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Lies, half truths and bias - the world’s media and the Venezuelan election

Category: Latin America Published Date Written by Jorge Martin - Hands off Venezuela

Once again there has been a remarkably well coordinated campaign of disinformation regarding the Venezuelan presidential elections being held on Sunday October 7.

Last Updated on Sunday, 07 October 2012 14:40

Insecurity in Venezuela: a Class Issue

Category: Latin America Published Date Written by Euler Calzadilla - Lucha de Clases (Venezuela)

This article, written by comrade Euler Calzadilla, demonstrates the position of the Marxist current of the PSUV, the Venezuelan sector of the International Marxist Current (CMI), on the issue of security. In the piece, Calzadilla analyses the root causes of the social scourge, causes which are generally almost never analysed by the bourgeois media, or in the majority of public media. As such, in this brief article, Calzadilla responds to the lies of the rightwing “majunche” on the issue of security and highlights the limits of the Bolivarian governments plan for disarmament and security, limits which emerge from trying to combat insecurity from within the framework of the economic and political capitalist regime.

Last Updated on Friday, 15 June 2012 19:19

Venezuela: Foiled assassination plot against trade union leader

Category: Latin America Published Date Written by In Defence of Marxism

On Monday, May 21, an armed person entered the EFE ice cream factory (part of the POLAR group) in Caracas and asked to see Abraham Rivas, the main trade union leader and a member of the Marxist tendency Lucha de Clases. When confronted about his suspicious behaviour by Abraham and other workers, he was found to be carrying a gun. He was also found to be carrying detailed personal information about comrade Abraham, including his picture, home address, the names of his children and even a photocopy of his company ID card.

Last Updated on Thursday, 24 May 2012 22:32

Foiled attempt to kill a trade union leader in Venezuela – Campaign for justice

Category: Latin America Published Date Written by In Defence of Marxism

On Monday May 21, there was a foiled attempt against the life of comrade Abraham Rivas. Rivas is General Secretary of the National Union of Workers of Helados EFE (SINATRASOHE) as well as General Secretary of the recently created National Federation of Workers in Food, Beverages and Other Companies (FENACTRALBECA), which organizes workers in 21 different companies belonging to Grupo POLAR. He is also a revolutionary Bolivarian activist and a supporter of the Marxist tendency Lucha de Clases.

Last Updated on Wednesday, 30 May 2012 22:48

Sixty years of the Bolivian revolution – what lessons can be learned?

Category: Latin America Published Date Written by Jorge Martín

On April 9, 1952 Bolivia witnessed one of the deepest and most proletarian revolutions in the history of the American continent. In the space of a few hours, factory workers, the population of the cities and armed miners, defeated and humiliated the bourgeois state apparatus and physically destroyed the army of the ruling class, which would take years to be re-established.

Last Updated on Saturday, 14 April 2012 10:58