Friday, January 29, 2010

Voices of Participatory Democracy in Venezuela--a book review

from Upside Down World. This is a book review by Hans Bennett on a book by this title written by Carlos Martinez, Michael Fox and JoJo Farrell. There are also two video interviews with Carlos Martinez.
There are many different ways that the corporate media continues to misrepresent the Bolivarian Revolution in Venezuela. Many critics of this biased media coverage have directly challenged the demonization of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, but very few critics, if any, have exposed the media’s virtual erasure of the vibrant and growing participatory democracy in Venezuela.