By Reinaldo Iturriza & Federico Fuentes – Green Left Weekly , Jul 6th 2017
Working class unity behind the National Constituent Assembly is the condition for both its success and the survival of the Bolivarian Revolution, argues the former communes minister.
By Greg Grandin – London Review of Books , Jun 26th 2017
Hugo Chávez never wavered in his commitment to Venezuela's popular movements, argues historian Greg Grandin in his review of Ignacio Ramonet's new Chávez biography My First Life.
By The Network of Intellectuals, Artists and Social Movements in Defense of Humanity , Jun 10th 2017
The Network of Intellectuals and Artists in Defense of Humanity (REDH) responds to a recent statement released by leftist academics criticising Venezuela's Bolivarian Revolution as "authoritarian". The REDH accuses the signees of fetishising liberal democracy and of overlooking the importance of class struggle and US imperialism in their critique.
By Katrina Kozarek – Venezuelanalysis.com , May 29th 2017
Venezuela's social movements are holding popular assemblies across the country to debate proposals for a new constitution in response to President Nicolas Maduro's move to convene a National Constituent Assembly earlier this month.
Venezuelan grassroots movements are gearing up for a weekend of popular assemblies to nominate candidates for the upcoming Constituent Assembly elections.
Bolivarian University Professor Chris Gilbert argues that Hugo Chávez is the heir to Lenin's political legacy in espousing a strategic vision for transition to socialism on the basis of the commune.
