[Marxism] Venezuela's labour movement at the crossroads - Links

[David Walsh <davidrail68@xxxxxxxxx>]

Venezuela's labour movement at the crossroads

By Kiraz Janicke and Federico Fuentes
April 29, 2008 -- Venezuelanalysis.com -- First came the decision by Venezuelan 
President Hugo Chavez on April 9 to re-nationalise the Sidor steel 
plantâprivatised by a pre-Chavez government in 1997âafter a long workers' 
struggle. This was followed shortly by the call from Bolivarian Socialist 
Workers Forceâs (FSBT), a faction with in the pro-Chavez National Union of 
Workers (UNT), to split away to form a new national federation. Two days later, 
labour minister Jose Ramon Rivero, a member of the FSBT, who was accused by 
Sidor workers of opposing their struggle, was replaced by National Assembly 
Vice-President and former Venezuelan Communist Party (PCV) member Roberto 
Hernandez, now a United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) member.
These events have once again brought to the fore the question of the role of 
workers in Venezuelaâs Bolivarian Revolution, whose participation as an 
organised class has been sporadic at best, in this process aimed at 
constructing ``Socialism of the 21st Century''.

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