Re: [Marxism] Chavez and ultra-left

["Nestor Gorojovsky" <nestorgoro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Respuesta a: [Marxism] Chavez and ultra-left 
Remitido por: dwalters@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Fecha: Domingo 25 de Abril de 2004 
Hora: 11:40
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> Vadim wrote:
> 
> "I recall that some Trotskyist groups inside the country made a "united front"
> with the scum of the earth in the trade union bureaucracy and big bourgeoisie
> and played some part in organzing "national strikes" in attempt to overthrow 
> Chavez."
> 
> No, there is a group called "Bandera Roja", associated with Hoxhaite 
> tendencies, that is actually part of the bourgeois opposition to Chavez. 

Right. Though what really matters is not the "Hoxhaite" background of 
"Bandera Roja" 

(Wait a minute.  Have you ever thought about what can actually be 
doing a "Hoxhaite" tendency in Caracas? What credibility would you 
assign to some "Bolivarian" militia acting in Tirana --or London for 
that matter?)

What matters is that they have always been the "ultra left" part of 
what D. Walters calls the bourgeois opposition.  And I say "what D. 
Walters calls", because what one should speak about is the "party of 
oil" (of imperialist-owned oil) in Venezuela, as against the "party 
of the Venezuelan people".

As to the groups who "support the masses but criticize the 
leadership...", this is a twisted way to say that they are against 
that leadership.  This leadership has been _chosen_ by the masses, 
and this choice is their _most important choice_ in decades. It is as 
if you "supported the Russian masses in 1917 but criticized the 
Bolshevik leadership".  

Of course, and please don't try to tell me this, Chávez is no 
Bolshevik. 

I would add: God almighty forbid.  He is just (just??????) a popular 
and revolutionary patriot in a country that has been targeted by 
imperialism as a prospective colony because it has too much oil to be 
spared that destiny.

Néstor Miguel Gorojovsky
nestorgoro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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Simón Bolívar al gobierno secesionista y disgregador de 
Buenos Aires, 1822
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