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Wednesday, 19 November 2008 |
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On November 8, the Hands Off Venezuela campaign welcomed into its ranks the Hungarian-Venezuelan Solidarity Association (HVSA), who after a period of close collaboration and discussions had decided to join HOV. This is a welcome addition to our campaign and we look forward to stepping up the solidarity work with these comrades.
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Wednesday, 19 November 2008 |
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On Wednesday, October 5th, in Bolívar Hall in London, there was a screening of “People's Power” (“El poder popular”) the third part of “The Battle of Chile” (“La batalla de Chile”), by Patricio Guzmán, a film produced in 1979. The film focuses on “People’s Power”, i.e. the formation of grassroots movements and organisations that challenged the old structures of Chilean society.
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Wednesday, 12 November 2008 |
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Come and hear Jesus Pino from the
Revolutionary Front of Steel Workers (SIDOR). He is speaking at the Hands Off
Venezuela National Conference in London
in less than two week’s time. He will speak about the struggle to nationalise
the steel industry and the fight for workers’ control in Venezuela.
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Thursday, 06 November 2008 |
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Danish supporters of HoV managed to get an interview with the American rap artist when he was in Copenhagen in September.
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Wednesday, 29 October 2008 |
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Hands Off Venezuela Finland has written a petition against the repression of the indigenous population of Colombia. We publish the text in full here. |
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Monday, 27 October 2008 |
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The Hungarian – Venezuelan Solidarity Association (HVSA) will join the Hands off Venezuela officially, on its conference on 8 November 2008
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Friday, 24 October 2008 |
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HOV Greece has collected 300 signatures from leading people on the left in Greece in defence of the revolutions in Bolivia and Venezuela. We publish them here.
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Friday, 24 October 2008 |
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An emergency picket of the Colombian Embassy in London yesterday called for an end to the state policy of genocide towards trade unionists, indigenous people and the social movement.
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Friday, 24 October 2008 |
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On Saturday 15th of November the solidarity movement in Belgium with the revolution will hold its second national gathering.
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Monday, 20 October 2008 |
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During the European Social Forum in Malmö (Sweden) on
the 19th of September Hands Off Venezuela organised a meeting on the
topic of Bolivia and Venezuela, against the coup attempts in both
countries. The main speaker was Jorge Martin, international secretary
of the HOV Campaign.
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Monday, 20 October 2008 |
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Hands Off Venezuela Finland has a new website in Finnish. Check it out!
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Wednesday, 15 October 2008 |
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S.O.S For the right to protest and safety of indigenous
people, campesinos and cane cutter.
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Friday, 10 October 2008 |
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In
November 2006, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine organised a
festival of solidarity with the Venezuelan revolution at the cultural centre of
Almishal, in Gaza.
During the activity comrade Ghazi Surani gave an important speech in support of
the Venezuelan Revolution.
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Friday, 10 October 2008 |
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Supporters of Hands Off Venezuela intervened at the University of
Sussex's freshers fair on 1st October. Sussex holds a long standing
anti-capitalist tradition which was reflected the enthusiasm of
students for the HOV stall.
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Wednesday, 08 October 2008 |
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Yesterday saw an impressive show of
solidarity for the Miami Five in front of the US embassy at London's
Grosvenor Square. About five hundred people turned up to the annual
candlelit vigil organised by the Cuba Solidarity Campaign in Britain.
Hands Off Venezuela joined the protest, which marked the 10th
anniversary of the arrest of these five courageous men.
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Tuesday, 07 October 2008 |
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Human Rights Watch, a US-based group claiming to be a non-governmental organization, but which is in fact funded by government-linked quasi-private foundations and a Congressional funded political propaganda organization, the National Endowment for Democracy, has issued a report “A Decade Under Chavez: Political Intolerance and Lost Opportunities for Advancing Human Rights in Venezuela” (9/21/2008 hrw.org).
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Friday, 03 October 2008 |
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On September 26, HOV-Greece hosted a debate about the recent events in Venezuela and Bolivia and the future of the revolution in Latin America. The discussion took place at the Immigrant Club, with about 80 supporters of the campaign present, including workers, students and left wing party activists.
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Thursday, 02 October 2008 |
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Supporters of Hands off Venezuela at Leeds
University intervened during the week long freshers’ fair at Leeds University
Union to promote solidarity between students here in Leeds and the workers and
youth in Venezuela who are struggling to create a new society based on
socialist principles.
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Monday, 29 September 2008 |
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Last week the European Social Forum was held in Malmö, Sweden.
For once Latin America was a main feature.
Hands off Venezuela was
there with activists from Sweden,
Denmark, Great Britain, Poland,
Russia as well as
sympathisers from Slovakia
and Hungary.
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Monday, 29 September 2008 |
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Some hundred people
gathered in front of the US
embassy in Brussels
last Friday to protest against US-backed coup-plotting in Bolivia and Venezuela.
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Join / Affiliate!
On
November 15 a successful day of solidarity with the Venezuelan
revolution was held in Brussles, with many speakers from Belgian
trade unions, other solidarity campaigns and guest speaker Jesus Pino
of the Revolutionary Front of Steelworkers in Venezuela.
