Venezuela's Deep Political Education Means Venezuelans Will Withstand Right-Wing Protests

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Venezuela's Deep Political Education Means Venezuelans Will Withstand Right-Wing Protests
Social Justice and Activism | Venezuela
by Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers | March 1, 2014 - 10:13am

Americans might be fooled by mass media misinformation, but Venezuelans know what is really happening in their country.

The misinformation in most of the media about the protests in Venezuela is astounding. Often the opposite of reality is repeated as if it were true. Americans who rely on the corporate mass media, politicians and corrupted nonprofits might fall for these tales, but Venezuelans know what is really happening.

Venezuelans have gone through 14 years of abuse and lies, including a coup attempt. They know what is really occurring in their economy and political system and are aware that their government is in a battle with the power of money both internally as well as with the US empire. In every election since 2002, Venezuelans have shown that their deep political education, participatory democracy and experience will overcome the falsehoods of the opposition. The violent actions of the opposition and intentional undermining of the economy are signs of an oligarch class that has lost power and is desperate. It must work outside of democracy to try to retake control of the government.

Maria Paez Victor told us that the opposition will fail because it has no political base outside of the wealthy class. She writes:

"These violent tactics have no hope of succeeding because, unlike 1999, the Venezuelan people are now organized into many groups: the communal councils, the communes, the thousands of health, security, militia, sports, educational, cultural committees. The Bolivarian Revolution has fostered, not a mass of people, but an organized organic population that makes decisions about its living conditions along with its government because Venezuela is now a fully functioning participatory democracy."

[polly7]

1. +1000000000000000000! nt.

[SamKnause]

2. Viva Venezuela !!!

The late great Hugo Chavez would be so proud.

Hard to believe it has almost been one year since his death.

March, 5th 2014; 1st year anniversary.

I hope the Bolivarian Revolution spreads all over Latin America.

[bemildred]

3. Right, that's why our government hates them.

They pretty much hate anybody that exposes their own hypocrisy by trying to govern well, in the interests of the little people, because they fear that good example. And rightly so. They should be afraid.