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VENEZUELA:Outages:8 /BOMBSHELL:P260/ IRAN:"ALL OPTIONS" IF US P357/TANKERS MEETING NAVY ESCORT AMID US "IMMINENT THREAT" VID P359
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CANVAS is a tool of US imperialism that we should be studying. It's an 'activist' training organizsation which grew out of OTPOR, the organisation which led the overthrow of the government of Miloševic. Currently they're closely involved in Venezuela and elsewhereInteresting thread . . [ link to twitter.com (secure)] Quoting: Pacifica
social practice. Personalizing the target of a dilemma
action, especially against unpopular leaders, may put your
opponent in an even more difficult position.
To be effective, dilemma actions should be widely known
to the population and permit widespread participation. It
may also help if they are led by popular opposition leaders
or celebrities.
Historically, dilemma actions have proven to be very
important to nonviolent movements. They frequently have
been used to expand political space and to give movements
small victories that help them build momentum and a
record of success. [ link to twitter.com (secure)]  September 2010 A key to Chavez’s current weakness is the decline in the electricity sector. There is the grave possibility that some 70 percent of the country’s electricity grid could go dark as soon as April 2010. Water levels at the Guris dam are dropping, and Chavez has been unable to reduce consumption sufficiently to compensate for the deteriorating industry. This could be the watershed event, as there is little that Chavez can do to protect the poor from the failure of that system.
This would likely have the impact of galvanising public unrest in a way that no opposition group could ever hope to generate. At that point in time, an opposition group would be best served to take advantage of the situation and spin it against Chavez and towards their needs.
Alliances with the military could be critical because in such a situation of massive public unrest and rejection of the presidency, malcontent sectors of the military will likely decide to intervene, but only if they believe they have sufficient support. This has been the pattern in the past three coup attempts. Where the military thought it had enough support, there was a failure in the public to respond positively (or the public responded in the negative), so the coup failed. [ link to search.wikileaks.org (secure)]
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