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The liberating mission of Chavismo set to continue
Here’s an antidote to the Venezuela election-induced tantrums of Western elites. GAVIN O’TOOLE reviews it
CHAVEZ FOREVER: A rally by Chavistas in Caracas supporting the new proposed legislation: ‘Against fascism, neofascism and similar expressions,’ August 23 2024
CHRIS SEARLE recommends a work of love and deep admiration for a great musician
KENNY MacASKILL relishes a fictionalised account of the life and death of the principled Irish anti-colonialist, executed for betraying his English imperial masters
FIONA O’CONNOR admires an ambitious first novel that loosens South Africa’s rainbow collective to examine the racial tensions within
Aussie mining corporation murder, Liverpudlian ex-cop amnesia, a naive vigilante tries to reset capitalism, and the riddle of the dead psychoanalyst
SYLVIA HIKINS is persuaded by an entertaining play that the true miracle of Lourdes would be for attitudes toward disability to change
Corporate Coup: Venezuela and the End of US Empire
by Anya Parampil
OR Books £19.99
WHILE blanket Western outrage at the outcome of Venezuela’s recent elections offers more than a lesson in US imperial rabble-rousing, it can also teach us about how language is infused with power.
It can warn us, for example, about the continued dangers of swallowing Washington’s deceitful definition of democracy without reading the list of toxic ingredients on the packet.
Take the astonishing lengths to which the compliant Western media have gone to dismiss President Nicolas Maduro as a totalitarian tyrant — not least since the July 28 poll — eloquently unravelled in the Morning Star by Roger Harris and Peter Bolton.
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