In this important interview, Worker-President of aliminium factory CVG Alcasa, Elio Sayago, details the history of workers' control at the plant, the attempts made by government bureaucrats and politicians to sabotage the workers' control project there, as well as the workers attempts to consruct a post-capitalist order through changing the social relations of production.
By Indira Carpio Olivo, Ernesto J Navarro, Gioconda Mota, Nov 23rd 2011
In this important interview, feminist activist Gioconda Mota discusses the state of feminism within Venezuela; the right to free and legal abortion and the contradictions of the Bolivarian process.
By Roland Denis, Indira Carpio Olivo, Ernesto J Navarro, Oct 25th 2011
Interview with Venezuelan social activist and author Roland Denis, regarding the formation of the “Great Patriotic Pole” in view of the up-and-coming 2012 presidential elections.
By MinCi and Álvaro Silva Calderón , May 31st 2011
Interview with Álvaro Silva Calderón, former General Secretary of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) during the 2002-2003 period. Calderón discusses the U.S. State Department's recently imposed unilateral sanctions against Venezuela's PDVSA, the attack on OPEC and Venezuela's struggle to maintain sovereignty over its abundant natural resources.
By Gregory Wilpert - Rosa Luxemburg Foundation, Juan Esteban Lopez, May 30th 2011
Juan Esteban Lopez is from Medellín, Colombia, and has been living in Venezuela for the past four years where he has helped coordinate the Network of Exchange Systems, which has been implementing local currencies in many different communities in Venezuela.
Reinaldo Jose Bolivar, Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs for Africa, discuses concrete ways in which Venezuela is deepening its links to its African “motherland”, links which have gone from almost nothing to something quite significant over the last five years.
In this interview, Ciro Ramos de Rodriguez talks about MUDEBAR, a cooperative of 42 women who produce textiles for their local schools, and government officials, as well as other clothing needs within the region.
By Rafael González, Encontrarte, Venezuelanalysis.com, Apr 2nd 2011
ENcontrARTE’s Akaida Orozco interviews Cuban Playwright Rafael González* on the development of Cuba’s Teatro Escambray and his 41 years contributing to a theater for social transformation. González discusses his participation in Venezuela’s Culture Mission and his views on the nature of revolutionary culture in societies working towards social change.
By Zuleika Matamores- Aporrea.org, Marlene Yadira Cordova, Feb 8th 2011
There is currently a nationwide debate over the content of the University Law, which Chavez sent back to the National Assembly. The debate includes what universities should be, their role in society, and how to transform the universities into participatory democratic institutions. In this interview, the minister for university education outlines some of her perspectives.
In this second interview with Lucha de Clases, former Trade Minister Eduardo Saman goes into more depth about his proposal to form a "radical socialist current" within the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), and what the reactions have been so far within the party.
