Would a transformed post-capitalist economic and social system abolish money, markets and property? Of course not. Will that future be anything like the communism envisaged in the early Marx, or Lenin’s utopian State and Revolution? Emphatically not. But what hopes are there?
Hugo Chavez 
Honduran coup: take another look at Zelaya’s proposals
Had they come to fruition, the evil schemes of Zelaya (and, for that matter, Chavez) would have resulted in an electoral system rather like Australia’s.
Honduras coup didn’t come from nowhere
For weeks, Honduran President Manuel Zelaya — an erratic leftist who styles himself after his good pal Hugo Chávez of Venezuela — has been engaged in a naked and illegal power grab, says Glenn Garvin.
Chavez rules the airwaves in Venezuela
Hugo Chavez wants to shut down Globovisión, the last remaining national channel in Venezuela that’s critical of the government. At the same time, the government has built itself a huge media empire.
Honduras defends its democracy; Castro and Clinton object
Honduras is being pressured by the likes of Fidel Castro, Daniel Ortega, Hillary Clinton and Hugo Chavez to restore ousted leader Manuel Zelaya to power. But Zelaya is not a legitimately elected leader, writes Mary Anastasia O’Grady.
Hugo loves Mahmoud
Most world leaders have refused to congratulate Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on his contentious victory — but not Hugo Chávez, who loudly applauded his “very big and important victory”.
What Chávez has wrought
The authoritarian socialist has brought Venezuela food shortages and massive inflation, writes Duncan Currie.
Fox analyst: Did Obama and Chavez do *more* gay things off-camera?
Col. Ralph Peters on Fox News describes the “embracing and fist-bumping and making lovey-dovey in the hotel and god-knows-what-else behind closed doors” between Obama and Chavez.
Venezuelan president and salesman extraordinaire
Forget Oprah. If you want to market a book Hugo Chávez is your man.
The Special Hair Edition
It’s Movember!
Goodbye El Commander, hello Cosmo Kramer. Castro quits.
Castro steps down, and now the war of words will begin, writes Guy Rundle.
Crikey Says: Crikey Says
By now we should be thoroughly used to the collision of pop culture and politics. Even so, two recent news events suggest exciting new crossover trends: Model journalists and model/singer-songwriter first ladies.
Give globalization a chance
Chinese, Arabs, Indians and Mexicans are not portrayed in the media as being the economic winners of globalization, but increasingly they are, writes Matt Marks.
