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[OPINIÓN] Chávez y la caída de los precios del petróleo

[OPINIÓN] Chávez y la caída de los precios del petróleo

Para muchas y muchos, el origen de la actual crisis se remonta a aquel inesperado 12 de septiembre de 2014, en el que los precios petroleros cambiaron dramáticamente su tendencia, anunciando el inicio de un período de desplome que se extendió a lo largo de 2 años, y que constituyó el desencadenante de la grave…

Chávez The Radical XVII: “The Hour has Come to form the 5th International” (English version)
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Chávez The Radical XVII: “The Hour has Come to form the 5th International” (English version)

Hugo Chávez calls for the formation of the fifth international during a speech before the First International Encounter of Leftist Parties in 2009. He stresses the necessity of grassroots leadership in the construction of a new type of socialism informed by the experiences of the Socialist Internationals, breaking down critically their historical evolution and presenting…

Chávez The Radical XVI: “I am an enemy of reformism” (English version)
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Chávez The Radical XVI: “I am an enemy of reformism” (English version)

There’s a saying, «If it hadn’t been for reformism the revolution would have triumphed on a world scale.» Historically, revolutions have had to confront not only powerful imperial powers, endogenous oligarchies, and the stateless bourgeoisie but also the reformism which inevitably develops within them. It begins asymptomatically but quickly metastasizes throughout the architecture of the…

[CHÁVEZ RADICAL] «Me atrevo a convocar la 5ta Internacional»
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[CHÁVEZ RADICAL] «Me atrevo a convocar la 5ta Internacional»

Es propicia la efeméride que refiere al Bicentenario del Natalicio de Karl Marx para juntar en un mismo contenido audiovisual, a dos colosos, que aunque separados geográfica e históricamente compartieron la misma vocación rebelde, convicción transformadora y espíritu internacionalista: Marx y Chávez. El 20 de noviembre de 2009, el Comandante Hugo Chávez, en medio del…

Chávez The Radical XV: Crisis, the Historic Bloc, and Ideology (English version)
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Chávez The Radical XV: Crisis, the Historic Bloc, and Ideology (English version)

Although the current crisis in Venezuela is not, as is so often stated in the mainstream media, solely the result of corruption and mismanagement within the government, the administration of Nicolas Maduro has not managed to effectively communicate the nature of the “economic war” being waged by the traditional ruling class of the pre-Chávez Venezuela….

Chávez The Radical XIV: “We can’t convert everything we produce into merchandise” (English version)
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Chávez The Radical XIV: “We can’t convert everything we produce into merchandise” (English version)

Throughout the revolutionary period led by Comandante Chávez, the Venezuelan state managed to control an important part of the economy in the form of state property despite the hegemony of the bourgeoisie and its forms of private property over most of the Venezuelan economy. During the planning, management, and organization of the state controlled sectors,…

[CHÁVEZ RADICAL] «Soy enemigo del reformismo»
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[CHÁVEZ RADICAL] «Soy enemigo del reformismo»

Es útil recuperar la vieja conseja revolucionaria que advierte que «si no fuera por el reformismo la revolución hubiese triunfado a escala mundial». Y es que históricamente las revoluciones no solo se han enfrentado a gigantes de siete leguas, oligarquías horrorosas o burguesías apátridas, sino que en su desarrollo orgánico, aparece en sus entrañas el…

[EDITORIAL] Chávez en disputa

[EDITORIAL] Chávez en disputa

El Comandante Chávez es una figura en disputa. Las distintas corrientes que constituyen la diversidad orgánica y conflictiva del chavismo, a menudo acuden a él para validar y justificar su proyecto político y económico. Hay quienes plantean incluso que Chávez ideológicamente da para todo: permite sostener desde posiciones de izquierda radical hasta la posibilidad de…

Chávez The Radical XIII: “Self-criticism Doesn’t Hurt the Revolution” (English version)
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Chávez The Radical XIII: “Self-criticism Doesn’t Hurt the Revolution” (English version)

In Chávez The Radical XIII, Chávez calls on his movement and government to engage in self-criticism and to welcome criticism from the people. This does not damage the revolution, he says; it strengthens it. Contrary to what some politicians from his party suggest, the revolution is not flawless, and criticism is not tantamount to opposition….

Chávez The Radical XII: «Towards the Configuration of a Communal State» (English version)
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Chávez The Radical XII: «Towards the Configuration of a Communal State» (English version)

What would governing institutions look like in a just, peaceful, and democratic society? Would they be essentially the same as the current institutions, but with less corruption, less abuse of power, better representation of women, and other progressive gains? Or would they be fundamentally transformed? In Chávez The Radical XII, President Chávez says that the…