Z Magazine is a periodical I had long subscribed to, regarding it as an authentic voice of the Left, and quite uncorrupted by stalinist-think. But it's frequently strident and doctrinaire style put me off, and eventually I let the subscription lapse. But I still check their website on occasion, and also receive the email alerts.
So it would not have surprised me one bit, had they sneered at, or even denounced those "bourgeois elements" in the streets, as did Chavez and a few others. But NOT so! Please read this:
http://www.zcommunications.org/znet/viewArticle/21820 pnorman