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13 May 2005
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Hands Off Venezuela
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Hands Off Venezuela supporters went up to
sunny Southport (Merseyside) to raise awareness of Venezuela’s Bolivarian
Revolution amongst the members of one of the most militant unions in the TUC.
Between May 10 and May 14, we held a stall and leafletted the conference. FBU
conference was a very good chance to present our “Open letter to US trade
unionists”, and FBU President and Hands Off Venezuela sponsor Ruth Winters appealed
to the delegates to sign it and to circulate it in their branches. New General
Secretary Matt Wrack also signed the appeal. If it is true that just a minority
of delegates knew about Venezuela and its revolution, delegates were very
sympathetic and supportive of our cause once we explained to them what was
going on. We sold some literature and got our message across to the FBU
delegates. Now the task is to publicise the struggles of the Venezuelan masses
in all FBU branches, so next year all delegates will be very aware of the Hands
Off Venezuela campaign and why we must support our Venezuelan brothers and
sisters. Hands Off Venezuela supporters went up to
sunny Southport (Merseyside) to raise awareness of Venezuela’s Bolivarian
Revolution amongst the members of one of the most militant unions in the TUC.
Between May 10 and May 14, we held a stall and leafletted the conference. FBU
conference was a very good chance to present our “Open letter to US trade
unionists”, and FBU President and Hands Off Venezuela sponsor Ruth Winters appealed
to the delegates to sign it and to circulate it in their branches. New General
Secretary Matt Wrack also signed the appeal. If it is true that just a minority
of delegates knew about Venezuela and its revolution, delegates were very
sympathetic and supportive of our cause once we explained to them what was
going on. We sold some literature and got our message across to the FBU
delegates. Now the task is to publicise the struggles of the Venezuelan masses
in all FBU branches, so next year all delegates will be very aware of the Hands
Off Venezuela campaign and why we must support our Venezuelan brothers and
sisters.
Please help build the campaign by joining as an individual or affiliating your trade union