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If Chavez is dead, we need to be in solidarity with the people of Venezuela. [View all]
Ken Burch
Mar 2013
OP
That assumes the State Department, the CIA and Wall Street will respect the results.
Ken Burch
Mar 2013
#4
I hear what you're saying...and he did just that in Honduras(which is now a police state).
Ken Burch
Mar 2013
#28
I'm saying the way our government deals with Latin America hardly ever changes. no matter the prez.
Ken Burch
Mar 2013
#84
All the state institutions that existed before him, exist now. Hard to define it as a revolution.
stevenleser
Mar 2013
#13
And it was with the help of our government that things were as they were prior to the 80s.
Cleita
Mar 2013
#30
I'm perfectly willing to call out wrongdoing by people and countries that I like.
stevenleser
Mar 2013
#49
I've not known him to write about countries he doesn't like. He writes about those
Cleita
Mar 2013
#58
I don't just read Chomsky, but he really gets Latin America, so I like him best.
Cleita
Mar 2013
#64
What else is raiding countries that really are no threat to us other than exercising empire? n/t
Cleita
Mar 2013
#70
Let's cut to the chase, how many examples proving you wrong do you want. Pick a number.
stevenleser
Mar 2013
#99
First off, they are not revolutions. In each case, these folks were elected.
stevenleser
Mar 2013
#102
Your say so is not compelling no matter how many times you repeat it. It's not a revolution.
stevenleser
Mar 2013
#104
The difference between us is that I have backup and links for my opinions. nt
stevenleser
Mar 2013
#115
You have no backup for the idea that the Velvet Revolution was a real "revolution"
Ken Burch
Mar 2013
#116
I went to the link...nothing there supports the notion that it was a revolution
Ken Burch
Mar 2013
#119
Then you have invented a new definition of the word. One that I do not accept. nt
stevenleser
Mar 2013
#123
It only qualifies if the change is to the genuinely democratic and radical Left
Ken Burch
Mar 2013
#128
The Sixties New Left was enormously active...they didn't succeed in transforming this country
Ken Burch
Mar 2013
#96
I lived in Chile before Allende became President. I'm quite familiar with that event and
Cleita
Mar 2013
#82
Hungry wolves surround - rich oil supply + fantasies of privatization in their heads
lunasun
Mar 2013
#15
Being critical was one thing...declaring his government illegimate was another.
Ken Burch
Mar 2013
#20
Basically, he paid some poor folks to attend his rallies(a common practice in Latin America).
Ken Burch
Mar 2013
#24
Chavez was a great man. He was a social democrat and one of the few in South America who stood up
craigmatic
Mar 2013
#19
thank the f*** Hillary isn't Sos or she would install Lanny Fuckin' Davis as leader of Ven. n't
Whisp
Mar 2013
#22
Not Lanny-Rahm...with his own drones...and Pinochet's laid-off torture squads.
Ken Burch
Mar 2013
#25
She could've said he was having trouble making ends meet, and needs a second job. n/t.
Ken Burch
Mar 2013
#29
Given the lies and misdirection, and direct intervention in the Americas over the last 100+ years
AtheistCrusader
Mar 2013
#40
Bwahahaha! He was democratically elected. Only oligarchs and their running-dogs opposed him.
WinkyDink
Mar 2013
#44
They are free to start building skyscrapers instead of spending money on healthcare! YAY!!!
idwiyo
Mar 2013
#153
I am expecting several of them coming in to inform us of all sorts of things.
uppityperson
Mar 2013
#56
It is easy to claim things on the internet, to tell stories and all. Did you know I am an astronaut?
uppityperson
Mar 2013
#79
No, the system you describe and desire ca be corrupted by cronyism and political pull.
Flatulo
Mar 2013
#142
The problem with revolutions is that eventually a dictator takes over. nm
rhett o rick
Mar 2013
#144
Yes but it doesnt matter who backs the revolution. The power vacuum sucks in
rhett o rick
Mar 2013
#151