[DEBATE] : (Fwd) Chavez in Pretoria - most banal report

[peter waterman]

Patrick:

I fear that if the only critical reaction to the Chavez visit comes from the 
Right, it is because the visit is an embarassment to the Left.

I am afraid this leaves one more job for you!

Pw



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Patrick Bond" <pbond at mail.ngo.za>
To: "debate: SA discussion list" <debate at debate.kabissa.org>
Sent: Friday, September 05, 2008 7:07 AM
Subject: [DEBATE] : (Fwd) Chavez in Pretoria - most banal report


> (It really is such a damn shame that the only substantive report - at 
> least that I've stumbled across - of Chavez's visit is this one by 
> Fabricius. For those who don't follow his filings on international 
> relations, Fabricius is squarely within the elite camp. So this is no 
> surprise. It's just so sad that the major issues of the day get reduced to 
> such awful reportage.)
>