He hasn’t made concessions because of private capital he is connected to private capital as well as an oppressive security state, suppresses communes that are not lock step government approved. You can read the leftists and socialist candidates that were barred from running and some jailed. Maduro has nothing to do with socialism.
On Sunday, August 11, 2024, Chris Slee via groups.io <chris_w_slee= [email protected]> wrote: > A key cadre from El Panal Commune discusses US interventionism and > Venezuela’s participative and protagonistic democracy. > > *** > > You’ve mentioned that Venezuela’s formal democracy – including, of course, > the July 28 presidential election – is not the most important part of the > complex whole that is the Bolivarian process. Could you elaborate on this > idea? > Electoral processes are just one tactical moment in our broader struggle. > For the Bolivarian project to continue, it was crucial for Nicolás Maduro > to win, and he won. But the true foundation of our democracy lies in its > participatory and protagonistic nature. This means that the construction of > popular power is essential, and the communal assembly – what we in El Panal > call the “patriotic assembly” – is actually the highest democratic > authority for us.... > > How did El Panal Commune organize people both before and after the > elections? > During the campaign, our organization met frequently, and we organized > assemblies and other activities in the commune. These include an operations > center that tracked media and social media trends while mapping the > commune’s territory in terms of its strengths and weaknesses as a way of > defending the revolution. > We also went door-to-door to get out the vote. We made calls to thousands > of people to explain the importance of the election to them. Now, in the > post-electoral process, we are doing our part in defending the revolution, > as we always do. ... > > Who will change our country? It won’t be the *guarimbas* [fascist street > protests], it won’t be the terrorists serving imperialist interests, and it > will not be the sanctions. While winning elections is a precondition, it is > the organized *pueblo* who will bring about the necessary changes. > As the elections drew near, we held many debates in which we consistently > emphasized both that the government must address the legitimate demands of > the people who suffer the consequences of the economic war against > Venezuela, and also that we, the communards, are the ones called upon to > transform the world! > .... > > We are now entering the third phase of the Bolivarian Revolution, where we > hope to witness the displacement of existing social relations in favor of > the full emergence of the communal model, and we hope to do it in lockstep > with our president. In that sense, initiatives such as the communal > consultations > <https://venezuelanalysis.com/news/venezuela-national-popular-consultation-sees-voters-choose-state-funded-projects/> > are > a promising first step. > > *********** > > My comment: Maduro has been supportive of the communes. But he has also, > under pressure from the US blockade, made concessions to private capital. > Hence I am not confident that we will see "the displacement of existing > social relations" by the communal model. It depends on the struggles of > the Venezuelan people, but also on the campaign in the US and its allies to > end the blockade. > > Chris Slee > > > > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#31583): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/31583 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/107837347/21656 -=-=- 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]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
