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Written by Hands Off Venezuela
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Thursday, 16 September 2010 15:05 |
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Video of the appeal by the Bolivarian Congress of the Peoples' and the Hands Off Venezuela campaign for an international campaign in solidarity with the Bolivarian revolution coinciding with the September 26 National Assembly elections. Hear ordinary Venezuelans explain why they support the revolution.
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Written by Hands Off Venezuela
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Friday, 18 June 2010 09:22 |
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BBC's HardTalk programme interview Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez. The interviewer subjected Chávez to a battery of "difficult" questions, but Chávez answered them and got his main point across: "Capitalism is the realm of injustice ... the only way to save the world is socialism". Well worth watching in full.
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Written by Hands Off Venezuela
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Thursday, 17 June 2010 15:47 |
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Some 50 activists participated in a very intense day of discussions during the Conference of Hands off Venezuela in London, on May 22. The main guests of the Conference were Katy Jaimes and Elías Chacón, active in the Socialist United Party (PSUV) and the PSUV youth as well as the movement of occupied factories, who had travelled from Venezuela to report on the current situation of the Bolivarian revolution. The Conference also featured a discussion on the Fifth International led off by Alan Woods. Here we present videos of their interventions.
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Written by Hands Off Honduras
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Tuesday, 10 November 2009 05:13 |
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Action in South Minneapolis, Minnesota with a coalition formed by different local progresive organizations. |
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Written by Hands Off Venezuela
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Monday, 14 September 2009 08:34 |
Inside the Revolution: A Journey into the Heart of Venezuela is a new documentary by Alborada films. Watch the trailer here and order your own copy!
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Written by Sylvia Richardson - CJSF
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Friday, 11 September 2009 07:55 |
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Jorge Martin, international secretary of the Hands Off Venezuela campaign was interviewed on August 29 by Sylvia Richardson of the Canadian radio CJSF on her program "Latin Waves." Topics discussed include the coup in Honduras, the expansion of US military in Colombia, the so called "war on drugs" and "Plan Colombia".
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Written by U.S. Hands Off Venezuela
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Friday, 15 May 2009 06:31 |
John Peterson, National Secretary of the U.S. Hands Off Venezuela Campaign, interviewed on Northern Sun News on KFAI 90.3 FM Minneapolis / 106.7 FM St. Paul by Don Olson about the Latin American Revolution and Chavez's nationalization of the Cargill factory in Venezuela.
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Written by Will Roche & Melanie MacDonald
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Monday, 06 April 2009 10:21 |
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Those of you who found the subject of factory occupation
in Venezuela interesting in our last film No Volveran, might also be interested in
watching our short film about Britain's recent factory occupations in North & East London. This is reminiscent of the factory occupations of the 1970s.
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Written by U.S. Hands Off Venezuela
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Monday, 16 March 2009 12:00 |
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John Peterson, U.S. National Secretary of Hands Off Venezuela, speaking
on the state of the Venezuelan Revolution and its relevance to American
workers.
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Written by HOV Canada and Société Bolivarienne du Québec.
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Wednesday, 04 March 2009 10:21 |
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HOV Canada and Société Bolivarienne du Québec have produced this video about their rally in Montreal in February.
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Written by Hands Off Venezuela
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Monday, 09 February 2009 10:41 |
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Jorge Martin, international secretary of the
Hands Off Venezuela campaign was interviewed on the Canadian radio program Latin Waves about Venezuela and the Global
Economic Crisis.
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Written by Hands Off Venezuela
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Friday, 06 February 2009 06:06 |
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We publish here two videos of the funeral for the murdered Mitsubishi workers outside the
factory with about 2000 people present.
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Written by Hands Off Venezuela
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Monday, 02 February 2009 11:26 |
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These two videos show how the workers only had stones and the police
was firing live ammunition, contrary to reports in the Venezuelan
bourgeois media. The first video shows the moment in which Javier
Marcano (Tiko Tiko) was killed.
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Written by Hands Off Venezuela
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Monday, 02 February 2009 10:20 |
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We publish here videos of the brutal repression of the Anzoategui
Police against the Mitsubishi workers on January 29, which ended up in
three workers dead.
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Written by HOV Britain
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Thursday, 11 December 2008 07:01 |
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If you missed the national conference of British HOV this year, you get another chance to experience it here. See the speeches made by Jeremy Dear, NUJ General Secretary, Samuel Moncada, Venezuelan ambassador, John McDonnell, MP, Matt Wrack, FBU General Secretary and Jesus Pino, Revolutionary Front of Steel Workers here.
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Written by Jorge Martín
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Wednesday, 10 December 2008 04:04 |
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Jesus Pino, a
representative of the Revolutionary Front of Steel Workers at SIDOR in
Venezuela, visited Britain at the end of November 2008, invited by the
Hands Off Venezuela campaign to attend its National Conference in
London. The interview is in Spanish with English subtitles.
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Written by HOV Belgium
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Tuesday, 25 November 2008 09:23 |
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Written by Hands Off Venezuela Denmark
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Thursday, 06 November 2008 10:01 |
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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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Written by Jorge Martin
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Monday, 20 October 2008 10:43 |
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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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Written by HOV Belgium
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Thursday, 25 September 2008 09:41 |
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Listen to the interviews of two participants of the first Belgian official
trade union visit to Venezuela. Speakers are Ronny Le Blon, union official and
former spokesperson of the socialist oilworkers at the Total refinery and Bruno
Verlaeckt, president of the Antwerp branch of the union.
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Written by Kevin Bell - HOV Vancouver
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Monday, 08 September 2008 03:20 |
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Another interesting interview from
Sylvia Richardson, host of Latin Waves on CJSF in Canada. In this program Sylvia interviews 3 activists known for their
commitment to social justice. The interview focuses on the idea of
genuine democracy.
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Written by Kevin Bell - HOV Vancouver
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Tuesday, 26 August 2008 05:39 |
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In this 2 part audio clip Sylvia
Richardson, host of Latin Waves on CJSF radio, in Vancouver, Canada, interviews Jorge
Martin, International Secretary of the Hands Off Venezuela campaign. Beginning with some of the incredible
changes happening in Venezuela, Jorge and Sylvia
carry on to discuss the challenges that face the Venezuelan
revolution.
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Written by HOV Montreal
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Wednesday, 18 June 2008 09:01 |
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We publish here a video of a meeting between representatives of the
Mohawk Nation and groups who support the Bolivarian Revolution,
including Hands off Venezuela in Montreal.
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Written by U.S. Hands Off Venezuela
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Wednesday, 28 May 2008 08:09 |
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During his Hands Off Venezuela tour through Canada and the USA, Jorge Martin gave a speech at the Central Labor Union Council in Minneapolis on May 17.
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Written by Hands Off Venezuela
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Monday, 12 May 2008 06:04 |
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Eva Golinger speaking at the Venezuela Solidarity Network national
symposium on Venezuela that took place at Howard University in Washington
DC on April 20, 2008.
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Written by Hands Off Venezuela
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Thursday, 01 May 2008 08:50 |
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In this audio file hear Sylvia Richardson of the Canadian west coast
community radio station 'Latin Waves' interview HOV international
secretary Jorge Martin in advance of his North American speaking tour.
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Written by Hands Off Venezuela
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Monday, 07 April 2008 08:10 |
In light of the recent corporate terrorism Venezuela has faced from the most profitable company in the world, H.O.V FM presents a special audio feature: ExxonMobil vs. Venezuela in the UK.
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Written by Hands Off Venezuela
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Friday, 29 February 2008 05:56 |
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The American radio station NPR recently interviewed Bart Jones, the
author of a new biography on Hugo Chavez. Two other guests were Fernando
Coronil, an author of a book about the history of Venezuela, and James Early,
director of Cultural Heritage Policy, Smithsonian Institution.
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Written by Hands Off Venezuela
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Friday, 21 December 2007 11:24 |
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The fourth Hands Off Venezuela
podcast is available now to download in time for the Christmas holidays.
Including a traditional Venezuelan
Christmas song to keep it seasonal, the latest show has an extended
feature on the Venezuelan and the Environment, Ambassador Samuel Moncada's reflections on the constitutional reform referendum, and news ranging from the humanitarian accord in Colombia and the launch of the Bank of the South to cheap heating oil for poor communities in the US.
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Written by Hands Off Venezuela
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Wednesday, 12 December 2007 05:24 |
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On Friday, December 7th, Al Jazeera's programme The Listening Post
analysed the world's media biased coverage of the constitutional reform
referendum. Amongst those interviewed was Alan Woods, founder of Hands
Off Venezuela.
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Written by Hands Off Venezuela
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Thursday, 06 December 2007 09:12 |
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Further to the report we published earlier on, we are also making available video footage of the recent Hands Off Venezuela conference featuring the Venezuelan ambassador, Matt Wrack, Derek Wall and John McDonnell MP.
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Written by Hands Off Venezuela
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Friday, 09 November 2007 12:47 |
The third episode of the Hands off Venezuela podcast is now availble for download or to listen to online. Highlights include clips from the recent visit of Venezuelan MPs to London to discuss constitutional reform, Michael Liebowitz on Socialism of the 21st Century, and information on the upcoming UK national conference. There’s also more details on constitutional reform and the usual burst of news, report backs and upcoming events including how you can help show support for the Venezuelan people during this period of heightened opposition action surrounding the referendum.
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Written by Hands Off Venezuela
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Wednesday, 10 October 2007 09:10 |
The second show of HOV FM, the Hands Off Venezuela podcast, is now available for download or to listen to online. This jam-packed show features the latest updates from Venezuela, including Vice-President Jorge Rodriguez as well as Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro. We also interviewed the Venezuelan Ambassador and a Hands off Venezuela activist gives us an update on Sanitarios Maracay.
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Written by Hands Off Venezuela
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Tuesday, 21 August 2007 09:58 |
Hands Off Venezuela has produced a new podcast that will be available monthly, containing news from Venezuela as well as the campaign's activities around the world, extended features and music. Our first show contains news on socialist cities, an interview with one of the film makers of No Volveran, news from HoV Finland and Brussels, plus Venezuelan music and lots more.
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Written by Hands Off Venezuela
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Monday, 09 July 2007 07:46 |
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From the makers of the Hands Off
Venezuela film 'Solidarity', and the Sanitarios Maracay short film
series, comes 'No Volverán - The Venezuelan Revolution Now', an exciting
feature length documentary about the Venezuelan Revolution. The Film's world's premiere, London July 18th.
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Written by Hands Off Venezuela
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Friday, 15 June 2007 10:49 |
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Al Jazeera's programme The Listening Post discussed the media coverage of the RCTV story. Debaters included Pablo Navarrete, HOV's Jorge Martin and a representative of RSF.
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Written by Red Pepper's Venezuela Blog
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Wednesday, 23 May 2007 06:32 |
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Below is a trailer for John Pilger's new film The War on Democracy. Set in Latin America and the US, The War on Democracy
explores the historic and current relationship of Washington with
countries such as Venezuela, Bolivia and Chile.
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Written by U.S. Hands Off Venezuela
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Friday, 18 May 2007 20:00 |
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Jorge Martin’s North American tour continued with a stop in
Minneapolis, MN with a protest against the release of Posada Carriles,
a public event, and interviews on Univision and local Community radio.
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Written by Hands Off Venezuela
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Friday, 13 April 2007 08:43 |
It is now five years since April 13th, 2002, the day the Venezuelan revolutionary masses defeated the reactionary coup and brought the democratically elected president Hugo Chávez back into power.
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Written by Hands Off Venezuela
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Wednesday, 21 March 2007 11:29 |
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In an interview conducted with Barbara Walters of ABC Television,
Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez accepted responsibility for calling
Bush names, but reminded viewers that U.S. President Bush’s actions are
much worse and far deadlier.
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Written by Will Roche, Hands Off Venezuela
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Wednesday, 14 March 2007 10:00 |
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The University of Bristol hosted its second Latin American Forum organised by a coalition of solidarity campaigns. Around 120-150 people filled the lecture rooms to debate and discuss the revolutionary social movements that are currently sweeping across Latin America. Hands Off Venezuela was represented by
Jorge Martin.
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Written by Hands Off Venezuela
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Thursday, 25 January 2007 07:49 |
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After the first video on the struggle at Sanitarios Maracay, a factory in Venezuela under workers' control, Hands Off Venezuela has produced a second video showing how the workers are holding a workers' assembly and how they discuss and vote on issues such as nationalisation. Topics covered include the previous boss's acts of sabotage, logistics of workers' control and socialism of the 21st century. |
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Written by Hands Off Venezuela
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Sunday, 17 December 2006 20:00 |
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The courageous workers of Sanitarios Maracay march on the National Assembly in Caracas, Venezuela, to campaign for the expropriation and nationalisation of their factory. This has become an important struggle for the workers movement in Venezuela, and is developing international support. |
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Written by Hands Off Venezuela
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Monday, 11 December 2006 09:00 |
Video clip of a gathering of supporters of the Bolivarian revolution in Brussels celebrating Hugo Chavez's electoral victory. Look at the video here. In French and Spanish.
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Written by Hands Off Venezuela delegation
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Tuesday, 05 December 2006 09:28 |
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Hands Off Venezuela tours Sanitarios Maracay, a factory in Venezuela under workers control, to learn more about the revolutionary process taking place there, and to offer solidarity to the workers. An impressive video which gives a taste of workers' democracy in action and how this is linked to the Bolivarian revolution |
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Written by Hands Off Venezuela
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Wednesday, 29 November 2006 10:56 |
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An inspiring 13 minute film about the Bolivarian revolution and the activities of the Hands Off Venezuela campaign.
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Written by Hands Off Venezuela
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Monday, 27 November 2006 11:41 |
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Video of Alan Woods speaking at the Hands Off Venezuela National Conference 2006
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Written by Hands Off Venezuela
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Tuesday, 07 November 2006 10:05 |
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Here we provide a video of John McDonnell MP, the left-wing Labour MP speaking at the Hands Off Venezuela 2006 Annual Conference. He speaks about the importance of the Venezuelan Revolution in building socialism in Britain and worldwide. John also speaks of his campaign to win the leadership of the Labour Party, and the effects that this is having on the labour movement around the country.
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Written by Hands Off Venezuela
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Wednesday, 04 October 2006 10:07 |
Hands Off Venezuela international secretary Jorge Martin talks about the importance of the presidential elections and the tasks of the solidarity movement.
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Written by Venezuelan Embassy US - www.embavenez-us.org
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Thursday, 21 September 2006 05:25 |
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This is a partial transcript of the press conference Chavez gave after his speech at the UN. He spoke about the elections in Mexico, the role of women in the revolution, how peace in the Middle East can only come through justice, how the UN cannot be reformed, etc. (Video in English - real media) (Audio en español) (Texto en Español)
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