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Thanks to a deal between the Venezuelan government and the mayor of London, the English capital began offering half-price bus fares to poor residents of the city this week. The plan to supply the city with discounted oil will allow 250,000 of the poorest residents of London to more easily use public transport.

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Megan Hise reports from Maracay on the latest attempt to destroy the struggle of the workers at Sanitarios Maracay for expropriation under workers' control.

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Democracy and hope in Latin America have been revived by Venezuela's leader. But the forces allied against him are formidable says John Pilger in The Guardian

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The formation of the new Unifiedd Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) is well underway. The founding congress, which will discuss the political program and statutes of the new party, is scheduled to begin in September and to conclude in December.

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An excellent article explaining the current situation of Inveval, the Venezuelan valve factory producing under workers' control, where the workers are facing the problems of operating in a capitalist market but also the sabotage of the state bureaucracy.

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The formation of the new United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) entered its second phase this past weekend as officials and party militants met for the National Meeting of Candidates for PSUV Militants in Caracas. Record numbers of Venezuelans have registered to be members of the new party.

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On Sunday 17th June, Marxist writer Michael Lebowitz spoke to an audience of just over 100 in Toronto. It was a very successful event, meant to promote Lebowitz's new book Build it Now.

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Chavez accused the Venezuelan opposition and the U.S. of planning a "soft coup with a slow fuse," using the same method that has been applied in various eastern European countries in the past few years.

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