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Vicissitudes of grassroots media: A conversation with Thierry Deronne (Part II)
A documentary filmmaker long associated with the Bolivarian Revolution talks about the history of its audiovisual production and the challenges ahead.
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‘News from Nowhere’ – building communal life in Venezuela
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.
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The ‘old-yet-new’: Past and present intermingle at the Hugo Chávez and Alí Primera communes
Communards from two rural communes in Yaracuy tell their story of a common struggle for the land.
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What is the future of Venezuela’s communes?
The challenges facing the communes intensified after Hugo Chávez’s death in 2013.
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Commune or nothing! Venezuela’s transition to socialism
Venezuelan leader Hugo Chávez defined communes as the key blocks to building socialism from the bottom up.
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Maduro orders asset transfers as grassroots groups look to boost production
Communard Robert Longa defended an industrialization process that counters capitalist logic.
