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Columbia Marxist club scoffs at 'scare stories' about Venezuela
Campus Reform ^ | September 20, 2017 | Toni Airaksinen

Posted on 09/20/2017 8:04:27 AM PDT by C19fan

The Columbia University Marxist Association recently praised Venezuela's “revolutionary mass movement” and “tremendous gains in social programs and communal self government.”

The group dedicated its first meeting of the semester Monday to uncovering the “reality” of Venezuela’s government, arguing that this is needed because “capitalist media” only promotes “scare stories” about the socialist regime.

(Excerpt) Read more at campusreform.org ...


TOPICS: History; Society
KEYWORDS: communism; marxism
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Communism has always had their Baghdad Bob apologists.
1 posted on 09/20/2017 8:04:28 AM PDT by C19fan
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Wonder how much time the Columbia University Marxist Association has spent in the streets of Venezuela???


2 posted on 09/20/2017 8:07:00 AM PDT by JBW1949 (I'm really PC....PATRIOTICALLY CORRECT!!!!)
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I think the Columbia Marxist club should do a semester as foreign exchange students in working-class Venezuela. They could then experience the true benefits of their preferred government.


3 posted on 09/20/2017 8:07:26 AM PDT by NEMDF
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Chocolate rations have been increased from 5 grams to 4 grams!


4 posted on 09/20/2017 8:08:06 AM PDT by KC_Lion (If you want on First Lady Melania's, Ivanka Trump's or Sarah Palin's Ping Lists, just let me know.)
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What a fantastic idea!


5 posted on 09/20/2017 8:08:47 AM PDT by Lopeover (The 2016 Election is about allegiance to the United States!)
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Send them to Venezuela so they can experience the wonderful revolution for themselves firsthand.
Pack toilet paper, they don’t have any in Venezuela.


6 posted on 09/20/2017 8:10:07 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents - Know Islam, No Peace -No Islam, Know Peace)
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7 posted on 09/20/2017 8:10:26 AM PDT by BookmanTheJanitor
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The leader of Venezuela just told the people to start raising rabbits to eat.

They are already eating cats in Caracas.


8 posted on 09/20/2017 8:16:32 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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They are already eating cats in Caracas.

Don't go there...don't go there...just keep surfing FR and no comments....

9 posted on 09/20/2017 8:17:53 AM PDT by N. Theknow (Kennedys-Can't drive, can't ski, can't fly, can't skipper a boat-But they know what's best for you.)
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“... Columbia Marxist club should do a semester as foreign exchange students in working-class Venezuela.”

And bring all those Hollywood celebrities with them. Stay a full semester. Or two. Or just stay.


10 posted on 09/20/2017 8:18:29 AM PDT by EDINVA
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Right next to the trash cans!


11 posted on 09/20/2017 8:20:09 AM PDT by Steely Tom ([Seth Rich] == [the Democrat's John Dean])
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No. It would be too tough for them. They are too used to the comfy cushy life here in the United States provided to them by our capitalist system.

They’d whine like babies ... as they should. Communism is evil and brutal. But it would be interesting to watch.


12 posted on 09/20/2017 8:29:42 AM PDT by dhs12345
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"for the true believer no proof is necessary and no disproof possible."

Stuart Chase

13 posted on 09/20/2017 8:51:59 AM PDT by from occupied ga (Your government is your most dangerous enemy)
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“Is Venezuela Bankrupt?”

“moments ago Bloomberg reported that according to sources, intermediaries tasked with processing Venezuela’s $185 million interest payment due Sept. 15 haven’t received the cash to do so.”

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-09-20/venezuela-bankrupt-caracas-fails-make-interest-sept-15-interest-payment


14 posted on 09/20/2017 8:58:42 AM PDT by jiggyboy (Ten percent of poll respondents are either lying or insane)
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Did these Marxist idiots serve anteater mean and cooked pets at their last meeting...in solidarity with their south america comrades ?


15 posted on 09/20/2017 9:05:16 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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They’d starve in two weeks...


16 posted on 09/20/2017 9:08:50 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered. But journalists are forgotten.)
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Because 19 year old students have acquired a very broad spectrum of experience and insight.


17 posted on 09/20/2017 9:18:26 AM PDT by lurk
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Chocolate rations have been increased from 5 grams to 4 grams!
Double plus good! Just try and avoid Room 101.
18 posted on 09/20/2017 9:38:17 AM PDT by dainbramaged (Get out of my country now)
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Bookmark


19 posted on 09/20/2017 9:56:31 AM PDT by aquila48
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What an absolute nitwit. Look at that idiot, clenching his little power fist. Standing on a nice safe corner of his $70K/yr university, claiming solidarity with the “workers of the world.”

SMH. One can only hope that one day that asswipe sees that photo and cringes with embarrassment.


20 posted on 09/20/2017 10:08:04 AM PDT by workerbee (America finally has an American president again.)
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