Bonapartists were social democrats ?  That's
> not my understanding of Bonapartism.
>
> Good to see appreciation of Lenin in the DSA !  My DSA friends and I
> did see and celebrate "Reds" back in the early 80's.
>
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