For the Caracas-based La Minka collective, culture and bread-baking go hand in hand with the project of making a socialist commune.

The second National Popular Consultation saw Venezuelans choose community projects to be funded by the state.

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.

One of Venezuela’s most respected intellectuals talks about fascism and corruption scandals in the lead-up to the presidential elections.

A Cuban intellectual examines the consequences of the imperialist blockades on both Cuba and Venezuela.

An independent researcher argues that Venezuela is undergoing an agroecological transition.

A playwright committed to social change talks about cultural production under the Bolivarian Process.

Two students from Venezuela’s ELAM medical school talk about becoming physicians in the service of the people.

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

A documentary filmmaker long associated with the Bolivarian Revolution talks about the history of its audiovisual production and the challenges ahead.

A documentary filmmaker and teacher tells the story of Venezuela’s groundbreaking community media movement.

Campesinos high up in the beautiful Andean valley of Gavidia are working to preserve the native potato and the way of life that goes with it.

A new book exploring the theory, practice and history of socialist commune building in Venezuela.

PROINPA is a grassroots campesino organization promoting food sovereignty, endogenous seed production, and an agroecological transition.

A distinguished author from the decolonial tradition discusses the relationship between colonialism and imperialism.

The Venezuelan researcher offers her reflections on Chávez’s geopolitics and the reactivation of the Union of South American Nations.

An innovative form of food distribution has been key for schools and communes.