zein al-abdeen
26th November 2008, 12:34
editorial of the third issue / socialist venezuela
succesful invesments
We previously said that the revolution will not wade into any upcoming easy confrontations; all stages of its advancement were characterized as difficult. However, the revolution is enjoying today a new character, which is complexity. We are now facing an entangled image under which many relations are interacting and various activities are intersected on different levels; this means that it would be very unjust to create a point of view towards the going-ons of the revolution based on a superficial non-deliberate vision without diving into the depth of the titles and indications of the events.
Unfortunately, among the things that have been talked about superficially, is the issue of the fast reduction in fuel prices which some promoted that will be the end of the Venezuelan revolution claiming that it will not resume without its financial fuel on both the internal level and the external one, particularly the Latin level. This simple analysis may seem completely true at first for those who are used to judging disorderly depending on previous projections and phrases that are transferred literally from capitalist media or on simple analysis that lacks true and accurate information.
There is no doubt that President Chavez does not hesitate to invest fuel finance in social projects in order to fight poverty in Venezuela, the Latin continent, and even Africa; recession of the amounts of fuel profit will definitely weaken this process and push it to retreat; however, two important matters are absent while handling this issue; these matters must be indicated in order that the image, at least for those who want to judge the outcomes of the revolution, becomes clear and reflects the true reality not the imaginary one, or the one hoped by the many enemies of the revolution, those who take hold of all contact tools with the audiences especially in our countries.
Financial investment in social projects is not the only investment of the Venezuelan government; the social investment is also not an investment without a profit nor is it money spent without use. Venezuela invests tens of millions of dollars in productive development projects, and those revolutions which launched various projects in fields such as industrialization, energy, and food are similar to any other projects that cost money for establishment, and profit will come after operation; in the case of Venezuela, the profit goes first to the citizen who obtains products of high quality and low price; the socialist factories, which started since the defeat of electing the 2007 constitution and began since a couple of months offering distinguished products and achieving profit for the state, are an example.
Graduating enormous numbers of Venezuelan students specialized in various fields for which the Venezuelan society is in need, is only a start of gathering the profits of the governmental expenditures on the educational field; for now, Venezuela is able to achieve the essential move which was impossible before this day due to the lack of specialized local human resources which was not available before but will increase year by year, not only to fulfill the Venezuelan self sufficiency of all products but also to export them in the next stage in order for the revolution to inform the world that investing in human is the best investment, it is also the most beneficial according to the measurements of the greedy capitalists.
The revolutionary government in Venezuela, the government of President Chavez, had never depended on fuel completely as a vision for the future, even though it starts from there with its projects, this is only becuase it needs fuel for launching but definitely not for continuing. An amount of $40 billion of foreign currencies as governmental reserves is enough to reduce the danger of the decrease in fuel prices; the revolution does not encounter this problem by one finger but by a full hand that is able to remain stead fastened; governmental investments in productive and social developing projects and enormous financial reserves are both lines of defense offered by the socialist revolution in Venezuela in order for it to continue as a revolution and not as a story in a book.
We do not suggest imagining a wonderfully beautiful rosy image, we have mentioned in the previous issue that the financial crisis will not have a radical affect on the Venezuelan economy and that its negative impact will only be due to the decrease in fuel prices which threatens the Venezuelan economy which must be protected against the aggressive attacks intended by the bourgeoisie in order to destroy that economy; this imposes a responsibility on the supporters of the revolution to strongly defend the Venezuelan economy, for if the bourgeoisie succeeds in destroying it within such circumstances, it will then be throwing a great hit towards the revolution. The revolution, on the other hand, is welcoming all these challenges just like a real revolution would do when forcing us to choose a clear attitude by either believing in the continuity of the revolution even if it was subject to harmful hits or else giving it up and going on dreaming of a revolution that includes no battles, a revolution that carries only victories, or in other words, an illusionary revolution.
Leader Chavez had previously said it, our revolution is a revolution full of battles; he also called before a couple of weeks on the comrades in the united socialist party to be cautious and avoid exaggeration in celebrating any victory, in order for us not to be infected by the illnesses of laziness and illusion; we should remain awake, aware, and ready for every upcoming battle; we should also build experiences by learning from previous tries, those ones with failure before those with success.
The decrease in fuel prices announces the opening of numerous internal battles to which President Chavez had directed attention; those battles include the issues of destroying corruption and eliminating bureaucracy, which must not be given the chance to extend, with paying more caution to expenditure.
Therefore, the revolution is ready, the revolution is rather lucky, for it has an opportunity in light of the upcoming challenges to prove itself and assure that it is able to build the factory and the human all together and also able to fight the bureaucratic group by surrounding the opportunists within it.
This stage in particular will reveal to us the nature of the revolution, whether it is capable or unable, whether it is revolutionary or traditional. We choose to bet on this revolution, to bet on a horse that is stronger and better in a very long race which will be resolved by the party of the socialist revolution in Venezuela, with its knight, President Hugo Chavez; in the upcoming months, we will witness a success by the revolution with its revolutionary nature, its socialism, and its reach to the safe bank by its strugglers of the united socialist party and its leader in spite of all the difficult surrounding circumstances.
succesful invesments
We previously said that the revolution will not wade into any upcoming easy confrontations; all stages of its advancement were characterized as difficult. However, the revolution is enjoying today a new character, which is complexity. We are now facing an entangled image under which many relations are interacting and various activities are intersected on different levels; this means that it would be very unjust to create a point of view towards the going-ons of the revolution based on a superficial non-deliberate vision without diving into the depth of the titles and indications of the events.
Unfortunately, among the things that have been talked about superficially, is the issue of the fast reduction in fuel prices which some promoted that will be the end of the Venezuelan revolution claiming that it will not resume without its financial fuel on both the internal level and the external one, particularly the Latin level. This simple analysis may seem completely true at first for those who are used to judging disorderly depending on previous projections and phrases that are transferred literally from capitalist media or on simple analysis that lacks true and accurate information.
There is no doubt that President Chavez does not hesitate to invest fuel finance in social projects in order to fight poverty in Venezuela, the Latin continent, and even Africa; recession of the amounts of fuel profit will definitely weaken this process and push it to retreat; however, two important matters are absent while handling this issue; these matters must be indicated in order that the image, at least for those who want to judge the outcomes of the revolution, becomes clear and reflects the true reality not the imaginary one, or the one hoped by the many enemies of the revolution, those who take hold of all contact tools with the audiences especially in our countries.
Financial investment in social projects is not the only investment of the Venezuelan government; the social investment is also not an investment without a profit nor is it money spent without use. Venezuela invests tens of millions of dollars in productive development projects, and those revolutions which launched various projects in fields such as industrialization, energy, and food are similar to any other projects that cost money for establishment, and profit will come after operation; in the case of Venezuela, the profit goes first to the citizen who obtains products of high quality and low price; the socialist factories, which started since the defeat of electing the 2007 constitution and began since a couple of months offering distinguished products and achieving profit for the state, are an example.
Graduating enormous numbers of Venezuelan students specialized in various fields for which the Venezuelan society is in need, is only a start of gathering the profits of the governmental expenditures on the educational field; for now, Venezuela is able to achieve the essential move which was impossible before this day due to the lack of specialized local human resources which was not available before but will increase year by year, not only to fulfill the Venezuelan self sufficiency of all products but also to export them in the next stage in order for the revolution to inform the world that investing in human is the best investment, it is also the most beneficial according to the measurements of the greedy capitalists.
The revolutionary government in Venezuela, the government of President Chavez, had never depended on fuel completely as a vision for the future, even though it starts from there with its projects, this is only becuase it needs fuel for launching but definitely not for continuing. An amount of $40 billion of foreign currencies as governmental reserves is enough to reduce the danger of the decrease in fuel prices; the revolution does not encounter this problem by one finger but by a full hand that is able to remain stead fastened; governmental investments in productive and social developing projects and enormous financial reserves are both lines of defense offered by the socialist revolution in Venezuela in order for it to continue as a revolution and not as a story in a book.
We do not suggest imagining a wonderfully beautiful rosy image, we have mentioned in the previous issue that the financial crisis will not have a radical affect on the Venezuelan economy and that its negative impact will only be due to the decrease in fuel prices which threatens the Venezuelan economy which must be protected against the aggressive attacks intended by the bourgeoisie in order to destroy that economy; this imposes a responsibility on the supporters of the revolution to strongly defend the Venezuelan economy, for if the bourgeoisie succeeds in destroying it within such circumstances, it will then be throwing a great hit towards the revolution. The revolution, on the other hand, is welcoming all these challenges just like a real revolution would do when forcing us to choose a clear attitude by either believing in the continuity of the revolution even if it was subject to harmful hits or else giving it up and going on dreaming of a revolution that includes no battles, a revolution that carries only victories, or in other words, an illusionary revolution.
Leader Chavez had previously said it, our revolution is a revolution full of battles; he also called before a couple of weeks on the comrades in the united socialist party to be cautious and avoid exaggeration in celebrating any victory, in order for us not to be infected by the illnesses of laziness and illusion; we should remain awake, aware, and ready for every upcoming battle; we should also build experiences by learning from previous tries, those ones with failure before those with success.
The decrease in fuel prices announces the opening of numerous internal battles to which President Chavez had directed attention; those battles include the issues of destroying corruption and eliminating bureaucracy, which must not be given the chance to extend, with paying more caution to expenditure.
Therefore, the revolution is ready, the revolution is rather lucky, for it has an opportunity in light of the upcoming challenges to prove itself and assure that it is able to build the factory and the human all together and also able to fight the bureaucratic group by surrounding the opportunists within it.
This stage in particular will reveal to us the nature of the revolution, whether it is capable or unable, whether it is revolutionary or traditional. We choose to bet on this revolution, to bet on a horse that is stronger and better in a very long race which will be resolved by the party of the socialist revolution in Venezuela, with its knight, President Hugo Chavez; in the upcoming months, we will witness a success by the revolution with its revolutionary nature, its socialism, and its reach to the safe bank by its strugglers of the united socialist party and its leader in spite of all the difficult surrounding circumstances.