Latin America Network Screens No Volveran –The Venezuelan Revolution Now

Around 70 people packed London's Salmon and Compass screening room last Thursday to watch the newly made documentary No Volveran - The Venezuelan Revolution Now. 

Hosted by the Movimientos - Latin America Network,  the ground-breaking documentary took viewers on a colourful journey, deep into the Venezuelan revolution, through the ferver of the presidential elections, and out to the factories run under workers' control, to find out what socialism of the 21st century is, and how it is changing peoples lives.

The film sparked vibrant discussion, with the one of the film makers, William Roche, present to answer questions. William updated the audience on the situation at Sanitarios Maracay, the main factory featured in the film, where the workers have seen their application for nationalisation refused by the Ministry of Labour, which has led to extreme difficulties for the factory workers. William also took questions about the newly proposed Venezuelan constitution, land reform, and Chavez's policies on the environment.

One member of the audience asked about the possibility of future US acts of sabotage against the revolution. William explained that, after the failure of the imperialist coup of 2002, and whilst the revolution remains so popular, the biggest danger to the revolution lays in the bureaucracy within the country itself. These bureaucrats, old and new, are opposed to the socialist project, and are sabotaging and subverting the process from within. The film maker went on to explain how he felt that the future success of the socialist project lays in the building of the new United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV). If a united party of the masses, built from below can be established with a shared ideological goal, then future campaigns from worker controlled factories, like that of Sanitarios Maracay, would be successful, and socialism of the 21st century could become a reality for the Venezuelan people.

You can watch, and buy your own Copies of the film here from the Hands Off Venezuela website.