Sunday, May 27, 2007

further reading...

well, today is the day is the day.
i attended a rather sparsely attended opposition rally yesterday, today will feature marches from both sides.

some further reading on RCTV:

George Ciccariello-Maher provides insight on the oligarchy, RCTV, and Freedom of Speech:

http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/cm260507.html

Patrick MeElwee de-pants some NGO positions on Venezuela:

http://counterpunch.org/mcelwee05252007.html

and Chris Carlson exposes links between the US department of State and Venezuelan opposition jounalists:

http://www.venezuelanalysis.com/news.php?newsno=2309

enjoy!

2 comments:

Unknown said...

CNN just claimed "Chaos in Venezuela"...care to elaborate? Yes, yes, I imagine it an exaggerated response but...well...still curious.

--d said...

not entirely certain what the chaos might have referred to.
there are marches everyday, but to describe it as chaos seems a bit sensationalist (and not entirely surprising). Things do look to be escalating, however, and as I write this, there might be a clash going on between students (opposition) and the police. I don´t have access to a television at the moment, so i can´t tell you more as of yet, but will post more soon.

hi cletus, hope you´re well. welcome.

--d