Second national day of solidarity with Venezuela in Belgium
- 24 October 2008
On Saturday 15th of November the solidarity movement in Belgium with the revolution will hold its second national gathering. We will not only celebrate the tenth anniversary of the revolution which started with Hugo Chavez’ election in 1998 but also debate the progress made by the social revolution. Workshops include discussions on the ‘The revolution in practice, successes and problems of the Missiones”, with two Belgian doctors, ‘The workers and the revolution” with witness reports from petrochemical workers and others who visited the nationalised steel factory Sidor , and of course “ Democracy and free speech” with an international observer of the presidential election in 2006. A plenary session will discuss how the international financial crisis affects Latin America and what alternatives are proposed by Venezuela, Bolivia like the Banco del Sur. Speakers will include the ambassadors of the countries involved.We will conclude with a solidarity meeting with the ambassador of Venezuela, a trade union leader of Sidor, Jesus Pino, Erik Demeester of the Hands Off Venezuela campaign and Paul Emile Dupret adviser for the United Left parties in the European Parliament.
The activity is actively sponsored by the important branch of the socialist union (AC- Antwerpen- Waasland, the Christian union federation of Brussels, Oxfam Solidarity, Iniciativa Cuba Socialista, an Association of Latin American Refugees, Vonk/Unité Socialiste etc. and of course the Hands Off Venezuela campaign.
Read more about the activity on venezuelasolidaridad.blogspot.com
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