[Marxism] going beyond parliament in Venezuela?

["acpollack2@xxxxxxxx" <acpollack2@xxxxxxxx>]

The below seems to relate to the issues David and Mike raised
about grassroots democratic organizations vis-a-vis the new
parliament.

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Via NY Transfer News Collective  *  All the News that Doesn't Fit
He [Rodriguez, the Foreign Minister] said the Venezuelan government 
was not pleased with results, despite the substantial, though 
insufficient, mobilization.

"We have to launch campaigns to encourage political awareness in all
sectors of society, as what this is all about is not only to appoint
representatives, but also to build a participative democracy," he 
stressed.
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New Venezuelan Assembly to Ensure Participation

Caracas, Dec 5 (Prensa Latina) The Venezuelan National Assembly elected
Sunday will constitute a social power that will prioritize contact with
the population, said Venezuelan Congress (unicameral) president Nicolas
Maduro Monday.

Maduro presented the deputies who won the legislative elections
Sunday, and said that after official January 5 confirmation, the work 
of the Assembly will emphasize discipline and popular participation.

He announced that social participation networks to consult grassroots
movements will be activated and proclaimed at the end of transition in
the National Assembly and the start of a new stage.

...Added to these institutions, indigenous organizations chose their 
own deputies, as part of the actions taken to end exclusion of this 
sector of the population.



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