Jorge Martin spoke for about an hour about the relevance of the Bolivarian Revolution to the trade union movement around the world and most notably, the factory occupation movement by workers in Venezuela. This was then followed by half an hour question-discussion period. Issues such as: what needs to be done to broaden the base […]

Jorge Martin spoke for about an hour about the relevance of the Bolivarian Revolution to the trade union movement around the world and most notably, the factory occupation movement by workers in Venezuela. This was then followed by half an hour question-discussion period. Issues such as: what needs to be done to broaden the base of the Bolivarian Revolution in the event Chavez is assassinated, the media/press situation in Venezuela, the ideological base of the Bolivarian Revolution, and the forces that are holding the revolution from completion (foreign Imperialism, the “opposition”, and weak elements in the Venezuelan State) were brought up in the discussion. At the end of his talk, Jorge mentioned something that characterizes the HOV campaign, he said “ We’ve brought speakers from Venezuela, … one thing that they always said is: look, the best way you can help the Bolivarian Revolution is to set the condition in your own countries for similar revolution to take place.”