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Production and Conflict in El Maizal Commune
September 7, 2018 In this article we examine the productive activities of El Maizal Commune, based on our visit in May. We also look at ... that emerge as the communal project moves forward. El Maizal Commune spreads over the states of Lara and ... such as ourselves are drawn to the experience. El Maizal has also conquered political space outside its ... -
El Maizal Commune: 11 Years Building the Communal Horizon
March 7, 2020 ... produce on those lands. Eleven years later, the El Maizal Commune has become a national and international ... Union . In a twist of fate, the date of the birth of El Maizal Commune coincides with the passing of the late President Hugo Chávez. However, El Maizal and the communes who gathered this March 5 proudly ... -
Resistance in Images: A Productive Workers' Battle in El Maizal Commune
February 17, 2019 ... the " Productive Workers’ Army " went to the flagship El Maizal commune in Lara state with the goal of helping ... sessions "battles." The helping hand they extended to El Maizal was the thirteenth battle the group has undertaken in ... -
Red Current, Pink Tide: A Visit to El Maizal Commune in Venezuela
December 21, 2021 ... of the country, a group of seasoned militants from El Maizal Commune began to take stock of the situation in the ... it was private property. With so many mouths to feed, El Maizal Commune’s leaders knew that they had to strike out ... The newly acquired land and facilities were put under El Maizal’s scheme of social property: sharing with the ... -
El Maizal Commune Leads by Example, Takes on Venezuela State Superstructure
February 6, 2018 ... with supporting images from Voces Urgentes, LaraTVeC, El Maizal, Commune Negro Miguel, aporrea, VTV and El Sacudon. El Maizal: A Productive Communal Model On March 5th, 2009, the ... Lara which would soon become the heart of the commune El Maizal. The commune was organized that same year in response ... -
New Production Strategies: Stories of Resistance from El Maizal Commune (Part II)
August 8, 2021 El Maizal Commune lies in the fertile lands between the Lara and ... of additional side enterprises. Most importantly, El Maizal Commune forges new social relations and new human ... be a five-hour trip into a day-long odyssey) to talk to El Maizal’s seasoned communards about how they see the ... -
In the Shadow of the Blockade: Stories of Resistance from El Maizal Commune (Part I)
July 23, 2021 El Maizal Commune lies in the fertile lands between the Lara and ... of additional side enterprises. Most importantly, El Maizal Commune forges new social relations and new human ... be a five-hour trip into a day-long odyssey) to talk to El Maizal’s seasoned communards about how they see the ... -
The Struggle to Keep Chávez’s Legacy Alive: Stories of Resistance from El Maizal Commune (Part III)
August 15, 2021 El Maizal Commune lies in the fertile lands between the Lara and ... of additional side enterprises. Most importantly, El Maizal Commune forges new social relations and new human ... be a five-hour trip into a day-long odyssey) to talk to El Maizal’s seasoned communards about how they see the ... -
Commune Activists File Appeal with Supreme Court Over Mayorship Ban
December 22, 2017 ... (TSJ) Wednesday, demanding that the body recognise El Maizal commune leader Angel Prado as mayor. Prado, who was ... to budge on its decision. The lack of a response led El Maizal’s communal parliament to vote Tuesday in favor of a ... that justice be done for the people of Simon Planas,” El Maizal Commune tweeted. Hemos seguido todos los pasos legales ... -
Maduro Defends Venezuelan Commune’s Land Rights in Face of Supreme Court Mandate
December 16, 2014 ... Friday his staunch support of the agricultural commune El Maizal after their communal property title was revoked by a ... Court judge earlier that week. Initially, communards of El Maizal rejected the December 9 court decision and called on ... as set forth by the late socialist leader Hugo Chavez. El Maizal was formed in Lara state during a 2009 initiative led ... -
The New Society Will Emerge in the Commune: A Conversation with Angel Prado
January 24, 2020 El Maizal is a flagship rural commune between the ... corn, and other foodstuffs. Communal production in El Maizal is based on socialized control of the means of ... In this exclusive interview with Angel Prado, El Maizal’s key spokesperson, we talk about the role of the ... -
Angel Prado: Grapes of Wrath in Rural Venezuela
June 5, 2018 ... interviewed Angel Prado, a key organizer of El Maizal Commune[1]. The conversation followed hard on the ... in Venezuela. Most Venezuelanalysis readers know about El Maizal , both as an expression of communal popular power and ... of the communal project that you are involved in. El Maizal is a productive commune in rural Venezuela, nested ... -
Mining Project Threatens Local Population and Nature Preserve
May 25, 2019 ... territory, Simon Planas is also the home of El Maizal , a flagship rural commune. Photo documentation ... -
Commune Activist Angel Prado to be Investigated by Regional Police
January 8, 2018 ... against him had been opened by regional police. The El Maizal Commune where Prado is a leading activist tweeted a ... @NicolasMaduro pic.twitter.com/dU50pcXwJ4 — Comuna El Maizal (@ComunaElMaizal) January 7, 2018 Tweet reads: We ... summons from Lara police. Today this notice arrived at Maizal Commune with no explanation, citing Angel Prado to an ... -
Venezuelan Electoral Authorities Give Green Light to Mayoral Appeals in Lara, Monagas
January 31, 2018 ... in Lara and Monagas states. Last Thursday, El Maizal commune in Lara confirmed on Twitter that the National ... citing the ANC’s veto on Prado. Both the PPT and El Maizal have celebrated the CNE’s acceptance of the appeal on their respective social media accounts, while El Maizal vowed to “keep struggling” until “justice is ...