Defeating Fascism before it’s too Late

[Judi Lynn]

Defeating Fascism before it’s too Late
By James Petras. Axis of Logic
Sunday, Mar 23, 2014

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Fascism in Venezuela: A Mortal Threat Today

The martyred hero, Captain Guillen Araque’s warning of an imminent fascist danger in Venezuela has a powerful substantive basis. While the overt terrorist violence ebbs and flows, the underlying structural basis of fascism in the economy and society remains intact. The subterranean organizations, financing and organizing the flow of arms to fascists-in-waiting remain in place.

The political leaders of the opposition are playing a duplicitous game, constantly moving from legal forms of protest to sub-rosa complicity with the armed terrorists. There is no doubt that in any fascist putsch, the political oligarchs will emerge as the real rulers – and will share power with the leaders of the fascist organizations. In the meantime, their ‘respectability’ provides political cover; their ‘human rights’ campaigns to free incarcerated street thugs and arsonists earn ‘international media support’ while serving as ‘intermediaries’ between the open US funding agencies, and the clandestine terrorist underground.

In measuring the scope and depth of the fascist danger, it is a mistake to simply count the number of bombers, arsonists and snipers, without including the logistical, back-up and peripheral support groups and institutional backers who sustain the overt actors.

To ‘defeat fascism before it is too late’, the government must realistically assess the resources, organization and operational code of the fascist command and reject the overly sanguine and ‘upbeat’ pronouncements emanating from some ministers, advisers and legislators.

First, the fascists are not simply a small band confined to pounding on pots and attacking municipal workers in the upper-middle class neighborhoods of Caracas for the benefit of the international and corporate media. The fascists are organized on a national basis; their members are active throughout the country.

More:
http://axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/Article_66493.shtml

[Enthusiast]

1. I assume the United States is behind the Fascists.

Is that correct? We usually support the far right revolutionaries no matter how completely wrong they are.

[Marksman_91]

2. This theory has been the Ven. governments excuse for 15 years now to justify the country's problems

And yet no hard evidence comes up to support this. There is evidence, however, of of all top government officials and anybody close to them becoming multimillionaires, which obviously you can't do based on a government salary. And there's plenty of evidence of government security forces repressing protesters (there have been almost 2500 arrests now since Feb 12) and dozens of people killed during the rallies of which most have been unarmed opposition protesters and students. You tell me who the fascists are.

[Enthusiast]

3. I'm inclined to believe the US is behind the RW.

[IronGate]

4. You're inclined to believe the US is behind the problems in Venezuela?

Even when there's no proof, but there's plenty of proof of the malfeasance of top govt. officials and plenty of proof of the brutality of the govt. security forces?

Why? Are you one of those blame america for all the world's ills type?

[Enthusiast]

5. I have become deeply suspicious of this government.

And I believe we should all be very concerned with the way this government is meddling in foreign affairs all over the world. It's called mission creep.

Am I one of "those"? LMAO! Are you one of those that defends the US no matter what they do or have done?

Even a cursory examination of the history of US intelligence should tell you that there has been much interference in the affairs of other nations. Much of this interference and manipulation turns out to be unnecessary, very costly, ill advised and even counterproductive in the long term.

The intelligence apparatus of this nation is completely out of control and should be reined in using the strongest of measures. If the intelligence apparatus isn't working on behalf of the interests of the American people, all of the American people, just what purpose is it serving?