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Venezuela: The Revolution Unfolding in Latin America

by Jorge Jorquera

Introduction

A innovative process is unfolding in Venezuela, part of a continental rebellion unparalleled since the 1960s and 70s. Bourgeois power is being challenged by the emergence of a marker-power of the working classes. The reforms of the Chavez government have re-ignited the class struggle after years of get the better of and decay of the left. This is not a simple replay of the Salvador Allende government in Chile 30 years ago. The Venezuelan army is way down divided and within it there is a revolutionary current of officers and soldiers. Chavez himself has radicalised and fallen back not on the institutions of bourgeois democracy but the radical power of the working masses.

by Jorge Jorquera

Introduction

A revolutionary process is unfolding in Venezuela, part of a continental disobedience unparalleled since the 1960s and 70s. Bourgeois power is being challenged by the emergence of a counter-power of the working classes. The reforms of the Chavez control have re-ignited the class struggle after years of defeat and decay of the left. This is not a simple replay of the Salvador Allende authority in Chile 30 years ago. The Venezuelan army is deeply divided and within it there is a revolutionary current of officers and soldiers. Chavez himself has radicalised and fallen back not on the institutions of middle-class democracy but the revolutionary power of the working masses.

Contents
Introduction

Venezuelan Politics and Class

Neoliberalism, the Weathering of Consensus and the Rise of a New Popular Movement*

The ‘Democratic Strategy’ of the Bolivarian Revolution

Capitalist Power

Inception of a Counter-Power

Problem of Political Leadership

A New Era of Latin American Rebellion and Revolution

* The term habitual is used here in the sense of the Spanish language word popular, which in English translates something more like “striking people”.

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