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		<title>Can Progressives Bring Democracy to the USA?</title>
		<link>http://gregwilpert.net/2012/10/19/can-progressives-bring-democracy-to-the-usa/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2012 16:18:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whether or not progressives should support Obama in 2012 is not only a matter of whether Obama would be better as president than his Republican opponent, but also a question of what are the other strategic choices that progressives have when confronted with the ballot and with the presidential campaign more generally. Obvious other possible&#160;&#8230; <a href="http://gregwilpert.net/2012/10/19/can-progressives-bring-democracy-to-the-usa/">Read&#160;more</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gregwilpert.net&#038;blog=824893&#038;post=49&#038;subd=gregwilpert&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Site under construction!</title>
		<link>http://gregwilpert.net/2012/09/05/hello-world/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Sep 2012 22:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Support Obama in 2012? The Policies So Far</title>
		<link>http://gregwilpert.net/2012/07/31/obama-the-policies-so-far/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jul 2012 17:50:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Part 1 of a two-part series on left strategy in the age of Obama Click here for part 2: Can Progressives Bring Democracy to the USA? &#160; Progressives are going to face a tough choice this coming November: should they vote for Barack Obama or not? Obama, who was a beacon of hope and change&#160;&#8230; <a href="http://gregwilpert.net/2012/07/31/obama-the-policies-so-far/">Read&#160;more</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gregwilpert.net&#038;blog=824893&#038;post=57&#038;subd=gregwilpert&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The OAS-mediated negotiations, the strike, and other recent events</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jan 2003 15:43:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gregwilpert</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[C ésar Gaviria, the General Secretary of the OAS, has the unenviable job of mediating negotiations between Venezuela&#8217;s government and its opposition, while the political situation deteriorates and tension grows. Following a full three weeks of negotiations, the two parties at the negotiating table seem farther apart than when they first sat down at the&#160;&#8230; <a href="http://gregwilpert.net/2003/01/01/the-oas-mediated-negotiations-the-strike-and-other-recent-events/">Read&#160;more</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gregwilpert.net&#038;blog=824893&#038;post=33&#038;subd=gregwilpert&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Coup D&#8217;Petrol In Venezuela</title>
		<link>http://gregwilpert.net/2002/12/17/coup-dpetrol-in-venezuela/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Dec 2002 15:39:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Exactly one year after the opposition&#8217;s first &#8220;general strike,&#8221; on December 10, 2001, which launched the campaign to oust the democratically elected president of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, the opposition is engaged in its fourth &#8220;general strike&#8221; and has come very close to finally achieving its goal. The fourth employer-sponsored general strike, which began on December&#160;&#8230; <a href="http://gregwilpert.net/2002/12/17/coup-dpetrol-in-venezuela/">Read&#160;more</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gregwilpert.net&#038;blog=824893&#038;post=30&#038;subd=gregwilpert&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why Venezuela&#8217;s Middle Class (for the most part) Opposes Chavez</title>
		<link>http://gregwilpert.net/2002/10/27/why-venezuelas-middle-class-for-the-most-part-opposes-chavez/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Oct 2002 15:33:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Chavez&#8217; greatest error was to screw the middle class,&#8221; says Carlos EscarrÃ¡, a prominent constitutional lawyer and former Venezuelan supreme court judge, who describes himself as being with the &#8220;proceso,&#8221; but not a Chavista. The &#8220;proceso&#8221; is the process of social transformation that was initiated by the movement which brought President Chavez to power. When&#160;&#8230; <a href="http://gregwilpert.net/2002/10/27/why-venezuelas-middle-class-for-the-most-part-opposes-chavez/">Read&#160;more</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gregwilpert.net&#038;blog=824893&#038;post=27&#038;subd=gregwilpert&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Venezuela after the Coup Attempt</title>
		<link>http://gregwilpert.net/2002/05/07/venezuela-after-the-coup-attempt/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2002 22:34:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[More and more details about the attempted coup against President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela are beginning to emerge, although much of it still remains shrouded in mystery. The perhaps biggest unsolved mystery is who were the snipers who started the shooting at the April 11 demonstrations, which resulted in 17 dead, and provided the justification&#160;&#8230; <a href="http://gregwilpert.net/2002/05/07/venezuela-after-the-coup-attempt/">Read&#160;more</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gregwilpert.net&#038;blog=824893&#038;post=23&#038;subd=gregwilpert&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Coup in Venezuela: An Eyewitness Account</title>
		<link>http://gregwilpert.net/2002/04/12/coup-in-venezuela-an-eyewitness-account/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2002 22:18:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The orchestration of the coup was impeccable and, in all likelihood, planned a long time ago. Hugo Chavez, the fascist communist dictator of Venezuela could not stand the truth and thus censored the media relentlessly. For his own personal gain and that of his henchmen (and henchwomen, since his cabinet had more women than any&#160;&#8230; <a href="http://gregwilpert.net/2002/04/12/coup-in-venezuela-an-eyewitness-account/">Read&#160;more</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gregwilpert.net&#038;blog=824893&#038;post=17&#038;subd=gregwilpert&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>An Imminent Coup in Venezuela?</title>
		<link>http://gregwilpert.net/2002/04/10/an-imminent-coup-in-venezuela/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2002 22:09:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gregwilpert</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It appears that the strategy of President Chavez&#8217;s opposition is to create as much chaos and disorder in Venezuela as possible, so that Chavez is left with no other choice than to call a state of emergency. This, in turn could either lead to a military coup or U.S. military intervention. Given that Venezuela has&#160;&#8230; <a href="http://gregwilpert.net/2002/04/10/an-imminent-coup-in-venezuela/">Read&#160;more</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gregwilpert.net&#038;blog=824893&#038;post=13&#038;subd=gregwilpert&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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