The article dwells on "the model of electorally-ratified socialism that Chávez had built." What nonsense: for all the social-democratic reforms, there was no basic change in property relations. Even Salvador Allende did more to change them than the Bolivarans have done - until Allende was murdered. Nor was the Venezuelan military revolutionized.
This would be only an error of theory, except that Gilbert tries a one-two trick. One, he more or less concedes that Maduro lost the election (and Maduro's statement that he won is a lie). Two, Gilbert identifies Maduro with the groundless "socialism" as a justification for the repression of working people now under way. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#31639): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/31639 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/107908184/21656 -=-=- 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]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
