Just released! A meticulously researched examination of the role of the AFL-CIO in the April 2002 coup against the democratically-elected government of Hugo Chavez. In light of this information, labor activists in the U.S. and around the world should multiply the pressure on the AFL-CIO to end its ties with the NED and to pursue genuine worker to worker solidarity with the workers of Venezuela and the world. Read the article on the Hands off Venezuela site. Just released! A meticulously researched examination of the role of the AFL-CIO in the April 2002 coup against the democratically-elected government of Hugo Chavez. In light of this information, labor activists in the U.S. and around the world should multiply the pressure on the AFL-CIO to end its ties with the NED and to pursue genuine worker to worker solidarity with the workers of Venezuela and the world. Read the article on the Hands off Venezuela site.