At 15/04/02 12:26 -0400, Charles wrote:
>There is now talk of "middle class" leaving Venzuela, and presumably >capital is fleeing even more rapidly out of the country. > >^^^^^^^^ > >CB: And moving where ? To Miami, with all the fascist trash kicked out >by Latin American revolutions ? True this may be an impediment, but capital itself haemorrhages very fast when the bourgeoisie no longer want to keep their money in a country. No regime can safely ignore this, as Argentina found. >Charles: The qualitative leap is that mass, militant street demonstrations >can PROTECT AND SAVE a truly democratic government. This is historic. Yes. The article I am also posting about the position taken by the Organisation of American States shows that norms of civil society, even right wing norms, may be important to allow an environment in which militant street demonstrations can save a government. I too salute the proletarian audacity of the core supporters of Chavez. The reason why he was wise to call for national unity however, is that a serious analysis of a balance of forces requires you to look at the sectors of the population that you are not winning over, and are leaving for your opponents to recruit. That is why, IMO and without direct knowledge of the country of course, I think that the most successful political programme is one that will be national democratic in character and not just a socialist dictatorship of workers and poor peasants, as Dave B implies. (That does *not* mean that the issue of power and security can be ignored.) Chris Burford _______________________________________________ Marxism-Thaxis mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To change your options or unsubscribe go to: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/marxism-thaxis
