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By Ted Sprague (Hands Off Venezuela/Société Bolivarian du Quebéc)
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Saturday, 04 July 2009 |
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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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By Hands Off Venezuela - SF
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Saturday, 04 July 2009 |
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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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By Hands Off Venezuela London
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Saturday, 04 July 2009 |
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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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By Latin America Solidarity Network - Toronto
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Thursday, 02 July 2009 |
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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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By U.S. Hands Off Venezuela
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Wednesday, 01 July 2009 |
 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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By HOV Britain
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Wednesday, 01 July 2009 |
 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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By Hands Off Venezuela
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Tuesday, 30 June 2009 |
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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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By HOV London
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Monday, 29 June 2009 |
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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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By HOV United States
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Monday, 29 June 2009 |
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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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By Ted Sprague
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Friday, 26 June 2009 |
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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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By U.S. Hands Off Venezuela
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Friday, 19 June 2009 |
 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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By Emerson da Silva and Nichola Richer
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Friday, 19 June 2009 |
 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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By Cora James (HOV Toronto/Bolivarian Circle "Louis Riel")
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Friday, 12 June 2009 |
 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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By Hands Off Venezuela
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Friday, 08 May 2009 |
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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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By Kinga Kalocsai in Budapest
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Monday, 04 May 2009 |
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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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By Hands Off Venezuela - Washington DC
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Thursday, 30 April 2009 |
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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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By Hands off Venezuela Denmark
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Wednesday, 29 April 2009 |
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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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By Novi – from SPBI (Indonesian Workers' Struggle Solidarity)
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Friday, 24 April 2009 |
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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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By Camilo Cahis and Jennie Ernewein
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Thursday, 23 April 2009 |
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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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By HOV Ireland
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Friday, 10 April 2009 |
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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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By Jesus Syaiful Anam (HOV Indonesia)
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Wednesday, 25 March 2009 |
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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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By SBQ/HOV Canada
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Friday, 20 March 2009 |
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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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By Hands Off Venezuela
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Monday, 02 March 2009 |
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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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By HOV Canada and Société Bolivarienne du Québec.
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Monday, 16 February 2009 |
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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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By William Roche
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Thursday, 12 February 2009 |
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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By HoV Ireland
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Tuesday, 03 February 2009 |
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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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By Sam Halvorsen
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Thursday, 11 December 2008 |
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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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By HOV New Zealand
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Monday, 08 December 2008 |
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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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By Ted and Rosa (La Société Bolivarienne du Québec/Hands Off Venezuela)
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Wednesday, 26 November 2008 |
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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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By Hands Off Venezuela Indonesia
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Tuesday, 25 November 2008 |
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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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By Hands Off Venezuela
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Monday, 24 November 2008 |
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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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By HOV Belgium
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Friday, 21 November 2008 |
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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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By Mauro Vanetti
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Wednesday, 19 November 2008 |
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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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By Hands Off Venezuela
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Wednesday, 12 November 2008 |
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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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By HOV Belgium
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Friday, 24 October 2008 |
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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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By Colombia Solidarity Campaign
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Friday, 24 October 2008 |
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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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By Editorial Board Arabic Hands off Venezuela website
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Friday, 10 October 2008 |
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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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By Kerem Nisancioglu
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Friday, 10 October 2008 |
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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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By Manuel Reichetseder - HOV London
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Wednesday, 08 October 2008 |
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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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By HOV Greece
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Friday, 03 October 2008 |
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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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By Ben Curry - HOV Britain
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Thursday, 02 October 2008 |
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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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By HOV Sweden
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Monday, 29 September 2008 |
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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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By HOV Britain
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Monday, 29 September 2008 |
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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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By HOV Belgium
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Monday, 29 September 2008 |
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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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By Hands Off Venezuela
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Wednesday, 24 September 2008 |
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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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By HOV Spain
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Tuesday, 23 September 2008 |
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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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By Mauro Vanetti - HOV London
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Tuesday, 23 September 2008 |
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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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By HOV Belgium
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Tuesday, 23 September 2008 |
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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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By HOV Canada
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Tuesday, 23 September 2008 |
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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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By HOV Canada and SPQC
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Monday, 22 September 2008 |
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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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By HOV Canada
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Monday, 22 September 2008 |
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This is a report from the Vencouver Picket on Saturday, including photographs and videos.
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By HOV Canada and SBQC
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Friday, 19 September 2008 |
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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By Niklas Albin Svensson
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Thursday, 18 September 2008 |
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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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By Hands Off Venezuela
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Thursday, 18 September 2008 |
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A new meeting has been organized for ESF. The meeting will take place tomorrow (Friday).
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By HOV Belgium
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Wednesday, 17 September 2008 |
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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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By Hands Off Venezuela
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Wednesday, 17 September 2008 |
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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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By Hands Off Venezuela
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Tuesday, 16 September 2008 |
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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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By La Societé Bolivarienne du Québec/Hands Off Venezuela Montreal
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Tuesday, 16 September 2008 |
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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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By Hands Off Venezuela
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Friday, 12 September 2008 |
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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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By Hands Off Venezuela
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Friday, 12 September 2008 |
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Attempted coups in Bolivia and Venezuela, urgent solidarity action needed
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By HOV Canada
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Thursday, 11 September 2008 |
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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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By Hands Off Venezuela
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Thursday, 11 September 2008 |
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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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By Mauro Vanetti - HOV London
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Tuesday, 02 September 2008 |
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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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By Ted Sprague – HOV Indonesia
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Friday, 22 August 2008 |
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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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By HOV Canada
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Friday, 22 August 2008 |
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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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By Hands Off Venezuela
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Saturday, 26 July 2008 |
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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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By Mauro Vanetti - HOV London
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Friday, 11 July 2008 |
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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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By HOV-Belgium
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Friday, 20 June 2008 |
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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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By Manuel Reichetseder - HOV London
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Thursday, 19 June 2008 |
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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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By HOV-Sweden
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Tuesday, 17 June 2008 |
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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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By Melanie MacDonald
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Monday, 16 June 2008 |
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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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By Hands Off Venezuela
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Thursday, 12 June 2008 |
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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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By Hands Off Venezuela - Montreal
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Tuesday, 03 June 2008 |
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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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By Pablo Roldan, HOV London
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Tuesday, 03 June 2008 |
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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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By U.S. Hands Off Venezuela
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Monday, 26 May 2008 |
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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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By U.S. Hands Off Venezuela
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Friday, 23 May 2008 |
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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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By U.S. Hands Off Venezuela
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Friday, 23 May 2008 |
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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By Melanie MacDonald - HOV London
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Friday, 23 May 2008 |
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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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By U.S. Hands Off Venezuela
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Thursday, 22 May 2008 |
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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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By Fairfax Culpepper, HOV Vancouver
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Friday, 16 May 2008 |
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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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By Mark Vorpahl, HOV Portland and Jennie Ernewein, HOV Canada
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Thursday, 15 May 2008 |
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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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By Martin Lööf, Hands off Venezuela-Sweden
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Monday, 12 May 2008 |
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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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By HOV Canada
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Thursday, 08 May 2008 |
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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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By Henry Rees-Sheridan
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Thursday, 08 May 2008 |
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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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By Hands Off Venezuela
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Thursday, 01 May 2008 |
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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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By HOV Canada
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Monday, 28 April 2008 |
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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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By Movimiento Ecuador en el Reino Unido
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Monday, 28 April 2008 |
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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By Hands Off Venezuela
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Friday, 25 April 2008 |
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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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By Hands Off Venezuela
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Thursday, 17 April 2008 |
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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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By Hands Off Venezuela
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Thursday, 10 April 2008 |
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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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By VIO Venezuela News and Action
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Thursday, 10 April 2008 |
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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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By Jesus Syaiful Anam - HOV Indonesia
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Wednesday, 02 April 2008 |
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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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By Martin Lööf, HOV Sweden
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Thursday, 27 March 2008 |
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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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By Hands Off Venezuela
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Tuesday, 25 March 2008 |
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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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By Ted Sprague
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Tuesday, 18 March 2008 |
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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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By Hands Off Venezuela Canada
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Tuesday, 18 March 2008 |
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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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By Rob Walsh - HOV
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Monday, 17 March 2008 |
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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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By Hands Off Venezuela Norwich
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Monday, 17 March 2008 |
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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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By Hands Off Venezuela
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Tuesday, 26 February 2008 |
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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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By Ben Curry
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Monday, 18 February 2008 |
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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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By Ed Doveton
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Monday, 18 February 2008 |
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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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By Hands Off Venezuela
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Saturday, 16 February 2008 |
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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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By Fairfax Culpepper, HOV Vancouver
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Thursday, 31 January 2008 |
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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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By Colombia Solidarity Campaign
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Sunday, 30 December 2007 |
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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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By Charley Allan, Morning Star
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Thursday, 13 December 2007 |
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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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By Luis Granados Ceja
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Thursday, 13 December 2007 |
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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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By Hands Off Venezuela Canada
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Wednesday, 12 December 2007 |
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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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By Melanie MacDonald
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Monday, 10 December 2007 |
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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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By Adam Fulsom / HoV Ottawa
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Monday, 10 December 2007 |
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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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By Hands Off Venezuela London
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Thursday, 29 November 2007 |
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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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By Rodrigo Trompiz and Hands Off Venezuela
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Monday, 26 November 2007 |
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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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By Charley Allan, Morning Star
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Monday, 26 November 2007 |
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LABOUR MP John McDonnell demanded that the Brown government make "a choice between democracy or oligarchy" at the weekend. At Saturday's Hands Off Venezuela national conference in London, he condemned new Labour's ongoing hostility towards Venezuela and pledged to make solidarity with the Bolivarian revolution an issue that "no MP would be allowed to dodge."
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By Charley Allan
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Wednesday, 21 November 2007 |
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LEFTWING lawmakers in Britain are urging their government to "improve
diplomatic relations" with Venezuela after Labour MP John McDonnell
raised a parliamentary motion on the subject of constitutional reform.
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By Martin Lööf - HOV Sweden
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Thursday, 15 November 2007 |
On Saturday the 10th of November, more than 50 people met in Gothenburg in first national meeting of Hands off
Venezuela - Sweden.
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By P. Bowman (Dublin)
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Monday, 15 October 2007 |
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Hands off Venezuela, in co-operation with
the Venezuela Support Group and the James Connolly Debating society in Belfast,
organised two meetings in support of the Venezuelan Revolution in Dublin and Belfast. The idea was to continue with the
campaign Hands off Venezuela
- Ireland,
already constituted after a first round of meetings held last April at two
Irish Universities.
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By Hands Off Venezuela Denmark
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Tuesday, 09 October 2007 |
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Rubén Linares, national coordinator of the
revolutionary Venezuelan trade union confederation, the UNT, came to Denmark on
a speaking tour organised by the Danish Hands Off Venezuela campaign. He was
able to speak at the Social Forum, to trade unionists and school students to
explain the real situation in Venezuela.
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By Hands Off Venezuela
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Saturday, 29 September 2007 |
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The Venezuelan embassy's event on constitutional reform currently underway in Venezuela has been moved to Monday October 15th, 6.00pm in order to coincide with a visit from Venezuela Deputies. Join MPs, academics and activists at Bolívar Hall to take part in the debate.
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By Patrick Larsen - HoV Denmark
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Thursday, 27 September 2007 |
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Ruben Linares, one of
the national coordinators of the Venezuelan UNT, will be in Denmark between
September 27 and October 4, invited by HOV-Denmark. Here we provide the details
of his speaking tour.
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By Hands Off Venezuela
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Thursday, 27 September 2007 |
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On Wednesday 27 September 2007, around 35 people attended the London branch of Hands off Venezuela's special meeting on workers control and different forms of social property in Venezuela.
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By Hands Off Venezuela Canada
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Wednesday, 26 September 2007 |
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On Thursday, September 20th Hands Off Venezuela Toronto held the North
American premiere of "No Volveran." Over 100 people packed into the
theatre, including a special guest, Oscar Perez Cristancho a Deputy of
National Assembly of Venezuela.
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By Hands Off Venezuela
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Thursday, 20 September 2007 |
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With the need for international solidarity with the Bolivarian Revolution never having been greater, the third annual national conference of the Hands Off Venezuela campaign is happening on Saturday 24th November 2007 at University London Union. Come and play your
part! Help defend the Venezuelan Revolution!
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By Hands Off Venezuela
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Monday, 17 September 2007 |
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Around
70 people packed London's Salmon and Compass screening room last Thursday to
watch the newly made documentary No Volveran - The Venezuelan Revolution Now.
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By Patrick MacDonald
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Monday, 17 September 2007 |
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The Hands Off Venezuela fringe meeting at this year's TUC in Brighton was very
successful, reports Patrick MacDonald
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By Leonardo Badel and Yonie Moreno
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Wednesday, 08 August 2007 |
After 8 months of occupation, the struggle of the workers at Sanitarios Maracay is more alive than ever before, despite the problems they are facing. On July 18th, a delegation from Hands Off Venezuela went to Maracay
to hand over the 1,318,000 Bolivars collected in the last weeks by Hands Off Venezuela, Britain.
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By Niklas Svensson
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Friday, 20 July 2007 |
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The first showing of the new film No Volveran attracted a large number
of people. On Wednesday, 20 July, 120 people gathered at the Bolivar Hall in
London to watch the new documentary by Will Roche and Melanie MacDonald. The first screening of the new documentary was a great
success and another step forward for the solidarity movement.
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By Ben Peck and Pat MacDonald
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Wednesday, 20 June 2007 |
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Monday was a red letter day for the Hands Off Venezuela
campaign. Amicus/Unity, the second biggest union in Britain, voted practically
unanimously to affiliate to the HOV campaign.
This represents a great step forward for the campaign in the trade union
field.
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By Pas Touche au Venezuela Brussels
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Tuesday, 19 June 2007 |
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On Tuesday 12 June
some 70 people gathered in the Centro Cultural Garcia Lorca. The event had been organised by Pas
Touche au Venezuela / Hands Off Venezuela in Brussels to counteract the rivers
of ink that have been written to attack the Venezuelan revolution about the
non-renewal of RCTV licence.
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By Hands Off Venezuela
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Tuesday, 19 June 2007 |
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The following two resolutions were passed yesterday at the Amicus national conference with only two votes against. A full report will appear tomorrow. We also reproduce the HoV leaflet that was distributed amongst the delegates.
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By Hands Off Venezuela
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Thursday, 14 June 2007 |
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The congress of the GMB, a British general union with 700,000 members agreed to support Venezuela's revolution.
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By Hamish McLaren
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Wednesday, 13 June 2007 |
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Hands Off Venezuela was represented at the official Latin America fringe meeting at the annual conference of the Communication Workers' Union in Bornemouth.
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By Darrall Cozens, HoV Steering Committee and UCU (personal capacity)
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Monday, 11 June 2007 |
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During a lunchtime fringe meeting at the NUJ
conference in Birmingham
on Friday April 13th, more than 40 delegates
listened intently to reports of developments in Venezuela,
Cuba and Columbia. From the platform Darrall Cozens
began the meeting by reporting on the massive electoral victory of Chavez and
the Bolivarian movement in the presidential elections in December 2006.
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By Monring Star - www.morningstaronline.co.uk
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Friday, 08 June 2007 |
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Speaking
to solidarity activists from Hands Off Venezuela at a packed meeting in
the NUJ headquarters in London, Green Party principal speaker Derek Wall extolled the green credentials
of President Hugo Chavez.
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By Ben Peck
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Wednesday, 06 June 2007 |
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As part of an international effort to defend the Venezuelan
government’s decision not renew RCTV’s public broadcasting licence, HOV London
held an open, public meeting to discuss and debate the issue.
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By Hands Off Venezuela
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Wednesday, 30 May 2007 |
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This year's FBU national conference received a very special
international visitor: Ruben Linares from the Venezuelan Transport
Union and one of the founding members of the UNT (the Venezuelan TUC).
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By Hands Off Venezuela
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Wednesday, 30 May 2007 |
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Report of the visit by Venezulean revolutionary socialist Gemma Belandria to Finland
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By Hands Off Venezuela
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Friday, 25 May 2007 |
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A report of HOV fringe meetings at the conference of PCS, the 300,000-strong union of
civil servants in Britain, which re-affiliated to Hands Off Venezuela campaign.
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By U.S. Hands Off Venezuela
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Monday, 21 May 2007 |
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On May 19th the Providence, Rhode Island Hands Off Venezuela campaign
held the final event in Jorge Martin's Canadian / U.S. speaking tour.
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By U.S. Hands Off Venezuela
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Saturday, 19 May 2007 |
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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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By U.S. Hands Off Venezuela
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Thursday, 17 May 2007 |
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Jorge Martin's 2007 North American tour has now come to the United
States. Below are brief reports and images from events held in San
Francisco, St. Louis, and Madison. Jorge has two more events on his
schedule, in Minneapolis and Providence. Contact
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By Hands Off Venezuela Canada
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Friday, 11 May 2007 |
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On Monday, May 7th nearly 50
people came out to the Vancouver
stop of the Jorge Martin tour. Jorge
spoke for an hour about the history of the Bolivarian revolution, detailing the
events surrounding the coup and the lockout.
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By Chris Fairon – HOV Canada
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Thursday, 10 May 2007 |
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After a strong presence at an
anti-imperialist march through downtown Montreal
on Saturday, the Hands Off Venezuela team participated in a colloquium on
agricultural issues at the University
of Quebec at Montreal. Jorge Martin gave a presentation which outlined
the various challenges Venezuelan farmers had faced before the revolution.
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By Ben Martin – HOV Canada
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Thursday, 10 May 2007 |
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Tuesday, May 8th
marked the birth of Hands Off Venezuela in Victoria, British Colombia. Jorge
Martin came to the University of Victoria during the evening to a crowd of some twenty
people to educate about the Bolivarian Revolution in Venezuela, including its
achievements and its obstacles.
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By Hands Off Venezuela - Canada
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Friday, 04 May 2007 |
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After a five hour drive from Ottawa, the Revolutionary Venezuela speaking tour arrived in Toronto and travelled to Hamilton the day after.
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By Julian Benson - HOV Canada
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Friday, 04 May 2007 |
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More than 70 people
crowded the lecture hall at the Ottawa
public library, Tuesday night, to hear Jorge Martin speak on the Bolivarian
Revolution. The event
had a special significance as it fell on May the 1st, International
Worker's Day.
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By Charley Allan - Morning Star
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Tuesday, 01 May 2007 |
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Brent trades council pledged solidarity with workers at an occupied bathroom
ceramics factory in Venezuela last week.
From Morning Star, Friday April 27 2007
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By Hands Off Venezuela
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Monday, 30 April 2007 |
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FRETECO and the workers at Sanitarios Maracay thank everybody for the
international solidarity they have received so far. The response has
been tremendous and has played a role in getting the workers released.
However, we have to keep the pressure on
to make sure the regional governor, Didalco Bolivar, resigns. Everybody
responsible for the repression should be held accountable!
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By Hands Off Venezuela - Canada
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Monday, 30 April 2007 |
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Jorge Martin's revolutionary Venezuela speaking tour of North America started with an anti-imperialist demonstration in Montreal.
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By Hands Off Venezuela Britain
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Wednesday, 25 April 2007 |
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At the Northern TUC conference on Saturday the 14th
of April 2007 the following motion in solidarity with the Venezuelan Revolution was passed unanimously.
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By Hands Off Venezuela Canada
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Wednesday, 25 April 2007 |
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Building on a very successful North American tour in 2006, which visited Edmonton, Vancouver and Toronto in Canada, the Hands Off Venezuela campaign and Fightback announce that Jorge Martín is returning to do another tour in 2007.
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By Hands Off Venezuela Finland
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Monday, 23 April 2007 |
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Almost 30 people attended the HoV seminar at the Helsinki Social Forum
in Finland on Sunday the 22nd.
The discussion revolved around how to respond to the picture of
Venezuela given in the mainstream media, the crises of Venezuelan
capitalism and the sabotage of the economy by the capitalists.
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Solidarity activities