By Abby Streu – “During the Chavez period, big attempts that were to topple him were made by whom? Right wing political parties backed by the US embassy and backed by the old university system, which was largely limited to the kids of middle and upper middle-class people,” Tariq Ali said. “It was people who couldn’t tolerate that power had been taken away from them. That’s why I support Chavez. I’m very, very proud of having done so.” Read More “Street Fightin’ Man” Delivers Anti-Capitalist Rant During UW Awards Ceremony
MacIver News Service – A Venezuelan student activist who has seen his home country ripped apart at the hands of socialist dictators slammed UW-Madison’s decision to honor a prominent apologist for leftist tyrants. Read More Venezuelan Student and Liberty Activist Slams UW Award for Socialist Cheerleader
By Jorge A. Jraissati, Special Guest Contributor for the MacIver Institute – It has been 169 years since Marx wrote The Communist Manifesto, 100 years since the Bolshevik revolution, 27 years since the Berlin Wall fell, and 25 years since Francis Fukuyama published his famous declaration of The End of History. Yet today in Venezuela, communism is destroying my nation. Read More Venezuela: A Country Demanding Freedom Against A Regime Imposing Tyranny
