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Analysis: Participation

“This Process Belongs to the People”: An interview with Juan Contreras

Jeffery R. Webber and Juan Contreras (The Bullet)

In this interview Juan Contreras, a militant in the Bolivarian revolution, discusses the evolution of the revolution, grassroots organisation, the upcoming presidential elections, and the relationship between the grassroots and the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV)

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“Honey of the Revolution” – An Interview with Rosangela Orozco, Member of the Alexis Lives Foundation

Rosangela Orozco (Susan Spronk, Jeffery R. Webber)

In this interview Orozco talks about the Great Patriotic Pole (GPP), her involvement in her commune, and the importance of the upcoming elections.

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Fighting for Land and Territory in Urban Caracas: An Interview with Héctor Madera

Barrios in Caracas (Agencies)

Jeffery R. Webber and Susan Spronk (JW and SS) interviewed Héctor Madera in Caracas Venezuela. Madera is one of the founders of the Comités de Tierras Urbanas (Committees of Urban Land, CUTs) and member of Movimiento de Pobladores (Poor Peoples’ Movement, MP).

 

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Revolutionary Democracy in the Economy? Venezuela’s Worker Control Movement and the Plan Socialist Guayana

An outdoor worker assembly in Alcasa, August 2011 (Prensa Alcasa)

In this in-depth investigative analysis, Ewan Robertson evaluates the advances and setbacks of the worker control movement in Venezuela, and what Venezuela's experience in worker control means for the Bolivarian revolution and movements for radical social change worldwide.

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The Communes Are Still Being Constructed

There are a range of steps to forming a commune (Etten Carvallo - Ciudad CCS)

It has already been well said by the president of the republic, Hugo Chavez; “We are going to put our heart and soul into creating these communes and giving power to the people in socialist territories”. 

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99 Reasons Why We Vote for Chávez

(99ReasonswhywevoteforChavez.Blogspot)

In the run up to the October presidential elections, "Why we vote for Chavez" blogspot is interviewing a Venezuelan every day to find out why they vote for Chavez.

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Britain's Most Musical Estate? Inspiration from Venezuela's Music Program

Credit: BBC

Four years ago only one child on the Raploch estate in Stirling was learning a musical instrument. There are now 450 kids who are not only playing instruments, but are part of an orchestra. The project was inspired by Venezuela's El Sistema program, and last week worked with Venezuela's Simon Bolivar Symphany Orchestra.

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Building the Socialist Commune in Rural Venezuela

Thousands of rural communal councils have sprung up across Venezuela in recent years (Consejo Comunal Campesino Rural "G/B

Despite its emphatically rural character and its lack of a steady Internet connection, Hato Arriba, like many of the agrarian caserios in this part of Venezuela, is an example of the kind of 21st century socialism that the government of Hugo Chavez has been promoting since 2005.

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José Antonio Abreu on Venezuela's El Sistema Miracle

Young students with El Sistema founder Abreu (centre) and conductor Gustavo Dudamel in Caracas, Venezuela. (Sandra Bracho/PR com

In a rare interview, El Sistema founder José Antonio Abreu talks about his passion for Venezuela's extraordinary musical programme that gives children a route out of poverty

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Cooperation, Co-operatives, & Revolution in Venezuela

Collecting tomatoes at an eco-cooperative in Barinas (Larevolucionvive)

How are cooperatives and cooperativism different? How can they be a part of creating something new? I believe that cooperatives and cooperativism, as exemplified by projects in Venezuela and elsewhere, have the potential to work against oppression, exploitation and general misery by giving real power to people who have been excluded from economic institutions, whether they be part of a market system of distribution or not.

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A Personal Account of Land Occupations in Barquisimeto

There have been hundreds of land occupations in Lara State, where Barquisimeto is situated, in recent years (Reportero24).

Jacob Foucault writes his personal experience of a grassroots land occupation in a wealthy area of the city of Barquisimeto, in Lara state to the west of Venezuela.   

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Rock Music: Paul Gillman Wins MTV World Poll as the Best Male Metal Voice of All Time

Paul Gillman at Gillmanfest, a metal festival he organizes annually. (Angie Gillman)

When Venezuela’s leftist president, Hugo Chávez, took power in 1999, Paul Gillman, once the scourge of the political establishment, became one of its most vocal defenders.

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Beautiful Venezuela: Tourism with a Social Conscience

One of Venezuela's many beautiful sites, La Azulita caves, Merida state (Tamara Pearson/Venezuelanalysis.com)

Rather than Disneyland tourism, rather than humiliating “third word” selling itself to the  rest tourism, in stunning Venezuela, tourism is taking a new turn towards community and state run exploration of history, culture, and biodiversity.

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Venezuela: US Imperialism in Practice

Members of Venezuela’s Hip Hip Revolution collective (Latin America Bureau)

In January 2011 more than 600 (mostly young) people packed into a central London venue to hear speakers ranging from Tariq Ali to Hanan Chehata discuss ‘What is Imperialism?’ My friend Jody McIntyre, who also spoke, later explained why he had helped organise the event. It was “to bring together young people from all sections of society, to discuss and educate ourselves on one of humanity’s biggest enemies: Imperialism.”

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Proletarian Rock and Revolutionary Music – Standing against Copyright

Jose Gabriel Alvarez, main vocalist of El Pacto (Luigino Bracci Roa)

While some musicians agree that someone should be arrested for downloading their MP3, in more civilised countries like Venezuela, artists instead feel honoured when the people know about them, and download and share their songs. 

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