[Marxism] VENEZUELA: Building socialist democracy - Green Left Weekly #646, October 26, 2005

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Green Left Weekly #646, October 26, 2005

VENEZUELA: Building socialist democracy - an interview with Marta Harnecker
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/646/646p12.htm>

Along with attempting to transform the state and the logic of the
capitalist market, the Bolivarian revolution has fought to replace the
so-called representative democracy that existed for 40 years prior to
the 1998 election of Chavez and replace it with a real participatory and
protagonist democracy, under which the people begin to take control of
their lives, their community and their country. It is in this area of
popular participation that Harnecker spends most of her time, studying
and promoting new experiences and initiatives that are attempting to
transfer real decision-making power to the people. Full:
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/646/646p12.htm>

* VENEZUELA: Expropriations, cooperatives and co-management
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/646/646p14.htm>
* VENEZUELA: Government rejects latest slurs
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/646/646p12b.htm>
* VENEZUELA: Significant decrease in poverty
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/646/646p12c.htm>

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Australia: ``WorkChoices'' is a lie - Strike on November 15!
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/646/646p11.htm>

The Australian government's spin doctoring has gone into overdrive with the
announcement of more details of its latest planned attack on workers'
rights.
Prime Minister John Howard has been effusive about the possibilities
opened up for workers by his industrial relations ``reforms'', while
refusing to publicly recognise what bosses are forcing on their
employees. [Full article]
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/646/646p11.htm>

* Union rights are civil rights
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/646/646p7c.htm>

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International News

# VENEZUELA: Building socialism - an interview with Marta Harnecker
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/646/646p12.htm>
# VENEZUELA: Government rejects latest slurs
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/646/646p12b.htm>
# VENEZUELA: Significant decrease in poverty
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/646/646p12c.htm>
# VENEZUELA: Expropriations, cooperatives and co-management
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/646/646p14.htm>
# VIETNAM: Support Vietnam's Agent Orange International
Solidarity Campaign <http://www.greenleft.org.au/agent_orange.htm>
# IRAQ: Referendum rigged by US-backed parties
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/646/646p15.htm>
# IRAQ: Basra incident exposes the real foreign terrorists
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/646/646p15b.htm>
# GERMANY: Pre-existing 'grand coalition' now formalised
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/646/646p16.htm>
# PALESTINE: Israel continues its war of occupation
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/646/646p16b.htm>
# BRITAIN: Gate Gourmet dispute ends in compromise
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/646/646p16c.htm>
# SCOTLAND: Socialists reflect on election results
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/646/646p17.htm>
# FRANCE: Workers say 'No' - this time in the streets
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/646/646p17b.htm>
# PAKISTAN: Government fails in earthquake response
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/646/646p18.htm>
# Pakistan earthquake appeal
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/646/646p18b.htm>
# PHILIPPINES: Working Peoples Summit launches strike campaign
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/646/646p18c.htm>
# INDONESIA: TNI uses Bali bombing to reassert political role
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/646/646p19.htm>
# VIETNAM: An uphill reforestation battle
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/646/646p20.htm>

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In Brief

# NIGERIA: US$12.4 billion to world's richest countries
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/646/646p17c.htm>
# COLOMBIA: Uribe to seek re-election
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/646/646p17d.htm>
# PALESTINE: Anti-arab racism
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/646/646p17e.htm>
# EGYPT: Sudanese refugees stage protest
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/646/646p17f.htm>
# BRITAIN: Protesters' T-shirts 'offensive'
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/646/646p17g.htm>
# MEXICO: Child labourers fight back
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/646/646p17h.htm>
# IRAQ: Kidnapped journalist freed
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/646/646p17i.htm>

Regular Features

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# Write On: Letters to the Editor
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/646/646p8.htm>

Comment and Analysis

# Howard's IR laws: WorkChoices is a lie - strike on November 15!
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/646/646p11.htm>
# ASIO laws: Don't be silenced
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/646/646p24.htm>
# Nauru prison camp suspended, not closed
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/646/646p10.htm>
# Lives wasted on Nauru, Manus Island
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/646/646p10b.htm>
# Shock facts <http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/646/646p11c.htm>
# The week in history: Conscription rejected
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/646/646p6c.htm>
# 'Don't nuke the climate'
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/646/646p7.htm>
# Our common cause: Industrial relations, war and civil liberties
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/646/646p7b.htm>
# Union rights are civil rights
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/646/646p7c.htm>
# Anti-terrorism laws a threat to Aboriginal community
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/646/646p8b.htm>
# New Green mayor gets on his bike
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/646/646p9.htm>
# Public housing 'reforms' bring more hardship
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/646/646p9b.htm>
# Out of detention, but without an identity
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/646/646p9c.htm>

Australian News

# Women learn about union laws
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/646/646p11b.htm>
# Call for new inquiry <http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/646/646p2.htm>
# Labor bans brothels <http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/646/646p2b.htm>
# The right to have unions
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/646/646p2c.htm>
# Opposition grows to NT nuke dump
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/646/646p3.htm>
# Get Green Left Weekly around: All out on November 15!
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/646/646p3b.htm>
# Same-sex couples recognised in new terror laws
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/646/646p3c.htm>
# CPSU leadership opts for phony IR campaign
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/646/646p4.htm>
# New attack on abortion access
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/646/646p4b.htm>
# News briefs <http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/646/646p4c.htm>
# Strike at Glebe Island car terminal
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/646/646p4d.htm>
# Protest against abuses in Western Sahara
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/646/646p4e.htm>
# Revolution comes to Penrith
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/646/646p4f.htm>
# Human Rights Day rally planned
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/646/646p4g.htm>
# Tax workers demand union agreement
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/646/646p4h.htm>
# Peace group forum <http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/646/646p4i.htm>
# ALP forum on public health
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/646/646p4j.htm>
# SIEV-X commemorated <http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/646/646p4k.htm>
# Rail campaign gathering momentum
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/646/646p4l.htm>
# November anti-war protests planned
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/646/646p5.htm>
# Uni cuts Aboriginal ranger courses
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/646/646p5b.htm>
# Riot police shake up Newtown
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/646/646p5c.htm>
# Activist jailed for drug protest
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/646/646p5d.htm>
# Protesters return to 'save the Weld'
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/646/646p6.htm>
# Eyewitnesses to a revolution
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/646/646p6b.htm>

Cultural Dissent

# Australian nightmare
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/646/646p21.htm>
# Freedom's Champion - for you who live in hope
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/646/646p21b.htm>
# Coffin - for you who dream the nightmare
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/646/646p21c.htm>
# My Nights - for you who are fearful
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/646/646p21d.htm>
# Jane Fonda and the role of the accident in history
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/646/646p22.htm>
# Unhappy families, part two
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/646/646p22b.htm>
# I'll be the one <http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/646/646p22d.htm>
# The new industrial trinity
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/646/646p8c.htm>

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