The New Operation Condor hits Venezuela and Latin America - Statement from Democracy and Class Struggle

Democracy and Class Struggle says do not make any mistake about it Bolton , Pence and Pompeo, Trump with their running dogs (aka the bitches of hell) in Latin America are implementing a murderous  Operation Condor part  two.

The fire and sword they are bringing to Venezuela will be turned on them and Latin America will yet write its finest pages of its long history as true national and social liberation will hit the continent.

The 2020's  are not the 1970's and hell is already calling Bolton, Pompeo and Trump and the comprador elites in Latin America and they will arrive in the fires of hell sooner than they realise - and they will be so dazed that they will not know or even comprehend what has hit them.

The Peru People's Movement (Reorganization Committee), an organization created by the Communist Party of Peru for international work, wrote in a statement published in September 2018: 

"A great opportunity to rebuild its Communist Party is presented to the proletariat of Venezuela, because it is a necessity. The proletariat of this country, represented by its vanguard, has to fight to lead the armed struggle by opposing the military intervention of imperialist if it takes place. 

Regardless of the situation, the Maoist revolutionaries in Venezuela must take the lead in the struggle of the masses to lead it against imperialism, semi-feudalism and bureaucratic capitalism, transforming the armed struggle into a People's War, all to make revolution. "

Venezuela's Army Gives Support To Nicolas Maduro's Government

Democracy and Class Struggle says the People's Militia's must also be activated not just the Army to prepare for what is coming - pre - emption  is the key not waiting.

Despite Six Million votes for President Maduro - Jeremy Hunt British Foreign Secretary prefers the President with no votes Juan Guaido

This anti democratic Tory Government must GO and NOW !

Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt has claimed Nicholas Maduro is “not the legitimate leader of Venezuela” and reaffirmed his UK government’s support for opposition leader Juan Guaido.

Hunt said: "It is clear that Nicholas Maduro is not the legitimate leader of Venezuela... the United Kingdom believes Juan Guaido is the right person to take Venezuela forward."

A spokesperson for the UK Labour Party stated: "We oppose outside interference in Venezuela” and called for a “peaceful dialogue” and “negotiated settlement”.

Solidarity with President Maduro: Bolivian President Evo Morales and Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador

Bolivian President Evo Morales has expressed his “solidarity” with the Venezuelan people and condemned what he called an “imperialist attack”.

On Twitter he said: “Our solidarity with the Venezuelan people and @Nicolas Maduro, in these decisive hours when the claws of imperialism are once again trying to deal a death blow on democracy and self-determination on the peoples of South America. We will not be the backyard of the US again.”

A spokesman for Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador also said that Mexico would continue recognising Maduro as Venezuela's president.

Jesus Ramirez Cuevas told Milenio television: “We maintain our position of neutrality in the Venezuelan conflict.”

The Revolutionary Government of the Republic of Cuba strongly condemns and rejects the attempt to impose through a coup a puppet government in the service of the United States in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and expresses its unwavering solidarity with the Government of the constitutional president Nicolás Maduro Moros.

The Revolutionary Government of the Republic of Cuba strongly condemns and rejects the attempt to impose through a coup a puppet government in the service of the United States in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and expresses its unwavering solidarity with the Government of the constitutional president Nicolás Maduro Moros.

The true objectives of the actions against Venezuela are to control the vast resources of that sister nation and destroy the value of its example, as an emancipatory process and as a defence of the dignity and independence of Our America.

As President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez said: "The sovereignty of our peoples is resolved today in the attitude towards Venezuela. To support the legitimate right of the sister nation to define its destiny is to defend the dignity of all. "

Other attempts should not be forgotten, such as the military coup of 2002 and the oil coup of 2003, the aggressive Executive Order of the United States that qualifies Venezuela as "an unusual and extraordinary threat to national security and foreign policy" of the superpower, the unilateral coercive measures, the call to a military coup against the constitutional Government of Venezuela, the warning of the President of the United States to use "a possible military option" and the attempted assassination on August 4 against President Maduro.

The acts of a group of countries and the shameful role of the OAS constitute a new and desperate attempt to implement an unsuccessful policy of regime change, which has not been imposed due to the unwavering resistance of the Venezuelan people and their willingness to defend the National sovereignty.

Havana, January 23, 2019

The Left Case Against The European Union by Costas Lapavitsas

Democracy and Class Struggle does not have much respect for many economists but Costas Lapavitsas is an exception - he cuts through the social democratic crap of a reformed EU and says like us - it needs smashing - because it is dangerous for the working class and democracy.

Yanis Varoufakis we exposed long ago as an "erratic Marxist" basically a liberal and confusion monger on the Left.

Maduro Says Any State Supporting Juan Guaido has 72 Hours to vacate their Embassy in Venezuela

One way to get rid of the paymasters of the fifth columnists

BREXIT CHAOS FOR THE RULING CLASS BY REVOLUTIONARY PRAXIS

Democracy and Class Struggle is for Britain leaving the European Union and the British Union and our view is explained clearly in our article Combat Liberalism here.

Our comrades at Revolutionary Praxis have a different view on Brexit  expressed below .

The British ruling class is divided and in a chaotic state as it approaches the deadline for the exit of Britain from the European Union. Prime Minister May’s proposed ‘deal’ with the EU was predictably rejected by the House of Commons. Without a deal Britain will have to crash out of the economic and political union. The divisions over the EU run deep through the ruling class. 

At one time British capitalism saw the EU as its saviour as it attempted to sustain its world position as a declining imperialist power facing the rise of US imperialism. 

The French and German capitalist classes became keen to have Britain as a member due to her considerable experience in running the world through her former colonies and their “special” relationship with US imperialism. 

The exit of Britain will be a loss to Franco-German imperialism and its dream of a European-centred empire.


IMPERIALIST CONTRADICTIONS


The growing contradictions between the imperialists means that sooner or later the old alliances and certainties of the late twentieth century would be torn asunder. The European imperialists, led by the French and German imperialists, have been seeking greater independence from the USA for some time and are coming into conflict with the Russian imperialists to their east.

 The British ruling class had to decide on which side of the fence to jump; to further the alliance with the US or further it with the European imperialists. The ruling class is split on this. In addition the economic collapse of 2008 has seen growing poverty, austerity and resentment among the masses all over Europe with many turning to the populist and fascist right in the absence of a genuine Communist movement. 

Depending on which alliance the factions of the ruling class prefer to be in they have played on this culminating with the EU Referendum in 2016.


REFERENDUMS


Cameron and company were shocked and horrified by the result; a rejection of his call to remain in the EU which he arrogantly believed would carry the day. The ruling class has since used the referendum result to create divisions among the people. Referendums can never be a true representation of the complex problems facing the mass of the people or be a genuine means of democratic expression as they usually pose very simple questions which can be interpreted in many different ways. It is a tactic which was regularly employed by fascist regimes to bolster their legitimacy. The referendum was a con trick on the British people. 

The deep longing for some democratic participation among the people means the inability to carry through what was wrongly posed as a simple question leaves many feeling even more alienated from the political system. 

The EU political establishment and its bureaucracy for its part will not tolerate any attempt to weaken its power, a power which is steadily unravelling in the age of austerity, wars, refugee crises and growing imperialist contradictions.


RULING CLASS BREXITEERS


The majority of Britain’s ruling class it appears do not really want to exit the EU or at least the free market and customs union which has allowed them to increase the division of labour across borders and facilitate the production and distribution of commodities and financial transactions. 

There is a very reactionary section of the ruling class who would prefer an alliance with the USA instead and promote the glory and nostalgia for the early British empire in its colonial period. The latter section of the ruling class are the section which would prepare the grounds for economic protectionism and war along with a desire to use Britain as a huge tax haven just as its remaining colonies currently operate; Jersey, Bermuda, Cayman Islands and the Virgin Islands. This is their only answer to strengthening the British economy, in their interests of course. 

They do not desire to invest in manufacturing but wish to continue in property and finance as they have for decades. British finance capital has long had the upper hand over industrial capital and it is not likely that this will change. The victory of Trump in the US has scuppered their plans to gain a trade deal with the US so now they have their knickers in a twist! 

In a situation like this they would no doubt allow US firms direct access to services such as the NHS if it could get them a deal. Some leftists seriously believe that exiting the EU will make it possible to bring about socialism. This is a fairy tale. Brexit will either mean a close trade agreement with US imperialism, protectionism for British monopolies and Britain as a tax haven, Revolution is the only path to socialism.


MILITARY PREPARATIONS


The ruling class represented by the Labour Party and Liberal Democrats are pushing for the retention of the customs union or a second referendum. The later would only increase division and bolster the fascist right. The ruling class is split as never before, More disturbingly however are their plans to break any resistance to potential difficulties resulting from a no deal Brexit. They are determined not to tolerate any unrest if the situation regarding basic commodities such as food and medicines becomes desperate. The London Evening Standard of 17th January reported that the army was placing 3,500 regular and reserve troops on standby ready for deployment at key economic, security and welfare centres of the UK in response to ‘no deal threats’ to ‘economic stability’. 

The Ministry of Transport and the Home Office have already had military officers sent in to oversee the work there. The British state is now clearly tightening its grip as the crisis deepens. In any capitalist state, even a ‘democratic’ one, the military is the backbone and will always step forward in some form or other when the ruling class politicians are unable to rule effectively. May is already inviting other opposition MP’s to talks to try and gain some sort of authority over a Parliament she cannot command now that the Tory party has deserted her in droves. 

The contradictions in the British ruling class are only a prelude to the greater contradictions which will engulf the world’s ruling classes in the next few years bringing the threat of another imperialist war to the forefront again.


A TIME OF DANGER AND OPPORTUNITY


The British ruling class are in a mess and this is clearly apparent to the people. Although we are threatened by the chaos being brought about by their incompetence, this also provides opportunities for the working class and middle strata to get organised and hit back at these exploiting parasites.


“There is great disorder under heaven and the situation is excellent!”

Mao Zedong

Led by the USA, 'Lima Group' advances its intervention plans against Venezuela

The so-called "Lima Group," made up of governments from 13 Latin American countries, decided not to recognize the Venezuelan government of Nicolás Maduro, who takes office on January 10. The decision was taken at a meeting held on January 4. The current Foreign Minister of Bolsonaro military government, Ernesto Araújo, attended the meeting.

At the meeting, governments took the decision not to recognize the Venezuelan government as legitimate and constitutional, and urged Maduro to hand over the power to the parliament - of majoritarian opposition.

The Lima Group is an organization that was created in 2017 at the initiative of the Peruvian government, which was encouraged by Yankee imperialism, with the objective of isolating the Venezuelan government and increasing the political and economic pressure on the regime of Nicolás Maduro, with the immediate objective of "reestablishing democracy in Venezuela ".

Today, the Lima Group, coordinated by Yankee imperialism - in the person of the Yankee Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, who personally leads the work of the Group - pressures the government of Maduro to dissolve the Constituent Assembly convened by him in 2017. A Constituent Assembly, of corporatist character, that holds supreme power and thus replaced the Venezuelan parliament, removing the groups of "opposition" from power.

The Lima Group is composed of the governments of Brazil, Peru, Argentina, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Chile, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Panama and Paraguay. In addition to the official countries, it seems that there will be participation of the Secretary of State for Yankee imperialism, Mike Pompeo, in the videoconference meetings.

THE CRISIS IN VENEZUELA

The serious social, political and institutional crisis in Venezuela is the result of a serious economic crisis of that country's bureaucratic capitalism. The Venezuelan economy is sustained by the export of commodities, especially crude oil (95% of exports), and the largest buyer is the USA, followed by China. Thus the relative economic and political stability that the Hugo Chávez government enjoyed from its election in 1999 through 2013 was due to the high oil prices in the international market, which varied in 2013 and threw the Venezuelan economy down the pit.

The economic crisis and the flight of capital (industrial plants and imperialist capitals out of the country) led to an even greater internal strife between the sectors of the Venezuelan big bourgeoisie, especially between the comprador fraction (banks and financial monopolies) and the bureaucratic fraction (monopolies industrial sectors linked to the State) that seek greater control of the State apparatus to allocate resources to their respective businesses.

Yankee imperialism, seeking to stabilize the country to better plunder it and to overexploit Venezuelan workers, stimulates and propels the purchasing power groups of the big bourgeoisie to subvert the regime of Nicolas Maduro and install a new government in its place. 

Since taking office, Donald Turmp, head of the USA, even mentioned that he is studying "a military option" to solve the crisis in Venezuela; other officials of US imperialism say openly about the possibility of a coup against Maduro.

Among the reactionary crossfire of these fractions of the big bourgeoisie, the workers, peasants and workers in general, in addition to the small and medium land owners, suffer. Inflation is 13,000 percent, and unemployment is expected to rise to 36 percent by 2022. High unemployment and miserable wages implies that households do not consume and this increases the bankruptcy of small and medium-sized national companies, which, in turn, increases unemployment and social collapse.

The Peru People's Movement (Reorganization Committee), an organization created by the Communist Party of Peru for international work, wrote in a statement published in September 2018: 

"A great opportunity to rebuild its Communist Party is presented to the proletariat of Venezuela, because it is a necessity. The proletariat of this country, represented by its vanguard, has to fight to lead the armed struggle by opposing the military intervention of imperialist if it takes place. Regardless of the situation, the Maoist revolutionaries in Venezuela must take the lead in the struggle of the masses to lead it against imperialism, semi-feudalism and bureaucratic capitalism, transforming the armed struggle into a People's War, all to make revolution. "

translated from A Nova Democracia website of Brazil by Dem Volke Dienen

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