Solidarity Activities
- 18 February 2019
On Saturday, February 16, over 100 students representing Marxist Societies at over 30 universities across Britain met in London for the Marxist Student Federation national conference. One of the points of the agenda was the current ongoing Trump coup in Venezuela.
- 31 January 2019
Nearly 100 people packed the #HandsOffVenezuela meeting in London on 30 January, and heard Venezuelan ambassador Rocío Manero, Alan Woods (International Marxist Tendency), Steve Hedley (Assistant General Secretary of the RMT) and Jorge Martín (Hands Off Venezuela) discuss the ongoing imperialist coup in Venezuela, the UK’s role in it, and what can be done to fight it. The meeting also heard a message from John McDonnell MP, rejecting Trump's attempt to manufacture regime change, and declaring solidarity with the people of Venezuela. Over 1,000 people followed the livestream of the meeting from all over the world.
- 10 December 2018
30 trade union, Labour Party and solidarity delegates and activists participated in the Hands Off Venezuela Conference in London on 8 December. The conference was also the English language premier of Marcha (“March”): the new Terra TV documentary on the peasant march to Caracas in July this year. The delegates passed a strongly worded resolution rejecting imperialist aggression against the Venezuelan Revolution.
- 10 December 2018
This motion against imperialist aggression on Venezuela was unanimously passed by trade union, Labour Party and solidarity activists who participated in the Hands off Venezuela national conference in London on December 8.
- 21 June 2017
A meeting in Brussels under the title "what is really happening in Venezuela" had a turn out of 85 people despite threats from Venezuelan opposition supporters to disrupt it.
- 28 May 2017
On Monday 22nd May a sizeable group of Venezuelan opposition supporters attempted to disrupt a solidarity meeting in London. Who are they and what did they want?
- 03 December 2015
“WHERE IS VENEZUELA GOING?” was the title of a public meeting organised by the Linksjugend ['solid] (Left Youth) federation in the State of Lower Saxony on Wednesday, 2 December 2015, in the city of Brunswick (Braunschweig).
- 16 April 2015
Over 50 people attended the premiere of the Telesur documentary “Hugo Chavez: a portrait from Europe” and discussion on the recent sanctions levied by American imperialism against the Bolivarian revolution on Wednesday April 15th. Speaking were the director of the film, Pablo Roldan, and Alan Woods, editor of In Defence of Marxism (www.marxist.com). The event was co-organised by Hands off Venezuela and the Marxist Student Federation.
- 24 April 2014
On April 9, the ‘Venezuela Committee in Scotland’ hosted a discussion on human rights in light of the recent protests in Venezuela. Around 60 people were in attendance with speakers including members of the Edinburgh University Latin American society as well as a brief talk from the Amnesty International society representative who made points about human rights in general, citing breaches in the country.
- 11 April 2014
„Hands off the Revolution in Venezuela“ was the title of a public meeting in the city of Wiesbaden organised by the local neighbourhood branch of DIE LINKE (Left Party) Wiesbaden-Westend, Hands off Venezuela (HOV) in Germany and Der Funke editorial board on March 28, 2014. The speakers invited were Jimmy Chediak, Venezuelan Consul General in Frankfurt, and Hans-Gerd Öfinger from HOV in Germany.
- 02 April 2014
Over 70 people gathered at the Bolivar Hall in London on March 31 to hear Ewan Robertson from Venezuelanalysis.com speak about the current anti-government protests in Venezuela.
- 19 March 2014
Since the beginning of the middle class riots in Venezuela, the Hands of Venezuela campaign in Belgium started to inform on a daily basis on the lies and distortions of the media.
- 06 December 2013
Jhon Guerra from the Venezuelan embassy in the UK and Jorge Martín from the Hands Off Venezuela campaign addressed a meeting in London to discuss the forthcoming municipal elections and the on-going economic war against the Bolivarian revolution.
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- Canada: Launch of Latin American Peace Initiative - Stop war and defend social gains in Latin America!
- Ontario NDP youth pass resolution condemning Canadian imperialist interference in Latin America
- Helsinki honduras solidarity
- Congress of the Hungarian-Venezuelan Solidarity Association
- "The Other Chávez" visits Toronto
- The Venezuelan Revolution at the Forum Social Québécois
- Indonesia: Learning about the Bolivarian Revolution through a Movie
- Canadian premiere of "FRETECO: Occupied Factories and Workers' Control in Venezuela"
- [VIDEO and PICS] Picket of Honduran embassy in London
- [Video] London say good bye to US military presence in Ecuador
- Constitutional Conference of the Bosnian and Herzegovinian-Venezuelan solidarity association
- New Hands Off Venezuela blog in Polish!
- HOV Finland held demonstration in Helsinki
- HOV Finland in solidarity with the people of Honduras
- Hands Off Venezuela delegation meets with Montreal consulate
- The Hungarian - Venezulean Solidarity Association protests against Honduran coup
- Second Latin American Meeting of Worker-Recovered Factories: "Our solidarity is permanent"
- Montreal: HOV/SBQ in solidarity with the people of Honduras
- Protests against coup in Honduras in San Francisco
- (PICS - VIDEO) London - 2nd protest against Honduras coup
- Defend Democracy in Honduras! Against the Military Coup -- Reinstate President Zelaya
- USA: Minneapolis protest against Honduran coup
- London protest against Honduran coup
- Britain: Early Day Motion on Honduras tabled in parliament
- London: Condemn the reactionary military coup in Honduras - emergency picket
- USA: Latin American solidarity organizations to hold rally to denounce military coup in Honduras
- Hands Off Venezuela Canada in solidarity with the Peruvian indigenous struggle
- USA: 50th Anniversary of the Cuban Revolution - Successful Event in Minneapolis
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- Where is Cuba Going? Report from successful Toronto meeting
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- Successful screening of “No Volveran” in Copenhagen
- No Volveran: An Inspiration for the Workers in Jombang (Indonesia)
- Historic meeting as Toronto HOV merges with Bolivarian Circle “Louis Riel”
- Ireland: Independent Workers Union Vote to Affiliate with HOV
- Launch of Hands Off Venezuela in Malang (Indonesia)
- Presentation of No Volveran in French a Big Success!
- EDM tabled in British Parliament on Constitutional Referendum
- Cross-Canada Demonstration in Support of Venezuelan Referendum
- Joint Meeting London – Victory in Bolivia & Ten Years of the Venezuelan Revolution
- Hands Off Venezuela meetings in Ireland
- Brazilians Condemn the Killing of 3 Trade Union Leaders and Show Support for Venezuelan Revolution
- New Zealand "No Volveran" screening
- The Unfolding Revolution in Bolivia: A Report of the Bolivia Speaking Events in Montreal
- Report of Jorge Martin’s trip to Malaysia and Indonesia
- Successful 4th National Conference for HOV Britain
- Belgium: Travelling through the revolution at Second National Day of Solidarity with Venezuela
- “People’s Power” (“The Battle of Chile III”) screened in London
- Hands Off Venezuela Britain National Conference 2008 - Less than two weeks to go!
- No to Genocide in Colombia! London picket 23 October 2008
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