Last July, Nervion, the largest subsidiary of Navantia, sacked its entire workforce. The workers have set up camp outside the main port and are demanding they get their jobs back. The outcome of the struggle of these shipyard workers in Galicia will set the tone for future struggles for the whole of the Spanish working class.
Hands Off Venezuela has organised
the first speaking tour of a Venezuelan student activist in Britain who will give a first hand account of the exciting transformation of the Venezuelan education system.
Hands Off Venezuela Britain is also pleased to announce that it is sending a
delegation to Venezuela
to coincide with the Presidential elections. The
weeklong tour will begin on Monday, November 27th and finish on
Sunday December 3rd - election day. Finally, make sure to register for the Hands Off Venezuela National Conference!
On Saturday, September 23, Hands Off Venezuela activists marched with tens of thousands of others in the Stop the War demonstration in Manchester. The HOV stall and
meeting attracted a lot of interest. Then on Monday, September 25, HOV organised a packed fringe
meeting at the Labour Party Conference, addressed by John McDonnell and Jeremy Corbyn. The Morning Star also carried a report
of the meeting .