tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6058072377999486184.post432335297656606132..comments2023-12-29T18:13:21.495-06:00Comments on pink scare: Immortal Technique on VenezuelaUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6058072377999486184.post-12969607524925815902008-11-10T22:04:00.000-06:002008-11-10T22:04:00.000-06:00It's true. There is a lot of outright slander, and...It's true. There is a lot of outright slander, and anti-Chavez hit jobs in the media, but there is also a lot of cheerleading among some on the Left if you actually make an effort to eschew the usual mainstream outlets to find something less reactionary. <BR/><BR/>Nonetheless, there are fairly large number of critical assessments of Venezuela on the Left. Some trots are often a little ultra-Left on Venezuela and Bolivia (read some of the ISO's stuff, for instance), but it's refreshing to read some sober analysis. <BR/><BR/>Support for any existing regime seems to require some measure of compromise, the question is how much. <BR/><BR/>In general, the concrete facts of what the Venezuelan government has done is more impressive than almost any other progressive regime in the last 7 years. They have nationalized much of their lucrative national resources and redirected the revenue into massively increasing social spending.<BR/><BR/>There are limitations and there have been wrong turns... but in general we need to place what's happening there in a larger context. Since when has Venezuela given away billions in public dollars to Captial... since when has Venezuela invaded and occupied another country on imperialist grounds. Voter turnout there makes a mockery of even our recent election.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com