Notes for speakers: Venezuela
By Paul Hampton 1) The AWL Socialism is the self-emancipation of the working class Our conception of socialism is a thoroughgoing democracy – at work, in communities, self-rule by organisations The key issue = solidarity with workers fighting back against local, national and global capital - Help workers to help themselves - Solidarity not charity Concretely we support workers who take industrial action, such as strikes, sit-ins, factory occupations etc We support workers setting up their own factory committees, trade unions, political organisations – independent of the employers and...