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Chavismo and the Left: A conversation with Reinaldo Iturriza (Part II)
A Chavista author and former minister talks about the Bolivarian Revolution’s innovations and internal tensions.
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The wild and the disaffected: A conversation with Reinaldo Iturriza (Part I)
A Chavista author and former minister talks about the Bolivarian Revolution’s class basis and the risks that apathy poses to the political process.
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Alba TV’s new model for communication: A conversation with Pablo Kunich
The coordinator of a media platform that works with social movements talks to VA about the history and challenges of popular communication.
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Popular protagonism in Venezuela’s transition to socialism: A conversation with Michael Lebowitz
The Marxist theorist emphasizes that socialism involves people transforming themselves.
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The role of intellectuals in the Bolivarian Revolution: A conversation with Luis Britto Garcia
Venezuela’s most acclaimed contemporary writer talks about the Bolivarian Revolution and its dialectical relation with cultural producers.
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Grassroots Communication fights back! A conversation with Jessica Pernia
A founding member of Tatuy TV speaks about what it means to be a group of revolutionary journalists in hard times.
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Cultural production in Revolutionary Venezuela: A conversation with Kael Abello
A key member of the ‘Comando Creativo’ artists’ collective reflects on how to make relevant art during a revolution.
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Chavez, a mirror of the people: a conversation with Edgar Perez
An organizer and intellectual from Caracas’ La Vega barrio talks about the dialectical relationship between Hugo Chavez and the popular movement.
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Defending Chavez’s project today
I began to work directly with Comandante Hugo Chavez in May 1996. By that time, Chavez was already exploring the idea of participating in elections.
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Solidarity isn’t a slogan, it’s a process: a conversation with Vijay Prashad
In this exclusive interview, a prominent Indian intellectual examines how imperialism operates in our time and proposes specific forms of solidarity with Venezuela.
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The worldwide struggle against fascism: a conversation with Nestor Kohan (Part 2)
An important Latin American political theorist argues that right-wing “internationalism” requires a leftist response that also reaches beyond national boundaries.
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Venezuela’s missile crisis: a conversation with Juan Contreras
A grassroots leader from the 23 de Enero barrio in Caracas looks at the historical forces operating behind the showdown unfolding right now in the Bolivarian Republic.
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Either Washington or Venezuela, savage capitalism or socialism
Luis Britto Garcia is perhaps Venezuela’s most highly regarded public intellectual. A firm supporter of the Bolivarian Process, he has written numerous plays, novels, historical investigations and film scripts and is also an incisive commentator on politics in the region.
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Everyday life in besieged Venezuela
A young author presents intimate snapshots of ordinary life as it is lived by millions of Venezuelans during a grueling crisis fueled by deadly U.S. sanctions and coup efforts.
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What’s been learned won’t be easily forgotten
A young Venezuelan intellectual argues that the revolutionary potential of Chavismo may be in abeyance, but it could come back to life again.
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How to get Venezuela’s economy going again
In this interview with Venezuelanalysis, an independent researcher speaks frankly about the roots of the country’s economic crisis and outlines a series of policies to revert it.
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Building ‘Patria’
In this interview with Venezuelanalysis, we talk to a central figure in a voluntary workers’ initiative to jumpstart industrial plants, both state‐owned and worker‐controlled.
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Chavez and the twilight of capitalism
A philosopher, fisherman and former member of the Situationist International reflects on the Bolivarian Revolution.
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Women and the crisis in Venezuela
A new report on women’s human rights in Venezuela reveals the uneven advances of the Bolivarian Process in this area.
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Venezuela’s Constituent Assembly and the rise of fascism
A former guerrilla and active member of the National Constituent Assembly talks with VA about the class struggle in the countryside and the looming menace of the ultra-right in Brazil.