Green Left's focus has been on denouncing the imperialist campaign against Venezuela, including the economic blockade, coup attempts, and armed incursions from Colombia, rather than providing a critique of the Maduro government's policies.
It is the economic blockade that created the economic crisis which is the context for the government's right turn. As Antonio Gonzalez Pressmann says, the impact of the blockade on the Venezuelan people is "devastating and criminal". In response to the blockade, some concessions to private business were probably necessary. For example, the blockade largely prevented state owned enterprises from participating in international trade. It was necessary to use private companies as intermediaries to get around the sanctions. But, as Gonzalez Pressmann notes, these secret dealings created opportunities for corruption. We were cautious about passing judgement on the Maduro government, given the very difficult objective circumstances in which it found itself. Rather, we denounced the imperialist powers that created those circumstances. As Gozalez Pressmann says, "...the US and EU are among those responsible for the deterioration of the governing elite, for the tactical turns it has taken, which ended up becoming strategic". Campaigning against the blockade remains a crucial task. It is the best way to help those opposing the right turn. Chris Slee ________________________________ From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of John Reimann <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, 28 June 2021 1:39 AM To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: [marxmail] Maduro turning further to the right Greenleft Weekly reports on Maduro's further turn to the right. Of course, they don't explain that there is a long history behind this. On the contrary, this is just some sudden turn, according to them, but their recognition is better late than never. The article gives hints that something somehow in the past of the regime led to this, but it is only hints. Maybe their main problem, though, is that Maduro isn't even talking left; on the contrary, he is attacking the left verbally, calling them infantile, etc. https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/turning-right-repressing-left-under-pressure-venezuelas-maduro-shifts-course John Reimann -- “Science and socialism go hand-in-hand.” Felicity Dowling Check out:https:http://oaklandsocialist.com also on Facebook -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#9503): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/9503 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/83825413/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/8674936/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
