So I just hopped on to share a news item with everybody, concerning the ongoing land appropriations in Venezuela for conversion into small-scale collectives, cooperatives, etc. to ensure that the Revolution is capable of providing 100% food sustainability for the country. But I found that in under a month I had hit 200 page views! Yay! Thanks guys! In the famous words of me: "I'm gettin' famous!"
Not really. But thank you all for at least taking the time to glance at things. =D
Anyway, Venezuela is expanding its land appropriations initiated by Hugo Chavez under the National Land Institute (INTI), which aims to reclaim land held by vast private estates and hand them over to the campesinos. While the opposition has said this project is an abject failure, the article points out that statistics show it has, indeed, increased over all crop-yield. In addition to this, the campesinos are preparing their first national congress to address the role of the campesinos in social change. This is Marxism in action--a unification between the laborer's occupation and reclamation of the means of production as well as their organization into political bodies.
What does this mean for the American Left? While most farms in the United States are privately owned and operated by family members, what this shows is that schemes of productive appropriations are possible and effective. It could be along the lines of employees of a major restaurant chain slowly gaining complete control over voting rights in the board of directors over a period of a few years. Facilities or policy organs within corporations could be slowly transitioned into union control. While violent revolution is the quickest way to get things in the hands of the people, the soft approach is also definitely workable in a more pluralistic society. Anyway, short post today. See you all on Thursday!
Viva Venezuela!
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