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Reporter's Notebook: Franz J.T. Lee

About Franz J.T. Lee

Personal Website
http://www.franz-lee.org/venezuela00001.html

Biography
Currently, as Professor Titular, I am living in Mérida, Venezuela, lecturing at the University of The Andes, and in the Post-Graduate Department of Political Science. I am the Director of Investigation of the Centro de Estudios Políticos y Sociales de América Latina (CEPSAL), Co-Editor of its Revista de las Cienxias Políticas.

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Black Op Radio Interview on Current Situation in Venezuela

Interview with Franz Lee & Jutta Schmitt.
THE CURRENT SITUATION IN VENEZUELA
SEPTEMBER 17, 2004.

Entrevista en Inglés con Franz Lee & Jutta Schmitt
La Situación Actual en Venezuela.
17 de Septiembre de 2004.

VENEZUELA: HISTORIC LESSONS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN REVOLUTION

At the turn of the Third Millennium, among other global emancipatory attempts, two outstanding social revolutions mark the current globalized epoch: The South African and the Bolivarian Revolutions. Each one of them blazes the trail for trans-historic lessons that have to be dealt with urgently, by all permanent revolutionaries and emancipators. Concentrating on the South African Revolution, we will just spotlight the main social revolutionary issues at stake. Within our deliberations, the references to the immediate tasks of the Bolivarian Revolution, and the perilous, serpentine roads to tread, are obvious.

Let us commence with the South African Revolution. Firstly, we have to unveil a few myths that surround Nelson Mandela, Thabo Mbeki and the African National Congress of South Africa, in order to place the South African Revolution in its real, true historic context. Precisely, like in the case of Venezuela, the national and international mass media have painted a picture of the dynamics of the anti-Apartheid struggle in a totally distorted and manipulated fashion. In reality, the victory of the ANC is at the same time the victory of corporate imperialism in Africa.

Venezuela: Alienación y Emancipación

¿Qué está realmente detrás de la manipulación masiva de los grandes medios de comunicación en Venezuela? Los efectos patológicos tienen un alcance mucho más allá de los intentos de la “oposición” y del gobierno de Bush de tumbar al Presidente Hugo Chávez Frías del poder político. Su adoctrinamiento sirve a los intereses del fascismo global en fabricación, sirve al “Newspeak”, al control mental, a la eternalización del actual orden mundial. Vamos a dar un breve vistazo a la esencia histórica, sicológica y filosófica de las funciones sociales de los “cuatro jinetes del Apocalipsis” (Chávez) en Venezuela, es decir, la manera en que intentan de disocializar, de desnaturalizar la población Venezolana, en una sola palabra, alienarla.

VENEZUELA: FROM REVOLUTIONARY SANTA INÉS TO EMANCIPATORY PICO BOLIVAR

The Battle of Santa Inés was victorious, in fact, we really expected nothing else; only the "Opposition" tenaciously is still decrying "fraud". In reality, the referendum that ratified genuine democracy in Venezuela --  like Venezuela's National Constituent Assembly, her "Contrato Social", that brought about the Bolivarian Constitution, and that has launched the Bolivarian Revolution --  was the most authentic, popular event in contemporary world history. Really, with all its up's and down's, Venezuela is teaching the world one revolutionary lesson after the other, is educating humanity what is world revolution, what is global emancipation all about.

Estrategia de la Mentira Maestra: Intervencionismo Estadounidense en Venezuela

Amigos,
Otro artículo de relevancia revolucionaria, escrito por Jutta Schmitt, para el proceso emancipador después del 15 de agosto de 2004.
Saludis,
Franz.

La Estrategia de la Mentira Maestra: Intervencionismo Estadounidense en Venezuela y el Mundo

Por: Jutta Schmitt

Diagnóstico de la situación actual

A pocos años de haber comenzado el tan anhelado y esperado siglo XXI, lleno de sueños de un mundo mejor basado en la justicia social, el respeto a la naturaleza, el pleno despliege de las facultades creativas humanas, ancladas siempre en la sensatez, la responsabilidad y la solidaridad, lamentable y previsiblemente nos encontramos frente a una situación muy parecida a la de hace un siglo atrás, cuando el mundo presenció el primer colapso del sistema internacional, conocido como Primera Guerra Mundial.

Venezuela ... Alienation and Emancipation

Because of the emancipatory tasks of the Bolivarian Revolution, after August 15, 2004, that pertain to the annihilation of global fascism, we reproduce the following article, published by VHeadline.com here.
Saludos revolucionarios,
Franz.

University of Los Andes (ULA) professor Franz J. T. Lee writes:

What is really behind the mass manipulation of the huge mass media in Venezuela? The pathological effects go far beyond the attempts of the "opposition" and of the Bush government to oust President Hugo Chavez Frias from political power. Its indoctrination serves the interests of global fascism in the making, it serves "Newspeak", mind and thought control, the eternalization of the current world order.

La Quintaesencia Emancipatoria de la Revolución Bolivariana

¿Qué realmente está en juego el 15 de agosto de 2004 en Venezuela y en el mundo? ¿Cual es la quintaesencia de la Revolución Bolivariana? Definitivamente esta está determinada por la realidad transhistórica de su complemento, es decir por el fascismo global, actualmente liderizado por los EE.UU.

En un sentido normativo, el concepto de “revolución” está determinado por la clase o las clases sociales que realizan esta revolución. Está compuesta de una Afirmación y una Negación. Revolución y contra-revolución. Si la revolución resulta “positiva” o “negativa” para el futuro de la humanidad depende de las clases sociales antagonistas participando en ella a nivel global. Por ejemplo, en cuanto a la Revolución Francesa, tanto el idealista objetivo Hegel como el materialista dialéctico Marx, estaban fascinados con los cambios momentáneos; sin embargo, aquellos que perdieron sus cabezas bajo la guillotina tenían una opinión completamente diferente. También, desde esta revolución capitalista burgués democrática, “revolución” no es la prerrogativa exclusiva de la clase obrera contra sus amos.

Strength and Weakness of the Bolivarian Revolution

Greetings Franz and Jutta, I forward you an important material that obviously will be of interest to the analysts of the North and to London; it´s written in Spanish but if you have some time to translate it into English and send it to the BBC and the press of the Organization of American States, I assure you they will respond immediately. Go for it, comrades, all the more that we are in the final phase of the electoral battle.
René Colmenares,
Prensa Presidencial, Miraflores, Caracas.

Venezuela: The Revolutionary Factors that led to the Recall Referendum

An extensive hour and a half radio interview with Jutta Schmitt, that explains the whole current problem in Venezuela.
Franz.

A HISTORIC REVIEW ABOUT THE REVOLUTIONARY FACTORS THAT LED TO THE RECALL REFERENDUM IN VENEZUELA

By Jutta Schmitt

Friends,
It is imperative to recollect what happened over the last six years in Venezuela, to understand the political show-down on August 15 next.

Kindly tune in to the interviews that we made concerning the current situation, as published on Black Op Radio, Canada, see below.

For an hour and a half, we covered the whole history of the Bolivarian Movement, indicating its democratic legitimacy and its revolutionary programmes.

Have fun!
Jutta
jutta@aktionspotenzial.de

http://www.blackopradio.com/

Venezuela: ¡No to the Return of the Zombies!

Friends,

here is an excellent picturesque summary of the current situation in Venezuela, written by Jutta Schmitt.

Saludos,
Franz.

Venezuela: ¡No to the Return of the Zombies!

By: Jutta Schmitt

Date: 30.07.04

Whether it is the ride you take to town in a tightly packed buseta full of vividly disputing passengers, your arepa con queso that gets stuck in your throat when eyescanning the newspaper headlines at lunch break, the conversation with friends or the brief chat that you have with a street artist at the traffic light, in these days, your every move, act, thought and word are all determined by the “magic date”, August 15th, 2004.

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About Franz J.T. Lee

Personal Website
http://www.franz-lee.org/venezuela00001.html

Biography
Currently, as Professor Titular, I am living in Mérida, Venezuela, lecturing at the University of The Andes, and in the Post-Graduate Department of Political Science. I am the Director of Investigation of the Centro de Estudios Políticos y Sociales de América Latina (CEPSAL), Co-Editor of its Revista de las Cienxias Políticas.