25 May 2005

“The maelstrom of events that I have witnessed, both big and small, typical of a revolutionary process, are really fascinating. It’s not something you only see in the streets, read in the newspapers, or see on the walls of the city, but something you feel.” A letter from Caracas by Jean Duval.

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31 May 2005

The Bolivarian masses again rose to the challenge of opposing terrorism and the latest imperialist assault on the national oil company PDVSA and filled the boulevards of Caracas with their revolutionary energy, enthusiasm and determination on Saturday May 28. A report from Caracas.

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28 April 2005

We have received these letters from Belfast based Hands Off Venezuela supporter Tomás. He was recently in Venezuela to learn more about the mass movement known as the Bolivarian Revolution. Tomás has been working shoulder by shoulder alongside our friends from the Alberdi School in La Pastora, Caracas.

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28 April 2005

This is the second letter of Hands Off Venezuela supporter Tomás, in which he talks about the social programs that are being carried out by the government. "In the political dust bowl of Ireland it had been quite trying for a lefty like me for quite some time and this oasis of political activity and working grass roots socialism has boosted my beliefs in a better system. I have already begun to borrow some revolution."

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28 April 2005

This is the third letter from comrade Tomás, in which he talks about his encounters with the homeless Wolfgang and reflects on the moves of Barreto with regard to the Juan Alberdi school.

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28 April 2005

In his fourth letter, Irish Hands Off Venezuela supporter Tomás writes about the nationalised paper factory Venepal (now INVEPAL). "INVEPAL is proving here in this coastal area of Venezuela that socialism does work, whilst Venezuela as a nation is beginning to embrace the socialist model as the only model that allows all of mankind the ability and space to develop its potential."

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