Empire Files: Constituent Assembly Dictatorship or Democracy in Venezuela?
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On July 30th, Venezuelans will elect a people’s body called the “Constituent Assembly” comprised of hundreds of representatives across the country with the power to redraft the constitution.
U.S. politicians, press and opposition in Venezuela are calling the process a “coup” that should be boycotted by all.
Abby Martin addresses the criticisms with Head of the Presidential Commission to oversee the Constituent Assembly process, Elias Jaua, speaks to supporters and participants of the Assembly, interviews historian Chris Gilbert and explains what is at stake in Venezuela if the social programs instated under Chavez are terminated by the opposition.
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Use of force by Venezuela’s Bolivarian National Guard has become a regular sight in corporate media, and those actions are used by foreign powers as justification for intervention.
With very real possibilities of another US-backed coup, Abby Martin interviews the head of Venezuela’s Armed Forces and Minister of Defense, General Padrino López. They discuss the National Guard’s control of food and medicine, condemnations over use of force, and the threat of US military intervention.
Now hold on! Just what kind of government would have the “actual” people have a say in their lives? Haven’t they seen the TV show “Father Knows Best”? Are they ignorant or what?
“Ignorant” doesn’t begin to describe these people, Tubes. And that’s what’s wrong with socialism. People start to think and the next thing you know, “ignorance” rules.
Not to worry, though, because the American establishment and the Venezuelan opposition (and a couple of other countries, I hear) are working on a lesson plan to teach all Venezuelan’s, but especially the unwell heeled, all about “real” democracy and how it’s “really” supposed to work. Just how insistent they will have to be in the face of all of this “ignorance,” however, remains to be seen. But it does begin to look as though harsher pedagogical methods are about to be resorted to if all of this craziness is ever to be quelled.