Articles on Venezuela

The following are two articles on the current situation in Venezuela.

The first is Venezuela and the Bolivarian Revolution by Mark Langhammer of the Labour Party:

From literacy projects to self employment preparation, from neighbourhood soup kitchens, to the Co-Op food Mercals, the Bolivarian Revolution has activated a layer of the poorest in Venezuelan society. The result has been a popular, empowering and humane vision - with a highly politicized, involved and active and increasingly organized civic society.

The second is Venezuela: A Good Example of the Bad Left of Latin America by Michael A. Lebowitz, who currently lives in Venezuela:

The Bolivarian Revolution has driven beyond the barriers constantly placed before it (and has itself developed qualitatively in the process) precisely because of its dialectic between leadership and the movement of masses. That is why the development of the collective worker through the explosion of communal power, the ideological campaign of Moral y Luces, and the mobilization of a new party from below are essential for the next steps.

Here is a also a link to videos of a speech given by Liebowitz on the ongoing Bolivarian Revolution: Building It Now in Venezuela: Socialism for the 21st Century