April 23, 2007
Venezuela's government will require workers to spend four hours a week in ``socialist formation'' classes, and is mandating employers form ``Bolivarian Work Councils'' to run courses on the job, El Universal reported, citing Labor and Social Security Minister Jose Ramon Rivero.That last little bit means that workers will be trained in Marxist-Leninist dialectics.The classes will first be held only in public sector jobs, beginning with a pilot program at the nation's Labor Ministry, and will later spread to private businesses, after President Hugo Chavez decrees a law outlining re-education guidelines and rules, the newspaper said.
Topics to be addressed in the four-hour classes include Venezuelan history and "basic tools for analyzing reality, the environment, the role of the state and socialist scheme,'' to speed the transition from capitalism to socialism, Rivero said, according to the newspaper.
On a related note, Lance at A Second Hand Conjecture has an interview with Manny Lopez of the Detroit News about his recent visit to Venezuela:
Chávez has spent millions plastering the country with propaganda. “Socialism, patriotism or death†banners hang throughout Caracas as well as a litany of “death to American imperialism†murals.
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And while Yeltsin sucks... he did help sink the Soviet Union, though I know you guys still like to pretend it was Reagan.
Posted by: John at April 23, 2007 12:14 PM (qiTAx)
Right, as opposed to communism-- which basically handed over all of the USSR's wealth to a few individuals.
Posted by: Jesusland Carlos at April 23, 2007 12:21 PM (8e/V4)
Posted by: Garduneh Mehr at April 23, 2007 12:37 PM (j97MF)
http://groups.msn.com/AutonomiaIslamicaWayuu
Posted by: Anonymous at April 23, 2007 01:33 PM (aJd+8)
you CAN kick that drug habit John... don't give up... just repeat after me... no drugs
Posted by: Kamchatka Bear at April 23, 2007 01:33 PM (fjEyZ)
I don't think the word "literally" means what you think it means. Now pardon me while I go watch Red Dawn again. Damn Russkies.
Posted by: wooga at April 23, 2007 02:34 PM (t9sT5)
Posted by: DAT at April 23, 2007 02:55 PM (U6QlE)
Posted by: Rick at April 23, 2007 04:13 PM (9ZqGe)
Much worse than Cuba, in my opinion.
I mean, Chavez and AhamdiNezhad (Iran's so-called president) have agreed to fund anti-American anti-democracy terrorism on this continent to the tune of one billion dollars, $1,000,000,000.oo
Posted by: Garduneh Mehr at April 23, 2007 05:19 PM (j97MF)
Posted by: sandpiper at April 25, 2007 10:22 AM (poF4d)
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