Letters

Best wishes for a full recovery to President Hugo Chavez

By Robert Navan - Venezuela Ireland Network, Jan 8th 2013

At this difficult time for many Venezuelans, I would like to send greetings from Ireland and our hopes for a return to full health for your President, Hugo Chavez. Many people here are following his progress and some are joining in the prayers. By now Venezuelans will, hopefully, have realised that their President is considered the President of the poor and powerless all around the world and his loss would be a huge loss to all these people.

The Bravado of Venezuelan Reactionaries And Crackpots

By A. Shaw, Jul 12th 2012

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Lenin defines revolution as the passing of state power from one class to another. Revolutionaries often overlook the definition of revolution.

A Serious Discussion of Constructing Socialism Cannot Begin With the Falsification of History

By Jason W. Smith, Feb 7th 2012

Any Communist would have serious doubt about the various ideas expressed in the article A Multiple Socialist Administration Model and Enterprises of Social Property (ESP) in Venezuela - Success, Difficulties, Prospects by Rafael Enciso Patino on February 4^th of 2012 in Venezuelanalysis.

The "War on Drugs"

By Bonnie McFadden, Nov 1st 2011

Dear Editor:

With its "War on Drugs" initiated by the Reagan Administration in the U.S. in the 1980's, a massive, privatized "anti-drug" industry was created, whose tentacles reach throughout the world.

The U.S.

comment on Chavez-Caviar article

By Richard Coleman, Jul 8th 2011

This is the a copy of the email I sent to Axis of Logic:

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U.S. politicians: "There are those who say..." "Some people say..." etc. Nobody is identified by name or quoted directly in their own words.

You: "destructive and self-serving critics..." "irresponsible writing..." "baseless and strategically naïve criticism..." Nobody is identified by name or quoted directly in their own words.

Becerra, Realpolitik, and the Bolivarian Revolution

By Frank Conway, May 2nd 2011

As hard as President Hugo Chavez' deportation to Columbia of Joaquin Perez Becerra is for those of us with revolutionary beliefs to swallow, there are factors involved that might make it easier to understand.

As has been reported here and elsewhere, there has been a thaw in Venezuela-Columbia relations since Columbia's new president, Juan Manuel Santos, took office last year. Santos has demonstrated a willingness to work with Chavez instead of against him, as his successor, Alvaro Uribe had always done.

Anarchism and Venezuela

By John Jones, Nov 20th 2010

The revolution that began eleven years ago in Venezuela could benefit a great deal from anarchist direct action in getting rid of the bureaucracy and establishing control over the country from the ground up. The governments encouragement for workers to take control of their workplaces and establish communal control over all aspects of their lives would appear to be a dream come true to many anarchists.

Extending Cooperation Means Exactly That

By Jason W. Smith, Ph.D., Nov 19th 2010

I have no knowledge concerning the activities leading to the deportation from Venezuela of these specific three Colombians, but I do know the following: (1) It is high time for FARC-ELN to stop the kidnapping program and eliminate hostage taking. If you have people in Colombia sufficiently dangerous to kidnap them, then shoot them and get on with the civil war. (2) Using Venezuelan territory for these kinds of activities only plays into the hands of gringo imperialism.

Congratulations on Denial of US Gimmick

By Jason W. Smith, Ph.D., Nov 17th 2010

Readers of Venezuelanalysis should know that the idea the Gringo Regime on the Potomac is carrying on any kind of serious "drug war' is ludicrous. I can tell you from personal experience that the only work the DEA does in the world of international trafficking is to participate in that traffic at the highest possible (to them) level. The idea anyone the Gringo Regime wants in their custody would receive anything even approximating a fair trial is even more ridiculous.

Philosophy of Vagueness

By Recca, Nov 17th 2010

The article "Reflections about Transcending the Dialectics" by Franz J. T. Lee is pretty bad.

"On this is based the fallacy that change can only come from within..." Marx would probably agree with the "fallacy" that change can only come from within, because what isn't within? The mind is not separate from the body, an individual's character is strongly influenced by society, the nation is part of the global economy.

Workers Control

By John Jones, Nov 5th 2010

Perhaps a number of dedicated revolutionaries could be trained to teach the workers how to take over their work places and lead them through the process of taking control; not to stay and manage, just teach and coach until the workers were firmly in control. It is understandable that workers are lacking in knowledge and the confidence to take over with out assistance from the party.

Ironic that US forbids Cuba access to internet

By brian, Nov 5th 2010

RE: http://venezuelanalysis.com/news/5761

I've been told before that Cuba forbids Cubans access top the internet. So it's ironic to see THE US is the one forbidding Cubans internet access!

Congratulations

By Jason W. Smith, Ph.D., Oct 12th 2010

The last time I commented on these US instigated plots against progressive Latin America was over the Honduran coup. What has just happened in Ecuador should be encouraging to progressive forces throughout the region.

News regarding displaced miners

By Keith Light, May 14th 2010

I am curious as why Venezuelanalysis has not covered this very dramatic and important event in the province of Bolivar...the displacement of 1000's of miners evicted from their illegal mines. I agree with the fact that the VZ government finally took steps to eradicate the illegal gold mining. However, it does not seem like much thought had been put into dealing with 1000's of people who would have no home, job, or money ( It seems that the soldiers took away the little they may have had ).

Socialism does not need propaganda - facts and logic are enough to defeat capitalist arguments

By Simon Ashworth Wood, Apr 18th 2010

Hola everyone : )

I am writing this letter in response to the comment submitted by "jsb" on Sat, 17/04/2010 - 14:23, under this article:

Venezuela’s Young Communication Guerrillas

Here is my response to jsb's comment:

When promoting participatory democracy, equality, full national independence, and the sharing out of a country's wealth and power amongst all of that country's people (i.e. socialism), we don't need to use "propaganda". We use facts and logic instead.