In her latest column, Jessica Dos Santos discusses what the Venezuelan government should prioritize during this period of alleviated sanctions.

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.

The Social Equality and Happiness Mission will adapt the Chinese experience to the Caribbean country’s reality to alleviate poverty and inequality.

Venezuelan history and politics professor Steve Ellner examines Maduro’s economic policies and the contradictions that have arisen among the left.

Who doesn’t remember when Chávez announced on national television that Maduro should be the candidate to succeed him in case he died? It was December 8, 2012, and this was the first time he talked about dying, at least in public, and the first time we wondered if our revolutionary process could really continue without him.

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

VA writer Andreína Chávez takes stock of worrying attacks against the LGBTQI+ community and argues that the Bolivarian Process should not let them fester.

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.

A grassroots organization is building a new model for the production and distribution of food based on mutuality.

In Caracas, an army of self-trained women are working to build their own homes while they transform the reality around them.

An economist and National Assembly member reflects on the economic transformations that Chávez promoted.

VA writer Andreína Chávez takes stock of Venezuela’s alarming reality of gender violence and the lack of a comprehensive response from the state.

Chris Gilbert and Cira Pascual Marquina look at the Venezuelan communes as a key force in an extended process of national liberation and social emancipation.

Communards from two rural communes in Yaracuy tell their story of a common struggle for the land.

Commune spokespeople urged the Maduro government to boost grassroots efforts against “the metabolism of capital.”

Venezuelan leader Hugo Chávez defined communes as the key blocks to building socialism from the bottom up.

Communard Robert Longa defended an industrialization process that counters capitalist logic.

In our latest video, we go deep into U.S. sanctions, their consequences and the media manipulation around them.