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Hands Off Venezuela Hosts UNT leader’s visit to Britain

08 December 2005
Written by Rob Sewell (HOV National Steering Committee)
Ruben Linares of the National Coordinating Committee of the Venezuelan UNT visited Britain for a week, hosted by the Hands Off Venezuela campaign. The visit was part of the successful national conference of HOV, which he addressed. Ruben stands on the left of the union and was extremely pleased by the visit, which allowed him to meet with a large number of trade unionists, including representatives of the TUC. He addressed the National Executives of the rail union, the RMT, and the fire-fighters union, the FBU. He spoke to members of the international department of the TUC and also met Brendan Barber, its General Secretary and also addressed a meeting of Members of Parliament at the House of Commons, sponsored by John McDonnell MP.

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Good turn-out at November 25 launch of the “Hands off Venezuela” campaign in Athens

06 December 2005
Written by the Greek Committee of the International “Hands off Venezuela” Campaign
The supporters of the Hands Off Venezuela campaign in Greece have been working to build up the campaign within the Greek labour movement and youth. The official launch of the campaign on November 25 in the headquarters of the GSEE, the main trade union federation was a successful start.

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Hands Off Venezuela first National Conference in Britain: Huge step forward for the campaign

04 December 2005
Written by Hands Off Venezuela

On Saturday December 3rd over 200 people attended the founding conference of the British Hands Off Venezuela campaign at the main hall of the London headquarters of NATFHE – the union of lecturers in further education. It was attended by people from all over Britain. The majority were activists in the British labour and trade union movement, although there was also a large number of youth and students.

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International Venezuelan Solidarity Day: Friday, December 2, 2005

01 December 2005
Written by Cort Greene

HANDS OFF VENEZUELA!

This is the message that 27 cities from the United States, Canada, Australia, and the United Kingdom are sending to the Bush administration and the United States government on December 2 ... the First International Venezuela Solidarity Day.

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Hands Off Venezuela addresses the North Wales Social Forum

01 December 2005
Written by Hands Off Venezuela
Representatives from the trade union, peace and socialist movement in Wrexham gathered on Tuesday 29th November in a Miners' Club to hear about the struggles of the Venezuelan Revolution.

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SPÖ Vorarlberg (Austria) supports Hands Off Venezuela

01 December 2005
Written by Lukas Frey, Chairman of the Socialist Youth, Vorarlberg
SPÖ Vorarlberg (Austria) voted for the resolution put forward by the Socialist Youth (SJ) to support the Hands off Venezuela Campaign. With the passing of this resolution the SPÖ Vorarlberg expresses its solidarity with the Bolivarian Revolution and supports the revolutionary Venezuelan trade union, the UNT, as the only genuine militant and anti-capitalist trade union in the country.

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Britain: RESPECT affiliates to Hands Off Venezuela campaign

30 November 2005
Written by Hands Off Venezuela
At its national conference in November, the anti-war Respect coalition passed the following resolution pledging solidarity with Venezuela’s Bolivarian revolution and voted to affiliate to the Hands Off Venezuela campaign.

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Hands Off Venezuela up and running in Calgary, Alberta (Canada)

30 November 2005
Written by Hands Off Venezuela Canada
Hands Off Venezuela participated in two very successful events in Calgary, Alberta recently. We have been working hard to promote the ideas of the Bolivarian Revolution to workers and youth in Alberta receiving endorsements from numerous notable organizations and unions including the Alberta Federation of Labour. With a strong foothold in Edmonton the campaign has now spread to Calgary starting with two events in one week.

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Hands off Venezuela in the Midlands - Leicester

29 November 2005
Written by Darrall Cozens
On Thursday November 24th, 190 members of the Leicester Revenue Network Branch PCS Union held their Autumnal General Meeting. In a two-hour meeting with a very full agenda the guest speaker was Darrall Cozens, the Midlands representative of HoV.

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Ontario Federation of Labour passes resolution endorsing Hands Off Venezuela

29 November 2005
Written by Hands Off Venezuela Canada
Increasingly, Canadian workers are learning about the importance of the Venezuelan Revolution. The Ontario Federation of Labour, which represents over 700,000 workers, unanimously passed a resolution in support of Venezuela at its November 21st – 25th convention. This success is the culmination of several months of organizing activity by Hands Off Venezuela activists in Canada and is an important step forward for the Venezuela solidarity movement.

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Britain: Hands of Venezuela in the Midlands

25 November 2005
Written by Darrall Cozens
On Saturday November 19th a solidarity meeting with Venezuela was held in Birmingham at the Friends Meeting House. The meeting was organised jointly by UNISON and Venezuela Solidarity UK.

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Hands Off Venezuela UK Conference: International solidarity advances

16 November 2005
Written by Hands Off Venezuela
Hands Off Venezuela is holding a UK National Conference in central London on December 3 when at least two hundred delegates, including representatives of the Venezuelan and British trade union movements, are expected to help mark this important milestone and celebrate the successes so far in building solidarity between these two countries.

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Successful HOV meeting in Edinburgh University

10 November 2005
Written by Pablo Sanchez
Fifty people gathered in Edinburgh University to watch "The Revolution will not be Televised" and take part in the debate that followed. This lays the basis for building a strong campaign in Edinburgh.

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  2. Hands off Venezuela Campaign kicks off in Fife, Scotland
  3. Hands off Venezuela at Swedish international conference
  4. The campaign captures UEA students' imagination
  5. Hands Off Venezuela gets to Leeds University
  6. October 12th: In Venezuela they call it "Day of indigenous resistance"
  7. Hands Off Venezuela committee formed in Edinburgh
  8. Hands Off Venezuela at the University of East Anglia Fresher's Fair
  9. Hands Off Venezuela at left Labour Party Conference rally
  10. Vancouver hosts two revolutionary speakers from Venezuela
  11. Hands Off Venezuela brings a message of revolution to anti-war protest
  12. "US Hands Off Venezuela" at LA march against the war
  13. Venezuela motion to British Labour Party Conference
  14. Hands Off Venezuela at the F
  15. Motion in Pakistan Parliament against threats to assassinate Chavez
  16. Venezuela: Eyewitness report from the heart of the revolution
  17. Hands Off Venezuela Freshers' Fair Appeal
  18. Impressions from the World Festival of Students and Youth
  19. Letter from Caracas: Love at first sight with the Venezuelan revolution
  20. 16
  21. 16th World Festival of Students and Youth – Chavez once again calls for socialism as the only way to
  22. Over 120,000 expected to attend the XVI World Youth Festival in Caracas
  23. Hamilton Latin American Solidarity Night a Success
  24. The World Festival of Students and Youth - After August, What's Next?
  25. Early Day Motions in British Parliament on Venezuela and extradition of Posada Carriles - ask your MP to sign!
  26. UNT leader Stalin Perez Borges speaking in California
  27. Hands Off Venezuela tackling poverty at the G8 summit
  28. Enthusiasm for Venezuelan UNT at railway workers congress
  29. Cuba, Colombia and Venezuela find an echo at the UNISON conference
  30. Austria:
  31. Successful Campaign Kick-off for
  32. UNT leader speaks at outstanding Hands Off Venezuela meeting in London
  33. Bush give up the terrorists! Picket of the US embassy in London
  34. Bush: Give up the terrorists! London US embassy demo Monday June 13
  35. UNT leader Orlando Chirino speaks in London
  36. San Francisco Bay Hands Off Venezuela Formed
  37. British Columbia delegation to Venezuela reports back in Vancouver
  38. Come to the next meeting of the San Francisco Bay Area Hands Off Venezuela!
  39. Recent HOV activities in Germany
  40. To the U.S. Government: Hands Off Venezuela! Signatures
  41. Bolivian trade union and social movement leaders support open letter to US trade unionists
  42. One of the largest European trade unions supports Venezuela
  43. Hands Off Venezuela Auction 2005
  44. HOV at the Winnipeg Social Forum
  45. Hands off Venezuela campaign launched in Vancouver!
  46. Open letter to US trade unionists - Signatures
  47. Venezuela trade union solidarity appeal launched for May Day
  48. Open letter to US trade unionists
  49. London -> Caracas School: culture, food, music and... revolutionary politics
  50. LONDON -> CARACAS day-school & party!
  51. Hands Off Venezuela launched in Waterloo, Ontario
  52. Alan Woods and William Izarra stress need to leave reformism behind and build Socialism of 21C
  53. Enthusiastic response for Marxist ideas: Successful public meetings in Caracas
  54. March 17th Venezuelan Cultural Night at MIT in Boston
  55. The Bolivarian Revolution in Venezuela and British Workers Make Contact!
  56. Fargo-Moorhead WFSY LOC Launched
  57. Hands off Venezuela campaign launched at Trent University, Canada
  58. German Easter Marches: Revolution in Venezuela presented as an
  59. Successful Launch of Hands Off Venezuela in Toronto
  60. Successful Hands off Venezuela meeting after anti-war demo
  61. Support the Workers of the CNV in Venezuela
  62. Urgent: support needed for the Venezuelan UNT!
  63. Toronto Launch Meeting for HoV Campaign
  64. British Midlands Regional TUC Supports UNT
  65. Hands Off Venezuela meetings in Paris, Toulouse and Portes-l
  66. Recent HOV activities in Germany
  67. The 16th WFSY - An Historic Event in the Making
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  69. Date Changes for the World Festival of Students and Youth in Caracas
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  71. Jorge Martin speaks in the Six Counties - another stone laid in the building of Hands Off Venezuela
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  73. Dublin Hands Off Venezuela meeting – Biggest ever held at AT&GWU offices
  74. UNT activist meets Irish trade union leaders
  75. Letter from Ricardo Galindez: Join the Hands Off Venezuela Campaign!
  76. Ricardo Galindez speaking tour kicks off with big success in British House of Commons:"We Will Win!"
  77. Venezuelan trade unionist Ricardo Galindez comes to Britain and Ireland!
  78. Appeal for the 16th World Festival of Students and Youth in Caracas, August 5-13th, 2005
  79. Oscar Negrin speaking tour a step forward for Hands Off Venezuela in the British trade unions
  80. HOV Events in St. Louis
  81. Hear Oscar Negrin from Caracas, Venezuela
  82. World Festival of Youth and Students in Venezuela Aug. 5-13th
  83. Planning Meeting for the WFSY - Saturday, December 4th, in New York at BMCC
  84. Danilo Anderson vigil in London
  85. Public Showing of "The Bolivarian Revolution - ENTER THE OIL WORKERS" in R.I.
  86. Extraordinary meeting of Chavez with workers in Madrid
  87. ACTE DE SOLIDARITAT AMB LA REVOLUCI
  88. ESF meeting on the trade union situation in Venezuela and Colombia
  89. ESF meeting on Venezuela and the Bolivarian revolution
  90. British MPs condemn murder of Venezuelan prosecutor Danilo Anderson
  91. March 23,
  92. Venezuela Solidarity Actions during Easter Marches in Germany
  93. Successful Hands Off Venezuela meetings in France
  94. Recent HOV Activities in Germany

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