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Suggett: Between Unity and Pluralism
Znet Article, October, 17 2011
James Suggett
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The Venezuelan government announced numerous initiatives aimed at assisting and empowering indigenous communities
Suggett: Venezuelan University Law Creates Student Bill of Rights, “Democratizes” Higher Education
Znet Article, December, 26 2010
James Suggett
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As students in the United States and Europe protest against soaring tuition and lack of funding for public higher education, the Venezuelan National Assembly has passed an unprecedented law.
Suggett: Venezuelan Unions March to Control Companies, Throw Out “Reformist” State Management
Znet Article, October, 30 2010
James Suggett
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Worker unions from a range of state-owned and private companies in Venezuela plan to march on November 9th in favor of a new labor law, the resolution of collective union contracts, and the empowerment of worker unions in the management of their c...
Suggett: Workers Rally to Support Venezuela’s Nationalization of Veneco
Znet Article, October, 14 2010
James Suggett
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Factory workers from the Venezuelan chemical and lubricant company Veneco held a demonstration Sunday night in Carabobo state to show their support for the company’s nationalization, which President Hugo Chavez announced last Sunday afternoon.
Suggett: Venezuelan Elections
Znet Article, September, 29 2010
James Suggett
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Socialists advance, opposition loses ground compared to 2000 elections.
Suggett: Venezuela Secures Electoral System as Venezuelans to Vote on Course of Bolivarian Revolution
Znet Article, September, 26 2010
James Suggett
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As the streets of Venezuela bustle with campaign-closing rallies, voters prepare to choose 165 National Assembly representatives in a nation-wide vote on Sunday that could either accelerate or put limits on the “Bolivarian Revolution” led by Presi...
Suggett: Venezuelan National Workers Union Calls for Greater Worker Control
Znet Article, July, 21 2010
James Suggett
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Venezuela’s principal union federation, the National Union of Workers (UNETE), recently circulated a document calling for broader nationalizations, a revolutionary labor law, and a radical shift toward a democratic, worker-led management model to ...
Suggett: Venezuelan Land Law Reform Promises “Land for Those Who Work on It”
Znet Article, June, 24 2010
James Suggett
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The Venezuelan National Assembly passed a reform to the Land Law on Tuesday night which increases the ability of landless tenant farmers to obtain land and strengthens the state’s power to convert large, idle estates into food producers.
Suggett: Venezuela in OAS: No Honduran Re-Entry until Democracy Restored
Znet Article, June, 19 2010
James Suggett
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During the 40th General Assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS) on Tuesday, Venezuela reaffirmed its opposition to the re-entry of Honduras to the OAS as long as the regime led by Porfirio Lobo, which came to power through a military...
Suggett: Venezuelan Prison Humanization Program Initiates New Educational Project
Znet Article, June, 17 2010
James Suggett
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University professors and experts in corrections and rehabilitation will offer educational programs for both the staff and prisoners in Venezuela’s jails as part of the latest step forward in the country’s four year-old prison humanization program.
Suggett: Fighting Corruption of Persecuting Political Prisoners in Venezuela?
Znet Article, April, 15 2010
James Suggett
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As Venezuela heads toward its fifteenth internationally monitored election in ten years, the international media assault against the democratically-elected Chavez government is intensifying. On April 3rd, New York Times correspondent Simon Romero ...
Suggett: Chavez's Annual Address Includes Minimum Wage Hike, Maintenance of Social Spending in Venezuela
Znet Article, January, 20 2010
James Suggett
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In his annual address to the National Assembly, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez announced a 25% increase in the minimum wage this year, promised that funding to health care, education, and other anti-poverty programs will not be cut, and spoke of...
Suggett: Suspects Arrested in Murder of Venezuelan Indigenous, but Chief’s Detention Fuels Conflict
Znet Article, October, 31 2009
James Suggett
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Last week, Venezuelan officials arrested seven suspects in the deadly October 13th attack on an indigenous Yukpa community. However, the investigation was tainted with the arbitrary detention one of the victims, Yukpa Chief Sabino Romero, promptin...
Suggett: My Resoc Interview
Blog Post, October, 28 2009
James Suggett
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James Suggett's Resoc Interview
Suggett: Venezuelan Education Law: Socialist Indoctrination or Liberatory Education?
Znet Article, August, 22 2009
James Suggett
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Venezuelan opposition activists allege that the new Education Law, which the National Assembly passed unanimously shortly after midnight on August 14th following an extended legislative session, is unconstitutional, anti-democratic, politicizes th...
Suggett: Post-Sexist Society
Znet Article, August, 05 2009
James Suggett
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This essay is an effort to look beyond the struggle to resist, critique, and understand sexist oppression, and articulate a revolutionary vision for specifically how we wish to structure a new society that nurtures and sustains healthy gender r...
Suggett: Honduras Coup
Znet Article, July, 28 2009
James Suggett
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On June 28th, the Honduran military kidnapped Zelaya and deposited him in Costa Rica, and Roberto Michelleti, a fellow party member of Zelaya and head of the Congress at the time, took over as de facto president.
Suggett: Venezuelan Same Sex Union
Znet Article, July, 21 2009
James Suggett
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Mérida, July 15th 2009 (Venezuelanalysis.com) -- The public debate over a law proposal in the Venezuelan National Assembly (AN) that would legalize same-sex civil unions intensified this week, as Venezuela's Episcopal Church publicly condemned th...
Suggett: Venezuela’s Homemakers Union: An Interview with Founder and Coordinator Lizardi Prada
Znet Article, July, 12 2009
James Suggett
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In this interview Lizardi Prada gives insight into the fight for women's rights in the Venezuelan context. Prada speaks about the union's creation and day-to-day functioning, it's agenda for homemakers' rights, it's relationship to the Catholic Ch...
Suggett: Chávez Hosts TV Series of Socialist Theory
Znet Article, June, 17 2009
James Suggett
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On Thursday evening Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez hosted the first of what will be a series of special episodes of his weekly presidential talk show, "Hello, President." The focus of these episodes is the theory of socialist change, in contras...
