'Down With Imperial Dictatorships'!

There's not much to add, really. If folks want to understand the current political alignments in world politics, and thus domestic politics as well (since leftist radicalism is grounded in international solidarity), just pay attention to Hugo Chavez's rant at Copenhagen ... well, what you can make of it. Or, from Andrew Bolt, "Putting our economy in the hands of Chavez fans":

These maniacs in Copenhagen are voting on your future:

President Chavez brought the house down.

When he said the process in Copenhagen was “not democratic, it is not inclusive, but isn’t that the reality of our world, the world is really and imperial dictatorship…down with imperial dictatorships” he got a rousing round of applause.

When he said there was a “silent and terrible ghost in the room” and that ghost was called capitalism, the applause was deafening.

But then he wound up to his grand conclusion – 20 minutes after his 5 minute speaking time was supposed to have ended and after quoting everyone from Karl Marx to Jesus Christ - “our revolution seeks to help all people…socialism, the other ghost that is probably wandering around this room, that’s the way to save the planet, capitalism is the road to hell....let’s fight against capitalism and make it obey us.” He won a standing ovation.

UPDATE

And at the end of this first clip, Chavez rouses the rabble with more anti-Americanism, too:

I don’t think Obama is here yet. He got the Nobel Peace Prize almost the same day as he sent 30,000 soldiers to kill innocent people in Afghanistan.

Bolt links to the Australian, "Penny Wong jeered, Hugo Chavez cheered." More at Memeorandum.