[ *Editor’s note* : Below is part four 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) ( https://luisbonillamolina.com/2024/09/22/la-situacion-de-la-clase-trabajadora-en-venezuela-2013-20241/ ) ”. Due to its length, we are publishing the translation in fourth parts: Introduction ( https://links.org.au/venezuelan-working-class-under-maduro-2013-24-part-1-introduction ) ; The first Maduro government (2013-18); The second Maduro government (2018-24); and The 2024 presidential elections and beyond, which is below. While parts II and III have not yet been published, we are publishing Part IV, which deals with the July 28 presidential election and its aftermath, in light of Nicolás Maduro’s inauguration for a third term on January 10. Translated by Federico Fuentes for LINKS International Journal of Socialist Renewal.]
.... July 28, 2024, marked the start of a new phase within Madurismo (the first phase lasted between 2013-18, the second from 2018 to July 28, 2024). In this phase, Madurismo needs to demonstrate that it is in full control of the situation, even amid the lack of transparency over the election results, which some people have pointed to as evidence of electoral fraud. Madurismo must now show its strength and control over the situation in order to not undermine the progress it has made towards an inter-bourgeois agreement and stabilising its bourgeois regime. For her part, MCM believes she has the strength and legitimacy to break those agreements and initiate a period of supremacy of transnational capital, economic financialisation and waves of privatisation. The aim is to reconfigure the existing capitalist class while resolving the crisis of capital accumulation and political representation that started in 1983 ( https://links.org.au/imperialist-sanctions-crony-capitalism-and-venezuelas-long-depression-interview-malfred-gerig ). MCM is overestimating the genuine possibilities for achieving this, but ultimately the facts will determine it. An inter-bourgeois agreement, involving sectors aligned with Maduro and MCM-EGU seems to be the option preferred by the US, and the one being pursued by the governments of Lula, Petro and AMLO.[4] This article was finished just one month after the elections, therefore I can only begin to outline the most important features of this new stage below... Continue reading at https://links.org.au/venezuelan-working-class-under-maduro-2013-24-part-iv-2024-presidential-elections-and-madurismos -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#34579): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/34579 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/110580147/21656 -=-=- 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]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
