by Ted Sprague (Hands Off Venezuela)
In the midst of the hue and cry over the non-renewal of RCTV's license in Venezuela, freedom of speech is being blatantly violated in other parts of the world. In Indonesia, an event to discuss Marta Harnecker's book ‘Understanding the Venezuelan Revolution' was disrupted through intimidations by the police and hooligans. As expected, we have yet to hear any hue and cry over the latter incident amongst the western media. The lackeys of the ruling class - the governments and the private media - have their own definition of what constitutes a violation of freedom of speech. When it comes to their freedom to slander and spread lies about the Chavez government, a democratically elected government, they will defend it tooth and nail. But when it comes to the right of the people to discuss about the Venezuelan Revolution, they turn a blind eye when those rights are suppressed. Once again, the hypocrisy of the ruling class is exposed. It is not a cliché to say that what is happening in Venezuela is affecting the whole world. It affects those who fight for radical social change and also those who are desperately clinging to their power. For the former, particularly in this case for Indonesian youth, the Bolivarian revolution offers a glimpse of hope of what can be achieved by the people.
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