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Lessons We Can Learn from the Electoral Setback in Venezuela
January 11, 2016 ... war on target countries such as Venezuela is as much a weapon of aggression and a tool for regime change as ... socialism cannot be counterposed to what those like Michael Lebowitz and Marta Harnecker call the “state socialism” ... -
Venezuelan Inventiveness, Marxism, and Vernacular Revolutionary Traditions
July 8, 2010 ... therapy and the emergence in the years that followed of a “socialism for the 21st century.” This revolutionary ... a president reelected under its new Constitution.[7] As Michael Lebowitz explained in Build It Now: Here was a constitution ... -
If We Were Venezuelan, on August 15th, 2004, We Would Vote for Hugo Chavez
August 12, 2004 ... by the major media and that attempts to characterize as a tyrant, a President who has consistently respected the rule ... (Canada): Journalist 46. Saul Landau (USA): Filmmaker 47. Michael Lebowitz (Canada): Economist and Professor Emeritus 48. ... -
Workers Building a New Venezuela
November 7, 2005 ... ambitious struggle to transform their society — in which a majority of the population is poor — to one that provides ... to those of capitalism. As Canadian academic Michael Lebowitz, now living in Venezuela, explained at a recent ... -
Bolivarian Venezuela at a Crossroads, Part 4: Suggested Paths to 21st Century Socialism
August 25, 2010 ... It was precisely to this end that, in the 1960s, a company such as SIDOR, the iron steel corporation, was ... and secure excessive profit margins for themselves. Michael Lebowitz made a number of proposals regarding farming policy ... -
Towards Correctly Measuring the Role of the Oil Sector in Economic Growth
December 16, 2009 ... is fundamentally flawed. Moreover, this is not simply a technical problem but has very important economic and ... aside the many valid criticisms that can be made of GDP as a measure of economic well-being, it is in general a sensible ... según clase de actividad económica, 1995-2003 Michael Tanzer is the president of Tanzer Economic ... -
President Chavez Hosts 141st OPEC Meeting in Caracas
June 3, 2006 ... and declared that OPEC “has always represented a flag of freedom for the third world.” Chavez speaks to ... to be held in Venezuela, in September 2000, was largely as a result of Chavez’ efforts to revitalize the ... has led OPEC since.” On Wednesday night, while hosting a Gala dinner for the Heads of the various foreign ... -
An Old Honduran Coup on a Different Stage
June 29, 2009 ... The opposition says the president has resigned and a conservative pro-business leader is appointed de-facto ... but roughly the same story is once again being told, on a different stage with different actors. But that ... ) For months, Zelaya had been planning a non-binding consultative referendum to take place this ... -
Venezuela Headlines #96 - Upcoming National Assembly Elections
September 23, 2010 ... actions came just days after the White House released a memorandum placing Venezuela on a list of illicit drug transit and producing countries. The ... last week that the price of oil should be at $100 dollars a barrel, which he said would, “allow for just compensation ... -
Latin America & Twenty-First Century Socialism: Inventing to Avoid Mistakes, Chapter 2
August 17, 2010 ... Century Socialism We have said that, in order to judge a government, it is not so important to consider the pace at ... of the characteristics of any transition to socialism. As Lebowitz says, “Socialism does not drop from the sky.” ... 25, 2005). 58. ↩ Ibid. Some authors, including Michael Lebowitz, prefer to call it “socialism for the ... -
Against Judicial Attacks, International Support for Venezuela’s Communes
December 22, 2014 VA.com publishes this open letter by a number of scholars and activists who warn about recent ... for Place, Culture and Politics, CUNY Graduate Center NYC Michael Lebowitz , author of Build It Now: Socialism for the ... -
“What is Inexcusable is Venezuela's Political Independence”
February 17, 2015 An interview with John Pilger, conducted by Michael Albert. Why would the U.S. want Venezuela's ... improve the quality of ordinary lives. Venezuela remains a source of inspiration for social reform in a continent ravaged by an historically rapacious U.S. An ... -
Cuba, Venezuela, and the Quest for Socialism: One and the Same?
April 14, 2009 ... country's respective efforts and methods toward building a socialist society. Cuba, Venezuela, and the Role of ... should pay heed to the advice of socialist scholar Michael A. Lebowitz, who reminds us that, "If you don't know where you ... -
The Moore Saga
BlogOctober 27, 2009 The New York Times did a "story" today on my reaction to Michael Moore's fairy tale ... would be inspirational and much more newsworthy than me & Michael Moore and a bunch of ridiculous lies - or jokes, ... -
Venezuela's PSUV and Socialism from Below
March 28, 2007 ... party PODEMOS . Their refusal has created a political firestorm of sorts: Ismael García, head of ... to enter the new organization. The "glum faces" that Michael Lebowitz noted that night in the Teresa Carreño Theater ...