At this summer's international school, organised by the International Marxist Tendency, Victor Rios, a long standing leader of the Spanish Izquierda Unida (United Left) and an adviser to Hugo Chavez, delivered a speech on his thoughts on the Venezuelan Revolution. We reproduce it here for our readers.
Visiting Venezuela this young comrade has got a taste of the revolutionary fervour that is gripping the country. He has witnessed the masses taking part in political life, masses that have risen off their knees and are challenging capitalism and everything that it represents.
Last weekend the Venezuelan Revolutionary Socialist Youth (JSR) held its second congress, where it adopted a clear platform in favour of socialist revolution. It aims to gather all the most conscious and militant youth of Venezuela under one banner.