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Venezuela: Michael Lebowitz on what we can expect from Chavez's fourth term
Michael Lebowitz in Zagreb. Photo by Jovica Drobnjak.
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November 1, 2012 – Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal – The following interview with Michael Lebowitz was recently published in Novosti, a left-wing newspaper in Zagreb, Croatia.
Venezuela: The future of ‘21st century socialism’ after Chavez's victory
Supporters celebrate the president's re-election on October 7 outside the Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas. Photo by Tamara Pearson/Venezuelanalysis.com.
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By Federico Fuentes
[En espanol @ http://links.org.au/node/3085]
October 28, 2012 -- Green Left Weekly -- Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez’s re-election on October 7 with more than 55% of the vote was vital for two reasons. First, the Venezuelan people blocked the return to power of the neoliberal right. Had they won, these US-backed forces would have worked to roll back important advances for the poor majority won since Chavez was first elected in 1998.
These include a huge expansion in government providing basic services (such as education, health and housing), the nationalisation of previous privatised strategic industries, and the promotion of popular participation in communities and workplaces.
Grassroots interviews from Venezuela: Developing the power of the community
Ana Marin talks about her revolutionary activity.
Richard Seymour: Venezuela in the 21st century
With the announcement of Hugo Chavez’s reelection as preside
Venezuela’s presidential elections: an imperfect victory
People celebrate the Hugo Chavez's victory outside the Miraflores Palace. Photo by Tamara Pearson/Venezuelanalysis.com.
By Tamara Pearson
October 8, 2012 – Venezuelanalysis.com -- Last night, we were squashed and pushed as the crowd surged into the Miraflores Palace to hear Hugo Chavez’s victory speech. People were so happy, they didn’t mind their feet being trodden on, the humidity of the air and the sweat of bodies and all the standing up, they were exuberant and they shouted and danced and jumped up and down and yelled out to strangers and threw beer up in the air, and even a few shoes.
Yet, among them, I felt a bit down, because the results were quite close, because more than 6 million people supported, by voting for the opposition led by Henrique Capriles, selfishness (he had focused his campaign on Venezuela ending its solidarity with other countries) and the destruction and sale of their country.
Revolutionary democracy in the economy? Venezuela’s workers' control movement
The workers at Grafitos del Orinico are proud of their collectively run factory. Photo by Ewan Robertson.
Venezuela: Planning the next six years of the Bolivarian revolution
President Chavez with the plan on the day he registered to stand again for presid
On the meaning of ‘popular front’
The Bolivarian movement led by Hugo Chávez contains bourgeois forces and has been th
