In response to the Venezuelan governments non-renewal of RCTV's broadcasting license, a concession which expired on May 27th at midnight, a new student movement emerged that has since grabbed headlines domestically and internationally. But it's worth asking: who are "the students," and what do they represent?

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Speaking to solidarity activists from Hands Off Venezuela at a packed meeting in the NUJ headquarters in London, Green Party principal speaker Derek Wall extolled the green credentials of President Hugo Chavez.

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In the midst of the hue and cry over the non-renewal of RCTV’s license in Venezuela, freedom of speech is being blatantly violated in other parts of the world. In Indonesia, an event to discuss Marta Harnecker’s book ‘Understanding the Venezuelan Revolution’ was disrupted through intimidations by the police and hooligans.

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As part of an international effort to defend the Venezuelan government’s decision not renew RCTV’s public broadcasting licence, HOV London held an open, public meeting to discuss and debate the issue.

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"We unflinchingly defend our peoples' freedom of expression and their right to be informed but we do not confuse this with the freedom of media companies --and the political and economic conglomerates who are their allies-- to manipulate information to suit their interests and aims."

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Organizations, journalists, students, activists and intellectuals in Venezuela accused the national and international media of waging a campaign against Venezuela and of supporting destabilization plans that have been carried out in the country in the past few days. Chris Carlson Venezuelanalysis.com. 

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The letter and a number of its signatories appeared in The Guardian newspaper (26 May).

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This year's FBU national conference received a very special international visitor: Ruben Linares from the Venezuelan Transport Union and one of the founding members of the UNT (the Venezuelan TUC).

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