Friday, 29 March , 2024

Communes

Commune or Nothing! Venezuela’s Transition to Socialism

Venezuelan leader Hugo Chávez defined communes as the key blocks to building socialism from the bottom up. Nov 9th 2022 Amidst Washington’s economic siege, Venezuela’s communes...

Class struggle in Venezuela: Chavez, Communes and Socialism

By Cira Pascual Marquina and Chris Gilbert – Venezuelanalysis El Maizal Commune lies in the fertile lands between the Lara and Portuguesa states in western Venezuela....

Online Course: Venezuela in struggle

Welcome to Online Course: VENEZUELA IN STRUGGLE: COLONIAL PAST, REVOLUTIONARY LEGACY AND COMMUNAL REGENERATION (Series 2). Session #17: THE LONG MARCH TOWARDS THE COMMUNAL SOCIETY:...

A Caracas Commune Prepares for the Coronavirus Crisis: Four Voices from...

A visit to the Altos de Lidice Commune in Caracas shows how a community is developing a self-organized healthcare system By Cira Pascual Marquina –...

Rojava kurde: Un projet écologique menacé par l’invasion turque

Depuis le début de la semaine, l’armée turque et ses supplétifs font la guerre au Rojava. Sur place, des centaines de milliers de personnes...

Communes and Workers’ Control in Venezuela – interview with Dario Azzellini

By Ricardo Vaz Source: Investig’Action April 27, 2018 “The communes should be the space in which we are going to give birth to socialism.” – these were...

Venezuela’s Communes Form the Front Line of a Difficult Revolutionary Struggle

The radical writer and author of 2013’s We Created Chavez could be describing the entire Venezuelan Revolution as well. Indeed, his latest book does just that — discussing the complexities of commune building, as well as the past and current forces at battle more broadly in Venezuela.