Hands off Venezuela at Swedish international conference

Created on 31 October 2005

The Hands off Venezuela campaign in Sweden was invited to speak at an international conference organised by the Swedish Left Party (former Communist Party). Martin Lööf went along to explain what HOV was about and also to give an account of what is happening in Venezuela.

Hands off Venezuela Campaign kicks off in Fife, Scotland

Created on 31 October 2005

On Friday 28th October a successful meeting of ten people was held in Newburgh, Fife, to discuss the Bolivarian revolution and the formation of a local committee in solidarity with our Venezuelan brothers and sisters.

Constructing Co-Management in Venezuela: Contradictions along the Path

Created on 30 October 2005

Below is a talk that Michael A. Lebowitz gave at el Encuentro Nacional de Trabajadores Hacia la RecuperaciÃ³n de Empresas (the National Meeting of Workers for the Recovery of Enterprises), organized by la UniÃ³n Nacional de Trabajadores (UNT, the National Union of Workers) in Caracas, Venezuela, 22 October 2005. The meeting was preparatory to el Primer Encuentro Latinoamericano de Empresas Recuperadas por los Trabajadores (the 1st Latin American Gathering of Companies Recovered by the Workers), to be held in Caracas on 27-29 October 2005.

In Paris, Chavez speaks of the revolution and salutes the work of “Hands Off Venezuela!”

Created on 26 October 2005

A report on the Speech Chavez gave recently in Paris. Asked by the local mayor what was the “secret” behind his political success and resilience, Chavez explained that his power emanates from the mass movement, of the involvement of the mass of the people in the struggle for change. During his speech he also praised the work of the Hands Off Venezuela campaign and underlined the need for such international solidarity.

Venezuelan trade unionists discuss workers’ management and factory occupations

Created on 24 October 2005

Workers' representatives and trade union activists from around the country met in Caracas on October 21-22, in the National Gathering of Workers towards the Recovery of Companies. The main aim of this meeting, called by Venezuela’s National Workers’ Union (UNT), was to bring together workers involved in experiences of factory occupations and different forms of workers’ management.

Los sindicalistas venezolanos discuten la gestión obrera y las ocupaciones de fábricas

Created on 24 October 2005

Durante dos dÃas, 21 y 22 de octubre, representantes obreros y activistas sindicales de todo el paÃs se reunieron en Caracas en el Encuentro Nacional de Trabajadores hacia la RecuperaciÃ³n de Empresas. El objetivo principal de esta reuniÃ³n, convocada por la UniÃ³n Nacional de Trabajadores de Venezuela (UNT), fue reunir a los trabajadores implicados en experiencias de ocupaciones de fÃ¡bricas y en diferentes formas de gestiÃ³n obrera.

“Co-management” in the Alcasa aluminium factory

Created on 22 October 2005

At the beginning of 2005, president ChÃ¡vez nominated Carlos Lanz a head of the nationalized aluminium company, Alcasa. From his arrival at the head of the company he began a process of “co-management” which has made this company a political symbol and this experience a national test. We interviewed a member of Lanz’s team, Rafael Rodriguez.

Entrevista a Orlando Chirino, coordinador nacional de la UNT

Created on 19 October 2005

En el mes de Setiembre del 2005, Orlando Chirino, coordinador nacional de la UNT, visitÃ³ Gran Bretaña. La campaña internacional Manos Fuera de Venezuela le entrevistÃ³ sobre los orÃgenes y funcionamiento de la UNT, el debate sobre el socialismo del SXXI, las experiencias de control obrero, y la organizaciÃ³n de la solidaridad con la revoluciÃ³n bolivariana.

Correction to "Capitalism Causes Disasters: Chavez"

Created on 18 October 2005

In a previous article taken from AFP and reproduced in the Pakistani newspaper, The Dawn, it was stated that "Hugo Chavez blamed global capitalism for Saturday’s earthquake in South Asia". Unfortunately this slipped through without being checked. It is not really what Chavez said.

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Constructing Co-Management in Venezuela: Contradictions along the Path

In Paris, Chavez speaks of the revolution and salutes the work of “Hands Off Venezuela!”

Venezuelan trade unionists discuss workers’ management and factory occupations

Los sindicalistas venezolanos discuten la gestión obrera y las ocupaciones de fábricas

“Co-management” in the Alcasa aluminium factory

Entrevista a Orlando Chirino, coordinador nacional de la UNT

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