Venezuela Archives - John Riddell https://johnriddell.com/category/latin-america/venezuela/ MARXIST ESSAYS AND COMMENTARY Wed, 12 Jun 2019 20:59:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.10 https://i0.wp.com/johnriddell.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/cropped-John-Riddell-Icon-Final-1.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Venezuela Archives - John Riddell https://johnriddell.com/category/latin-america/venezuela/ 32 32 22825446 Canada’s ‘Liberals’ Have a Disturbing Imperial Streak https://johnriddell.com/2019/06/12/canadas-liberals-have-a-disturbing-imperial-streak/ https://johnriddell.com/2019/06/12/canadas-liberals-have-a-disturbing-imperial-streak/#respond Wed, 12 Jun 2019 20:59:09 +0000 https://johnriddell.com/?p=5348 Ottawa’s disgraceful role in promoting regime change in Venezuela By Vijay Prashad: Canada’s embassy in Venezuela has just been closed. The spur for this closure is an open attempt by Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to overthrow Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro. Canada is one of the leaders of the Lima Group, a network of countries that came together […]

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]]> https://johnriddell.com/2019/06/12/canadas-liberals-have-a-disturbing-imperial-streak/feed/ 0 5348 Chávez: tribuna de los desposeídos del mundo https://johnriddell.com/2013/04/28/chavez-tribuna-de-los-desposeidos-del-mundo/ https://johnriddell.com/2013/04/28/chavez-tribuna-de-los-desposeidos-del-mundo/#respond Sun, 28 Apr 2013 17:44:24 +0000 http://johnriddell.com/?p=1595 Por John Riddell. Este articulo primero fue publicado en la revista venezolana América XXI. Click here for English text. Hugo Chávez no fue sólo un gran patriota bolivariano; él fue un defensor de los desposeídos del mundo. • En una conferencia antimperialista en El Cairo (Egipto) en 2007, escuché que Chávez fue elogiado por su solidaridad […]

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]]> https://johnriddell.com/2013/04/28/chavez-tribuna-de-los-desposeidos-del-mundo/feed/ 0 1595 Agreement signed for democratic rights in Honduras https://johnriddell.com/2011/05/24/agreement-signed-for-democratic-rights-in-honduras/ https://johnriddell.com/2011/05/24/agreement-signed-for-democratic-rights-in-honduras/#respond Tue, 24 May 2011 20:49:50 +0000 http://johnriddell.com/?p=500 By Felipe Stuart Cournoyer and John Riddell. On May 22, Honduran president Porfirio Lobo Sosa and former president José Manuel Zelaya Rosales signed an agreement ‘For National Reconciliation and the Consolidation of the Democratic System in the Republic of Honduras.’ Lobo was elected in November 2009 in a rigged vote organized by the regime installed […]

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]]> https://johnriddell.com/2011/05/24/agreement-signed-for-democratic-rights-in-honduras/feed/ 0 500 Freedom for Joaquín Pérez Becerra! https://johnriddell.com/2011/05/17/freedom-for-joaquin-perez-becerra/ https://johnriddell.com/2011/05/17/freedom-for-joaquin-perez-becerra/#comments Wed, 18 May 2011 01:46:46 +0000 http://johnriddell.com/?p=489 The Colombian government must ‘immediately release independent media activist Joaquín Pérez Becerra,’ says the Socialist Alliance of Australia, in a statement published May 15 in the weekly newspaper, Green Left Weekly. Pérez Becerra, a political refugee from Colombia and a Swedish citizen, was deported to Colombia on April 25 by the Venezuelan government. Socialist Alliance […]

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]]> https://johnriddell.com/2011/05/17/freedom-for-joaquin-perez-becerra/feed/ 1 489 Venezuela responds to world food crisis https://johnriddell.com/2008/03/18/venezuela-responds-to-world-food-crisis/ https://johnriddell.com/2008/03/18/venezuela-responds-to-world-food-crisis/#respond Tue, 18 Mar 2008 20:13:26 +0000 http://johnriddell.com/?p=287 By Suzanne Weiss and John Riddell. Suzanne and John are members of the Venezuela We Are With You Coalition. The following are major portions of a presentation they made to members of the National Farmers Union in Grey County, Ontario, March 10, 2007. The people of Venezuela are today campaigning to rebuild a devastated family […]

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]]> https://johnriddell.com/2008/03/18/venezuela-responds-to-world-food-crisis/feed/ 0 287 People’s power in Venezuela https://johnriddell.com/2008/01/08/peoples-power-in-venezuela/ https://johnriddell.com/2008/01/08/peoples-power-in-venezuela/#respond Tue, 08 Jan 2008 22:26:50 +0000 http://johnriddell.com/?p=307 “If we want to talk of socialism,” says Argenis Loreto, “we must first resolve the people’s most urgent needs: water in their homes, accessible health care, easy access to housing.” In the Venezuelan municipality of Libertador (state of Carabobo), of which Argenis is mayor, “we have 90% poverty. Ending that is our first task. I […]

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]]> https://johnriddell.com/2008/01/08/peoples-power-in-venezuela/feed/ 0 307 Venezuela and the international struggle for socialism https://johnriddell.com/2007/06/25/venezuela-and-the-international-struggle-for-socialism/ https://johnriddell.com/2007/06/25/venezuela-and-the-international-struggle-for-socialism/#respond Mon, 25 Jun 2007 22:06:42 +0000 http://johnriddell.com/?p=326 By Roger Annis and John Riddell. The dramatic advances of the Venezuelan revolution, and the alliances it has forged with other insurgent peoples and governments resisting imperialism, are creating an historic opportunity to strengthen international anti-imperialist collaboration and rebuild the revolutionary socialist movement worldwide. Venezuela’s Bolivarian revolution is still in its early stages. Yet as it […]

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]]> https://johnriddell.com/2007/06/25/venezuela-and-the-international-struggle-for-socialism/feed/ 0 326 Venezuela shakes the Empire https://johnriddell.com/2007/02/28/venezuela-shakes-the-empire/ https://johnriddell.com/2007/02/28/venezuela-shakes-the-empire/#respond Wed, 28 Feb 2007 23:32:24 +0000 http://johnriddell.com/?p=336 There is much to admire about Venezuela today: impressive mass mobilizations, community and labour activism, significant social gains, an inspiring commitment to a socialist future. But Venezuela’s importance today to the workers’ movement lies above all in the leading role it is playing in a new upsurge of anti-imperialist struggles internationally. This is not always […]

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]]> https://johnriddell.com/2007/02/28/venezuela-shakes-the-empire/feed/ 0 336 Chávez calls for united socialist party of Venezuela https://johnriddell.com/2007/01/11/chavez-calls-for-united-socialist-party-of-venezuela/ https://johnriddell.com/2007/01/11/chavez-calls-for-united-socialist-party-of-venezuela/#respond Thu, 11 Jan 2007 23:37:48 +0000 http://johnriddell.com/?p=339 When supporters of Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez rallied in the Teresa Carrena theatre in Caracas to celebrate their presidential election victory December 15, 2007, “there were cheers in the back half of the theatre,” writes Michael Lebowitz, “but few in the high-priced seats.” This was not because Chávez spoke of going forward to socialism and […]

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]]> https://johnriddell.com/2007/01/11/chavez-calls-for-united-socialist-party-of-venezuela/feed/ 0 339 Venezuela’s Bolivarian revolution: A debate https://johnriddell.com/2005/03/28/venezuela%e2%80%99s-bolivarian-revolution-a-debate/ https://johnriddell.com/2005/03/28/venezuela%e2%80%99s-bolivarian-revolution-a-debate/#respond Tue, 29 Mar 2005 02:09:50 +0000 http://johnriddell.com/?p=379 The February 16, 2005 issue of Socialist Worker, newspaper of the International Socialists in Canada, featured an article by Paul Kellogg, entitled “Chavez Praises Socialism, Denounces Capitalism.” The March 23 issue featured a response by Socialist Voice co-editor John Riddell, entitled “Why Socialists Defend the Bolivarian Revolution.” Both articles are published below. Why Socialists Defend […]

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