State funerals, amnesia and anarchism
A response by El Libertario to the statement of FAU on the death of Hugo Chavez. In memory of their beloved comrade Rafael Sposito (a.k.a.) "Daniel Barrett". Originally published in Spanish in TIERRA Y LIBERTAD, Madrid, May 2013, #298, p. 3-6. Translated by Julio Pacheco.
Latin Lib News podcast now online!
Submitted by Caiman del Barrio on May 7 2013 12:39
A new podcast discussing events in Latin America from a Libertarian Communist perspective. This first episode looks at the rise and legacy of Hugo Chávez. He may have died but his project – misleadingly named ‘revolutionary socialism for the 21st century’ – continues unabated in Venezuela.
Chávez' death: Neither in mourning nor celebration, time for social struggles to become autonomous!
Submitted by Caiman del Barrio on Mar 5 2013 23:27
When an illness becomes serious, when medical attention becomes a vehicle for myopic, politically motivated decisions and when a patient becomes drunk with power, it can only end this way. The strongman has died, and in so doing, he has initiated a substantial shift in the Venezuelan political landscape.
Venezuela: the killing of Sabino Romero
Submitted by Caiman del Barrio on Mar 4 2013 23:35
The official statement of the El Libertario collective following the murder of Sabino Romero, Yukpa indigenous rights activist, in Zulia, Venezuela last night.
Announcing @latinlibnews: keeping you up to speed on Latin America in 140 characters
Submitted by Caiman del Barrio on Feb 23 2013 12:06
Announcing a new Twitter account that will provide irregular and brief updates on social movements and news of interest to libertarian communists in Latin America.
Venezuela and the ‘Bolivarian revolution’: Beacon of hope or smoke and mirrors?
Shawn Hattingh looks beyond the figure of Hugo Chavez and analyses Venezuelan style ‘Socialism for the Twenty First Century’.
The War on Democracy (Documentary)
Submitted by working class s... on Apr 1 2012 21:52
The War On Democracy was John Pilger's first for cinema. It explores the current and past relationship of Washington with Latin American countries such as Venezuela, Bolivia and Chile.
Venezuelan prison occupation
Submitted by working class s... on Jan 5 2012 00:24
1000 friends and family members of inmates are currently occupying a prison in Venezuela. This in protest against the judicial system, and prison conditions and brutality. The Venezuelan government believes the occupation to be part of a CIA backed plot to destabilise the country.
Manifesto of the Federación Anarquista Revolucionaria de Venezuela
Manifesto of the newly formed Federación Anarquista Revolucionaria de Venezuela (FARV), an anarchist political organization based in Venezuela.
Book review: "Venezuela - Revolution as Spectacle" by Rafael Uzcátegui
Submitted by Caiman del Barrio on Sep 9 2011 12:41
In times of global austerity and reduced means, the concept of ‘revolution’ is once again in popular discourse, with recent events in North Africa being feted throughout the West. However, Rafael Uzcátegui’s engaging new book – packed, as it is, full of assertion supported by meticulously-sourced fact - stands as a stark reminder of the semantic vacuity of the term, in one Latin American country at least, and the similarities between the self-professed ‘revolutionary government’ of Venezuela and the capitalist economic model.
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