The Venezuelan masses have
just celebrated the defeat of the 2002 coup attempt to overthrow
Chavez. The situation is still very much a favourable one for the
revolution. But that will not remain so for ever. Sooner or later the
issue of who is to govern society will be decided. The lessons of
history clearly indicate that to stop the revolution being unravelled
the power of the capitalist must be broken once and for all.
Demonstrations and marches have been taking across the USA, but it wasn't until Chicago's 500,000 and Los Angeles' 1,000,000-plus marches that the mood really took off. Taking their inspiration from these historic and unexpected turnouts, millions of undocumented workers and their supporters turned out in droves for another wave of mobilizations on April 9th and 10th.