Post by RedFlag32 on Nov 8, 2007 19:49:14 GMT
check out these videos which show right wing opposition students attacking
and attempting to burn down the School of Social Work at the Central
University of Venezuela, where about 100 Chavista students and staff were
hiding. The opposition claimed that they were attacked by "violent pro
government gangs", but this video, shows that it was the opposition who were
clearly the violent ones.
one video was taken by a cell phone by Chavista a student trapped inside the
building - the opposition students said they were going to lynch them.
Another video was taken by reporters from Avila TV, (an independent tv
station run by youth), Jon Goiciocea, oppostion student leader then
publicised the phone numbers and ID numbers of these reporters, the
implications being "get these people·"
www.radiomundial.com.ve/yvke/noticia.php?990
Also I recieved reports of opposition students attempting to burn down the
PDVSA office in Cumana in the state of Sucre yesterday, and the Governor,
Ramon Martinez, from Podemos, (previously aligned with Chavez, but now part
of the opposition) ordered the police to do nothing.
There have also been other violent incidents accross many of Venezuela's
universities the past few days, with rightwing students attacking Chavistas,
and rightwing students even attacking each other (at the University of
Zulia, a student from one rightwing faction shot a student from another
rightwing party, Primero Justicia).
Chavistas and leftwing students are trying to organise against this, but the
majority of the private and autonomous universities are controlled by the
rightwing, with extremist armed groups operating inside the universities
with the open support of the university administrations.
The proposed reforms would democratise the universities, making one student
vote equal to that of an academic staff vote, in the elections for
University board etc, currently staff votes are worth 10-30 student votes on
different unis - the university administrations are utterly opposed to this.
For background info on why Venezuela's universities have become the bastion
of the extreme rightwing in Venezuela please see:
The Battle for Venezuela's Universities:
www.venezuelanalysis.com/analysis/1357
Venezuela's resurgent revolutionary student movement
www.venezuelanalysis.com/analysis/2581
Who's Pulling the Strings? Behind Venezuela's "Student Rebellion"
www.counterpunch.org/maher06092007.html
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