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Tag Archives: Hugo Chavez
Venezuela protests
What began in early February as a small student protest against a sexual assault at a university campus in the state of Tachira, which the government repressed, spread to a number of other campuses and cities, where demonstrations were also repressed and students arrested. Seizing the moment, a faction of the right-wing opposition party called for more protests, demanding the removal of President Maduro from office. Continue reading
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Tagged 21st-century socialism, Hugo Chavez, Nicolas Maduro, state capitalism, Táchira, Venezuela
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Venezuela election
The close Venezuelan elections of recent years have likely represented the tensions inherent in Chavismo itself. While Hugo Chavez did do things to benefit many of the poorest Venezuelans, he also maintained a relationship with the business community. Continue reading
May-June 2013 issue of News & Letters is out
The new May-June 2013 issue of News & Letters is available on the web: News & Letters, Vol. 58, No. 3 May – June 2013 You may view this issue of News & Letters in pdf form here Draft for Marxist-Humanist Perspectives, … Continue reading
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Tagged Absolute Idea, Arab spring, Boston Marathon bombing, Canada, capitalism, Chinua Achebe, Chokri Belaid, City College of San Francisco, climate change, counter-revolution, criminal injustice system, Detroit, disability rights, Egypt, feminism, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, global warming, Good News Club, healthcare, Hugo Chavez, labor, Margaret Thatcher, Memphis, Middle East, Newark, News and Letters Committees, Nicolas Maduro, nuclear war, Police brutality, Portsmouth, prison industrial complex, prisoners, Raya Dunayevskaya, revolution, sexism, Solitary confinement, students, Syria, Tahrir Squares, Trade Fair, Tunisia, Venezuela, Violence against women, women's liberation, workers, youth
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Post-election Venezuela
From the November-December 2012 issue of News & Letters Post-election Venezuela The reelection of Hugo Chávez as president is an important moment in Venezuela and Latin America as a whole. After more than a decade in power—during which his administration … Continue reading
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Tagged ALBA, anti-imperialism, Hugo Chavez, internationalism, Iran, Latin America, Marx, Marxism, Socialism, state capitalism, United States, Venezuela
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