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By In Defence of Marxism
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Thursday, 08 November 2007 |
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According to eyewitness reports from Hands Off Venezuela members, violence broke out yesterday in Caracas when opposition students arrived back from a peaceful demonstration against the proposed constitutional reforms. You can read a report on the HOV site here. There also a report in Spanish containing an interview with eyewitness accounts.
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By Jorge Martin
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Tuesday, 06 November 2007 |
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In the build up to the forthcoming December referendum on constitutional reform some of the reformist elements within the Bolivarian movement are coming out with their true colours. General Baduel, recently resigned Minister of Defence, has openly joined the Opposition, as has "Podemos" a party that was part of the government coalition. Open appeals to the military officer caste to rebel are also appearing in the media. This highlights the dangers to the revolution and the urgent need to complete it.
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By Kiraz Janicke – Venezuelanalysis.com
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Thursday, 01 November 2007 |
Over the weekend of October 26
to 27, several hundred people attended a two day conference on Worker's
Management: Theory and Practice, as part of a program, "Human Development and
Transformative Praxis," run by Canadian Marxist academic Michael Lebowitz at the
International Miranda
Center in Caracas. Report with videos of Serge Goulart and Nelson Rodriguez also available in Spanish here.
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By Antonio Betancourt and Pablo Cormenzana
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Wednesday, 31 October 2007 |
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Inveval has long been one of the best examples of workers’
control in the Venezuelan revolution. This fact has now been recognised by
Chavez, who at a meeting with Inveval workers and the Economic Planning
Commission, has commended the workers for their excellent work, and used the
plant as an example for the socialist re-organisation of the economy.
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By El Militante - venezuela.elmilitante.org
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Wednesday, 31 October 2007 |
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El Militante,
the journal of the Revolutionary Marxist Current, interviewed Francisco Rivero
on the formation and future of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela.
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By Jorge Martin
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Wednesday, 05 September 2007 |
 The overwhelming victory of Chávez in the presidential
elections last December marked a new shift to the left in the Venezuelan
revolution, followed by the setting up of the PSUV, nationalisations, workers'
control, enabling power. In a speech at the summer school of the International
Marxist Tendency, Jorge Martin analysed the stage the revolution is at, the
dangers it faces and outlined the way forward.
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By Megan Hise in Maracay
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Wednesday, 22 August 2007 |
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Megan Hise reports from Maracay on the latest attempt to destroy the
struggle of the workers at Sanitarios Maracay for expropriation under
workers' control.
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By Jorge Martin
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Wednesday, 22 August 2007 |
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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.
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By Tom Rollings
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Wednesday, 22 August 2007 |
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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.
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By Jorge Martin
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Monday, 20 August 2007 |
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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.
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By Leonardo Badel and Yonie Moreno
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Wednesday, 08 August 2007 |
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After 8 months of occupation, the struggle of the workers at
Sanitarios Maracay is more alive than ever before, despite the problems they
are facing. On July 18th, a delegation from Hands off Venezuela went to Maracay to hand over the 1,318,000
Bolivars collected in the last weeks by Hands off Venezuela, Britain.
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By Kiraz Janicke - Venezuelanalysis.com
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Tuesday, 31 July 2007 |
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We reproduce this excellent article explaining the current situation of Inveval, the
Venezuelan valve factory producing under workers' control, where the
workers are facing the problems of operating in a capitalist market but
also the sabotage of the state bureaucracy.
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By Radio Nacional de Venezuela
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Tuesday, 10 July 2007 |
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With the title “Freedom of Speech”, on Thursday June 28th a forum was organized by Radio Nacional de
Venezuela network. Read the article on the Radio Nacional de
Venezuela website.
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By FRETECO - controlobrero.org
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Friday, 06 July 2007 |
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A historic
FRETECO meeting has recently taken place in Venezuela. The Revolutionary Front
of Occupied Factories has met to discuss ideas on socialist companies, workers’
councils, and the building of socialism, marking an important step forward in
the revolution.
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By Pablo Roldan - Hands Off Venezuela London
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Wednesday, 20 June 2007 |
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This
lengthy article looks at every detail of how the media behaved before, during
and after the failed 2002 coup in Venezuela. It leaves absolutely no doubt
about the undemocratic nature of the private media in Venezuela and also points
the accusing finger at the media internationally.
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By Humania del Sur
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Monday, 18 June 2007 |
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Alan Woods was recently interviewed by the Humania del Sur magazine, published by the Universidad
de Los Andes, in Mérida, Venezuela. They asked him his opinions about the Bolivarian revolution
unfolding in Venezuela
today, touching on questions such as freedom of the media, the stage the
revolution is at, and the need to complete the revolution.
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By Pablo Roldan - Hands Off Venezuela London
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Thursday, 14 June 2007 |
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In the recent period
we have been bombarded by a barrage of media coverage claiming that Venezuela under
Chavez is moving towards some form of dictatorship. Behind all this lies their
desire to see an end to the revolution unfolding in Venezuela.
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By Rob Sewell
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Monday, 11 June 2007 |
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Condoleezza Rice last week launched another
attack against the Venezuelan Revolution at the general assembly of the
Organization of American States, using the non-renewal of the licence to RCTV
as an excuse. The imperialists are determined to defeat the Revolution in Venezuela, which poses a direct threat to their
continuing domination of Latin America.
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By Yonie Moreno and William Sanabria of the CMR in Venezuela
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Friday, 01 June 2007 |
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The non-renewal of the broadcasting licence to private TV
station RCTV in Venezuela
has been used by the oligarchy and imperialism to unleash the coup-plotting
campaign they were unable to launch at the time of the December 3rd elections.
Despite all the hue and cry over “freedom of expression” the real aim of the
oligarchy in Venezuela
is to create a situation of chaos, violence and confusion.
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By Jorge Martin
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Wednesday, 30 May 2007 |
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A delegation of Sanitarios Maracay trade union representatives went to Caracas on Monday May 28, to meet with the Social Affairs commission of the National Assembly, after which the Permanent Commission on Social Affairs agreed to send a petition to the president of the Republic for the expropriation of Sanitarios Maracay.
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