On Fri, Aug 16, 2024 at 11:12 PM, Chris Slee wrote: > > In any case, our main task is to oppose the blockade, and any other form > of US intervention in Venezuela.
Actually, the U.S. sanctions are like a faucet that is turned on and off as officials choose; the U.S. remains willing to bargain in such fashion. Maduro has abandoned the working people while rewarding a circle around him and the top military - and Chevron, recently granted a lucrative concession even though its operation violates the sanctions. How do we "oppose the blockade"? Look at the protest movement against Israel's genocide in Gaza. We can participate in it. Does Chris have a recipe to make the same thing happen for Venezuela? In this reality, "oppose the blockade" comes down to words. Chris wants to make those words support Maduro. This is no favor to the working people of Venezuela. It is not only possible but necessary to combine words in opposition to the blockade with frank lessons about the early gains and later collapse of Bolivarism. It promised a peaceful path to socialism, and like all such attempts, it failed. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#31671): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/31671 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/107927329/21656 -=-=- 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]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
