[Editor’s note: Below is part one of an extensive essay written by Venezuelan Marxist Luis Bonilla-Molina, originally published on his blog as “ La situación de la clase trabajadora en Venezuela (2013-2024)”. Due to its length, LINKS International Journal of Socialist Renewal is publishing our translation in fourth parts: Introduction (below); The first Maduro government (2013-18); The second Maduro government (2018-24); and the July 28 presidential elections.]
To understand the situation of the Venezuelan working class, it is important to analyse the Maduro government — and Madurismo — in its three phases. While complementing each other and together expressing a strategic continuity, each phase has its own emphases. In the first period (2013-18), Maduro concentrated on consolidating the political project of the new bourgeoisie and crushing the political representatives of the old bourgeoisie. In the second period (2018-24), Madurismo assumed a Bonapartist character as it sought to: a) become the key factor in solving Venezuela’s crisis of capitalist accumulation (from 1983 onwards), b) forge an agreement between these two sectors of the bourgeoisie, c) implement an anti-worker package, d) and take initiatives to re-establish relations with the United States as a stable oil supplier (as occurred after the start of the war in Ukraine). The third period, which began after the July 28 presidential elections, has involved Madurismo becoming increasingly authoritarian, as it seeks to demonstrate its complete domination and capacity to lead Venezuela out of its long crisis, even at the cost of the loss of legitimacy derived from the electoral situation. Continue reading at https://links.org.au/venezuelan-working-class-under-maduro-2013-24-part-1-introduction -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#34277): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/34277 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/110314540/21656 -=-=- 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/13617172/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
