[Green-Activist] Fw: Fw: Coup D'Etat Rumblings in Venezuela -StephenLendman

[Anne Goddard]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stephen Lendman" <lendmanstephen at sbcglobal.net>
To: "Anne Goddard" <anne at globalclimatechangeaction.org>
Sent: Friday, November 23, 2007 9:32 PM
Subject: Re: Fw: [Green-Activist] Coup D'Etat Rumblings in 
Venezuela -StephenLendman


many thanks for sending Anne and my regards to Chris.
Tell him I take great pride in my anti-imperial stance
and beliefs and will showcase it every chance I get no
punches pulled. Hey, I live in the heart of the ugly
beast but it's not easy.

Good luck on dumping John Howard tomorrow I believe.
He's an utter disgrace, and the bastard wants a 5th
term while bitching about Chavez wanting a 3rd one.

My best,

Steve

--- Anne Goddard <anne at globalclimatechangeaction.org>
wrote:

> Hiya Steve,
> I thought you may have been interested in this reply
> to your article via the
> Greens-Activist list.
> Chris Chaplin is a tireless worker for the
> Australian Greens, and someone
> (else) who I greatly admire.
> He obviously appreciates what you do.
> :-)
> keep shining my dear friend.
> Warm regards
> Anne
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Chris Chaplin & Jenny Heland Chaplin"
> <chrisjen at techinfo.com.au>
> To: "maillist for Green Activists"
> <green-activist at lists.altnews.com.au>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2007 12:09 PM
> Subject: Re: [Green-Activist] Coup D'Etat Rumblings
> in
> Venezuela -StephenLendman
>
>
> Thanks Anne, this is an excellent refresher on
> what's happening in
> Venezuela.  The writer occasionally lapses into
> old-fashioned
> anti-imperialist rhetoric, but anyone who has
> visited the Bolivarist
> countries would understand how deeply that such
> revolutionary language
> resonates with the local peoples.
>
> There now seem to be two distinct fronts for
> aggressive US intervention on
> the global stage.  The first is against Iran: this
> is a serious concern, as
> all indications over the last 12 months have pointed
> to the US neocon
> warhawks making genuine preparations (both military,
> and in public
> perception of "the enemy") for war.
>
> The other is obviously Venezuela, which has now
> replaced Cuba as the true
> "enemy in the backyard", at least in senior
> rightwing circles.  Chavez has
> been impressive in standing up to the concerted
> efforts of the world's
> greatest superpower, and by doing so has inspired a
> remarkable political
> shift to the left in Latin American countries.  This
> on its own would be
> sufficient for the US to intervene - as they did in
> Nicaragua immediately
> following the socialist Sandinista revolution, by
> illegally funding the
> Contras (ironically, with funds from the sale of
> weapons to Iran!).
>
> But add to that the US's current dire energy
> security predicament: they now
> produce only 2% of their national oil needs, and
> have to import the rest.
> This was certainly one of the several reasons for
> the invasions of
> Afghanistan and Iraq, and in both cases the ongoing
> resistance/insurgency is
> preventing the US from achieving the oil supply
> security they need.
> Venezuela is an active OPEC member, and the neocons
> would be right in
> thinking that Chavez poses a continuing threat to
> the US national interest.
>
> These are very worrying times indeed.  The more
> informed we all are about
> the growing neocon pressure for US aggression, the
> more we can build public
> concern and opposition to it.
>
> Chris Chaplin
> Preston
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Anne Goddard"
> <anne at globalclimatechangeaction.org>
> To: <GreenLeft_Discussion at yahoogroups.com>;
> <green-activist at lists.altnews.com.au>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2007 6:17 AM
> Subject: [Green-Activist] Coup D'Etat Rumblings in
> Venezuela -
> StephenLendman
>
>
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Stephen Lendman" <lendmanstephen at
> sbcglobal.net>
> > To: "Anne Goddard" <anne at
> globalclimatechangeaction.org>
> > Sent: Monday, November 19, 2007 9:36 PM
> > Subject: Re: venezuelasolidarity.org
> >
> >
> > Hi Anne -
> >
> > Here's my new Venezuela article - with a scary
> title.
> >
> > Steve
> >
> > Coup D'Etat Rumblings in Venezuela - by Stephen
> > Lendman
> <snip>
>
>



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