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British Hands Off Venezuela Electoral Delegation 2006

06 October 2006
Written by Hands Off Venezuela
Hands Off Venezuela Britain is pleased to announce that it is sending a delegation to Venezuela to coincide with the Presidential elections. The weeklong tour will begin on Monday, November 27th and finish on Sunday December 3rd - election day. We have arranged low cost accommodation in Caracas, and encourage people to stay longer if they can, as there are sure to be mass rallies with President Hugo Chavez speaking before and after the December 3rd elections, as well as many other opportunities to see the Bolivarian Revolution up close.

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Three Days of Intense Activity highlights Venezuelan Revolution at LP Conference

26 September 2006
Written by Hands Off Venezuela
The Hands Off Venezuela Campaign was engaged in a lively three days of intense activity over the last weekend of September - bringing the message of the Venezuelan Revolution to a wide audience of anti-war activists, students, trade unionists and Labour Party members.

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Hands Off Venezuela at the Manchester anti-war demonstration

26 September 2006
Written by Pablo Roldan
Hands off Venezuela supporters joined the anti-war movement in Manchester on Saturday, September 23, and organised a well attended meeting afterwards.

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MPs Urge 'Direct Action' to Help Venezuela

26 September 2006
Written by Louise Nousratpour - Morning Star - www.morningstaronline.co.uk
The Morning Star reports on the "charged fringe meeting" of Hands Off Venezuela at the Labour Party Conference, with Labour Party leadership candidate John McDonnell MP and Jeremy Corbyn MP speaking on the Bolivarian Revolution and the movement against electoral fraud in Mexico. 

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Hands Off Venezuela protests against detention of Nicolas Maduro

25 September 2006
Written by Hands Off Venezuela
On Saturday, September 23, Venezuela's Foreign Affairs Minister Nicolás Maduro was taken into custody at JFK airport in New York as he was about to board a flight to Caracas. He was only released, an hour and a half later, after UN officials intervened. Hands Off Venezuela would like to protest in the strongest terms possible against this abuse.

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HOV 2nd National Conference

20 September 2006
Written by Hands Off Venezuela
London, November 4
No US interference in the presidential election!
10 million votes for Chavez!
Speakers include: guests from Venezuela, Jeremy Dear NUJ, John McDonnell MP, Jeremy Corbyn MP
Register now, limited places! 

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HOV at the NDP Convention (Canada)

19 September 2006
Written by Hands Off Venezuela
Hands off Venezuela had a strong presence at the NDP convention. There were two events, resolutions passed at the youth convention, and much interest in our HOV info table.

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Picket of the Mexican embassy in London

17 September 2006
Written by Morning Star
Solidarity campaigners picketed the Mexican embassy in London on Saturday to protest against the decision by the country's electoral tribunal to declare right-wing candidate Felipe Calderon the winner of July's tainted general election.

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Jeremy Dear addresses TUC on Venezuela solidarity

14 September 2006
Written by Jeremy Dear
This is a transcript of the intervention by Jeremy Dear (general secretary of the National Union of Journalists and co-president of Hands Off Venezuela) at the British Trade Union Congress 2006. He spoke on the need for solidarity with Venezuela and defended motion 73, advocating the setting up of a united campaign body sponsored by the TUC. This was known as the "unity motion", but there was opposition from other unions to this idea and the motion was remmitted to allow for further discussion. See also the text of motion 73.

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NUJ "unity" motion to TUC 2006

14 September 2006
Written by National Union of Journalists
This is the text of the NUJ motion to the 2006 British Trade Union Congress. This was also known as the "unity motion" since it seeked to establish a TUC body to coordinate the work of the three existing solidarity campaigns in order to deliver more effective assistance to trade unions in Venezuela and further the solidarity work. The TUC General Council asked for the resolution to be remmitted.                                                                                                                     

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US HOV delegation to Venezuelan elections

14 September 2006
Written by US HOV
As part of the international campaign that Hands Off Venezuela is organising around the Venezuelan presidential elections in December, the US HOV is sending a delegation of electoral observers.

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Hands Off Venezuela’s TUC Fringe Meeting – “Workers’ Control in Venezuela”

14 September 2006
Written by Rodrigo Trompiz
Hands Off Venezuela held a fringe meeting in Brighton for the TUC on the evening of Wednesday, September 13, which also included a screening of the documentary “Venezuela Today, the World Tomorrow?”

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British TUC shows solidarity with Latin America

12 September 2006
Written by Hands Off Venezuela
More than 120 people packed the Latin America fringe meeting at the TUC on Monday, September 11, where a lively debate took place on the Venezuelan revolution, including such questions as workers’ control in the factories.

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  2. Hands Off Venezuela at the London - Caracas concert, Trafalgar square
  3. Belgian Socialist TUC decides to establish links with the UNT
  4. 15 Aug. 2006: International Day of Solidarity with Venezuela
  5. British Hands Off Venezuela Second National Conference
  6. Video of HoV Venezuela workshop at conference on Latin America
  7. Athens: Successful HOV meeting on Latin America with the participation of the Cuban and Venezuelan embassies
  8. An evening with Hugo Chavez
  9. Venezuela at London anti-racist festival
  10. Greg Palast talks to Hands Off Venezuela
  11. 300 gather in Brighton to see The Revolution Will Not be Televised
  12. Biggest Ever Bournemouth Hands Off Venezuela Meeting
  13. Successful Hands Off Venezuela Meeting in Providence, RI
  14. Video of Jeremy Dear on the TUC delegation to Venezuela
  15. Scotland: solidarity with Venezuelan workers
  16. Jeremy Dear on the TUC delegation to Venezuela
  17. Growing fervour in Venezuela
  18. HOV Meeting at Scottish Parliament
  19. TUC delegation to Venezuela - report back meeting
  20. Hands Off Venezuela meeting in Edinburgh
  21. NATFHE supports Venezuela and Bolivia
  22. Venezuelan Marxist speaks in Glasgow
  23. Enthusiastic crowd welcomes HOV screening in Hamilton
  24. "Hands Off Venezuela" launched in Ottawa
  25. President Chavez of Venezuela in London - a personal view
  26. Venezuela and the NATFHE Conference 2006
  27. Jorge Martin wraps up North American tour in Toronto
  28. CWU affiliates to Hands Off Venezuela
  29. HOV International Secretary Speaks in Minneapolis
  30. UNT leader Ruben Linares in Berlin
  31. Jorge Martin Speaks at St. Louis University
  32. Hugo Chavez in Historic Visit to London
  33. The workers' movement of Great Britain is an example for the world
  34. “Socialism will help to find a solution to poverty and misery”
  35. Hands Off Venezuela welcomes President Chávez in London
  36. More pictures of Chavez' visit to Austria
  37. Successful meeting with Jorge Martin in Vancouver
  38. Pictures from mass rally with Chavez in Vienna
  39. Vienna, May 12: Hugo Chávez addresses mass rally organised by Hands off Venezuela!
  40. "Hands off Venezuela" welcomes Chávez in Vienna
  41. Hands Off Venezuela Organises Welcome Rallies for President Chavez
  42. Meeting with Hugo Chavez in London - update
  43. Hugo Chavez speaking in London on Sunday
  44. Three hundred people attend “Hands Off Venezuela!” seminar at European Social Forum
  45. Belgium: New hope for the left at day of solidarity with Venezuelan revolution
  46. Jorge Martin speaking in Edmonton, AB
  47. British Shop Workers Vote to Support Venezuela!
  48. Vienna, May 12: Hugo Chávez to speak at ‘Hands off Venezuela and Cuba’ Rally!
  49. US Congress set to re-fund the National Endowment For Democracy
  50. Chavez comes to London!
  51. Hands Off Venezuela at May Day rally in London
  52. Hands Off Venezuela at the European Social Forum in Athens
  53. Hands off Venezuela speaks in White Rock, BC
  54. British Students Pledge Support for Venezuela
  55. Jorge Martin, International Secretary of the Hands Off Venezuela Campaign, to speak in San Francisco
  56. St Catherines and District Labour Council supports HOV
  57. Venezuela Solidarity International Days of Action
  58. Hands Off Venezuela Brighton launched
  59. Luis Primo (Venezuelan UNT) Speaks at ILWU Local 34 Hall in San Francisco
  60. Luis Primo (UNT) at the Berkeley Art Museum
  61. Trade Union Leader Luis Primo (Venezuelan UNT) in Tucson, AZ
  62. Luis Primo (Venezuelan UNT) in San Jose, CA
  63. HOV Germany: Public meetings with Che Guevara's daughter, Aleida Guevara
  64. Luis Primo (UNT) Speaks at UC Berkeley
  65. Venezuelan Trade Unionist Luis Primo in Washington State: Olympia and Seattle
  66. British Journalists Pledge Support for Bolivarian Revolution
  67. Jorge Martin speaking on the Venezuelan Revolution
  68. Luis Primo (Venezuelan UNT) Visits Vancouver
  69. Luis Primo (Venezuelan UNT) at Portland Anti-War Demonstration
  70. Bolivarian revolution present at the anti-war demonstration in London
  71. Emergency Response Network / April Week of Actions
  72. Report from Madison, WI HOV
  73. 500 Gather in Washington, DC to form National Venezuela Solidarity Network
  74. Hands off Venezuela launched in Brighton
  75. Video about protest against Blair's attacks on Venezuela
  76. C.C. Campbell-Rock on Venezuela Generates Enthusiasm
  77. First Venezuela Film Presentation at the Waite House in Minneapolis a Success
  78. Signatures against Blair's attacks
  79. Hands off Venezuela Sweden launched its web site www.handsoffvenezuela.se
  80. Tour Calendar for Luis Primo (UNT) West Coast Tour
  81. Minneapolis: Successful Venezuela Film Premiere
  82. HOV Launched in Texas
  83. Hands Off Venezuela and Venezuela Solidarity Campaign protest against Blair’s attacks
  84. British Parliament to discuss solidarity with Venezuela
  85. Help Bring Venezuelan Trade Union Leader Luis Primo to the West Coast
  86. Protest letter to Blair
  87. Hands Off Venezuela in Rhode Island
  88. French Communist Party hosts Hands Off Venezuela meeting in Paris
  89. Successful Showing of Venezuela Bolivariana in Minneapolis, MN
  90. Venezuela Solidarity Event in Minneapolis
  91. San Francisco: Organizing to Defend Venezuela
  92. WSF Caracas: First Meeting of Hands Off Venezuela a Resounding Success
  93. Two more letters from the World Social Forum
  94. Successful Hands Off Venezuela meeting at Berlin's Humbolt University
  95. Hands Off Venezuela meetings at the World Social Forum, Caracas
  96. Two reports from the World Social Forum in Caracas
  97. Hands Off Venezuela: Building London-Caracas Solidarity at the 2006 World Social Forum
  98. British Communication Workers Union highlights Venezuela
  99. World Social Forum in Venezuela is on Track Say Organizers
  100. 'Hands Off Venezuela!' campaign launched in Israel

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