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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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 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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Interview with Venezuelan doctor Francisco Rivero on the main achievements of the revolution in his country, the upcoming presidential elections and the importance of international solidarity. Francisco Rivero is from Vargas, and is the National Director of Ideology of the Movement for Direct Democracy. Click here

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A largescale protest last week by workers from the Sidor steelworks secured the release of five of their co-workers after they were arrested by the National Guard on charges of undue expropriation and seizure of plant machinery. The protest, supported by the unions at the plant, partially closed down the steelworks and brought the city of Puerto Ordaz, in Venezuela’s Bolívar state to a standstill.

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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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Under the surface of the different factions or currents within the National Union of Workers, a more dangerous quarrel is simmering away that could have consequences for the government and its revolutionary credentials.  What is up for grabs is the meaning of XXI century Socialism and the UNT’s role within it.

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As part of an international day of action, the Hands Off Venezuela campaign hosted successful events in four Canadian cities to commemorate the 2nd anniversary of the Bolivarian referendum victory on 15 August.

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