At the moment, among the US workers there is a feeling of shock, disbelief, anxiety, fear and depression. But that will not last forever. There is a profound questioning of the very system taking place, and eventually, fear and frustration will be transformed into anger and a desire to take action. Many have sincere illusions in Obama but for the US ruling class his real task is to preserve a rotting system whose historic task has been exhausted.
The Marxist Tendency has been appearing quite a lot on Venzuelan TV recently. Of particular interest is the fact that the whole of the film "No Volveran" made by supporters of the Hands Off Venezuela Campaign and members of the International Marxist Tendency has been broadcast on TV.
Part of the reactionary Venezuelan oligarchy’s campaign to destabilise and overthrow the Chavez government is a systematic hoarding and sabotage in the food industry, most of which they control. However, recently we have seen Chavez take measures involving state intervention in some of the key food processing companies. This is a step in the right direction, but must be followed up by widespread expropriation of the whole of the food industry, the land and industry.