"Bolivarian, Christian, Socialist - it’s a revolution for the world...

[Minstrel Boy]

and we will defend it"

Bolivarian, Christian, Socialist ... it’s a revolution and we will defend it!

Aug 18, Owen Richards in Venezuela

We're crammed into a small kitchen, maybe 3 by 4 meters, with blue concrete walls. Lining the walls are shelves stocked with kitchen basics: string bags of potatoes, garlic cloves, carrots, pumpkins, melons. There's a bucket of chopped onions. A giant stainless steel pot waits empty on the gas stove. Four women and a man, in matching red aprons, hand-roll fish cake and banana balls. A tiny wall fan hums in the background.

The members of the Caracas section of the Australia-Venezuela Solidarity Brigade is here in Guaicaipuro Casa de Alimentaciones witnessing first-hand one of the social achievements of the Bolivarian Revolution. It is here in this modest house that 300 people come daily to receive free meals. Monday to Friday, two meals a day.

There are some 4,000 of these kitchens now across Venezuela ... they are only possible because of the revolutionary will of the Venezuelan people and the assistance provided by the government of Hugo Chavez.

...

We have to go, but before we do, we present the workers a copy of Green Left Weekly as a small token of appreciation. We tell them that we have been telling their story in the paper. "There are two things we want the world to know," they say. "This kitchen is not about charity. Nutritious food is a basic human right. Also, please emphasize that the people of this community are totally with Chavez. If anyone tries anything, they will face us. This is not only a Venezuelan revolution -- it’s Bolivarian, Christian, Socialist. It’s a revolution for the world and we will defend it."

http://www.vheadline.com/readnews.asp?id=45558

[GreenPartyVoter]

1. No wonder Pat Robertson wants to kill Chavez. He can't comprehend

Christian Socialism. *shaking head*

[Minstrel Boy]

3. I think the economic expression of all authentic faith

is socialism.

I think of the tree full of angels, in Billy Bragg's song, Upfield:

That they spoke to me, a pagan, gave me cause to doubt their word.
But they laughed, and said "It doesn't matter, if you help us in our art -
You've got a socialism of the heart."

[GreenPartyVoter]

4. :^) I like that.

[whatever4]

2. He's so popular

I still can't believe BushCo thinks they can get away with attacking him. He has friends too, and oil. And he doesn't like Bush. This just isn't good.

[wli]

5. right or wrong he had better not screw with the SCO

We've had enough wars of aggression already. A war of aggression against an enemy with actual strength is suicidal.