 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 ongoing North American tour. The topic of the meeting was about Latin America and the revolutionary struggle. Meeting was held in the Brava theater in the heart of the Mission district, an overwhelmingly Latino neighborhood. |
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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. Meeting at the headquarters of SEIU 1199, 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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 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. Speaking on "Revolutionary Latin America," Jorge was joined by Yasmin Tovar, a local Venezuela solidarity activist; August Nimtz, Professor at the University of Minnesota and expert on Cuba; and Gerardo Cajamarca, an exiled Colombian trade unionist now working with the United Steel Workers. See article for a video of Jorge's speech! |
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Jorge Martin continued his North American tour with a stop in Oakland, CA on May 12. Continue reading this article for a full report an picture. |
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Jorge Martin, International Secretary for HOV visited the Pacific Northwest in early May. Here is a report (and picture) of his event in Portland, Oregon. |
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VENEZUELA 101 by Eva Golinger (four part video)
Eva Golinger speaking at the Venezuela Solidarity Network national symposium on Venezuela that took place at Howard University in Washington DC on April 20, 2008. See the article for the video links. |
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The Bolivarian Revolution in Venezuela, and the Present and Future of a 21st Century Left in Bolivia, Ecuador and Latin America. Wednesday, May 7th at 7:30 P.M at the Olympia Free School at 610 Columbia. (Columbia and Legion, downtown Olympia) |
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Six Years of Popular Struggle In Venezuela and Latin America: An evening with Jorge Martin, International Secretary of Hands Off Venezuela. May 6th at 7:00 pm at Liberty Hall in Portland, OR. Read the ful article for more information.
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Jorge Martin, the International Secretary of Hands Off Venezuela, will speak on the revolutionary struggle in Latin America at the Brava Theater in San Francisco, CA on May 11. See the article for more information. Click here for a full color leaflet.
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HOV International Secretary Jorge Martin will end his U.S. tour with a stop in New York City on May 20th at 7:00 pm at the headquarters of SEIU 1199 (10 West 43rd Street). Marcos Garcia, labor attache for the Venezuean Embassy in Washington, DC will also be speaking on the history of the Venezuelan trade unions. |
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Jorge Martin will be speaking on the Venezuelan Revolution at Niebyl-Proctor Library in Oakland, CA on May 13. Read the article for more information. Click here for a full color leaflet. |
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 What's Really Happening in Venezuela, Bolivia, Cuba, Mexico and the rest of the region? Come join us for a discussion with Jorge Martín - International Secretary for the Hands Off Venezuela Campaign and Latin America correspondent for Marxist.com. 7:00 pm on May 17 at the Central Labor Union Council in Minneapolis. Read the article for more information. |
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A new Venezuela film will premiere in Monterrey, CA. Read the article for more information. |
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The film, No Volverán will be shown in Providence in February. See the article for more information. |
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The fourth HOV podcast is now available for download. See the article for download links and more information. |
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HOV is co-sponsoring a showing of the film, No Volverán in St. Louis. See this article for more information. |
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This is the new trailer to the film, Five Factories. The film covers shows the conditions of workers in five nationalized factories. These factories are co-operatively run by the workers in them and the state. These factories are a part of the Bolivarian socio-economic development project designed to challenge and provide an alternative to the dominant neo-liberal development model. Workers councils play a key role in management of these factories, and the film examines the challenges and successes of these factories and how they are run. |
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On Monday December 3rd, one day after the Venezuelan Constitutional Referendum and the 184th anniversary of the Monroe Doctrine, Twin Cities Hands Off Venezuela organized a presentation and discussion on U.S. intervention in Latin America since 1823, including its intervention in Sunday's referendum vote. Following the discussion, the film "No Volveran" was featured. This was part of the 3rd national day of solidarity action co-organized with the Venezuela Solidarity Network. |
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Welcome to the Hands off Venezuela constitutional reform referendum
blog. We will be bringing life news from Venezuela over the next few
days about the referendum taking place on Sunday 2nd. |
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They came in their tens of thousands, in their hundreds of thousands. They came from schools, from colleges, from universities, from teachers unions and trade unions, and from the Social Missions concerned with education. They came in their red shirts with different names but all saying the same thing, Si in the referendum. Eyewitness report from Caracas. |
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