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Venezuela’s Minister for Communes and Social Movements Ángel Prado affirmed this Tuesday that the aim of the Popular and Communal Government System is to consolidate the entire structure of the commune. “We seek to consolidate, from the territory, the entire structure of the commune, and that involves achieving a centrality in the information by not […]

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

As the first city-states started to form in ancient Mesopotamia, fed by a patchwork of farms across the fertile land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, grain was stored in large siloes (in case of future shortages), and a surplus was generated for the first time, that was accumulated and controlled by a warrior class drawn from Mafia-like, oligarchic families, assisted by a priesthood that kept records and legitimized their rule via a mandate from the heavens.

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

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.

The challenges facing the communes intensified after Hugo Chávez’s death in 2013.

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.