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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 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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