See videos of struggle of occupied factories in Brazil Documentary videos on the history of the struggle of CIPLA and Flasko, two factories occupied and under workers' control in Brazil (in Portuguese)
Escucha las conferencias de Alan Woods durante su visita a México Escucha las conferencias de Alan Woods durante su visita a México. Estas serán transmitidas por una estación de radio de internet surgida durante la lucha contra el fraude electoral: www.lanuevarepublica.org
[Video] Sanitarios Maracay: Factory under workers' control The debate in Venezuela about socialism and property relations in particular can benefit from the experience of workers' control in factories like Sanitarios Maracay and Inveval. This is a video interview screened on VIVE TV, where Gonzalo Gómez interviews workers from Sanitarios Maracay. (in Spanish)
Alan Woods talks about Latin America and the Permanent Revolution As we reported last week, 40 people packed the NUJ Headquarters in London to find out about the theory of the Permanent Revolution. Alan Woods was invited to speak at the Hands Off Venezuela meeting to explain the theory and its relevance today. Here is the audio files of Alan speaking.
Video: Chavez encourages Venezuelans to study Trotsky's Transitional Program Chavez encourages Venezuelans to study Trotsky's Transitional Program on Alo Presidente April 2007. See the video clip here.
Alan Woods on BBC4 radio speaking about Venezuela A few days ago, Alan Woods was interviewed by the BBC 4 radio programme PM about Venezuela. Although parts of the interview were cut, it is is significant that a Marxist was able to speak on the Venezuelan Revolution, socialism and Hugo Chavez since this was broadcast in prime time, between 5pm and 6pm. The full radio programme can be listened to here but we compiled a 5 minute mp3 file of the part where Alan is speaking.
Alan Woods speaking about Venezuela and socialism Monday's edition of the VHeadline Venezuela Newshour on the American Voice Radio, in the second half of the show, featured Alan Woods speaking about Venezuela's progress towards 21st Century Socialism. We apologise for the bad technical quality of the audio file.
Alan Woods en la televisión venezolana - parte 4: Democracia y socialismo Este es un fragmento de video de 10 minutos mostrando a Alan Woods en la televisión venezolana. Alan desenmascara el mito de que el hay que construir el socialismo gradualmente, y responde al argumento de los reformistas de que de lo contrario la democracia estaría amenazada. Por el contrario, el propio Chávez ha hablado de la necesidad de una "revolución dentro de la revolución" para contrarrestar a la burocracia.
Video: Venezuela Sanitarios Maracay Workers' Assembly After the first video on the struggle at Sanitarios Maracay, a factory in Venezuela under workers' control, Hands Off Venezuela has produced a second video showing how the workers are holding a workers' assembly and how they discuss and vote on issues such as nationalisation. Topics covered include the previous boss's acts of sabotage, logistics of workers' control and socialism of the 21st century.
Alan Woods en la televisión venezolana - parte 3: Contra el reformismo de Dieterich Este video de 11 minutos muestra a Alan Woods en el canal de TV de la Asamblea Nacional. Alan advierte contra las peligrosas ideas de Heinz Dieterich, las cuales diluyen el auténtico contenido de lo que es el "socialismo del siglo XXI".
Alan Woods en la televisión venezolana - parte 2: La amenaza de contrarrevolución Este es un fragmento de video de 11 minutos mostrando a Alan Woods en la televisión venezolana. Alan habla de la amenaza de contrarrevolución en Venezuela y se opone a la noción de que la revolución es irreversible. En la medida en que las palancas fundamentales de la economía sigan en manos privadas la oligarquía puede volver. Alan Woods está en firme desacuerdo con las ideas reformistas expresadas por intelectuales tales como Heinz Dieterich.
Alan Woods en la televisión venezolana - Parte 1: Discusión sobre el socialismo Este es un fragmento de video mostrando a Alan Woods en el canal de TV de la Asamblea Nacional. Alan discute sobre su libro Razón y Revolución, y explica desde un punto de vista marxista qué es la revolución, qué significa el socialismo y cómo se puede evitar el surgimiento de una burocracia.
[VIDEO] Sanitarios Maracay demo This is a new video from the Hands Off Venezuela team in Caracas. They covered the demonstration of Sanitarios Maracay workers for nationalisation under workers control on December 14th (see reports by William Sanabria and Rob Sewell).
[Video] Alan Woods speaking in Caracas As we have reported earlier, Alan Woods participated in the International Bookfair in Caracas and presented his book on the Bolivarian Revolution. La Patria Grande filmed the whole conference and put its footage online. We are please to link to the videos with Alan Woods speaking. Click here to go to the overview page (in Spanish).
[Video] Sanitarios Maracay under workers' control Hands Off Venezuela tours Sanitarios Maracay, a factory in Venezuela under workers control, to learn more about the revolutionary process taking place there, and to offer solidarity to the workers. An impressive video which gives a taste of workers' democracy in action and how this is linked to the Bolivarian revolution