A largescale protest last week by workers from the Sidor steelworks secured the release of five of their co-workers after they were arrested by the National Guard on charges of undue expropriation and seizure of plant machinery. The protest, supported by the unions at the plant, partially closed down the steelworks and brought the city of Puerto Ordaz, in Venezuela’s Bolívar state to a standstill.

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More than 120 people packed the Latin America fringe meeting at the TUC on Monday, September 11, where a lively debate took place on the Venezuelan revolution, including such questions as workers’ control in the factories.

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Under the surface of the different factions or currents within the National Union of Workers, a more dangerous quarrel is simmering away that could have consequences for the government and its revolutionary credentials.  What is up for grabs is the meaning of XXI century Socialism and the UNT’s role within it.

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Two union branches affiliated to the Hands off Venezuela campaign in the Belgian socialist union ABVV/FGTB succeeded in harnessing some important support for a motion of solidarity with the Bolivarian Revolution in Venezuela. This motion also asked for the recognition of the new trade union movement UNT.

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