On Friday, August 10th a sizeable group of
"empleados" of
Sanitarios Maracay staged a coup against the workers who had maintained the
factory since November 2006 and
dismissed the Factory Council. They had
the implicit support of the Ministry of Labour for a proposal to set up a
commission made up of Sanitarios workers, the former owner and the Ministry
with the aim of settling the payment of back wages and some other monies that
were owed to the workers.
The commemoration meeting in memory of Leon
Trotsky was an outstanding success. 300 people gathered in the Jose Felix Rivas
hall of the Teresa Carreño Theatre in Caracas to hear the first ever public
event organised by a government ministry on the life of Leon Trotsky.
Authorities in Venezuela have organised a public
meeting to commemorate the 67th anniversary of the assassination of Leon
Trotsky. For the first time since that date, Trotsky’s death is being
commemorated officially by a government institution. Estaban Volkov, Celia
Hart, and Ricardo Napurí are participating in events around the commemoration,
which also include television and radio appearances, where the ideas and life
of Trotsky are discussed.