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The Venezuelan Revolution at the crossroads
By Alan Woods   
Wednesday, 16 January 2008

The Venezuelan revolution has inspired the workers, peasants and youth of all Latin America and on a world scale. Over the past decade the revolutionary masses have achieved miracles. But the Venezuelan revolution is not completed. It cannot be completed until it expropriates the oligarchy and nationalizes the land, the banks and the key industries that remain in private hands. After almost a decade this task has not been accomplished and this represents a threat to the future of the revolution.

 
Britain: Sectarianism, the elections and the demise of the SSP
By Rob Sewell and Fred Weston   
Tuesday, 15 May 2007
Last week’s elections confirmed the damage that Blairism has done to the Labour Party. Far from being the man who “wins elections” as the Blairites boasted in the past, Blair has become a liability. After ten years he has thrown away the 1997 victory. Now is the time to draw lessons from this whole experience and fight to change the leadership of the Labour Party. 
 
Posada’s release exposes Washington’s hypocrisy
By Alan Woods   
Sunday, 29 April 2007
The criminal Luis Posada Carriles was this week set free by a US court despite there being absolutely no doubt as to his involvement in terrorist outrages. The US stands exposed as a supporter, financer and organizer of terrorist attrocities.
 
The meaning of the attack on Sanitarios Maracay
By Pablo Roldan   
Saturday, 28 April 2007
The workers of Sanitarios Maracay who were attacked and arrested earlier this week have been released. But that does not mean that everything is fine and well. The attack on the workers was a clear message that the counterrevolution is alive and well and can still strike. Now more than ever, the revolution must push forward to the end.
 
Sanitarios Maracay Workers’ released… but struggle continues
By Megan Hise in Aragua   
Saturday, 28 April 2007
On Tuesday morning, around 70 workers from a toilet factory in the state of Aragua, Sanitarios Maracay, loaded up into three buses to participate in a small mobilization in Caracas supporting worker occupied factories. Two buses had already taken off to make the 2-hour trip when the police detained the third bus (with several union leaders) before it entered the highway.