Solidarity Activities
- 08 August 2010
Hands off Venezuela held a public meeting in London on 3 August, 2010 to discuss escalating tensions between Venezuela and Colombia. Speakers from Hands off Venezuela and the Colombia Solidarity Campaign discussed the recent events that led to the diplomatic crisis, the threat of US imperialism, the human rights situation in Colombia, and the ‘war on drugs’.
- 29 June 2010
(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) A small but militant picket gathered outside the Honduras embassy in London on June 28, 2010, to mark the first anniversary of the military coup and show our solidarity with the people's resistance. Similar actions took place in other parts of the world.
- 23 June 2010
On June 28th, the democratically elected president of Honduras, Manuel Zelaya, was taken by the Army, put on a plane and sent to Costa Rica. The military coup, organised with the knowledge of the US embassy and the support of the local oligarchy, installed Roberto Micheletti in power.
- 28 May 2010
As part of their visit to Britain in May 2010 to attend the Hands Off Venezuela conference, Venezuelan revolutionaries Katy Jaimes and Elias Chacón also spoke at fringe meetings at the conferences of the Public Commercial and Services Union in Brighton and the Communication Workers Union in Bournemouth.
- 24 May 2010
- 24 May 2010
Some 50 activists participated in a very intense day of discussions during the Conference of Hands off Venezuela in London, on May 22. The main guests of the Conference were Katy Jaimes and Elías Chacón, active in the Socialist United Party (PSUV) and the PSUV youth as well as the movement of occupied factories, who had travelled from Venezuela to report on the current situation of the Bolivarian revolution.
- 13 May 2010
On 8th May, about 40 people filled the OPSEU union hall in downtown Toronto to listen to a report-back by Fightback editorial board member Camilo Cahis, and Toronto Young New Democrats (TYND) Co-Chair Jennie Ernewein. Both Camilo and Jennie were part of a Hands Off Venezuela/Bolivarian Circle “Louis Riel” delegation to Venezuela. Although the delegation was originally intended to participate in the founding conference of the V International (which has now been postponed until after the September parliamentary elections), the two comrades were able to visit worker-controlled factories, participate in the bi-centennial independence celebrations, talk to ordinary workers and PSUV members, and were invited to attend the congress of the Marxists within the PSUV.
- 06 May 2010
On Tuesday May 4th, representatives from HOV/SBQ in Montreal and HOV/CBLR in Toronto travelled to Parliament Hill in Ottawa to present on the human rights situation in Venezuela. Stéphanie Vaudry from HOV/SBQ presented very comprehensivley in French about the Misiones and the achievements of the Bolivarian government. Maria Paez Victor addressed the issue of human rights, the judiciary and the media.
- 16 April 2010
More than 100 protestors on Tuesday took part in a picket in Copenhagen to commemorate the defeat of the CIA-backed coup in Venezuela on the 13 April eight years ago. The event was also a protest against the continued aggressions and coups on part of Imperialism in Latin America.
- 30 March 2010
- 17 December 2009
- 05 November 2009
On Friday the 17th we had in Helsinki an
event called Honduras in our heart- viva la resistencia ! with a
Finnish ALAMES doctor, Timo Partanen, who had just arrived from Costa
Rica and Nicaragua, explaining to us abt the situation in the country,
before and after the coup d´etat, as well as telling about the
reactions in the neighbouring countries.
- 04 November 2009
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- 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
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- USA: Minneapolis protest against Honduran coup
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- 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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- 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
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- Successful 4th National Conference for HOV Britain
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- “People’s Power” (“The Battle of Chile III”) screened in London
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- Second national day of solidarity with Venezuela in Belgium
- Palestinian support for revolution in Venezuela
- Successful Hands Off Venezuela intervention at Sussex Freshers' Fair
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- Athens: “Hands off Venezuela and Bolivia!” – open discussion in support of the revolution
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- Action in Brussels against US intervention
- Hands Off Venezuela National Conference 2008
- Spain rallies against coups
- First official Belgian trade union delegation to revolutionary Venezuela
- Toronto Media Democracy Conference Denounces Corporate Media and Coup Plots in Bolivia and Venezuela
- Montréal rally in defense of Bolivia and Venezuela
- Report from Vancouver Picket
- “The Battle of Chile II” screened in London – lessons for today
- Cross-Canada Day of Action in Defence of Bolivia and Venezuela!
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- Jorge Martin in San Francisco
- Jorge Martin in New York City
- Successful Meeting with Jorge Martin in Minneapolis, MN
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