[pp.int.general] Opposing austerity

[Richard Stallman]

People should see this article about Chavez (in Venezuela) and Tsipras
(in Greece).

https://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/05/16

Chavez's administration is not a paragon; it has its bad aspects.
Some opposition candidates have been arbitrarily barred from running
(though real opposition candidates do run).  Opposition TV stations
have been closed, though some of them were inculpated in the coup
attempt.  There continues to be a lot of corruption in Venezuela,
though Chavez did not create it.

These criticisms of Chavez do not invalidate the point of the article:
that his economic policies are a better model than the standard
right-wing model.

The Pirate Parties -- at least in Europe and other countries under the
banksters' control -- cannot ignore this issue.

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Dr Richard Stallman
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