Venezuela: Great interest in the ideas of Marxism among PSUV ranks in Monagas

Maturín is the capital of Monagas, an oil-rich state in the East of Venezuela. This is one of the main areas of oil production and development for the state-owned oil company PDVSA. Invited by the management of PDVSA, Alan Woods has just started a four-day tour of the state in order to explain the ideas of his latest book 'Reformism or revolution. Marxism and socialism of the 21st Century (reply to Heinz Dieterich)'. The first public meeting of the tour took place at the request of the Monagas PSUV members who wanted to discuss Alan's book Bolshevism, the road to revolution. They were very interested in this book after president Chavez mentioned it recently on national TV, and wanted to discuss the political conclusions of the book and the wealth of lessons of the experience of the Russian Revolution, and particularly the history of the Bolshevik Party, and their relevance for the Venezuelan revolution and the development of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela, PSUV.