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On Nov 17, 2006, at 3:45 PM, Eric wrote:
So Chavez lovers, what of this article? This seems to be theme
among stories about Venezuela: the poor are getting some
redistributive boost from the state, but social and property
relations are largely untouched–despite the rhetoric of Chavez
that suggests otherwise.
According to Tariq Ali, Chavez says that this is not an era of
revolution, so all they can accomplish right now are left social
democratic reforms. Anything stronger would be, as the Leninists used
to say, adventurist. I think he’s right. There’s neither popular
support or a welcoming international environment for the overturning
of property relations, and anyone who tried it would be quickly
destroyed.
Doug