Here’s a good documentary on Chavez in the broader context of Latin America’s 500+ years genocide, slavery, exploitation, and poverty. There are many other sources on this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=6vBlV5TUI64
Posts Tagged ‘radical’
When will this madness stop?!
Posted: 2013/03/06 by Punkonomics (@dearbalak) in Links/Articles/VideoTags: colonialism, denial, empire, Iraq, justice, Latin America, lobbying, Middle-East, military industrial complex, propaganda, racism, radical, righteous rage, torture, war crimes
Empires are always dependent on violent repression and this is not a revelation; but the specifics are new to me.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/video/2013/mar/06/james-steele-america-iraq-video
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of course saying anything good about Chavez is controversial in the US and many other rich countries.
Posted: 2013/03/06 by Punkonomics (@dearbalak) in Links/Articles/VideoTags: Bolivarian revolution, colonialism, denial, Hugo Chavez, justice, Latin America, post-colonialism, propaganda, radical, socialism, Venezuela, Washington Consensus
So we are looking for available air-time to discuss this and examine the big picture. Also, I will write a very short obituary in the East Orlando Post as soon as I can…
In the meantime, check out these 2 articles:
Defending Chavez: http://www.thenation.com/article/173212/legacy-hugo-chavez
Most well-meaning (but somewhat misinformed) people relied on this one to establish how bad Chavez was: http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/03/05/venezuela-chavez-s-authoritarian-legacy (I’m very disappointed in Human Rights Watch for providing information with NO CONTEXT AT ALL–Fox/MSNBC style)
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Too few ppl understand that Obama & GOP are almost same in economics
Posted: 2013/03/04 by Punkonomics (@dearbalak) in UncategorizedTags: austerity, fascist, finance, fraud, radical, scam, socialist
Show #22 on racism with Jay Gordon – part 2
Posted: 2013/03/03 by Punkonomics (@dearbalak) in PodcastsTags: culture, Django Unchained, fraud, justice, lobbying, prison-industrial-complex, propaganda, racism, radical, Tarantino
Jay Gordon, Jesse, and I talked about a lot of very painful stuff in our 2 hr racism special. We are always open to criticism and responses from the public so please let us know and join the conversation.
ALL ideologies and perspectives are welcome here.
Punkonomics (@DearBalak) 