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Francis/Clare's avatar

What a sick joke these "peace prizes" have become.

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Michel Seymour's avatar

Great piece Ben !

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John's avatar

Pinochet en una falda

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Ahenobarbus's avatar

"the revolutionary Chavista government"

You know, I'm rooting for Venezuela. Any country attacked by US Imperialism including Russia and China et all, deserves the critical support of anti Imperialist elements in the West. But the support must be critical not blind. Maduro's government is not revolutionary, nor is Russia's or even China's. At best, these are reformist Capitalist countries. But these three countries are not Imperialist, they do not prey on others to enrich their economic elite. That is enough to justify their defense in this context. To refer to Venezuela as "revolutionary" is actually somewhat dangerous in that it communicates a false idea of what revolution means and what it looks like in practice.

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Tim N's avatar

US Foreign policy never changes. Here's hoping for the Venezuelans to stand strong against these criminal maniacs.

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