Caracas, May 17 2007
Minec organizes Forum, “Learning from
the Yugoslav Experience”
Translation by Greg McDonald. Edited by Walter
Lippmann.
Original: http://www.minep.gov.ve/noticias_detalle.php?id=634
The Ministry of Popular Power for the
Communal Economy, continuing with the Study Circle developed two
weeks ago, organized a conference this Thursday on the development
of Socialism in Yugoslavia, with the goal of taking the most
relevant information from that history and applying it to the
experience of the Bolivarian government.
(Desiree Moreno. Minec Press).-On
Thursday May 17th, the second Study Circle Forum met in the
Auditorium of the National Institute for the Formation of Socialist
Education (Inces), to study the following theme: “Learning from the
Yugoslav Experience”, under the direction of Michael Lebowitz, the
well-known Professor of Marxist economics at Simon Fraser
University, British Columbia, Canada.
By offering activities of this type to the internal and external public associated with Minec, this series of forums permits the exchange of knowledge to demonstrate that the experiences of other countries can influence the process of change within Venezuela toward Bolivarian Socialism.
In this manner, Lebowitz celebrated
the fact that Socialism of the XXI century differs from other types
of socialism, in its promotion of a popular power with roots
extending from the core of society, permitting the creation and
support of a solid popular base, free of bureaucracy and personal
interests.
The occasion was propitious for the
speaker to make salient contributions to the audience regarding the
most transcendent positive and negative aspects of the Yugoslav
political economy.
Within this context, the professor
chose to discuss the Bolivarian Government's formation of Communal
Banks, the Businesses of Socialist Production, the Rural Credit
Unions, and other development models promoted by Minec as primary
achievements axiomatic of Socialism of the XXI century.
Some important personalities assisted
with the conference; the Viceminister for Communal Development,
Armanndo Chirinos; the Viceminister of Finances and Communal
Commercialization, Luis Arriaga, and other important representatives
of Minec and its affiliated bodies.
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