Author: Susan Spronk
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The Revolution Will Not Be Decreed
An interview with Gonzalo Gómez, Marea Socialista (Socialist Tide) In Caracas, we caught up with Gonzalo Gómez, a founder of the radical website aporrea.org and militant in the Trotskyist organization, Marea … Keep reading »
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“This Process Belongs to the People”
An interview with Juan Contreras, Coordinadora Simón Bolívar Born and bred in one of the most militant inner city barrios of Caracas, 23 de enero, Juan Contreras participated in the urban … Keep reading »
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Fighting for Land and Territory in Urban Caracas
An Interview with Héctor Madera Jeffery R. Webber and Susan Spronk (JW and SS): We’re here in Caracas, Venezuela, with Héctor Madera, one of the founders of the Comités de Tierras … Keep reading »
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Venezuela: Voices on the Struggle
In mid-June 2010, we caught up with three revolutionary socialist activists, Gonzalo Gómez, Stalin Pérez Borges, and Luis Primo in Caracas, Venezuela to discuss their views on the contradictions and … Keep reading »
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The Labour Movement and Socialist Struggle in Venezuela Today
An Interview with Pedro Eusse In mid-June, 2010, we met with Pedro Eusse, National Secretary of the Venezuelan Communist Party (PCV) and part of the provisional executive committee of the labour … Keep reading »
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Communal Power in Caracas
An Interview with Wilder Marcano We caught up with Wilder Marcano, director of the network of Comunas in Caracas, on the morning of June 18, 2010. He talked with us just … Keep reading »
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‘To Have and To Be’: Building a Socialist-Feminist Economy in Venezuela
An interview with Lidice Navas A long-time revolutionary activist, Lidice Navas is an important socialist-feminist leader within the PSUV and a candidate for the Latin American parliament, among her many other … Keep reading »
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Workers’ Control and the Contradictions of the Bolivarian Process
An Interview with Gustavo Martínez On June 10, 2010 we caught up with Gustavo Martinez, a union leader in the worker-controlled, nationalized coffee company, Fama de América, in Caracas, Venezuela. The … Keep reading »
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Building Socialism from Below: The Role of the Communes in Venezuela
An interview with Antenea Jimenez We met with Antenea Jimenez, a former militant with the student movement who is now working with a national network of activists who are trying to … Keep reading »
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The Fight Against Precarious Work
Ottawa, January 18, 2010. Part 2 View on Vimeo.com website Moderated by Susan Spronk. Presentations by: Dennis Howlett – Make Poverty History Denise Corbett – PSAC Local 70396 Civilization/War Museum … Watch video »
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A Movement Toward or Beyond ‘Statism’? Bolivia in 2006
It is now more than three decades since neoliberal economic and political ideas began to supplant Keynesian orthodoxies within the treasuries and finance ministries of Western governments and in the … Keep reading »
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The Suspension of Elections in Bolivia and Left Strategy
The small Andean nation hit the news again on October 31 with the announcement that elections originally scheduled for December 2005 are postponed indefinitely. This most recent political crisis has … Keep reading »