socialism

[END QUOTE] Is Socialism to Blame? (English subtitles)
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[END QUOTE] Is Socialism to Blame? (English subtitles)

They say that socialism is responsible for Venezuela´s economic problems. Is it true? Just how socialist are the Venezuelan government´s economic policies? Did Chavez nationalize the means of production? Are businesses drowning in taxes? Did the public sector take over and ruin the economy? Has the government gotten more socialist with Maduro as president, or…

[CHÁVEZ THE RADICAL] Socialism must be created at the grassroots level (English)
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[CHÁVEZ THE RADICAL] Socialism must be created at the grassroots level (English)

“Who in their right mind would say that today Venezuela is a socialist country? No…we’d be fooling ourselves. We’re in a country that still lives in capitalism, it’s just that we’ve started on a path…” In 2009 Chávez met with grassroots community activists from the communal councils to discuss the construction of a socialism and…

[INVESTIGACTION] Tatuy TV – a Revolutionary Munitions Factory

[INVESTIGACTION] Tatuy TV – a Revolutionary Munitions Factory

Ricardo Vaz – Investig’Action / Translate by Venezuela Analysis VA member Ricardo Vaz talks to Venezuelan community TV station, Tatuy TV, about the history of Tatuy TV, how it’s organized, and how they see the role of community media in the context of the Bolivarian Revolution. With a trajectory of over 10 years, Tatuy Televisión Comunistaria…

Chávez The Radical XVI: “I am an enemy of reformism” (English version)
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Chávez The Radical XVI: “I am an enemy of reformism” (English version)

There’s a saying, «If it hadn’t been for reformism the revolution would have triumphed on a world scale.» Historically, revolutions have had to confront not only powerful imperial powers, endogenous oligarchies, and the stateless bourgeoisie but also the reformism which inevitably develops within them. It begins asymptomatically but quickly metastasizes throughout the architecture of the…

Chávez The Radical V: “Its Not Reform What We’re Doing Here, Its Revolution” (English version)
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Chávez The Radical V: “Its Not Reform What We’re Doing Here, Its Revolution” (English version)

The debate between reformism and revolution is longstanding in Latin America. In Chávez The Radical V, Chávez places himself unequivocally in the revolutionary camp. Capitalism – the source of Venezuela’s oil dependence, class inequality, and subordination to foreign financial centers – must not merely be tamed or checked with regulations; it must be fully replaced…

Chávez The Radical III: “There will be no «Cozying Up» with the Venezuelan Oligarchy”
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Chávez The Radical III: “There will be no «Cozying Up» with the Venezuelan Oligarchy”

Chávez The Radical III calls on Venezuelans to continue their historical legacy of rebellion against oligarchic rule. Chávez highlights the active role played by enslaved and oppressed Venezuelans in nineteenth-century liberation struggles, from the fight against Spanish rule to the landless peasants’ rebellion. Taking up arms – rifles, machetes, farm tools, or any other weapon…

Chávez The Radical IV: We Should be Radical (English version)
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Chávez The Radical IV: We Should be Radical (English version)

Defenders of the status quo cast radicals as naive dreamers, anti-social disruptors, or even irrational extremists – anything to discredit and derail radical movements for change. In reality, radicalism is about digging to the root of things and finding their essential nature. The dominant classes seek to obscure the roots of their illegitimate privilege because…

Chávez The Radical VIII: Every Revolution Needs the Whip of the Counterrevolution (English version)
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Chávez The Radical VIII: Every Revolution Needs the Whip of the Counterrevolution (English version)

In Chávez The Radical VIII, President Chávez recounts the incalculable damage wrought by the oil industry sabotage and military coup of 2002. That coup was facilitated by a practice we continue to see today: the deliberate manipulation of images by the corporate media to create the illusion that pro-Chávez demonstrators were firing upon peaceful opposition…

Chávez The Radical VII: “The Socialist Revolution Must Be Feminist” (English version)
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Chávez The Radical VII: “The Socialist Revolution Must Be Feminist” (English version)

In Chávez The Radical VII, President Chávez reiterates his assertion that the Bolivarian Revolution is feminist. This declaration does not mean that the oppression of women has been eradicated from Venezuela; it highlights that the revolution has advanced gender equality in several concrete ways, while reinvigorating dialogue about the ways that sexism persists in Venezuelan…

Chávez The Radical IX: The Battle to Convince (English version)
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Chávez The Radical IX: The Battle to Convince (English version)

Last Sunday, Venezuelans initiated the process of rewriting their constitution through democratically elected representatives. The final document will be subject to a nation-wide up or down vote. This process, enshrined in the 1999 constitution written after Chavez was elected, virtually unparalleled in democracies worldwide, presents an opportunity for the Venezuelan people to breathe life into…