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Written by Hands Off Venezuela
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Sunday, 29 May 2011 20:04 |
 At its annual Congress held at the Harrogate International Centre, from Saturday 28 May to Monday 30 May 2011, the University and College Union, has passed a unanimous resolution condemning US sanctions against PDVSA.
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Written by Hands Off Venezuela
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Wednesday, 25 May 2011 15:15 |
 Hands Off Venezuela strongly condemns the unilateral sanctions imposed by the US administration against the Venezuelan oil company PDVSA for trading with Iran.
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Written by Hands Off Venezuela
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Monday, 23 May 2011 14:40 |
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The British Hands Off Venezuela campaign, held its national conference 2011 on May 21st in London. These are the resolutions which were discussed and passed unanimously and also the list of the elected steering committee.
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Written by Hands Off Venezuela
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Monday, 02 May 2011 21:05 |
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On 21st May the 2011 National Conference of Hands Off Venezuela in Britain will be taking place in London. Free to members, or join on the day, and hear speakers coming from Venezuela as well as debate and wider discussion in solidarity with the Bolivarian Revolution.
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Written by Hands Off Venezuela
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Tuesday, 09 November 2010 11:30 |
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On Sunday, November 7, the Minneapolis/St. Paul chapter of Hands Off Venezuela participated in an event at the Walker Community Church in Minneapolis focusing on the attempted coup in Ecuador.
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Written by Hands Off Venezuela
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Friday, 08 October 2010 14:25 |
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The international solidarity campaign organised by the Hands Off Venezuela campaign and the Bolivarian Congress of the Peoples coinciding with the National Assembly elections in Venezuela was a resounding success. More than 30 events were organised in 20 different countries, and nearly 1500 people from 65 different countries signed the solidarity appeal.
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Written by Caio Dezorzi
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Tuesday, 21 September 2010 15:44 |
 Several acts were performed in Brazil last weekend as part of the World Day of Solidarity with the Bolivarian Revolution, including visits of delegations of trade unionists and political activists to Venezuelan Consulates in different parts of the country and a rally in Rio de Janeiro.
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Written by HOV-Italy (Giù le mani dal Venezuela)
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Tuesday, 21 September 2010 15:36 |
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In Milan, severe disruption caused by a heavy rainstorm which paralysed the city forced the organisers to postpone the party in solidarity with the Bolivarian revolution planned for the evening of September 18 to the next day, Sunday, September 19. Many who were planning to attend on the original date could not make it but nevertheless 20 people attended, in spite of the disruptions and a blackout in the area caused by the previous day's storm. They showed real interest in the material of the local HOV campaign and in the magazine of the Marxist tendency in the PSUV, Lucha de Clases.
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Written by Hands Off Venezuela
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Monday, 20 September 2010 19:35 |
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 On Saturday September 18, some 40 people attended the London branch of Hands Off Venezuela’s vibrant rally in solidarity with the Bolivarian Revolution. An international day of solidarity had been called by the Venezuelan branch of HOV and the Bolivarian People’s Congress in light of the upcoming National Assembly elections.
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Written by HoV Canada
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Monday, 20 September 2010 11:09 |
 Hands Off Venezuela, the Toronto Bolivarian Circle “Louis Riel” and Société Bolivarienne du Québec organised three succesful events in Toronto, Vancouver and Montreal. Here are the reports with pictures.
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Written by Hands Off Venezuela
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Monday, 20 September 2010 10:50 |
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 Around the world Hands Off Venezuela activists expressed their solidarity with the revolution in Venezuela. In 18 countries hundreds of workers and youth gathered in meetings and other activities to discuss the upcoming elections and spread information about the revolution. Here are a reports from Greece, Belgium, USA and El Salvador with pictures.
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Written by HoV Denmark
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Monday, 20 September 2010 10:04 |
 In the run-up to the elections in Venezuela on September 26, Hands off Venezuela Denmark has published a book, ”the Venezuelan Revolution – eyewitness account and analysis”, by the author Andreas Bülow. This is the first book on the subject in Danish.
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Written by Manos Fuera de Venezuela - Mexico
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Friday, 20 August 2010 12:15 |
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A meeting of teachers, students and youth in Mexico voted a resolution in solidarity with the Venezuelan revolution and in support of Bolivarian candidates on September 26.
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Written by Hands Off Venezuela
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Sunday, 08 August 2010 05:08 |
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Hands off Venezuela held a public meeting in London on 3 August, 2010 to discuss escalating tensions between Venezuela and Colombia. Speakers from Hands off Venezuela and the Colombia Solidarity Campaign discussed the recent events that led to the diplomatic crisis, the threat of US imperialism, the human rights situation in Colombia, and the ‘war on drugs’.
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Written by Hands Off Venezuela
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Tuesday, 29 June 2010 09:38 |
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 (EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) A small but militant picket gathered outside the Honduras embassy in London on June 28, 2010, to mark the first anniversary of the military coup and show our solidarity with the people's resistance. Similar actions took place in other parts of the world.
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Written by Hands Off Venezuela
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Wednesday, 23 June 2010 07:49 |
 On June 28th, the democratically elected president of Honduras, Manuel Zelaya, was taken by the Army, put on a plane and sent to Costa Rica. The military coup, organised with the knowledge of the US embassy and the support of the local oligarchy, installed Roberto Micheletti in power.
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Written by Hands Off Venezuela
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Friday, 28 May 2010 14:45 |
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As part of their visit to Britain in May 2010 to attend the Hands Off Venezuela conference, Venezuelan revolutionaries Katy Jaimes and Elias Chacón also spoke at fringe meetings at the conferences of the Public Commercial and Services Union in Brighton and the Communication Workers Union in Bournemouth.
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Written by Hands Off Venezuela
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Monday, 24 May 2010 15:49 |
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Written by Hands Off Venezuela
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Monday, 24 May 2010 15:14 |
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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.
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Written by Hands Off Venezuela (Canada)
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Thursday, 13 May 2010 14:14 |
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On 8th May, about 40 people filled the OPSEU union hall in downtown Toronto to listen to a report-back by Fightback editorial board member Camilo Cahis, and Toronto Young New Democrats (TYND) Co-Chair Jennie Ernewein. Both Camilo and Jennie were part of a Hands Off Venezuela/Bolivarian Circle “Louis Riel” delegation to Venezuela. Although the delegation was originally intended to participate in the founding conference of the V International (which has now been postponed until after the September parliamentary elections), the two comrades were able to visit worker-controlled factories, participate in the bi-centennial independence celebrations, talk to ordinary workers and PSUV members, and were invited to attend the congress of the Marxists within the PSUV.
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Written by HoV Canada
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Thursday, 06 May 2010 12:00 |
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 On Tuesday May 4th, representatives from HOV/SBQ in Montreal and HOV/CBLR in Toronto travelled to Parliament Hill in Ottawa to present on the human rights situation in Venezuela. Stéphanie Vaudry from HOV/SBQ presented very comprehensivley in French about the Misiones and the achievements of the Bolivarian government. Maria Paez Victor addressed the issue of human rights, the judiciary and the media.
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Written by HOV Denmark
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Friday, 16 April 2010 08:58 |
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 More than 100 protestors on Tuesday took part in a picket in Copenhagen to commemorate the defeat of the CIA-backed coup in Venezuela on the 13 April eight years ago. The event was also a protest against the continued aggressions and coups on part of Imperialism in Latin America.
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Written by Hands Off Venezuela (Canada)
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Tuesday, 30 March 2010 12:05 |
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Hands Off Venezuela, the Bolivarian Circle “Louis Riel,” Latin@s, the Latin American Solidarity Network, and the Venezuelan embassy and Consulate-General in Toronto gathered for the launch meeting of the Latin American Peace Initiative (LAPI), which seeks to prevent a new war in Latin America. The need to build an anti-war campaign for Latin America has gained a new impetus given last summer’s coup in Honduras and recent attacks on Venezuela by Canada’s Peter Kent and the US’ Hillary Clinton.
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Written by HoV Canada
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Thursday, 17 December 2009 11:48 |
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Hands Off Venezuela supporters attended last month's convention of the youth wing of the Ontario NDP in Ottawa. While there, HOV managed to get the following resolution approved by delegates, which now becomes part of ONDY policy.
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Written by HoV Finland
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Thursday, 05 November 2009 08:39 |
 On Friday the 17th we had in Helsinki an
event called Honduras in our heart- viva la resistencia ! with a
Finnish ALAMES doctor, Timo Partanen, who had just arrived from Costa
Rica and Nicaragua, explaining to us abt the situation in the country,
before and after the coup d´etat, as well as telling about the
reactions in the neighbouring countries.
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Written by the Hungarian-Venezuelan Solidarity Association
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Wednesday, 04 November 2009 08:06 |
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Recently the Hungarian-Venezuelan Solidarity Association
held its 2009 congress, where a positive balance sheet was outlined about the
past year's solidarity activities.
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Written by Maria Páez Victor (Bolivarian Circle "Louis Riel"/Hands Off Venezuela)
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Friday, 23 October 2009 11:40 |
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Last week Hands Off Venezuela and the Louis Riel Bolivarian Circle,
with help from our colleagues in Halifax, the National Council of Latin
American and Caribbean Women in Canada, and the Venezuelan Consulate in
Toronto, were able to bring to Toronto one of the most creative leaders
of the Venezuelan Bolivarian Revolution, Julio Chávez.
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Written by Hands Off Venezuela/Société Bolivarienne du Québec
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Thursday, 22 October 2009 03:34 |
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In the early morning of Sunday, 11th October, around 20 people attended
a workshop presented by the Société Bolivarienne du Québec/Hands Off
Venezuela. “The Bolivarian Revolution: The truth and the myth” was one
of many workshops which were presented by many social organizations
during the five days of the Forum Social Québécois in Montreal from the
8th to the 12th of October.
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Written by Fatkhul Khoir (Hands Off Venezuela Indonesia)
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Wednesday, 21 October 2009 03:47 |
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In the industrial city Gresik, on October 18th 2009,
around twenty people gathered to watch and discuss the documentary No Volveran. This documentary tells a
story about the Venezuelan Revolution and the struggle of the Sanitarios
Maracay workers to occupy their factory and run it under workers’ control. The
enthusiasm of those present was evident. This could be seen in the discussion
following the screening. During the discussion, the attendee tried to draw a
connection from what has been done by the trade unions in Venezuela.
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Written by HOV Canada
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Friday, 16 October 2009 06:19 |
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On 29th September in Toronto, Hands Off Venezuela and the Bolivarian
Circle “Louis Riel” organized a film screening of the recent
documentary produced by Vive TV about FRETECO. This latest documentary
explores the revolutionary movement of occupied factories and workers’
control in Venezuela.
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Written by HOV Britain
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Wednesday, 07 October 2009 06:02 |
 On Monday, 5 October, Latin America solidarity organisations protested outside the Honduran embassy against the coup in Honduras and in solidarity with the Resistance movement against it. For two hours, the 40 people present shouted slogans against the coup-plotters and in favour of reinstatement of Manuel Zelaya, the deposed president. A letter was also handed over to the embassy, demanding the reinstatement of Zelaya, the re-establishment of democratic rights and the punishment of the coup plotters. |
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Written by HOV Britain
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Monday, 21 September 2009 06:32 |
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A good-humoured crowd of dozens of people from many Latin American countries and British solidarity and left wing activists gathered on Friday, September 18, outside the US embassy in London to say "Hasta la vista Baby!". The event had been called by the Movimiento Ecuador Reino Unido to celebrate the end of the US military presence in that country, as a result of president Correa not renewing the permit for the Manta base.
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Written by Bosnian and Herzegovinian-Venezuelan solidarity association
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Thursday, 17 September 2009 11:22 |
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The BiH-Venezuelan
Solidarity Association was established at the time of the coup in Honduras
supported by imperialist powers, when the USA is negotiating with Colombia on
the takeover of military bases.
We are determined to campaign in defence of the Bolivarian revolution against
the attacks of the imperialist powers in order to defend the democratic
government of Hugo Chavez and to fight for the truth.
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Written by HOV Poland
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Wednesday, 16 September 2009 06:46 |
 We are proud to
announce the launch of a new Venezuelan solidarity blog in Polish. Over the
past few years Hands Off Venezuela has been active in Poland,
organising meetings with students and union activists. And now we have decided
to give a voice to all those who differ with the "official line" of the Polish
- and international - media on Venezuela. The blog is open to anybody who
wishes to discuss events in Venezuela
and Latin America. A group of dedicated
activists is working on it and making available interesting articles and news
on Venezuela. We welcome any comments and collaboration.
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Written by HOV Finland
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Friday, 11 September 2009 08:17 |
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Hands Off Venezuela Finland held a demonstration in support of the Venezuelan masses and President Chavez in front of the Venezuelan embassy in Helsinki on September 4. Rauni Salminen of HOV spoke about the US military bases meant to be installed in Colombia, as well as of the situation in Honduras after the coup, the resistance movement, the human rights violations and the media silence on that subject. We provide here some videos of the event.
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Written by HOV Finland
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Friday, 14 August 2009 05:13 |
 Hands Off
Venezuela Finland organised two solidarity events for the Honduran resistance movement during the last
few weeks.
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Written by Arash Azizi - Hands Off Venezuela (Canada)
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Wednesday, 15 July 2009 09:48 |
 Last month, a delegation from Hands Off Venezuela/Bolivarian Society of
Quebec had a meeting with Elio Vitriago, the Venezuelan consul-general
in Montreal.
The delegation, consisting of a few young
Canadian HOV/SBQ activists and Jorge Martín, International Secretary of
HOV, was warmly welcomed by the entire staff of the Venezuelan
consulate, and by Mr. Vitriago himself.
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Written by Hungarian-Venezuelan Solidarity Association
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Tuesday, 07 July 2009 10:28 |
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The Hungarian - Venezulean Solidarity Association held a demonstration
in front of the US Embassy at Budapes against the coup in Honduaras (report in English and in Spanish)
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Written by Geoff McCormack - Hands Off Venezuela
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Monday, 06 July 2009 09:51 |
 The Second Latin American Meeting of Worker-Recovered Factories took place on June 25-27. Over two hundred workers gathered at the National Library in Caracas to discuss perspectives for the occupied factories movement internationally.
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Written by Ted Sprague (Hands Off Venezuela/Société Bolivarian du Quebéc)
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Saturday, 04 July 2009 05:57 |
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Not only in the streets of Honduras, all over the world
people have staged rallies in solidarity with the struggle of the Honduras
people. Here in Montreal, two solidarity rallies have been organized
by Latin America solidarity groups whereby Hands Off Venezuela/Société
Bolivarian du Quebéc supported and joined.
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Written by Hands Off Venezuela - SF
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Saturday, 04 July 2009 05:52 |
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With a military coup occurring in Honduras to oust president
Manuel Zeleya on Sunday, a protest was held on Monday afternoon, June
29, in front of the Honduran consulate in San Francisco. With less than 24 hours notice, we had an
attendance of approximately 150 people, many of them Honduran.
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Written by Hands Off Venezuela London
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Saturday, 04 July 2009 05:47 |
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A
second lively picket against the coup in Honduras took place in London
on July 3rd. Members of the Latin American community, solidarity and
left wing activists gathered outside the embassy to demand the
reinstatement of president Zelaya. A letter was handed in to the
Minister Counsellor who refused to meet any of the protestors.
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Written by Latin America Solidarity Network - Toronto
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Thursday, 02 July 2009 04:44 |
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The Latin America Solidarity Network in Toronto is has organised a rally where they will demand that the Canadian government takes measures against the coup in Honduras.
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Written by U.S. Hands Off Venezuela
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Wednesday, 01 July 2009 09:10 |
 On Monday, June 29, an emergency picket was called in front of the
Federal building in downtown Minneapolis, MN to protest the coup in
Honduras.
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Written by HOV Britain
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Wednesday, 01 July 2009 05:36 |
 On June 30 at 5 pm, about 80 activists from solidarity campaigns, trade unions and left wing organisations gathered outside the Honduras embassy in London to reject the military coup against president Mel Zelaya and demand his immediate reinstatement.
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Written by Hands Off Venezuela
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Tuesday, 30 June 2009 04:06 |
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Supporters of Hands Off Venezuela in the British Parliament have tabled an EDM calling for the immediate reinstatment of the government of Honduras. We welcome this initiative and ask that our supporters in
Britain encourage their MPs to sign it.
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Written by HOV London
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Monday, 29 June 2009 17:50 |
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In the early hours of Sunday June 28, a group of soldiers took the
democratically elected president of Honduras, Mel Zelaya at gun point
and transported him by plane to Costa Rica. Zelaya's government had carried out a whole
series of progressive reforms in the fields of education, health care, etc. The masses have come out on the streets and called for a
general strike on Monday 29 to reject this coup. We give them out full
support. Come to the emergency picket of the embassy of Honduras in London on Tuesday, June 30 at 5pm.
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Written by HOV United States
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Monday, 29 June 2009 04:47 |
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San Francisco, CA - The Hands Off Venezuela campaign, along with other
Latin America solidarity organizations, have called for a emergency
rally and press conference to denounce the recent military coup against
democratically elected president Honduran Manuel Zelaya. The coup came
on the day in which Hondurans were to go to the polls to vote on a
constitutional referendum that would have laid the basis for
dramatically changing the political landscape of the country.
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Written by Ted Sprague
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Friday, 26 June 2009 10:44 |
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In Montreal, the Hands
Off Venezuela/Bolivarian Society of Quebec helped organize a rally on
Friday, June 12th, with fellow solidarity organizations,
Action Creative and the Mohawk Traditional Council of Kahnawake. In
front of the Peruvian consulate, more than 50 people were present to
show their solidarity with the struggle of Amazonian indigenous
people and condemn Alan Garcia and his government for their brutal
massacre.
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Written by U.S. Hands Off Venezuela
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Friday, 19 June 2009 13:07 |
 U.S. Hands Off Venezuela organized a public event on June 13 to discuss
the 50th Anniversary of the Cuban Revolution and the lessons for Latin
America. Over 60 people attended the event, which was held at the
United Labor Centre in Minneapolis.
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Written by Emerson da Silva and Nichola Richer
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Friday, 19 June 2009 12:44 |
 On Thursday, the 4th of June, the Société Bolivarienne du Québec/Hands off Venezuela held a public conference on the subject “From Caracas to Montreal: Another World Is Possible.” (also in French)
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Written by Cora James (HOV Toronto/Bolivarian Circle "Louis Riel")
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Friday, 12 June 2009 06:32 |
 About sixty people crowded into Ryerson University's Oakham House in
Toronto (Canada) on 9th June to listen to Jorge Martín speak on the Cuban
Revolution. The gains of the Cuban Revolution continue after 50 years,
and it continues to inspire revolutionaries around the world. Hands
Off Venezulea and the Bolivarian Circle "Louis Riel" were proud to host
this meeting and continue building the links between the Venezuelan and
Cuban solidarity movements.
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Written by Hands Off Venezuela
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Friday, 08 May 2009 07:43 |
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We are making an appeal to all the
factories recovered by the workers and to the social organizations in
struggle to participate in the "Second Latin American Meeting of
Worker-Recovered Factories". Join our efforts and to meet in Caracas,
Venezuela on June 25, 26 and 27, 2009! (Appeal also in Spanish, Portuguese and Turkish)
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Written by Kinga Kalocsai in Budapest
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Monday, 04 May 2009 07:10 |
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The
Hungarian-Venezuelan Solidarity Association held a Venezuelan Festival in
Budapest, Hungary, in the middle of April on the occasion of the anniversary of
the defeat of the anti-Chavez coup in Venezuela in 2002.
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Written by Hands Off Venezuela - Washington DC
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Wednesday, 29 April 2009 18:06 |
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On Thursday, April 16 at 6:30 pm, around 30 people filled the Andres
Bello Hall of the Venezuelan Embassy in Washington, DC to view the
Hands Off Venezuela documentary No Volverán. The crowd
included members of the Farabuno Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN)
of El Salvador, people from Bolivia, Brazil and Venezuela, and many
workers from the Venezuelan Embassy itself.
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Written by Hands off Venezuela Denmark
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Wednesday, 29 April 2009 11:28 |
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This April
marks the 7th anniversary of the coup in Venezuela. Less than 36 hours after the beginning of the
coup the masses spontaneously took to the streets to defend the
democratically elected president and government.
To
commemorate this, the Venezuelan embassy in Copenhagen invited to a
commemoration event on April 17 to show the film "No Volveran".
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Written by Novi – from SPBI (Indonesian Workers' Struggle Solidarity)
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Friday, 24 April 2009 06:38 |
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No Volveran was
screened for the first time in Jombang, a small city in the East
Java, Indonesia. This screening event took place at the University
Darul Ulum Jombang (UNDAR) on April 12th and was organized
by the Hands Off Venezuela branch in Malang. This documentary has
been previously screened in a number of other cities in Indonesia.
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Written by Camilo Cahis and Jennie Ernewein
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Thursday, 23 April 2009 08:07 |
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60 people
gathered in Toronto on 18th
April 2009 to celebrate the merger of the Hands Off Venezuela
campaign and the Bolivarian Circle “Louis Riel” (CBLR). The event
hosted a discussion about the current economic crisis and how the
Venezuelan Revolution is providing an alternative.
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Written by HOV Ireland
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Friday, 10 April 2009 09:23 |
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On Saturday April 4, the Independent
Workers Union made a momentous decision, when the voted to become
affiliates of the Hands Off Venezuela Campaign in Ireland.
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Written by Jesus Syaiful Anam (HOV Indonesia)
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Wednesday, 25 March 2009 06:32 |
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On March 3rd 2009 the formation of Hands Off Venezuela
branch in Malang,
East Java, was declared. The declaration took
place at IKA Brawijaya Malang building and was attended by representatives from
students and workers organizations.
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Written by SBQ/HOV Canada
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Friday, 20 March 2009 05:22 |
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On
march 7th 2009 at 7pm, Cinema du Parc presented the North American
premiere of the documentary No Volveran in French. The film transported
its audience to the heart of the Venezuelan revolution while recounting
recent events such as the occupation of factories and councils by
communal leaders and the ardent presidential elections of 2006.
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Written by Hands Off Venezuela
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Monday, 02 March 2009 06:35 |
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MPs have tabled an Early Day Motion* that "welcomes the democratic victory of Hugo Chávez" in the recent referendum. It recognises the many electoral victories of Chavez and his coalition as well as some of the gains of the Bolviarian Revolution. This is in direct contradiction to the many lies that are spun by the media about the election and the revolution. We welcome this initiative and ask that our supporters in Britain encourage their MPs to sign it.
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Written by HOV Canada and Société Bolivarienne du Québec.
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Monday, 16 February 2009 10:27 |
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Supporters of the Venezuelan revolution gathered in front of the Venezuelan consulate in Montreal on Sunday 15th of February at 11:00 am, in a demonstration called by Hands Off Venezuela/Société Bolivarienne du Québec. This was a cross-Canada event, as activists from Hands Off Venezuela Toronto, and the Mohawk community also traveled to increase the spirit of solidarity. All were united in solidarity with the revolution and the yes vote in the referendum abolishing term limits.
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Written by William Roche
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Thursday, 12 February 2009 10:53 |
Around 40 peopled gathered together at Bolivar Hall London last night to attend a meeting, organised by Hands Off Venezuela and the Bolivia Solidarity Campaign, to celebrate and discuss the recent constitutional victory in Bolivia, and the ten-year anniversary of the Venezuelan revolution.
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Written by HoV Ireland
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Tuesday, 03 February 2009 08:27 |
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Two meetings of the Hands Off Venezuela Campaign in Ireland are taking place in Dublin on February 10 and Cork on February 11.
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Written by Sam Halvorsen
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Thursday, 11 December 2008 14:55 |
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Over 30 activists turned up at the Venezuelan Consulate in Rio at lunch time to express their outrage at the assassination of 3 trade unionists and to show solidarity for the workers of Venezuela.
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Written by HOV New Zealand
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Monday, 08 December 2008 08:48 |
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On Saturday, December 5, John Peterson, National Secretary of the U.S. Hands Off Venezuela Campaign, presented the film "No Volveran" in Wellington, New Zealand. Some 30 people came out to see the film.
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Written by Ted and Rosa (La Société Bolivarienne du Québec/Hands Off Venezuela)
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Wednesday, 26 November 2008 06:42 |
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On
November 12th and 13th, 2008, la Société Bolivarienne du Québec/Hands
Off Venezuela (SBQ/HOV), a revolutionary Latin American solidarity
group in Montreal, invited Cynthia Cisneros Fajardo from Bolivia to
speak about the revolutionary process that is unfolding in Bolivia.
Cynthia Cisneros Fajardo is a Bolivian journalist and activist who has
taken part in extensive community discussions on Bolivia's newly
proposed constitution. (Report also in French and Spanish)
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Written by Hands Off Venezuela Indonesia
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Tuesday, 25 November 2008 06:00 |
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Between November 7-14, Jorge Martin, the International Secretary of
Hands Off Venezuela, visited Malaysia and Indonesia. In Malaysia, Jorge
spoke at the Socialism Malaysia 2008 Forum organized by the Socialist
Party of Malaysia. During his visit to Indonesia, Jorge spoke to
workers who have occupied their factory and run it under workers'
control for 15 months. There, he also met with a number of militant
trade unionists discussing about the factory occupation movement in
Venezuela.
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Written by Hands Off Venezuela
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Monday, 24 November 2008 08:04 |
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Hands Off Venezuela Britain held its 4th annual conference on Saturday November 22nd at Birckbeck College, London.
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Written by HOV Belgium
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Friday, 21 November 2008 08:50 |
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On
November 15 a successful day of solidarity with the Venezuelan
revolution was held in Brussles, with many speakers from Belgian
trade unions, other solidarity campaigns and guest speaker Jesus Pino
of the Revolutionary Front of Steelworkers in Venezuela.
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Written by Mauro Vanetti
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Wednesday, 19 November 2008 03:37 |
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On Wednesday, October 5th, in Bolívar Hall in London, there was a screening of “People's Power” (“El poder popular”) the third part of “The Battle of Chile” (“La batalla de Chile”), by Patricio Guzmán, a film produced in 1979. The film focuses on “People’s Power”, i.e. the formation of grassroots movements and organisations that challenged the old structures of Chilean society.
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Written by Hands Off Venezuela
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Wednesday, 12 November 2008 09:52 |
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Come and hear Jesus Pino from the
Revolutionary Front of Steel Workers (SIDOR). He is speaking at the Hands Off
Venezuela National Conference in London
in less than two week’s time. He will speak about the struggle to nationalise
the steel industry and the fight for workers’ control in Venezuela.
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Written by HOV Belgium
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Friday, 24 October 2008 04:12 |
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On Saturday 15th of November the solidarity movement in Belgium with the revolution will hold its second national gathering.
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Written by Colombia Solidarity Campaign
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Thursday, 23 October 2008 19:00 |
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An emergency picket of the Colombian Embassy in London yesterday called for an end to the state policy of genocide towards trade unionists, indigenous people and the social movement.
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Written by Editorial Board Arabic Hands off Venezuela website
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Friday, 10 October 2008 10:13 |
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In
November 2006, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine organised a
festival of solidarity with the Venezuelan revolution at the cultural centre of
Almishal, in Gaza.
During the activity comrade Ghazi Surani gave an important speech in support of
the Venezuelan Revolution.
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Written by Kerem Nisancioglu
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Friday, 10 October 2008 05:19 |
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Supporters of Hands Off Venezuela intervened at the University of
Sussex's freshers fair on 1st October. Sussex holds a long standing
anti-capitalist tradition which was reflected the enthusiasm of
students for the HOV stall.
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Written by Manuel Reichetseder - HOV London
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Wednesday, 08 October 2008 11:44 |
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Yesterday saw an impressive show of
solidarity for the Miami Five in front of the US embassy at London's
Grosvenor Square. About five hundred people turned up to the annual
candlelit vigil organised by the Cuba Solidarity Campaign in Britain.
Hands Off Venezuela joined the protest, which marked the 10th
anniversary of the arrest of these five courageous men.
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Written by HOV Greece
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Friday, 03 October 2008 10:33 |
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On September 26, HOV-Greece hosted a debate about the recent events in Venezuela and Bolivia and the future of the revolution in Latin America. The discussion took place at the Immigrant Club, with about 80 supporters of the campaign present, including workers, students and left wing party activists.
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Written by Ben Curry - HOV Britain
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Thursday, 02 October 2008 05:42 |
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Supporters of Hands off Venezuela at Leeds
University intervened during the week long freshers’ fair at Leeds University
Union to promote solidarity between students here in Leeds and the workers and
youth in Venezuela who are struggling to create a new society based on
socialist principles.
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Written by HOV Sweden
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Monday, 29 September 2008 10:17 |
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Last week the European Social Forum was held in Malmö, Sweden.
For once Latin America was a main feature.
Hands off Venezuela was
there with activists from Sweden,
Denmark, Great Britain, Poland,
Russia as well as
sympathisers from Slovakia
and Hungary.
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Written by HOV Britain
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Monday, 29 September 2008 10:07 |
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Supporters of the Hands Off Venezuela
Campaign in Edinburgh held a stall at the two day long Societies’ Fair at
Edinburgh University.
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Written by HOV Belgium
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Monday, 29 September 2008 04:37 |
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Some hundred people
gathered in front of the US
embassy in Brussels
last Friday to protest against US-backed coup-plotting in Bolivia and Venezuela.
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Written by Hands Off Venezuela
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Wednesday, 24 September 2008 04:42 |
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We
call on all youth, trade unionists and progressive people to rally in
support of the Revolution in Venezuela and in the rest of Latin
America. Come and play your part! Help defend the Venezuelan
Revolution!
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Written by HOV Spain
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Tuesday, 23 September 2008 10:25 |
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About 100 people gathered on Monday, September 22, in front of the
Bolivian embassy in Madrid, Spain, to show their opposition to the
ongoing coup against the government of Evo Morales.
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Written by Mauro Vanetti - HOV London
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Tuesday, 23 September 2008 08:10 |
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A recent screening of Part Two of The Battle of Chile (The Coup d’État) in Bolivar Hall in London highlighted the events that led to the September 11, 1973 coup that removed Allende from power. That experience is full of lessons for today’s revolutions in Bolivia and Venezuela, and beyond.
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Written by HOV Belgium
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Tuesday, 23 September 2008 06:03 |
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Belgian oil worker union activists recently visited Venezuela, witnessing the situation in the Venezuelan trade union movement directly, at PDVSA but also in the wider community, getting a taste of both the advances of the revolution and the problems.
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Written by HOV Canada
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Tuesday, 23 September 2008 04:46 |
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On Saturday September 20th, approximately 80 people attended, "Media Democracy - a conference on corporate control of the media." This conference at Ryerson University in Toronto was held in conjunction with protests in Vancouver and Montreal as part of a Canada-wide day of action against coup plots in Bolivia and Venezuela.
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Written by HOV Canada and SPQC
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Monday, 22 September 2008 08:48 |
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On Saturday, September 20th, about 30 people participated in a rally
against US Imperialism in front of the American consulate in Montréal.
The rally was organized by the Societé Bolivarienne du Québec/Hands Off
Venezuela in response to the US-backed coup plots uncovered last week
in Bolivia and Venezuela.
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Written by HOV Canada
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Monday, 22 September 2008 08:32 |
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This is a report from the Vencouver Picket on Saturday, including photographs and videos.
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Written by HOV Canada and SBQC
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Friday, 19 September 2008 05:08 |
Solidarity activists across Canada are taking action against US-backed attempted coups in Bolivia and Venezuela. Join the actions in your nearest city.
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Written by Niklas Albin Svensson
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Thursday, 18 September 2008 10:38 |
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In response to coup plotting in both Bolivia and Venezuela, the Hands Off Venezuela Campaign, together with several other Latin American solidarity organisations, organised a picket outside the US Embassy in London followed by a highly successful public meeting, where all speakers and participants condemned the manoeuvres of US imperialism and pledged themselves to keep up the solidarity activity.
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Written by Hands Off Venezuela
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Thursday, 18 September 2008 07:32 |
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A new meeting has been organized for ESF. The meeting will take place tomorrow (Friday).
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Written by HOV Belgium
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Wednesday, 17 September 2008 08:21 |
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Thirty people attended an emergency meeting called by the Hands Off Venezuela campaign in Brussels to defend the revolutions in Bolivia and Venezuela.
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Written by Hands Off Venezuela
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Wednesday, 17 September 2008 04:15 |
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A meeting against the coup attempts in Bolivia and Venezuela is taking place tomorrow (Thursday) at the European Social Forum in Malmo.
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Written by Hands Off Venezuela
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Tuesday, 16 September 2008 08:17 |
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Hands Off Venezuela is co-organizing two events at the European Social Forum in Malmo this week.
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Written by La Societé Bolivarienne du Québec/Hands Off Venezuela Montreal
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Tuesday, 16 September 2008 04:06 |
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On September the 13th at 4pm, la Societé Bolivarienne du Québec (SBQ)
held a general assembly to finalize the plans for a fusion with Hands
Off Venezuela Montreal (HOV). Over 20 activists were present at this historic meeting to unite two of the best Latin American solidarity groups in Montreal.
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Written by Hands Off Venezuela
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Friday, 12 September 2008 13:19 |
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Join us for a picket of the US embassy and public meeting on Wednesday, September 17, in London to defend the Bolivian and Venezuelan revolutions!
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Written by Hands Off Venezuela
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Friday, 12 September 2008 02:41 |
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Attempted coups in Bolivia and Venezuela, urgent solidarity action needed
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Written by HOV Canada
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Thursday, 11 September 2008 12:58 |
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MEDIA DEMOCRACY, a conference on corporate control of the media, alternative media, and
the right of working people to media access, will be held in Toronto on September 20th.
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Written by Hands Off Venezuela
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Thursday, 11 September 2008 12:37 |
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We publish here the details of a 10-day delegation organised by Witness for Peace Southwest to monitor the November electoral process in Venezuela.
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Written by Mauro Vanetti - HOV London
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Tuesday, 02 September 2008 07:07 |
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On August 20th, 2008, the film season Venezuela: a revolution on film, organised in London
by Hands Off Venezuela in association with the Venezuelan Embassy,
attracted more than forty people again to the screening of the first
part of The Battle of Chile.
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Written by Ted Sprague – HOV Indonesia
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Friday, 22 August 2008 04:27 |
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Since its launch on 28 April 2008, HOV Indonesia has become an active medium for
discussions on the Venezuelan Revolution, especially around the issue
of nationalization of the oil and gas industry in Indonesia. It has managed to reach out to various marginalized sectors of the
population: the youth, workers, women, urban poor, and young artists.
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Written by HOV Canada
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Friday, 22 August 2008 04:08 |
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On August 19th, 2008 around 50 people attended the video
showing of No Volveran in Ottawa. A wide range of people from all age
groups were in attendence, interested in the revolution currently
unfolding in Venezuela.
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Written by Hands Off Venezuela
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Saturday, 26 July 2008 10:22 |
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During the short visit of President Chávez to Spain, Hands Off Venezuela, together with other organisations, held two solidarity rallies.
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Written by Mauro Vanetti - HOV London
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Friday, 11 July 2008 11:40 |
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On July 10th, 2008, more than fifty people
attended a London screening of the 2004 documentary, Venezuela
Bolivariana. The event was held in
Bolívar Hall and was the third part of the film season,
Venezuela:
a revolution on film,
organised by Hands Off Venezuela in association with the Venezuelan
Embassy.
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Written by HOV-Belgium
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Friday, 20 June 2008 05:20 |
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There was successful
screening of the No Voleveran film in Amsterdam recently, a joint
initiative between the Bolivarian Circle in Holland and the Hands Off Venezuela
campaign.
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Written by Manuel Reichetseder - HOV London
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Thursday, 19 June 2008 06:34 |
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About seventy people gathered yesterday, June 19, in London's Bolivar Hall to view "Memory of a
plunder" by the Argentinean film director Fernando "Pino" Solanas. It was part
of the film season Venezuela:
a revolution on film, which is organised by Hands off Venezuela in
association with the Venezuelan embassy in the UK.
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Written by HOV-Sweden
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Tuesday, 17 June 2008 09:07 |
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After two years of preparatory work the Hands Off Venezuela
Campaign has now been set up officially in Finland,
where already there is great interest in what is happening in Venezuela.
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Written by Melanie MacDonald
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Monday, 16 June 2008 05:52 |
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The Communications Workers Union (CWU) invited Hands Off Venezuela
along with other Latin American solidarity campaigns and guest speakers to
speak at a Latin America fringe meeting held on the opening day of the Union's
Annual Conference in Liverpool last Sunday. The CWU
renewed their affiliation to Hands Off Venezuela, reaffirming the importance of
the Venezuelan revolution to workers here in the UK.
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Written by Hands Off Venezuela
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Thursday, 12 June 2008 16:51 |
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For its special monthly meeting, HOV London invited Andy Higginbottom from the Colombia Solidarity Campaign to give a report back on the alternative summit held in Peru recently at the same time as the official EU - Latin American summit.
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Written by Hands Off Venezuela - Montreal
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Tuesday, 03 June 2008 11:29 |
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On May 28th, close to 200 people attended a very successful
conference on Cuba and Venezuela, entitled "Cuba
after Fidel, Venezuela at the Crossroads." Hands
off Venezuela Montreal and the Bolivarian Society of Quebec, in collaboration
with the International Marxist Tendency and Gauche Socialiste, organized the
event.
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Written by Pablo Roldan, HOV London
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Tuesday, 03 June 2008 08:00 |
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Over seventy people
gathered on Wednesday, May 21, at London's
Bolivar Hall for the opening of the film season Venezuela: a revolution in film, which is organised
by Hands off Venezuela in association
with the Venezuelan embassy in the UK. (Also in Spanish).
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Written by U.S. Hands Off Venezuela
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Monday, 26 May 2008 09:33 |
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On May 11th, 2008 the Workers International League (WIL) in cooperation
with the US Hands Off Venezuela campaign, hosted Jorge Martin,
international secretary of Hands Off Venezuela, in San Francisco as
part of his North American tour.
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Written by U.S. Hands Off Venezuela
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Friday, 23 May 2008 05:26 |
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On May 20th, the Hands Off Venezuela campaign [HOV], the Workers
International League [WIL] and the Alberto Lovera Bolivarian Circle of
NYC co-sponsored a discussion on Revolutionary Latin America, which
focused on Venezuela. The two speakers were Marcos Garcia, labor
attache from the Venezuelan embassy in Washington, DC and Jorge Martin
from the international Hands Off Venezuela Campaign.
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Written by U.S. Hands Off Venezuela
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Friday, 23 May 2008 05:19 |
Jorge Martin continued his North American tour with a public meeting on May 17 at the Central Labor Union Council in Minneapolis, MN. Some 70 people turned up for the event, with several trade unionists in attendance.
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Written by Melanie MacDonald - HOV London
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Friday, 23 May 2008 05:01 |
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The
Latin America House in London
screened No Volverán: The Venezuelan Revolution Now! last
night at it's Cine Club. Sixteen people were present including the film makers
(both Hands Off Venezuela members) who were there for the discussion
afterwards.
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Written by U.S. Hands Off Venezuela
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Thursday, 22 May 2008 04:52 |
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Jorge Martin continued his North American tour with a stop in Oakland,
CA on May 12. Roughly 25 people attended a meeting organised by the Venezuelan solidarity Network and San Francisco Hands off
Venezuela. Martin
spoke for more than an hour on the current state of the revolutionary
processes of Venezuela.
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Written by Fairfax Culpepper, HOV Vancouver
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Friday, 16 May 2008 09:24 |
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On May 9th-10th,
Hands Off Venezuela held a two-day Western Canada Conference in Vancouver, BC. About 70 different people attended the sessions over the 2 days.
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Written by Mark Vorpahl, HOV Portland and Jennie Ernewein, HOV Canada
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Thursday, 15 May 2008 07:19 |
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Between May 6th and May 10th HOV held events in Portland Oregon,
Olympia Washington and Victoria BC, before finishing up with the
Western Canada HOV conference in Vancouver. It was a very successful
tour which defended the Venezuelan revolution as well as laying the
base for the formation of a number of HOV groups around the Pacific
Northwest.
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Written by Martin Lööf, Hands off Venezuela-Sweden
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Monday, 12 May 2008 06:35 |
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A very successful ten-day speaking tour by Antonio
Betancourt of FRETECO in Venezuela
was recently organised by the Hands Off Venezuela campaign in Sweden. He
travelled the length and breadth of the country, raising the profile of HOV
within the Swedish labour movement.
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Written by HOV Canada
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Thursday, 08 May 2008 05:44 |
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At a recent meeting of the Vancouver and District Labour Council a resolution to endorse and support the Hands Off Venezuela campaign was debated. After a brief discussion the resolution was passed unanimously by the delegates. This is an important victory for the Hands Off Venezuela campaign ahead of the Western Canada Conference this weekend.
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Written by Henry Rees-Sheridan
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Thursday, 08 May 2008 05:25 |
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Last month Darrall Cozens, member of the national steering committee, spoke to Welsh students at the Gorseinon College, near Swansea in South Wales, on the significance of the Venezuela Revolution. The meeting provoked a lively discussion. Here is the reaction of one of the students.
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Written by Hands Off Venezuela
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Thursday, 01 May 2008 09:16 |
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Organised by Hands Off Venezuela USA and Canada, Jorge Martin will be speaking in six North American cities in an effort
to inform people, counteract the media distortions and hopefully,
inspire more North American students and workers to get involved in the
defence the Bolivarian Revolution.
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Written by HOV Canada
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Monday, 28 April 2008 06:25 |
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Hands Off Venezuela Western Canada Conference will be held 9-10th May in
Vancouver. Join HOV activists
from across Canada in this two-day conference about the Venezuelan
revolution and the solidarity movement.
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Written by Movimiento Ecuador en el Reino Unido
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Monday, 28 April 2008 05:14 |
Last Thursday the Home Office and British Police entered Ecuadorian business in London in an unprecedented operation. The police forced their way in hunting for undocumented workers. This is happening in the country where human rights are supposedly respected.
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Written by Hands Off Venezuela
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Friday, 25 April 2008 11:04 |
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Hands Off
Venezuela sent this letter, in solidarity with the Bolivian people, to the Bolivian Embassy in London today. We recognise that the
demands for "autonomy" for the departments of Santa Cruz,
Pando, Tarija and Beni are an attempt by the oligarchy to keep
control of the country's most valuable natural resources in their own
hands.
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Written by Hands Off Venezuela
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Thursday, 17 April 2008 05:48 |
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As part of their
bi-monthly meeting, the Greater London Labour Representation Committee (LRC)
invited the Hands Off Venezuela campaign to lead a discussion on the recent
events that have taken place in Venezuela. Will Roche from the HOV campaign gave a summary of events
dating from the re-election of President Chavez in 2006, in particular, the
development of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV).
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Written by Hands Off Venezuela
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Thursday, 10 April 2008 11:52 |
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On the 6 year anniversary of the defeated 2002 coup
Hands Off Venezuela will be screening the New Zealand
documentary 'Now The People Have Awoken'. Wednesday 16th April at Birkbeck University of London
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Written by VIO Venezuela News and Action
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Thursday, 10 April 2008 04:34 |
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This weekend is the 6th anniversary of the April 2002 coup d'etat
against President Hugo Chávez, financed by the current U.S.
government.
Across the United States, local and national groups are organizing events to
commemorate April 11th and celebrate the return of democracy in
Venezuela on April 13th. Take action by joining local events in your
community.
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Written by Jesus Syaiful Anam - HOV Indonesia
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Wednesday, 02 April 2008 10:29 |
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The launching of Hands
Off Venezuela in Indonesia
was received with great enthusiasm by many progressive elements. Attended by
about 70 people, HOV Indonesia was launched in the LBH (Indonesian Legal Aid
Foundation) building, Jakarta,
on 28 March 2008.
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Written by Martin Lööf, HOV Sweden
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Thursday, 27 March 2008 07:48 |
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This Easter Young Left had its 44th congress in Arboga, Sweden. At the
Congress activists from the Hands off Venezuela campaign were present arguing support for a motion that included a call for Young Left to
support the campaign and sign an appeal to the Swedish labour
movement.
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Written by Hands Off Venezuela
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Tuesday, 25 March 2008 08:49 |
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At this year's Cairo
Conference (International Campaign against US and Zionist Occupation) the "Hands off Venezuela campaign (Belgium)" are holding a seminar on The
Bolivarian revolution in Venezuela
and the struggle for socialism.
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Written by Ted Sprague
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Tuesday, 18 March 2008 08:36 |
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The Bolivarian Revolution in Venezuela is a
shining beacon of hope for struggling masses around the world and offers many
lessons for revolutionaries. A group of Leftist organizations and individuals
in Indonesia
have decided to launch the Hands Off Venezuela campaign, thus making it the
first HOV campaign present in the Asia Pacific region.
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Written by Hands Off Venezuela Canada
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Tuesday, 18 March 2008 07:44 |
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On Friday, March 15th approximately 50 people attended a film
screening of "The Revolution Will Not be Televised" at Concordia
University in Montreal, Canada. This event was hosted by Hands Off
Venezuela Montreal in coordination with UberCulture Collective
Concordia.
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Written by Rob Walsh - HOV
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Monday, 17 March 2008 13:16 |
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A successful public meeting on the Latin American
Revolution, organised jointly by four solidarity campaigns, was held in Central London following the Stop the War rally on Saturday
15 March.
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Written by Hands Off Venezuela Norwich
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Monday, 17 March 2008 12:33 |
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Jorge Martin, international
secretary of the Hands off Venezuela campaign, spoke in Norwich city centre on the topic Cuba and
the Bolivarian Revolution.
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Written by Hands Off Venezuela
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Tuesday, 26 February 2008 07:19 |
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SOLIDARITY campaigners protested in central London on Wednesday night against ExxonMobil's successful attempt to freeze Venezuelan assets as part of a compensation dispute.
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Written by Ben Curry
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Monday, 18 February 2008 07:31 |
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On Thursday 7th February, having recently returned from a speaking tour
of Latin America, Darrall Cozens visited Leeds University to share his
experiences with more than 20 students and “Hands off Venezuela!”
activists.
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Written by Ed Doveton
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Monday, 18 February 2008 07:26 |
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On Tuesday 5th February the Manchester Hands off Venezuela
held a successful meeting with over 60 people attending. The meeting was
held jointly with the Green Party of Manchester to raise awareness of
Venezuela, discuss the revolutionary situation and look at changes and
developments in the country and more widely in South America as a whole.
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Written by Hands Off Venezuela
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Saturday, 16 February 2008 09:42 |
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In the past few days, British, Dutch and US courts have accepted a
compensation claim by ExxonMobil and frozen up to £12 billion worth of
Venezuela's assets. Hands Off Venezuela is calling for all supporters to protest against these provocative actions and tell ExxonMobil: Hands off Venezuela's
oil! Join us outside its London offices this Wednesday (February 20th)
from 5pm to 6.30pm, 3 Clements Inn WC2A, nearest Tubes: Temple, Holborn.
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Written by Fairfax Culpepper, HOV Vancouver
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Thursday, 31 January 2008 04:36 |
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Last week's Hands Off Venezuela forum here in Vancouver was a great
success. Over 60 people came out to hear Carmen Vina, Advisor to the
Venezuelan Minister of Labour, and Mike Palecek, the Western Canada HOV
campaign coordinator, discuss the recent defeat of the constitutional
referendum.
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Written by Colombia Solidarity Campaign
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Sunday, 30 December 2007 08:24 |
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Trade unionists from UNISON and Hammersmith Trades Council joined samba
musicians, Iranian refugees and students from Sussex university on
Colombia Solidarity Campaign's emergency protest at Coca-Cola's London
Headquarters on 20 December.
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Written by Charley Allan, Morning Star
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Thursday, 13 December 2007 17:04 |
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A report from last night's weekly HOV-London meeting with Bolivian ambassador for trade and integration Pablo Solon, organised by the Bolivia Solidarity Campaign.
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Written by Luis Granados Ceja
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Thursday, 13 December 2007 04:12 |
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On Monday December 3rd, HOV
activists traveled to London Ontario for a screening of "No Volverán".
The
screening was organized by the London Latin American Canadian
Solidarity Association (LACASA), at the
local rep cinema, Hyland Cinemas.
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Written by Hands Off Venezuela Canada
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Wednesday, 12 December 2007 11:35 |
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On Tuesday 11th December, over
70 people packed into the debates room of University of Toronto's
historic Hart House, to hear a lively panel discussion on the aftermath of the
Venezuelan constitutional referendum. The event was organized by Hands Off Venezuela, the Louis
Riel Bolivarian Circle, Venezuela We Are With You, and the U of T NDP Club. Greg Albo from York University
chaired the event and Mirna Quero de Peńa, the Toronto Venezuelan consul, was
present for the discussion.
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Written by Melanie MacDonald
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Monday, 10 December 2007 11:44 |
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Hands Off Venezuela Ireland organized screenings of the film 'No Volveran: The Venezuelan Revolution Now' in Dublin (November 26th) and in Belfast (November 27th) and invited me, as one of the filmmakers, along to participate in the after-film discussion.
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Written by Adam Fulsom / HoV Ottawa
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Monday, 10 December 2007 03:51 |
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On Friday, November 30th Hands off Venezuela Ottawa, in Cooperation with the University of Ottawa Cinema Politica group conducted Ottawa's first screening of No Volverán.
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Written by Hands Off Venezuela London
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Thursday, 29 November 2007 06:44 |
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This week, a CIA memo has been discovered that confirms the existence of a coup plan, which is code-named Operation Pliers.
On Sunday, we will be rallying against the CIA coup attempt outside
Bolivar Hall, where the Venezuelan community in London will be voting,
from 5pm once the poll has closed.
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Written by Rodrigo Trompiz and Hands Off Venezuela
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Monday, 26 November 2007 11:59 |
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On Saturday November 24th,
around two hundred people attended the third national Hands Off Venezuela
conference in Britain.
The whole day was a great
success and left everyone inspired to carry on the struggle to defend the
Venezuelan people and their Bolivarian revolution.
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Solidarity activities