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Published: Sunday, September 25, 2005
Bylined to: Franz J.T. Lee

What is really happening to rhyme and reason in Venezuela? What do the 'Chavistas without Chavez' have in mind?

University of Los Andes (ULA) professor Franz J. T. Lee writes: Currently, here In Venezuela, many of us are discussing the "process," the "deepening of the revolution"; we refer to the "revolution within the revolution," we fear the current "counter-revolution" within the very Bolivarian Revolution.

Many of us already ask: What is really happening now?

Should we prepare ourselves for the next military coup?

For the next oil sabotage?

For coming massacres of "chavistas"?

What is really happening is that the ship of state of the Bolivarian Revolution is leaving the calm doldrums of the past year and, true to its historic mission, is now sailing towards a sea of troubles, entering stormy waters again, filled with political man-eaters, social sharks and economic bloodsuckers ... in a word, filled with a myriad of counter-revolutionaries with red berets as disguise.

What are the scientific and theoretical differences between revolution, counter-revolution and emancipation?

If we don't know the answers, our answers, how are we going to confront national capitalism and global imperialism? How will we introduce a new socialism of the 21st century?

As always, here is just some "practical" food for serious theoretical thought.

Firstly, dialectically, there does not exist a social revolution that does not contain its own counter-revolution within itself, and vice versa. If we experience a counter-revolution in Venezuela, then we really and truly are making a Bolivarian revolution here. The more virulent and brutal the counter-revolution becomes, the more humanist and emancipatory the Bolivarian Revolution advances.

Revolutionaries do not fear counter-revolution, dialectically, they continually create it anew, it is their emancipatory natural habitat. It is their measuring rod of success, of whether they are still on the straight path towards human liberation.

Currently the "whip of the counter-revolution" is omnipresent, it is in the barrio, in Altamira, in the casino, in Miraflores, in the ministry, in the radio and TV programs, in school, in the Bolivarian missions and universities, in the national assembly, in the offices of the governors, of the mayors, of the counselors, in the beds of the compatriots.

But, learning from concrete, recent, historical experiences, what really is counter-revolution, to what does it refer?

Is it pro-capitalist or anti-socialist, or is it simply an intrinsic, inalienable part of bourgeois, democratic revolution itself?

With reference to the dramatic events in Venezuela, between April 11 and 13, 2002, in their article "Revolution and Counter-Revolution in Venezuela," Alan Woods and Ted Grant wrote:

"The class interests behind the coup were obvious. The head of the counter-revolutionary government was a wealthy businessman, Pedro Carmona -- the chief of the bosses' association. His first action was to rescind Chávez's so-called anti-investment laws - that is, all those laws intended to defend Venezuela's interests and raise the living standards of the masses. The corrupt and rotten Venezuelan bourgeoisie is incapable of playing a progressive role. Its plans would signify putting the country and its considerable oil wealth firmly in the grasp of US imperialism."

Beyond doubt, all modern social revolutions concern global class struggles, class interests; hence, in the case of contemporary Venezuela, piquantly the authors did explain the national and imperialist gist of the current revolutionary-counter-revolutionary contradiction within the Bolivarian Movement.

For the authors, the global, globalized context of the Bolivarian Revolution is also crystal-clear: "The coup was headed by the Venezuelan bourgeoisie and their cronies in the armed forces (FAN). But the hand that pulled the strings was clearly in Washington. This plan was born and bred in the United States. The Bush administration, delighted at the thought of Chávez in handcuffs, was preparing to take over the Venezuelan oil industry through the back door, allowing 'aid' to go to the new Caracas government - in the form of oil investment. This is part of the broader strategy of US imperialism after September 11 to intervene aggressively everywhere."

Today, all this is even more valid and true than ever.

In other articles we have explained that by means of imperialism, colonialism and "neo-colonialism" ... nowadays also called "neo-liberalism" or "global fascism" ... the mode of capitalist production and reproduction has internationalized, globalized itself by means of its inherent, dialectical, revolutionary dynamics, by means of universal, systemic exploitation, domination, racism, militarization and alienation.

To achieve the latter was precisely the historical goal, the social objective of capitalism, of capital accumulation, profits and power: of the global realization of its democratic revolution, of the French and Industrial Revolutions. From its point of view, seen from its perspective of Reason and Capital, anything else was and still is counter-revolutionary, is the very counter-revolution, the negation of capitalism, is socialism, is communism, is Marxism, is terrorism.

The trillion dollar philosophic questions for us really are:

* What do we understand by Counter-Revolution?

* Do we really want to make a Revolution within the Revolution?

* Or, are we talking about an exodus, about a Creating, Creative Force, about "Human Emancipation" (Marx)? However, firstly, this issue we have to settle with the Good Lord.

*About something new, really brand new, for the 21st century, about that which will transcend both capitalist and imperialist revolutions and counter-revolutions?

Our future, the future of mankind needs delicate clarification with reference to these urgent historical issues. We cannot afford to commit or even to repeat the fatal errors of the revolutionary 20th century again. We all are on the brink of annihilating humanity within the next decades.

Significant for the Bolivarian Revolution, among other thinkers, for example, Simon Bolivar, Simon Rodriguez or Francisco de Miranda, it is imperative to study the revolutionary works of the social democratic bourgeois scientist and radical socialist philosopher Karl Marx and of his socialist followers very well. . Very early, in his youth, Marx has pointed out the decisive, incisive "praxico-theoretical" difference between capitalist revolution and socialist (human) emancipation, between intra-systemic dialectics and the logics of extra-systemic exodus.

We explained: "Having studied Hegelian objectivist, idealist philosophy, British national economy and the French, British and German utopian socialists and communists, Marx evolved his theory of social and socialist revolution in the years 1840-1844."

However, as we underlined, the Communist Manifesto, the 1848 program of the radical Social Democrats, was intended to continue the French Revolution, specifically to realize the retarded "bourgeois-democratic revolution" in Germany, the not yet "socialist or communist revolution" on a world scale:

"We should note that it was intended to be a program for the bourgeois-democratic revolution, then overdue in Germany.

"According to Marx and Engels, who edited the Communist Manifesto in 1848, Germany's historical time lag as compared with her Western-bourgeois neighbors (England, France) offered the German revolution a unique historical chance not only to make up for the 'political emancipation' (Marx) that had been brought about by the Jacobine revolution in France, but even to surpass it in a 'human emancipation' (Marx) which would go so far as to overcome the contradiction between citoyen and bourgeois."

However, by formulating the trans-historic proletarian process, departing from political towards human emancipation, Marx scientifically differentiated it from bourgeois, capitalist revolution. Thus, the historical objectives of revolution and those of emancipation are not identical, in fact, they radically differ. The one remains within the labor system, the other one transcends towards human creativity and creation, a sphere that the ruling classes hitherto have only reserved for the god-men and gods.

As mentioned above, in contradistinction to the global human emancipatory process ... as was expressed later in the Second International and more precisely in the Comintern before Lenin's death ... in their Communist Manifesto, Marx and Engels hopefully still described the revolutionary essence of capitalism, how it eventually would globalize itself, and resolve the social problems of all humanity. However, they also explained how it could eventually terminate in "barbarism", unless it was not being negated successfully by means of scientific and philosophic socialism, a precondition to surpass towards possible "human emancipation."

Furthermore, Marx explained that in the very same dialectical way how across the ages revolutionary capitalism and imperialism had expanded globally, similarly, their own socialist negations have internationalized themselves. It is true that the majority of the social revolutions of the 20th century, in praxis and theory, did not make this radical distinction, did not include this transcendental reality in their concrete, earthly, historic programs; consequently, nearly all fell back into revolutionary, democratic capitalism, or even into "real, existing socialism", into tragic caricatures of real human emancipation.

Current Bolivarian "praxis and theory", two concepts, of which President Hugo Chávez Frías lately continuously speaks in his national addresses, have to study these revolutionary and emancipatory aspects very carefully.

Across the 19th and 20th centuries, very often the above was not intended, not stringently debated in socialist praxis and theory, also not in Latin America, where dependency theory and theology of liberation mostly preoccupied the revolutionary minds. Much later, in the 1970s, the "Praxis" Marxist groups of Yugoslavia, together with the Marxist philosopher of hope, Ernst Bloch, discussed such creative, emancipatory issues.

Nonetheless, socialism, as negation of capitalism, correctly was seen as an international process, as "permanent revolution," but not yet as the creative, non-productive exodus towards global "transvolution," towards possible human emancipation.

Until now, strongly Influenced by all varieties of liberalism, Gandhism, pacifism, religion, and even "democracy," many promising emancipatory efforts just could not globalize themselves. Due to the lack of unity and integration, in the face of an aggressive, brutal, international imperialism nearly all were nipped in the bud.

However, their trans-historic anticipatory daydreams are reflected and preserved in the current global Bolivarian Revolution, in its inexorable forward march towards Latin American integration and economic independence, towards the ALBA, towards human emancipation.

After bitter anti-colonial and anti-imperialist class struggles, in the many bloody battles, having lost many heroic compatriots ... especially those millions of starving workers and pauperized peasants who were decimated by genocidal colonial wars ... later many erstwhile "freedom fighters" became turn-coats, "escualidos", traitors, who helped to pave the counter-emancipatory road towards current "neo-liberal" globalization.

Were they counter-revolutionaries? Or did they fulfill the capitalist tasks of democratic revolution, of the French Revolution?

What do the Venezuelan "Chavistas without Chavez" have in mind?

As Carlos Ortega explained: Do they want to introduce 10 or 20 years of fascist dictatorship in Venezuela?

Like in Chile and Argentina, will they fill the base-ball and football fields with Bolivarian emancipators and massacre us, the Bolivarians, by the thousands?

This is what Mario Silva warned about in his evening program, "La Hojilla," a few nights ago, in which, by telephone, President Chavez himself intervened.

Will that be counter-revolution?

If we really want to stop this possible, coming butchery, then we better start right away!

The stark, dark social reality can be described as follows.

Currently, in Venezuela and elsewhere in revolutionary Latin America, Africa or Asia, interiorized colonial culture, master-slave relations, inferiority complexes, ruling class oligarchic megalomania, subservient religious mentality, political racism, Mafia vendettas, crude nationalism and capitalist democracy are playing havoc with the emancipatory struggle and, among other crimes, generate the negotiation of the peoples' revolution, the signing of secret gentlemen agreements with the local and foreign bourgeoisies, bureaucracy, triumphalism, opportunism, lies, disinformation campaigns, corruption, sabotage, theft, murder, assassination, etc.

These are forming a "revolutionary" cancer that is devastating many real, socialist and truly emancipatory movements; unfortunately, many comrades are thrown out of the emancipatory process, or they themselves are leaving the sinking ship of state.

What remained on planet earth, after the Cold War, were mostly ideological caricatures of Marxism, of socialism and communism.

Now, in the era of Bush's Hot Wars, urgently this counter-emancipatory tendency has to be stopped, at whatever constitutional price, at whatever armed means necessary.

If not, we will lose the most beautiful creation that we ever had, that we ever have created ourselves in Venezuela.

The only revolutionary path is Socialism, the only emancipatory Rubicon is Exodus, is Creation, Human Creativity.

Franz J. T. Lee
franzjutta@cantv.net

Franz John Tennyson Lee, Ph. D (University of Frankfurt), Author, Professor Titular & Chairholder of Philosophy and Political Science, University of The Andes, Merida (Venezuela) -- http://www.franzjutta.com ; http://www.franz-lee.org ; http://www.geocities.com/juttafranz/publications00001.html

More VHeadline.com commentaries by Franz J.T. Lee

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Subject:	Hi Franz
Date:	Sun, 25 Sep 2005 20:41:59 -0400
From:	oscar@vheadline.com <oscar@vheadline.com>
Reply-To:	oscar@vheadline.com
To:	franzjutta@cantv.net

CORRESPONDENCE: OSCAR AND FRANZ

SEPTEMBER 26, 2005

Just read your latest on Vheadline.com, Franz. Although I don't understand 1/3 of what you write (lol) ... I get the gist.

As I see it, the counter-revolution is the revolution.

In other words, I can compare it to a bunch of people stranded on an
island. In the beginning everyone is on the same wavelength (survival). As time passes, people begin to plan escape, settlement, partnerships, wivery, etc.

The truly committed will be there throughout. The counter revolution will flourish with respect to the basic notion of what the best
decisions/solution are for ALL ... and not necessarily for the
partnerships, escapists, couples, etc.

I believe that Chavez is well aware of this ... and is leaving it up to the
people to take the revolution (counter-revolution) forward ...

Abrazos a todos por alli,
Oscar
****

Oscar,

Your island "utopia" is excellent, it perfectly explains our universal, closed, systemic catastrophe! A basic problem is that we should learn to know the logics of motion, the science, the algebra, the mathematics of revolution, of capitalism -- contradictory dialectics -- without this method, we cannot unite or integrate ourselves; with absolutist, metaphysical, feudalist, formal logics, with an oligarchic, dualistic, bicameral, binary, one-track mind we cannot topple capitalism, imperialism and globalization.

Oscar, your island, based on work, not on human creativity and creation, is our closed, universal capitalist world. We were taught about the revolution by our European masters, to love the revolution -- Hegel, Marx, all were hilarious about the revolution -- Europe glorified the revolution, the French Revolution. Viva la Revolución!!! Viva Capitalism and Imperialism! To the Guillotine with the Counter-Revolutionaries!! With the Nobility, Clergy, Rebelling Serfs, Striking Terrorist Workers, radical Marxists and Socialists!!! Long Live Democracy!!!

Even the Holy Bible states: You cannot serve two masters at the same time. How can "revolution" express the class or even human interests of capitalists and workers at the same time? Even in formal logic this is impossible, is absurd. Bush and Chávez cannot be "liberators" at the same time, as such liberty would become absurd, would lose its meaning.

I know that words are just letters of the alphabet, but their praxical and theoretical content in daily life must reflect the lovely fragrance or the death smell hanging over Fallujah or New Orleans. As precise as our armed counter-revolutionary marksmanship against globalization necessarily must be, so incisive also must be our intellectual emancipatory weapons. Currently, Orwellian double-talk, newspeak turns war into peace, liberty into slavery, democracy into dictatorship or tyranny, etc.

This revolution was only for the ruling capitalist classes, to freely expand capitalism, to exploit labor equally, and to build imperialist fraternities, holy alliances, United Nations, commonwealths, etc. Till today the counter-revolutionaries, who innocently oppose all these, still believe that they are Smithian, liberal, good capitalists, who make the revolution for billions. In reality many of them are Kautskyian reformists, that is, real, true capitalist revolutionaries, that condemn those who oppose the world system. They murder and assassinate the true Negation of Capitalism, the counter-revoltionaries, socialists. This is what happened to Patrice Lumumba, Amilcar Cabral, Che Guevara, Salvador Allende, etc.

We, the "miserables" of Victor Hugo, accepted the revolution, the French, British and American ones, without noticing that they did not talk about us, about our class interests. The bourgeois revolutionary ruling class ideals of Freedom, Equality and Fraternity, also of Democracy and good liberal capitalism have absolutely nothing to do with us, but we were socialized, educated and bamboozled that they also express our liberty.

All these revolutions had the historic task of globalizing and eternalizing capitalist, master-servant exploitation, domination, racism, murder and dehumanization of the outcasts of "revolutionary society". The trick of the mental holocaust -- of colonial education and socialization -- was to inculcate the pariahs, the freedom fighters, with bourgeois, capitalist, revolutionary ideas and ideals. This ideological, mental control was perfect, innocently we all were making the "revolution", the globalization of capitalism.

This mental, logical turning, dialectical rotation, of course, will cause mental acrobatics, mental problems. However, this is part of a new scientific práxis and philosophic theory. Not only were we sent on a wild goose chase with capitalist, colonial, imperialist "Christian religion", with Jesus and God, but worse even, also with the bourgeois democratic capitalist "revolution" itself. Small wonder that ever since 1917, for a whole century, every liberatory effort ended up in "globalization".

This should be avoided in the Bolivarian Revolution, which is a Bolivarian "Counter-Revolution", Counter-Globalization, in transition, in transvolution, towards total Human Emancipation, Creativity and Creation.

It is all as simple as this, Oscar.

Anything that moves is contradictory, contains opposites, is dialectical. As such is world revolution, workers' counter-revolution within the global capitalist revolution. We counter the global alienating, exploitative, dominating results of world capitalist revolution. Revolution is Revolution. Something else, its opposite, has to counter it, its counter-revolution. If we are anti-capitalist, anti-imperialist, by all counts of logics, then we are counter-capitalist, counter-imperialist, against its world revolutionary process, that was launched in 1775 in the Americas, 1789 in France, and in 1830 in Britain, and which now, as revolutionary globalization, as fulfillment, as self-realization, culminates in the USA.

If we do not understand the above, things will develop topsy-turvy, that is, we will make a revolution that will make Washington DC smile from ear to ear, and we will attack the counter-revolution, making Washington DC laugh, because we are doing the job for Bush. Something similar has happened on your island, in many a revolution, across the 20th century.

Talking about new, about innovation and novelty, this theoretical element in the Bolivarian Emancipation would certainly open new vistas, will steer straight to Human Emancipation and Creation. Like you, suddenly Bush and the 15 CIA will not understand the world anymore, at least the "one third" of our invisible, invulnerable, invincible praxical and theoretical attacks.

If you and I barely can understand our new science and philosophy, how will the decadent, fascist enemy understand anything that we do or talk about. This was originally the master trick of colonialism, we had no idea what they were doing or thinking, and, even if we tried, only very few of us would have understood the dimensions of their heinous, capital, cardinal crimes. Let us give them a taste of their own savagery, put them into their own flesh-pots of barbarism, make a sancocho of their "neo-liberal" brutality.

Greetings,

Franz.

Revolución y Contrarrevolución en Venezuela

Por Franz J. T. Lee

Aquí en Venezuela, actualmente muchos de nosotros estamos discutiendo el "proceso" y la "profundización de la revolución"; nos referimos a la "revolución dentro de la revolución" y tememos la actual "contrarrevolución" dentro de la misma Revolución Bolivariana.

Muchos ya nos estamos preguntando: ¿Qué es lo qué está pasando ahora? ¿Deberíamos prepararnos para el próximo golpe? ¿Para el próximo sabotaje petrolero? ¿Para venideras masacres de "Chavistas"?

Lo que realmente pasa es, que el barco de la Revolución Bolivariana está dejando la calma del año pasado y de acuerdo con su misión histórica, ahora está navegando hacia un mar de problemas, entra en aguas turbulentas una vez más, llenas de caníbales políticos, tiburones sociales y vampiros económicos, en pocas palabras, llenas de miríadas de contrarrevolucionarios con boinas rojas.

¿Cuales son las diferencias científicas y teóricas entre revolución, contrarrevolución y emancipación? Si no sabemos las respuestas, nuestras respuestas, entonces ¿cómo vamos a enfrentar el capitalismo nacional y el imperialismo global? ¿Cómo vamos a introducir un nuevo socialismo del siglo 21?

Como siempre, aquí sólo algo de alimento "práxico" para el pensar teórico serio.

Primero, dialécticamente no existe una revolución social, que no contiene su propia contrarrevolución dentro de sí misma, y al revés. Si experimentamos una contrarrevolución en Venezuela, es esto un indicador de que aquí ocurre realmente una verdadera revolución bolivariana. Mientras más virulenta y brutal se vuelve la contrarrevolución, más humanista y emancipatoria avanza la Revolución Bolivariana.

Un revolucionario no le teme a la contrarrevolución; es más, dialécticamente, la crea constantemente de nuevo y es su hábitat natural emancipatorio. Es su medidor del éxito y de que sí siguen en el camino directo hacia la liberación humana.

Actualmente, el "látigo de la contrarrevolución" es omni-presente, se encuentra en los barrios, en Altamira, en los casinos, en Miraflores, en los ministerios, en los programas de radio y televisión, en las escuelas, en las misiones y la Universidad Bolivariana, en la Asamblea Nacional, en las oficinas de los gobernadores, alcaldes y concejales, e incluso en las propias camas de los compatriotas.

Pero, aprendiendo de las recientes experiencias históricas concretas, ¿qué es realmente la contrarrevolución y a qué se refiere? ¿Es pro-capitalista o anti-socialista, o simplemente es una parte intrínseca e inalienable de la revolución burgués-democrática misma?

En cuanto a los dramáticos eventos en Venezuela, entre el 11 y 13 de abril del 2002, en su artículo "Revolución y Contrarrevolución en Venezuela", Alan Woods y Ted Grant escribieron:

"Los intereses de clase detrás del golpe eran obvios. La cabeza del gobierno contrarrevolucionario fue un rico hombre de negocios, Pedro Carmona - el jefe de la federación empresarial venezolana. Su primera acción era anular las llamadas leyes Chavistas contra la inversión - es decir, todas aquellas leyes que intentaron defender los intereses de Venezuela y subir la calidad de vida de las masas. La corrupta y podrida burguesía venezolana es incapaz de jugar un papel progresivo. Sus planes significarían poner firmemente en las garras del imperialismo estadounidense el país y su considerable riqueza petrolera".
http://www.marxist.com/Latinam/venezuela_coup.html

Sin duda, todas las revoluciones sociales modernas involucran las luchas globales de clase, los intereses de clase; así que, en el caso de la Venezuela contemporánea, de manera picante, los autores explicaron los motivos principales nacionales e internacionales de la actual contradicción revolucionario-contrarrevolucionaria dentro del movimiento bolivariano.

Para los autores también está claro como el sol, el contexto global y globalizado de la Revolución Bolivariana:

"El golpe era liderado por la burguesía venezolana y sus compinches en la Fuerza Armada (FAN). Pero la mano que manejaba los hilos, estaba claramente ubicada en Washington. Este plan nació y se encubó en los EE.UU. La administración Bush, encantada de imaginarse a Chávez esposado, se preparó de tomar la industria petrolera venezolana a través de la puerta trasera, permitiendo "ayudas" para el nuevo gobierno en Caracas - en forma de inversiones petroleras. Esto forma parte de la amplia estrategia del imperialismo estadounidense después del 11 de septiembre, para intervenir agresivamente donde sea".

Hoy, todo esto vale más que nunca. En otros artículos hemos explicado, que a través del imperialismo, colonialismo y "neo-colonialismo" - hoy también denominado "neo-liberalismo" o "globo fascismo" - el modo de producción y reproducción capitalista se ha internacionalizado y globalizado a través de su dinámica inherente dialéctica y revolucionaria, a través de la explotación, dominación, racismo, militarización y alienación universal sistémica.

Lograr esto, era precisamente la meta histórica, el objetivo social del capitalismo, de la acumulación del capital, de las ganancias y del poder, es decir, de la realización global de su revolución democrática, de las Revoluciones Francesa e Industrial. Desde su punto de vista, desde la perspectiva de la Razón y del Capital, cualquier otra cosa era y sigue siendo contrarrevolucionaria, es la contrarrevolución misma, la negación del capitalismo, es socialismo, es comunismo, es Marxismo y es terrorismo.

Para nosotros, las preguntas millonarias realmente son:

¿Qué es lo qué entendemos como Contrarrevolución?
¿Realmente queremos hacer una revolución dentro de la revolución?
¿O estamos hablando de un éxodo, de una Fuerza Creadora y Creativa, de la "Emancipación Humana" (Marx)? Sin embargo, primero, tenemos que arreglar este asunto con el Señor.
¿Sobre algo realmente nuevo para el siglo 21, sobre aquello, que trascenderá ambas revoluciones y contrarrevoluciones capitalistas e imperialistas?

Nuestro futuro, el futuro de la humanidad necesita una clarificación delicada en cuanto a esos asuntos históricos urgentes. No podemos darnos el lujo de cometer o incluso repetir los errores fatales de las revoluciones del siglo 20. Todos nos encontramos al borde de la aniquilación de la humanidad dentro de las próximas décadas.

Es significante para la Revolución Bolivariana, que estudiemos a fondo - entre otros pensadores, como lo son Simón Bolívar, Simón Rodríguez o Francisco de Miranda - las obras revolucionarias del filósofo, científico y socialista radical social democrático burgués Carlos Marx y de sus seguidores socialistas. Muy temprano, en su juventud, Marx explicó la diferencia "práxico-teórica" decisiva e incisiva entre la revolución capitalista y la emancipación socialista (humana); entre la dialéctica intra-sistémica y la lógica del éxodo extra-sistémico.

Nosotros habíamos explicado:

"Después de haber estudiado la filosofía idealista objetivista de Hegel, la economía nacional británica y los socialistas y comunistas utópicos franceses, británicos y alemanes, Marx desarrolló su teoría de la revolución social y socialista en los años 1840-1844".

Sin embargo, como enfatizábamos, el Manifiesto Comunista, el programa de 1848 de los social demócratas radicales, intentó de continuar la Revolución Francesa y específicamente de realizar la "revolución burgués-democrática" retrasada en Alemania, la "revolución todavía no socialista o comunista" a escala mundial:

"Deberíamos recordar, que intentó ser un programa para la entonces retrasada revolución burgués-democrática en Alemania. Según Marx y Engels, quienes redactaron el Manifiesto Comunista de 1848, el retraso histórico alemán, comparado con sus vecinos occidentales burgueses (Inglaterra y Francia), le ofreció un chance histórico único a la revolución social alemana, no sólo para completar la 'emancipación política' (Marx) que se había producido por la revolución jacobiniana en Francia, sino incluso para sobrepasarla en una 'emancipación humana' (Marx) , que llegaría tan lejos como para superar la contradicción entre citoyen y burgués."
http://www.vheadline.com/readnews.asp?id=45593

Sin embargo, formulando el proceso proletario transhistórico, partiendo de la emancipación política hacia la humana, Marx científicamente lo diferenció de la revolución burgués-capitalista. Por lo tanto, los objetivos históricos de la revolución y aquellos de la emancipación no son idénticos, de hecho, difieren radicalmente. El uno se queda dentro del sistema laboral, el otro trasciende hacia la creatividad y la creación humana, un ámbito, el cual las clases dominantes hasta ahora solamente reservaron para los hombres dioses y los dioses mismos.

Como se mencionó anteriormente, en contradicción al proceso emancipatorio humano global, como se expresó más tarde en la Segunda Internacional y más precisamente en el KOMINTERN antes de la muerte de Lenin, en su Manifiesto Comunista, Marx y Engels seguían describiendo con mucha esperanza la esencia revolucionaria del capitalismo, y la manera de cómo al final se iba a globalizar y resolver los problemas sociales de la humanidad entera. Sin embargo, también explicaron, cómo al final podría terminar en la "barbarie", si no es negado de manera exitosa a través del socialismo científico y filosófico, una pre condición para superarse hacia una posible "emancipación humana".

Además, Marx explicó, que de la misma manera dialéctica, en la cual a través de los tiempos se expandieron a nivel global el capitalismo y el imperialismo revolucionario, también se internacionalizaron sus propias negaciones socialistas. Es verdad, que la mayoría de las revoluciones sociales del siglo 20, en práxis y teoría, no hicieron esta distinción radical, no incluyeron esta realidad trascendental en sus programas históricos concretos y terrenales; en consecuencia, casi todas recaían en el capitalismo democrático revolucionario, o incluso en el "socialismo real existente", y en trágicas caricaturas de la verdadera emancipación humana.

La actual "práxis y teoría" bolivariana, dos conceptos, de los cuales el Presidente Hugo Chávez Frías últimamente habla mucho en sus cadenas nacionales, tienen que estudiar muy cuidadosamente esos aspectos revolucionarios y emancipatorios.

A través de los siglos 19 y 20, fue precisamente esto, que muchas veces no se hizo, no se debatió severamente en la práxis y teoría socialista, tampoco en América Latina, donde fueron la teoría de la dependencia y la teología de la liberación que ocuparon en gran parte las mentes revolucionarias. Sólo mucho más tarde, en los años 70 del siglo 20, los grupos marxistas yugoslavos de "Práxis", junto con el filósofo marxista de la esperanza Ernst Bloch, discutieron tales asuntos creativos y emancipatorios.

No obstante, el socialismo, como negación del capitalismo, fue correctamente considerado como un proceso internacional, como "revolución permanente", pero todavía no como el éxodo creativo y no-productivo hacia la "transvolución" global, hacia la posible emancipación humana.

Hasta ahora, fuertemente influenciados por todas variedades de liberalismo, Gandhismo, pacifismo, religión e incluso "democracia", muchos esfuerzos emancipatorios prometedores simplemente no fueron capaces de globalizarse. Por falta de unidad e integración y ante la cara de un imperialismo internacional agresivo y brutal, todos se echaron a perder.

Sin embargo, sus sueños diurnos anticipatorios trans-históricos se reflejan y se preservan en la actual y global Revolución Bolivariana, en su inexorable avance hacia la integración e independencia económica latinoamericana, hacia el ALBA y hacia la emancipación humana.

Después de fuertes luchas de clase anti-coloniales y anti-imperialistas, perdiendo muchos heroicos compatriotas en las numerosas batallas sangrientas, especialmente aquellos millones de trabajadores hambrientos y campesinos pobres, que fueron diezmados por las guerras coloniales genocidas, luego, muchos antiguos "luchadores por la libertad" se volvieron renegados, "escuálidos" y traidores, que ayudaron a pavimentar el camino contra-emancipatorio hacia la actual globalización "neoliberal".

¿Eran contrarrevolucionarios? O ¿cumplieron con las tareas capitalistas de la revolución democrática, de la Revolución Francesa?

¿Qué es lo que tienen en mente los "Chavistas sin Chávez" en Venezuela? Como expresó Carlos Ortega: ¿Será que quieren introducir en Venezuela una dictadura fascista de 10 o 20 años?

¿Será que, igual que en Chile y en Argentina, llenarán los estadios de béisbol con emancipadores bolivarianos y nos masacrarán por miles?

Esto es, sobre lo cual Mario Silva nos advirtió en su programa nocturno "La Hojilla", algunas noches atrás y donde el Presidente Chávez mismo intervino por teléfono.

¿Esto va a ser la contrarrevolución? ¡Si queremos parar esta posible carnicería venidera, entonces mejor, que comencemos ahora mismo!

La realidad social oscura y contundente se puede describir de la siguiente manera.

Actualmente en Venezuela y en otras partes de la América Latina, Africa o Asia revolucionaria, la cultura colonial internalizada, las relaciones amo-esclavo, los complejos de inferioridad, la megalomanía oligárquica dominante, la mentalidad religiosa subordinada, el racismo político, las vendetas mafiosas, el nacionalismo crudo y la democracia capitalista están haciendo estragos con la lucha emancipatoria y entre otros crímenes, generan la negociación de la revolución del pueblo, la firma de "acuerdos secretos entre "caballeros" con las burguesías locales y extranjeras, la burocracia, el triunfalismo, el oportunismo, las mentiras, las campañas de desinformación, la corrupción, el sabotaje, el robo, el asesinato, etc. Todo esto es un cáncer revolucionario, que está devastando a muchos movimientos verdaderamente socialistas y emancipatorios; desafortunadamente, muchos camaradas se ven botados del proceso emancipatorio o ellos mismos abandonan el barco revolucionario global.

Lo qué quedó en el planeta tierra después de la Guerra Fría, eran mayormente caricaturas ideológicas del Marxismo, socialismo y comunismo. Ahora, en la era de las guerras calientes de Bush, esta tendencia contra-emancipatoria tiene que ser parada urgentemente, por el precio constitucional que sea y por las armas que sean necesarias. Si no, perderemos la creación más bella que jamás teníamos, que jamás nos creábamos en Venezuela.

El único camino revolucionario es el Socialismo, el único Rubicón emancipatorio es el Exodo, son la Creación y la Creatividad Humana.

Articulo leido aproximadamente 406 veces

Original en Inglés: "What is really happening to rhyme and reason in Venezuela? What do the 'Chavistas without Chavez' have in mind?"
URL: http://www.vheadline.com/readnews.asp?id=46127

http://www.aporrea.org/dameletra.php?docid=16987

26-09-2005 Dossier ha ganado el debate

David Javier Medina

Rebelión

Una masiva audiencia se ha pronunciado en torno al caso Dossier, demostrando que ha ganado en el debate el argumento de quienes le dan la razón al periodista Walter Martínez, y no porque no haya cometido el error de hacer declaraciones un poco subidas de tono, a la cual no nos tiene acostumbrados. Pero leyendo las posturas de ambas partes, quienes defienden la decisión del MINCI y de la junta directiva de VTV han cometido el error de insultar al periodista y ser simplistas en sus argumentos.

Por un lado han insistido con el argumento equivocado de comparar a la presidenta de VTV con el destacado periodista, craso error, pues no se trata de comparar ambas personalidades con historias diferentes, con aciertos y equivocaciones como todo ser humano, pero diferentes. El segundo error y más grave, de quienes han intentado justificar la salida del programa Dossier es el ataque desmedido con discursos tontos, fanáticos y fascistas. Cada insulto al periodista Walter Martínez refuerza su imagen e indigna a su audiencia, no porque sea un Dios, sino porque la gente defiende un profesional de la comunicación que lo ha demostrado durante una larga trayectoria. Repito, no hay razón para negarle ese mérito. El argumento de que nadie lo conoce realmente, como si detrás de esa imagen en su programa Dossier se escondiera un monstruo, es un argumento francamente imbécil, en todo caso, si es un infiltrado de la CIA, si es un pedante capitalista, si trabajo en medios capitalistas, nadie está discutiendo eso, no es el punto, y si lo fuera, pues entonces quienes lo acusan están obligados a presentar pruebas y dejar de hablar idioteces.

El debate se hizo público, por la junta directiva de VTV y el MINCI lo hicieron público, porque el periodista Walter Martínez es un personaje público, mucho antes que incluso el presidente de la república, que al parecer es el único argumento de quienes defienden a los detractores de Walter Martínez, pues señalan que actuaron en beneficio del proceso. Ahora bien, la gente quiere saber en que afectó al proceso lo que dijo Walter Martínez, y si esta situación no está afectando mucho más. Los mensajes interminables sugieren que la gente quiere expresarse, no quiere dejar morir el tema hasta que se de una solución definitiva, y no hay que ser ingenuos para entender que la gran mayoría quiere el regreso del programa.

Independientemente del resto de los programas como Nuestra Mañana, la Hojilla, la Lámpara de Diógenes, etc. Dossier es un caso diferente, y es diferente por la forma en que salió del aire, y es diferente porque se trata de uno de los periodistas más respetados del país, cuya trayectoria se la ha ganado con años de trabajo. Un hecho que se evidencia con la cantidad de personas que se sienten indignadas con esta situación. Lo único que tiene de valor un periodista es su credibilidad, la credibilidad en Walter Martínez es por su trabajo de muchos años, pedirle que se retracte públicamente comienza hacer un acto arrogante que exige el suicidio. Y sin embargo, si Walter se disculpa, estoy seguro que su credibilidad quedaría intocable, pero un periodista debe renunciar cuando emite una información falsa. Cuando Jesse Chacón se equivocó en el MINCI, hizo lo correcto, presentar su renuncia, si no se la aceptaron o no es otro cuento.

Puede que Dossier no vuelva al aire, pero quedará el sabor amargo de quien tomó una decisión equivocada, perjudicó la trayectoria de un profesional y causó un malestar entre los seguidores de un programa caracterizado por la investigación seria y la información veraz. Precisamente el único periodista que ofreció un derecho réplica al rector de la Universidad Simón Bolívar cuando un docente de dicha institución, realizó una denuncias temerarias. Ese derecho a réplica fue una clase magistral de buen periodismo. Ahora resulta que debemos evaluar psicológicamente al periodista justificar su despido por ser arrogante, prepotente. ¿Cuál ha sido la reacción?, pues que a la gente le importa un carajo si es pedante o no y que todos le dan la razón, en el sentido de que era el periodista más calificado para ir a la ONU, que por cierto sigue siendo un chisme de pasillos, pues el periodista Martinez aseguró en su último programa que no se trataba de la ONU, su indignación era que se siguieran colocando la boina roja para robar y que jugaran al chavismo sin Chávez. Vaya un pecado más grande.

Pues bien, en esta situación atípica, por primera vez leemos a seguidores del proceso cuestionando el proceso, cuestionando al presidente, casi implorando una reconsideración. ¿Es un imposible para el MINCI y la junta directiva de VTV reunirse en privado con el periodista Martínez y llegar a un acuerdo?, una discusión ganar ganar. El concurso por el logo de VTV nos sugiere que se retractaron públicamente de haberse equivocado. Y el comunicado que sale en TV, debe ser modificado con urgencia, pues los puntos esenciales que sustentan la decisión son contradictorios y dejan muy mal parados a unas autoridades que siguen escondidos en la imagen de las instituciones y tras la figura del presidente. Nadie cuestiona el profesionalismo y las buenas intenciones de las partes involucradas, pero sólo un bando puede tener la razón. Y hasta la fecha, los hechos y los argumentos más verosímiles están a favor de Walter Martínez, negarlo es no saber de comunicación, no saber de opinión pública y una actitud intransigente que puede acarrear peores consecuencias. Pues la gente no quiere olvidar el caso Dossier, no es tan fácil. Quienes provocaron el conflicto deben asumirlo y solucionarlo, pues no se trata de sacar del aire un programa como un cambio de rutina en la programación. No es igual a los otros espacios que han salido del aire. Se trata de la trayectoria de un personaje que se ganó su público, el cual exige respeto.

Repito, Dossier ha ganado el debate así no vuelva al aire. Y las autoridades involucradas deben considerar este aspecto y buscar una solución. De lo contrario, demostrarán que no saben de comunicación, no saben de periodismo y no respetan a un sector de los venezolanos que no quieren a más funcionarios cuya credibilidad depende de un pronunciamiento del presidente de la república.

http://www.rebelion.org/noticia.php?id=20572

Entre la humildad y la humillación

Por: José Sant Roz
Publicado el Domingo, 25/09/05 03:24pm


	imprímelo

He seguido el debate sobre Dossier, y conozco tan bien al personaje de
Walter Martínez, que realmente sostengo la posición del Presidente Chávez.
El Presidente Chávez debe saber en profundidad, por diversos informes
desde la cancillería, desde la FF AA, desde el Ministerio de Relaciones
Interiores y Justicia lo que está detrás de la posición de Walter. Este
señor no es ningún angelito ni está con el proyecto bolivariano porque lo
haya propugnado de siempre, como tampoco es un revolucionario a carta
cabal ni por los ideales de Bolívar él se ha jugado la vida en mil lides
frente a la derecha fascista. Eso no es así, y los que no son
verdaderamente revolucionarios, que han vivido día tras día la dura
batalla por la verdad, por la justicia, por levantar la conciencia
bolivariana del pueblo, tarde o temprano brincan y muestran lo que
realmente son. De eso, desde 2001 a esta parte ya hemos tenido bastantes
casos de traiciones, saltos de talanqueras, reculamientos terribles y
vacilaciones deprimentes dentro del sector del MVR y de gente que se dice
idolatra a Chávez. De modo que yo no muevo un dedo para apoyar al señor
Walter.

Al mismo tiempo que se desvela esa polvareda, hasta ridícula, por mil
medios diferentes, se refuerzan posiciones criminales dentro del gobierno
que sí van haciendo un trabajo de zapa para minar y hacer estallar en mil
pedazos a la revolución. Porque esta es una revolución que adolece de
revolucionarios. Porque aún lo que se impone en el MVR es la doctrina
vertical adeca que en todos los cuadros decidió antes de 1998 Luis
Miquilena. Se había prometido que en el 2000, el MVR elegiría a sus
cuadros dirigentes por la base y esto nunca se cumplió, y uno se pregunta,
¿quién eligió a William Lara y a Diosdado Cabello o a Nicolás Maduro para
que estén en esos cargos directores que son los que acaban de seleccionar
a los diputados que conformarán a la nueva AN? El MVR mantiene una
estructura envilecedora del proceso, enteramente burocrática,
anti-popular, desgarradoramente corrupta y contra-revolucionaria, donde
pervive de manera intacta y brutal todo el espíritu de lo que allí impuso
el viejo Miquilena. ¿Hasta cuándo se sostendrá esta armazón tipo Vieja
Guardia adeca, con patriarcas a lo Gonzalo Barrios (e hijitos tipo Héctor
Alonso López) que van imponiendo sus pequeños muñecos de guiñol a lo largo
y ancho del país? Y esto es así en todos los comandos regionales del MVR
en toda Venezuela. Por eso las UBE se pudrieron todas antes de madurar,
porque se dedicaron a coger carguitos.

Recuerdo en este instante a Bolívar cuando Páez se le alzó, y entonces el
Libertador cayó en la cuenta de que para enderezar el barco que hacía
aguas por la parte más sensible, iba a entrar en escollos terribles que lo
podían poner todo del revés. Así estamos, y como vivimos pendiendo de
procesos electorales, pues los maulas disfrazados de revolucionarios se
fortalecen, se atrincheran en sus reductos en nombre de la unidad y la
emprenden sin compasión contra quienes les critiquen, y los que saben
adular se aferran a sus feudos y aumentan sus batallones de infiltrados,
de veleidosos, vendidos o cobardes. De modo pues que hace falta con
urgencia un estremecimiento de esta dura costra que está recubriendo al
MVR, que a fin de cuentas es la que impone la dirección política del
proceso. Hace falta un debate abierto urgente, aunque ya el mal especioso
de lo que se ha hecho en la elección de la AN no tenga remedio. Ese debate
fortalecerá a la revolución. No le tengamos miedo y evitemos a tiempo que
se siga frustrando al pueblo y desfigurando el espíritu de Bolívar.

Otra cosa, yo entiendo que en esta revolución nadie sea imprescindible,
pero uno viene observando cómo maulas y tramoyeros de toda jaez con esta
misma norma son los que se están haciendo imprescindibles e inconmovibles
desde sus blindadas covachas, y prosperan impunemente a los ojos de todo
el mundo. Claro, esto no lo podemos comprender ni mucho menos aceptar.

http://www.aporrea.org/dameletra.php?docid=16954

*****

CARTA

El Socialismo Bolivariano debe ser y sera' diferente ....

Franz,

El peligro terminal de una Revolucion es la Corrupcion y la Estancamiento de sus Procesos de Cambio. Estos males acaban con ella desde adentro y la transforman en una cascara vacia, sin vida y sin metas. La Revolucion dentro de la revolucion es una forma de limpieza interna continua para eliminar estos males.

Una Contra-Revolucion (supongo que es el termino que les dan los teoricos a los individuos y grupos que la adversan) aunque no abiertamente) mas bien consolida la revolucion.

Muchos mas peligrosos son los falsos revolucionarios (estos abundan en el gobierno bolivariano) que los contra-revolucionarios.

No debemos perder tiempo resolviendo asuntos dogmaticos, hay que ir a la practica y empujar los procesos de cambios, y si hace falta corregir con la marcha. Las cooperativas, los fundos zamoranos, la entrega de latifundios a los agricutlores, expropiacion de empresas quebradas a los trabajadores, las empresas de produccion social, y las misiones son nucleos de esta revolucion. La tarea actual es consolidar, AMPLIAR y corregir las fallas en estos procesos, en lugar de ir inventando ( por ahora) unos nuevos.

La economia es una ciencia en la cual la sociedad puede inventar nuevas formulas que definen la inter-relacion entre sus componentes; y como en otras ciencias NUEVAS FORMULAS reemplazan unas viejas que la sociedad considera obsoletas.

Esto explica que el Socialismo Bolivariano debe ser y sera' diferente al "socialismo" mal aplicado en Europa en el siglo pasado.

Anwar

Anwar_Souki@dresser-rand.com

*****

Anwar,
Gracias. Un comentario valioso.
Franz.

THE INTERNATIONAL FORECASTER editor Bob Chapman writes: Paraguay is in about the center of South America. In May, it signed an agreement authorizing joint military training activities for eighteen months from July 1, 2005 to December 31, 2006.

The base for the maneuvers would be Mariscal Estigarribia military base and airfield. The field accommodates military transports and houses 16,000 troops. The base is in the boonies.

The Paraguayan Congress has granted American personnel immunity from prosecution for crimes committee in Paraguay. This was demanded by the Bush-Cheney neocons. It was received just as it was received by Brazil, Argentina and other South American countries. Five hundred troops were shipped in during July and our government said it had no intention of establishing a permanent military base in the country. Undeterred Brazil, which is next door, launched military maneuvers in the vicinity of Paraguay.

The US wants to control natural gas deposits in Bolivia, only 156 miles away. We are told by our government that they are to stop supposed Iranian terrorist capabilities, such as money-laundering.

On their agenda as well is to break up Mercosur, a trade common market in the region. They also want to control the Guarani Aquifer ... one of the largest fresh water reservoirs in the world.

The neocons also want to access the vast resources of the region ... they also want to use Paraguay as a launching pad along with Colombia to invade Venezuela.

Meanwhile, the Venezuelan Embassy says President Hugo Chavez Frias has pledged to ship approximately an additional one million barrels of gasoline to the US in the wake of Hurricane Katrina's devastation.

The gas will be available via Citgo stations ... the retailing arm of the government owned PDVSA. They are sending gas that was scheduled to go elsewhere, and Venezuela will continue to do whatever it can to help alleviate energy shortages and the dislocations faced by the people of the US as a result of Hurricane Katrina.

The new deal is that PetroCaribe-Venezuela has agreed to provide fuel and fuel related products cheaply to the region. A deal with PetroCaribe would save Bahamians $.75 a gallon.

Venezuela will sell cheap crude oil in Nicaragua says opposition leader Daniel Ortega. He said the agreement was an example of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez' commitment to his poorer neighbors in Latin America.

Under the deal, Nicaraguan municipalities will be able to buy oil at a 40% discount. A Venezuelan-controlled company would be created in partnership with the Nicaraguan municipalities' association to transport, store and deliver petroleum derivative products to all Nicaraguans. The government will not oppose such a company as the country has been suffering for more than a week from blackouts and rationing of electricity, even in hospitals.

VHeadline.com commentarist Oscar Heck writes: I was inundated with letters since my last article this past Friday. The subject revolved around a discussion I had with a Haitian taxi-driver which led to the issue of suing for past reparations, something that he (the taxi driver) says that Aristides had begun against France prior to his being kidnapped and forced out of power in 2004.

In the article, I extrapolated on what the taxi driver said and speculated about what would happen if European-colonized countries outside Haiti were to begin legal procedures against their past invaders. I also presented scenarios where Native American Indians and Blacks would sue for past crimes such as slavery and theft of land by the whites.

The feedback I received was enormous … and I would like to make certain clarifications. But first, I would like to sincerely thank all VHeadline.com readers who wrote letters. Most of them contain very interesting thoughts and notions, and eloquent extrapolations of what I had written. Some of the letters contain vile language and verbal violence, but overall, most letters were a pleasure to read.

Our brains are so often caged in by our puny lives that we seldom think outside the box of our own particular realities. Enjoy the letters. They are very much worth reading.

2- I did not mean to imply that Chavez is planning or even thinking of taking any legal action against Spain (for past reparations) as the taxi driver said that Aristides had been in the process of doing against France. What I did want to imply or parallel however is that Chavez is using somewhat equivalent methods to achieve similar results … and that this is why Chavez is an "imminent danger." For example, the Chavez government has raised the royalties on oil exploration to over 30%, from the miserable 1% which had been arranged by past incompetent and corrupt Venezuelan governments. The tax on profits has already been substantially raised and traditional tax evasion at the hands of some foreign oil companies operating in Venezuela is being addressed with legal actions, fines and collection of moneys owed to the Venezuelan people. This is a form of collecting reparation money … and it also appears to be a less economically disruptive method. The Chavez government’s land reform project is also similar in nature … repatriating unused land to the people.

3- As many people know, taxi drivers, barbers, hairdressers and bartenders are often reliable sources of information. In my view, they are often more reliable than "analysts" or "experts" or "scholars" who are usually totally disconnected from the day to day realities of the struggles of the 80% poorer majority who have to eke out a living from one day to the next to barely survive.

Dear Mr Heck: While the idea of suing to gain just reparations isn't new, I would remind you that fully one third of current US territory was stolen from Mexico, and that Spain was the first colonialist; and that the region known as the Louisiana Purchase was first stolen from the natives by France, then Spain, then France again before its final "purchase" by the US. Further, I would move that many natives of the Americas were further colonized by the states that were formed after "liberation" from their colonial masters; for example, who would the Maya in Guatemala sue to gain reparations: Spain, USA, or Guatemala? While I agree that massive reparations are due these peoples, I am pointing out that those culpable are not simply the first colonial country, that the web of those responsible is more complex. As for enforcability of any judgement made against a former colonial country, didn't the USA ignore a World Court judgement that it pay reparations to Nicaragua for its inflicting state terrorism on that country, so who will make certain future legal judgements are consummated? Personally, I would say that the USA alone owes the world hundreds of trillions of dollars for the gross damages it has and continues to inflict on the planet and its peoples. The battle is against Imperialism, yes? I would posit that the only real weapon that can be used is a total embargo with a view to containment until the USA destroys its warfare state and imperial establishment at home and overseas. Lastly, the world must anticipate the use of nucular weapons by the US in its planned war against Iran, for the use of such weapons is the only way Iran can be defeated. Mere verbal denunciation will not be enough; very clear negative outcomes must be put forward, like total suspension of ALL oil and natural gas exports to the US and its lackeys, the "EU-3," combined with the immediate arrest of ALL US nationals and diplomats worldwide for abetting massive crimes against humanity. The terrorism employed by the US Empire must stop, and only the whole world standing together can halt it. Make no mistake, the fascists will attack Iran, probably early next year after the subterfuge of UN "diplomacy" and IAEA manipulation--as was the case with Iraq--reach their predetermined levels of "crisis."

This is nothing new. I have a hard time believing a taxi driver.... Taxi drivers say a lot of things. They hear a lot of rumors. It could be true, but I don't think that was the only reason. Let's be honest slavery has not stopped, and Haiti is full of potential economic slaves. The western economic elite does not want them lifted out of slavery. Let's say Aristide was preparing this law suite it would have never been won. Aristide was only but one man...

You seem to take out of the equation how lucky Americas blacks are that their ancestors were slaves, if they hadn't been they would be living like every other black in a black run society i.e. a fly blown disease ridden craphole, and if they somehow did manage to get control of the USA they would turn it into a disease ridden craphole as well that's what they do!

Oscar:What if the Slavic people demanded reparations from the Turks and other Middle East nations that enslaved so many of them that their race became the word slave? How about the Janissaries? Hundreds of thousands of blue eyed blond haired Slavic children forced to fight for Islam? What do their decedents get for that? What of Mongolia? The Huns? What do they owe white Europeans for their murderous rampage? They are racially the same as Amerinds, can the debts be cancelled out? What if Spain demanded reparations from Morocco? Do the Romans owe anything? Should modern day Italy pick up the tab? Where do you draw historic lines? I'm guessing where you see fit to make your point. It is estimated that blacks murdered over 10,000 white Americans in the last century, can a deal be worked out that would lessen the white man's burden? Subtract so much per murder? How about rape? Statistics are difficult to assess on rape, so many go unreported, but would a quarter
of million white women raped last century be an exaggeration? I mean there has been some retaliation, that should count in the final tally. The Indians we owe, no argument there, but if the white man is the one that loves money, how would Indians differentiate themselves from us if all they wanted was money? When the liberals voluntarily give up the homes they own on Indian lands, all of North America, then I will.

Sir, Concerning your story, "Why Venezuela's Chavez is an imminent danger to the so-called 'civilized' world," are you saying/ writing that a taxi driver is a more legitimate news source than other 'officially ' recognized ones such as AP News, Reuters, etc.? I've got a bridge in Brooklyn I'd like to sell you- wait! I'll save you the money... You, sir, are stupid! God! I wonder how idiots like you are granted the privilege of writing anything, and, behold, you end up on the net. Do the world and yourself a favor and SHUT UP! You can not and will not change the world, especially with your lousy news sources. Go back to college, or at least a better one and figure out or be taught how to write a story with bona fide sources. Join the rest of the world and enjoy some sanity. Or better yet, go away!

Read your recent column. I love Venezuela and I agree wholeheartedly with your sentiments (evidently favorable) for Mr Chavez. I also agree that those monsters who are at the head of the so called colonial powers should be ground into the dirt-I know you didn't specifically say that but you do want to suck their lifeblood (i.e., money which means power)
from them-so- we more or less agree on a similar result. However, I disagree in varying degrees with some of your other sentiments. Like-don't believe Aristides or any of the present day Haitians are "native people." Former slaves, yes. That he and the other inhabitants have major greviances against the US, France, China (yes they are there now as occupiers) is self evident. However I have difficulty with idea that the land's natural resources belong to any one person or set of persons. Saying one bunch can plunder instead of another doesn't really make much sense. Like diamonds are really worth destroying a landscape? If that's what the argument is about I say let them all die. As far as reparations go for Americans whose ancestors may have been slaves a qualified maybe. Remember only about 7000 persons (of whom there were black persons too) ever owned slaves in the US. We have the exact records. Maybe getting the present day descendants to pay the umpteen trillions (maybe billions is closer- in fact probably most former slaves would settle perhaps for $100,000 each in an individually negotiated settlement.). The Gores, the Bakers, etc. who still economically enslave millions of Americans and are responsible for other crimes against humanity perhaps should pay reparations. Actually maybe it would be better that they be chemically neutered as their evil seems to continue down through generation to generation. But will recent Vietnamese, Chinese, Russian, Mexican, etc., immigrants be responsible for paying reparations? Don't be stupid! My maternal forefathers/mothers arrived in the US well after slavery ended and probably until the 1920s never even saw a former slave. So I'm responsible for reparations? NFW-Jose'! Your analogy to Pinochet young and old is logically flawed and is rejected. Will recent immigrants from Africa be recipients of reparations? Don't be stupid! Will persons like OJ Simpson, and other millionaires such as those playing in America's sports leagues be given money for their "sad" state of affairs? I don't think so. Do you expect reparations from descendants of non-black non-native Americans whose ancestors came here as indentured servants (for you Mr Heck that means SLAVES) as did my paternal ancestors? I won't. As for the so-called Native Americans (call them Indians for they were as asian as the present Indians) they may have butchered any prior inhabitants and they sure as the deep blue sea were responsible for the annihilation and extinction of untold numbers of species of animals on the North American continent. For instance, those scum thought nothing of driving a whole herd (numbering thousands) of bison over a cliff so they could have meat for a few dozen shitheads!! I demand reparations for their damage to the ecosphere! In fact in balancing their plight and their oh so very pitiful history of losing out to savages even worse than they versus their damage to our planet, our Gaia, IMO they owe all living persons in the US big time! They will never be able to pay off their debt! In fact, they are lucky to be just breathing and have their present paltry remnant of what they tried so hard to destroy. Try to see things from another perspective before you spout such incredibly dumb rhetoric. It hurts the cause of liberating the 99.9% of mankind from the true evil 0.1%

Creo que estuviste fumando "de la buena" cuando escribiste este artículo. Déjame un poco! No, en serio, si partimos de la base de que tales demandas serían pagadas, aún quedan los cálculos aberrantes que hiciste. Basta un ejemplo: el tema de la esclavitud negra. Habría que cobrar a las tribus costinas de África la captura en el interior y posterior venta a europeos de los futuros esclavos, les cobrarías al Congo, a Zimbabwe, esas sumas? los meterías presos? Cobrarías daños y perjuicios a los mercaderes de esclavos judíos? no creo que tu propuesta sea muy bien vista si tomas en cuenta esto último, no? Además yo creo que cobrar 1 millón de verdes por cada negro que vive hoy es un poco deschavetado, más justo sería cobrar los sueldos impagos de cada negro esclavizado, afectos a interés (y no compuesto, no sean sinvergüenzas como los banqueros). El tráfico de esclavos era legal, así que no aplican leyes "ex post facto". En el caso del territorio gringo, me gustaría mucho que algún día los indios fueran compensados, pero tu cálculo del valor de la tierra es bastante frívolo. No toda la tierra de EEUU estuvo ocupada por nativos, ni toda la tierra gringa sirve para algo; hay desiertos, montañas, etc. Si seguimos, Marruecos podría demandar a Italia por la ocupación del Imperio Romano, Iraq a China por las invasiones mongolas, Más justo (y actual) sería que los EEUU e Inglaterra pagaran a Japón, Alemania, Francia, Italia, Austria, Rumania, Hungría compensación por sus crímenes de la 2a. guerra (bombas atómicas, bombardeo de ciudades, matanzas de civiles, etc). Más justo sería que EEUU pagara a Cuba por su interferencia dañina, a Panamá, a Granada, a Filipinas también. Rusia y Cuba deberían pagar a muchas naciones su interferencia de mierda también. De partida, podríamos solucionar injusticias que se están dando hoy día, como la Ocupación de Irak, Palestina, Tibet, etc. Por ningún motivo una demanda frívola que se puede rechazar con un simple "non", va a ser causa de una sublevación armada financiada y motivada por los EEUU, que tienen toda una historia de intervención en Haití, Aristide o no Aristide.

It was plain folk that bought and sold slaves in the world. Americans, French, Blacks(yes Blacks). Yes slavery was legal. It was legal in Africa, also. So what. The folks that committed the so called crimes are long dead. Pinochet is alive. That is a world of difference. I am white. My ancestors didn't own slaves. If a bill were to be served. It would be to the Blacks and Hispanics for the tremendous crime that has been foisted upon the the Whites of America. Nevermind, the cost of the social programs will bankrupt America anyway. The American Indian had treaties many which have not been honored properly. The American Indian are working to get these treaties honored. I hope for their success. The Blacks of Haiti getting paid for diamonds and gold from the French. How ridiculous. The Caribs or Tainos would need to be brought back from the dead to receive the payment.

For "westerners" today to say, "That was in the past, it was my ancestors, it's not our fault, we are innocent now" would be the equivalent to Pinochet stating, "The fact that I ordered the execution and torture of thousands of innocent people was a mistake of my youth, I wouldn't do that today. I am innocent." So... you can't tell the difference between a crime committed by a dictator in an earlier part of his life, and a crime committed by an ANCESTOR, BEFORE his descendants were even BORN? That's a total load of CRAP, and if you don't realize it, then you have some major malfunction. Punishment for the crimes of one's ancestors is not supported by any international law or agreement. So I suppose you supported the Hut

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