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Analysis: Social Movements

The Creators and the Creation: Review of “We Created Chávez: A People's History of the Venezuelan Revolution”

By Todd Chretien – Socialist Worker.org, May 17th 2013

Hugo Chavez during his 2012 presidential election campaign (venciclopedia.com)

Todd Chretien examines a new book's insights into the Venezuelan revolutionary process.

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Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Chavez: the Motive-Hunting of a Malignant NGO

By Joe Emersberger - ZCommunications, Mar 7th 2013

Human Rights Watch Americas Director José Miguel Vivanco

The death of Hugo Chavez provoked HRW to immediately (within hours) smear the Chavez government's legacy.

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We Don’t Have Borders: Tamara Pearson Interviewed by Michael Albert

By By Tamara Pearson and Michael Albert - ZNet, Feb 22nd 2013

Venezuelans rally for Chavez

VA's Tamara Pearson discusses the Bolivarian Revolution, media coverage of Venezuela and Chavez's health with ZNet's Michael Albert.

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‘Learning to Govern Ourselves’: Venezuela’s National Network of Commoners

By Rebecca McMillan and Calais Caswell – Upside Down World, Jan 2nd 2013

The first meeting of the “Communal Parliament” of the Ataroa Commune in Lara state, April 2012 (DGMAC)

Between November 30-December 2, 2012, some 200 Venezuelan community organizers and activists met to debate proposals for the future of the revolutionary state. The occasion was the first congress of the National Network of Commoners (Red Nacional de Comuneros, RNC).

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Venezuela after Chavez’s Presidential Victory: Interview with members of Marea Socialista

By Franck Gaudichaud - Europe Solidaire Sans Frontieres, Dec 25th 2012

Members of Marea Socialista (Socialist Tide) celebrating Chavez's win on 7 October (Tamara Pearson/ Venezuelanalysis.com)

In this interview, Marea Socialista members (Socialist Tide) discuss the political significance of Chavez's win in October, the government Socialist Plan for the next period, the opposition campaign strategy, and addressing problems of bureacracy. 

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We Need a Mass Movement to Push For the Law Against Forgetting

By C. Hernandez / C. Melendez - CIUDAD CCS, Dec 9th 2012

Fernando Soto Rojas (AVN)

“We need a mass movement to lead the struggle to demand justice for the crimes of the Pacto de Punto Fijo era (1958-1998),” says parliamentarian Fernando Soto Rojas in this interview with Venezuelan daily Ciudad CCS.

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The Children of 1989: Resurrecting the Venezuelan Dead

By George Ciccariello-Maher – History Workshop Online, Oct 31st 2012

“We are sons of ´89 in revolution” (Lainie Cassel, http://caracazomedia.org/)

The dead of 1989 are not mere metaphor: concretely speaking, these corpses were between 300 and 3,000, most executed at close range in their homes as the Venezuelan armed forces fired an estimated four million bullets in an attempt to do the impossible, to put the genie back in the bottle, Pandora back in her box.

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Comrade Chavez, If You Want to Know What Happened to the Communes, Ask the People

By Atenea Jiménez Lemon – The National Network of Communards, Oct 26th 2012

A mural for the Ataroa Commune in Lara state, which reads: “communities in charge” (Ola Bolivariana)

It worried us to hear the president asking "where are the communes". Humbly, and with revolutionary determination we say to Comrade Chavez, if you want to know where the communes are, then you should ask the people directly!

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Investing in Democracy: Elections in Venezuela

By Susan Scott and Azadeh Shahshahani – National Lawyers Guild, Oct 12th 2012

People queuing to vote for the Venezuelan presidential election last Sunday in the city of Merida (Ewan Robertson – Venezuelan

The US National Lawyers Guild reports on their experience as part of an official accompaniment delegation to the Venezuelan presidential elections, and reflects on the nature and importance of elections in Venezuela more widely.

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We are with Chavez: The Take-Over of Caracas

By Nosotros con Chavez/We are with Chavez, Oct 6th 2012

(archives)

And then something happened that made your spine tingle. Along with the rain came bursts of thunder, cracking violently. But the people didn’t bat an eyelid, instead they answered the thunder back, all together and with a cry that made the sky fall silent...

 

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"Misiones" on a Mission

By Jody McIntyre, Sep 24th 2012

(Jody McIntyre)

British activist and journalist, Jody McIntyre, shares his impressions of a mass march held in favour of the government's social missions last Saturday in Caracas.

 

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Citizen Security from a Leftist Perspective: International Conference in Venezuela

By Rachael Boothroyd - Correo del Orinoco International , Sep 7th 2012

“The Left and Public Security Policy” conference took place in Venezuela’s National Experimental University of Security (U

Founded in 2009, the UNES was conceived of as a totally new way of training police officers and reforming policing methods. The proposal of the UNES in itself is incredible, but also somewhat daunting. In short, to fundamentally transform the power relationship between the police and society.

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Cause: A New Social Network of Youth Culture in Venezuela

By Rocio Cazal – Ciudad CCS, Aug 27th 2012

An event by Hip Hop Revolucion in Caracas, one of the groups supporting Cause, a new network of activists supporting alternative

David Segarra of Cause, a new network supporting alternative youth culture in Venezuela, argues that “While in Chile, Colombia, in Europe there are cuts, and in Spain university tuition fees are being made more expensive and support for cinema is being cut by 35%, here in Venezuela, fortunately, support for culture is growing”.

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

By Jeffery R. Webber and Susan Spronk - Socialist Project, Aug 12th 2012

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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How Is Chavez?

By Atilio A Boron, Jul 12th 2012

(plazadearmas)

I would like to share with everyone some personal impressions interspersed with some elements of analysis about an unforgettable day.  It had been a while since I’d seen President Hugo Chavez, and I was, like everyone, very anxious about seeing him up close, maybe shaking his hand. I was worried about his health, for him as a close friend, and for Our America, for which he has done so much. And further, because Chavez is, as the Bertolt Brecht quote goes, one of the “indispensable” ones, those who like Fidel, struggle every day, 24 hours a day, without a break.

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