The Revolution Will Not Be Televised

Among elected officials, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is probably the most outspoken critic of "globalization." He has also completely redirected Venezuelan politics and, for example, used oil revenues to fund programs for the poor, which is 80% of his country. This has earned him not only the enmity of the upper class in Venezuela but as well that of Bush Administration. On August 15 he was reaffirmed as president in a recall occasioned by his opponents.

"The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" is a fascinating documentary recording the coup attempt against Hugo Chavez in 2002. Chavez was forced out of office and then two days later, after millions took to the streets and numerous military officers affirmed their loyalty to him, he was restored to power. Two video journalists just happened to be in the middle of all this. Their documentary is 74 minutes long, with lots of English subtitles.

We will start at 4 pm on Sunday afternoon, 9/26, and afterwards we will discuss this video. If you want to stay for a pot luck supper, please bring something to share.

For further information or to confirm that you're coming, e-mail Bill Kirkpatrick, Wmkirk at earthlink dot net.

Mon Aug 30 07:27:31 PDT 2004