If you thought the mainstream media’s fawning coverage of Hugo Chavez’ death was over the top, imagine the adulation it took to attend a candlelight vigil. So, who attended?<\/p>\n
The Party for Socialism and Liberation, described in its Twitter bio as “a Marxist-Leninist Party organizing against Capitalism, Imperialism and all forms of oppression,” hoped Chavez’s death would inspire a revolution in the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n
“Let us remember Hugo Chávez…A man who didn’t sleep, who fought…” (1\/2) SF vigil, 3\/5 twitter.com\/PSL_SF\/status\/…<\/a><\/p>\n — PSL_SF (@PSL_SF) March 6, 2013<\/a><\/p>\n \n\n\n (2\/2) “Let this sad moment reawaken our struggle for justice….We need a revolution here. One inspired by Chávez. ¡Hugo Chávez, presenté!”<\/p>\n — PSL_SF (@PSL_SF) March 6, 2013<\/a><\/p>\n \n The ANSWER (Act Now to Stop War and End Racism) Coalition, “an anti-imperialist, anti-war org fighting against the war machine and all forms of oppression,” lit a few candles for the Venezuelan dictator.<\/p>\n\n\n Dozens gather at 24th & Mission to stand with Chávez, Venezuela, & the #BolivarianRevolution<\/a>! twitter.com\/sfANSWER\/statu…<\/a><\/p>\n — ANSWER Coalition-SF (@sfANSWER) March 6, 2013<\/a><\/p>\n \n\n\n Vigil happening right now at 24th and Mission #ChavezPresente<\/a> twitter.com\/sfANSWER\/statu…<\/a><\/p>\n — ANSWER Coalition-SF (@sfANSWER) March 6, 2013<\/a><\/p>\n \n\n\n “We are here with the people of Venezuela & all of Latin America!….Because WE ARE THE PEOPLE!…” (1\/2) twitter.com\/sfANSWER\/statu…<\/a><\/p>\n — ANSWER Coalition-SF (@sfANSWER) March 6, 2013<\/a><\/p>\n \n\n\n “….And we WILL NOT allow our brothers & sisters in Latin America & around the world suffer under imperialism!” (2\/2) Venezuela Hugo Chávez<\/p>\n — ANSWER Coalition-SF (@sfANSWER) March 6, 2013<\/a><\/p>\n Read more: http:\/\/twitchy.com\/2013\/03\/05\/we-need-a-revolution-here-chavez-remembered-at-candlelight-vigil-in-san-francisco\/<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/joegarofoli\/status\/309095590833299459 If you thought the mainstream media’s fawning coverage of Hugo Chavez’ death was over the top, imagine the adulation it took to attend a candlelight vigil. So, who attended? The Party for Socialism and Liberation, described in its Twitter bio as “a Marxist-Leninist Party organizing against Capitalism, Imperialism and all forms of oppression,” hoped … Continue reading ‘We need a revolution here’: Chavez remembered at candlelight vigil<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":11834,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[180],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-society-culture"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/1485488742935-hugo-chavez-vigil.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11833"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11833"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11833\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11834"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}