in particular four federal deputies who wer not reelected.
In the second round the PSOL decided not to support either of the two candidates or president. some in tne party were in favour of voting for Lula to defeat Geraldo Alckmin, because he was further to the right, while others put forward the slogan "no vote for Alckmin", leaving open whether people should vote for Lula or spoil their
There are several reasons why the majority of the party refused to adopt either position.
Firstly, Lula led a governSecondly, it will have to reestablish inks with the impoverished masses, with the majority of the population which today backs Lula at the ballot box.
Beyond these more immediate challenges, is the bigger challenge of rebuilding the international credibility of the socialist project and developing a new transitional programme.
José Corrêa _e joao Machado and members of the leadership of P-SOL and of Enlace, a current within PSOL that includes Heloisa Helena and other members of the Fourth International. between office and power.
The other interesting comparison she made was with Chile, pointing out that Chávez's popular support is between 50-80% of the popular vote and that he has much deeper support in the armed forces than Allende had.
Socialist Appeal's Alan Woods began by defending the thesis that what is happening in Venezuela is really a revolution - citing Lenin's quote about whoever wants to see an absolutely pure socialist revolution never will and reminding us of Trotsky's description of revolution as working people and the poor trying to take their destiny into A lively, vivid, supportive and yet also critical picture of life and people in today's Cuba Order Ridenour's book today Published by Socialist Resistance £5.50 inc postage (cheques payable to Resistance) from PO Box 1109 London N4 2UU
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