Posted on February 28, 2009 by adamfreedom
How should anarchists relate to revolutionary or left-wing populist governments? Should they denounce them out of hand? Should they join in the movement? What are the traps to avoid? This is an important question as radicalized populations are creating movements which give rise to alleged progressive governments. As capitalism goes into ever-deeper crisis we can [...]
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Posted on December 29, 2007 by adamfreedom
About two years ago I had some friends attending a revolutionary youth conference in Venezuela organized by folks connected to various Communist Parties (old school CPs here) which got me interested in learning more about Hugo Chavez and his supposed “Socialism for the 21st Century.” My friends came back severely disillusioned, but it was not as if they [...]
Filed under: Latin America | Tagged: Fide Castro, Hugo Chavez, John Holloway, state power, Tariq Ali, Venezuela | Leave a Comment »
