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Written by Camilo Cahis
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Friday, 05 February 2010 |
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The Canadian minister responsible for the Americas recently made a short
stop in Venezuela. While there, Peter Kent took the opportunity to
express the Canadian government’s concerns over the “shrinking
democratic space” in Venezuela.
Kent’s concerns could be laughable if it were not for the real threat
that countries like the US and Canada pose to Venezuela. Many will remember that it was Peter Kent who most vocally supported the coup d'etat in Honduras this summer. As well, it is Kent's Conservative government that has just suspended Parliament for the third time in as many years.
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Written by Emma Beaumont Savvas
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Wednesday, 11 November 2009 |
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On Sunday, 13th September, Hands off Venezuela/Société Bolivarienne du Québec celebrated their one-year anniversary. Before their merger last September, HOV and SBQ were both doing similar work within the Latin America solidarity movement. After working together on numerous occasions, a general assembly of both organizations decided that a merger would allow for more coordinated work, and therefore more success in the general goal of supporting the revolutionary struggles of Latin American peoples. |
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Written by Maria Páez Victor (Bolivarian Circle "Louis Riel"/Hands Off Venezuela)
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Tuesday, 20 October 2009 |
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Last week Hands Off Venezuela and the Louis Riel Bolivarian Circle were able to bring to Toronto one of the most creative leaders of the Venezuelan Bolivarian Revolution, Julio Chávez. He is not related to President Hugo Chávez, but is often referred to in his country as “the other Chávez”. He came to give Canadians a very clear message -- that the people of Venezuela have assumed control of their natural resources, their government, and their destiny by taking it -- through clean and transparent elections -- from wealthy elites, clients of global capital, who had marginalized the great majority of Venezuelan for the past 40 years. |
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Written by Hands Off Venezuela/Société Bolivarienne du Québec
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Saturday, 17 October 2009 |
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In the early morning of Sunday, 11th October, around 20 people attended a workshop presented by the Société Bolivarienne du Québec/Hands Off Venezuela. “The Bolivarian Revolution: The truth and the myth” was one of many workshops which were presented by many social organizations during the five days of the Forum Social Québécois in Montreal from the 8th to the 12th of October. |
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Written by Jennie Ernewein
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Thursday, 15 October 2009 |
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On 29th September in Toronto, Hands Off Venezuela and the Bolivarian Circle “Louis Riel” organized a film screening of the recent documentary produced by Vive TV about FRETECO. This latest documentary explores the revolutionary movement of occupied factories and workers’ control in Venezuela. At the core of the film, workers young and old, male and female, explain how they came to the realization that demanding nationalization under workers’ control is the only way forward for the Bolivarian Revolution. |
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Written by Arash Azizi - Hands Off Venezuela (Canada)
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Tuesday, 14 July 2009 |
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Last month, a delegation from Hands Off Venezuela/Bolivarian Society of Quebec had a meeting with Elio Vitriago, the Venezuelan consul-general in Montreal. The delegation, consisting of a few young Canadian HOV/SBQ activists and Jorge Martín, International Secretary of HOV, was warmly welcomed by the entire staff of the Venezuelan consulate, and by Mr. Vitriago himself. |
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Written by Geoff McCormack
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Wednesday, 08 July 2009 |
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The Second Latin American Meeting of Worker-Recovered Factories took place on June 25-27. Over two hundred workers gathered at the National Library in Caracas to discuss perspectives for the occupied factories movement internationally. Geoff McCormack, a Toronto HOV activist and member of CUPE 3903, attended the conference and reports. |
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Written by Emerson Silva (HOV/SBQ) et Nichola Richer (Tendance Marxiste Internationale)
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Friday, 19 June 2009 |
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Le jeudi 4 juin dernier, à la salle DSR-510, de l'Université du Québec à Montréal, s'est tenue la conférence De Caracas à Montréal, un autre monde est possible, organisée par la Société Bolivarienne du Québec/Hands off Venezuela. Un peu plus d'une centaine de personnes s'y sont rendues pour écouter et débattre avec les conférenciers Jorge Martin, secrétaire international de la campagne Hands Off Venezuela et membre de la Tendance Marxiste Internationale, et Guillaume Hébert, coordinateur de la commission altermondialiste de Québec Solidaire, ce jeune parti qui rassemble les forces de gauche de la nation québécoise. (English version follows) |
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Written by Cora James (HOV Toronto/Bolivarian Circle "Louis Riel")
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Thursday, 11 June 2009 |
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About sixty people crowded into Ryerson University's Oakham House in Toronto on 9th June to listen to Jorge Martín speak on the Cuban Revolution. The gains of the Cuban Revolution continue after 50 years, and it continues to inspire revolutionaries around the world. Hands Off Venezulea and the Bolivarian Circle "Louis Riel" were proud to host this meeting and continue building the links between the Venezuelan and Cuban solidarity movements. |
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Written by Camilo Cahis and Jennie Ernewein
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Friday, 24 April 2009 |
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60 people gathered in Toronto on 18th April 2009 to celebrate the merger of the Hands Off Venezuela campaign and the Bolivarian Circle “Louis Riel” (CBLR). The event hosted a discussion about the current economic crisis and how the Venezuelan Revolution is providing an alternative. |
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