What has occurred is a grave violation of international law and of Venezuela’s sovereignty.

Collective work and the new consultation processes are examples of how Chávez’s vision lives on in this politicized community.

The US blockade brought much suffering to Lake Maracaibo communities, but people responded and resisted by deepening their bonds of solidarity and cooperation.

On the southern shore of Lake Maracaibo, communards sustain themselves by fishing, but just as much through practices of solidarity.

Devotion to San Benito of Palermo, a Black saint symbolizing both spirituality and resistance, plays an important role in the culture of Palmarito. The chants, drums, and rituals associated with the sain function both as religious practices and as forms of collective organization, memory, and identity.

Afro-Venezuelans discuss syncretism, anti-colonial resistance, and community organization on the southern shore of Lake Maracaibo.

Under the auspices of the Bolivarian Revolution’s call for people’s power, a self-organized Indigenous commune looks for state support to enhance its traditional production methods.

An Indigenous commune in the Venezuelan Amazon that builds on Huo̧ttö̧ja̧ and other traditions.

Communards living by the Orinoco River talk about the impact of U.S. sanctions on their work and lives.

As part of VA’s Communal Resistance series, fisherfolk explain the challenges of building a commune in a country under siege.

How an Indigenous commune in the Venezuelan Amazon has resisted the U.S. blockade.

A Huo̧ttö̧ja̧ community in the Venezuelan Amazon discusses their culture and organization as well as the Indigenous peoples’ rights established in the 1999 constitution.

A socialist commune in the Venezuelan Amazon draws inspiration from the collective practices of its Indigenous members.

A Huottüja leader easily dispatches most of the major political issues the country is facing, including the electoral dispute.

In light of recent imperialist aggressions, Chris Gilbert reflects on the challenges and complexities of using elections as a tool for socialist construction.

Located on the outskirts of Biruaca, in Apure state, Nacidos para Vencer con Chávez [Born to Triumph with Chávez] is a women-led commune in a rural context that has a long history of patriarchal oppression. This fledgling commune seized upon Chávez’s idea as a way forward in difficult times, attempting to build community and increase production, while connecting with other communes through the Communard Union.

Coporo Indigena is an Indigenous community in Apure state that has resisted settler violence, displacement from their land… and now the U.S. blockade.

When production dropped, Venezuelans from the plains region turned to the commune to find solutions.

How communards in the Venezuelan plains region produce, organize, and resist the impact of the U.S. blockade.

The main spokesperson of El Maizal Commune is trying to put institutional power at the service of the commune.