Re: Chavez as anti-Semite?

["michael a. lebowitz" <mlebowit@xxxxxx>]

At 17:02 09/01/2006, Max S wrote:
> And the SID (Socialists in
> Denial) award goes to . . .
> He's talking about the decendants of the people
> who crucified christ... the ROMANS.

Why SID, Max? Do you know something beyond what a zionist news agency has
circulated?
Here's a note I posted to Marxmail when Louis posted his note:

I sent the following off to a friend who asked about the charge
being
circulated:
-----------
         Don't believe that crap.
It's clear that Chavez meant the
capitalists (given Jesus's role as first socialist revolutionary and
Judas as the first capitalist). If I recall correctly, Chavez was
speaking at a refuge for street kids the day before Christmas
(apparently a very inspiring speech-- I was in Chile at the time).
Here's the quote:


<
http://www.ww4report.com/node/1426#comment-4211>translation of
relevant passage

Submitted by
<
http://www.ww4report.com/user/3>David Bloom on Sat,
12/31/2005 - 15:12.

"The world has enough for everyone, then, but it turns out that some
minorities, the descendants of the same ones who crucified Christ,
the descendants of the same ones who threw Bolivar out of here and
also crucified him in their own way in Santa Marta, over there in
Colombia. A minority seized ownership of the wealth of the world, a
minority seized ownership of the gold of the planet, of the silver,
of the minerals, of the waters, of the good lands, the oil, of the
wealth, basically, and the riches have been concentrated in few
hands: less than 10% of the population of the world owns more than
half the riches of the whole world...." (Trans: Weekly News Update
on
the Americas
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