Saturday, August 05, 2006
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
I saw this documentary earlier this week and it was fantastic. You get to see the events of a coup from a unique perspective. Also shown is the way the elite in Venezuela manipulate the media and use fear to gather support from the wealthy. It's definitely also worth reading this article by Michael Parenti about the good things that have been happening in Venezuela.
# posted by Stephen Gordon @ 12:22 PM 
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In regards to the film "The revolution will not be televised" you may want to check out these two films:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3378761249364089950&q=the+revolution+will+not+be+televised+coup
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5793200611323299754&q=inside+the+coup
The above mentioned film was made and is sponsored by the Venezuelan governemnt and contains many omissions and inaccuracies two fo the main ones are:
1. Chavez ordered the military to use force (ie. shot to kill) the opposition demonstration by implementing "Plan Avila" this was disregarded by the military and used as a pretext to remove Chavez.
2. That night the defense minister came on TV to tell the country that Chavez had resigned. That same minister later continued to serve under Chavez – makes you wonder.
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http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3378761249364089950&q=the+revolution+will+not+be+televised+coup
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5793200611323299754&q=inside+the+coup
The above mentioned film was made and is sponsored by the Venezuelan governemnt and contains many omissions and inaccuracies two fo the main ones are:
1. Chavez ordered the military to use force (ie. shot to kill) the opposition demonstration by implementing "Plan Avila" this was disregarded by the military and used as a pretext to remove Chavez.
2. That night the defense minister came on TV to tell the country that Chavez had resigned. That same minister later continued to serve under Chavez – makes you wonder.
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