Maracay City, Venezuela - In the worker-controlled Venezuelan Kellogg factory, you see the workers working diligently to make corn flake and sugary cereals in a new package displaying the Venezuelan flag and the words “Together for Venezuela.” They are wearing black caps with red letters that say, “Kellogg made in socialism.” In May of 2018, the Ke

long live the Bolivarian revolution

  • SiskoDid2ThingsWrong [none/use name]
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    3 years ago

    I have a copy of “Building the Commune” on my shelf but haven’t read it yet, but as I understand it the premise is that the Bolivarian Revolution really emphasized partnership between the state and autonomous citizen orgs, so like independent town councils and labor unions often receive state funding and have state liaisons while nominally being (mostly) independent from the PSUV. So maybe this guy sorta functions as the state rep for the workers at the factory.

    • DivineChaos100 [none/use name]
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      3 years ago

      Yeah, that's what i thought about but then the article should've been expanded with that and not just omitting the fact directly or whatever because the main criticism about it was that it explicitly left out Torres' role in the army.

      There would've been handwringing libs anyway, but it's worth the effort imo.