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DESCRIPTION:Historian, author and activist Larry Shoup will report back on his recent 
 trip to Venezuela. He will discuss the latest developments in the 
 Bolivarian revolutionary process going on in that country. Led by the 
 immensely popular Hugo Chavez, who describes himself as a "subversive," the 
 Venezuelan people are in motion, actively working to create a new society. 
 This exciting process is complex, but can be summed up by focusing on the 
 creation of dual power in the economic and political realms. In economics, 
 hundreds of thousands of cooperatives, a type of workers control, are being 
 created with the help of the government. These are meant to eventually 
 outflank and superseed traditional capitalism. In politics, community 
 councils, consisting of groups of about 200 families each, are being 
 organized to directly govern themselves, instead of relying on traditional 
 representative "democracy." These councils are meant to eventually result 
 in a new type of direct participatory democracy. The entire process is well 
 underway but far from complete. The long term goal is a new type of "21st 
 century Socialism." What are the achievements of and future prospects for 
 this revolutionary process?\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/11/18/18462049.php
SUMMARY:The Revolutionary Process in Venezuela
LOCATION:Niebyl-Proctor Library, 6501 Telegraph Ave. (just north of Alcatraz), 
 Oakland.  Free event.  Wheelchair accessible
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/11/18/18462049.php
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