------------------------- Via Workers World News Service Reprinted from the Jan. 16, 2003 issue of Workers World newspaper -------------------------
SOLIDARITY WITH VENEZUELA! [The following call for solidarity was issued by the Web site Rebelion (www.rebelion.org), in Spain.] At the present time, a conspiracy by transnational oil companies and by at least the United States and Spain is under way in Venezuela. Assuring the submissive supply of oil and the interests of the local oligarchy, in line with the anti-people interests of the globalizing trans national companies and the Bush government, are the objectives of those who have seen the legitimate and constitutional government of Hugo Chavez as a thorn in their side. They will not forgive him for trying to carry out independent policies, for questioning Bush's hypocritical anti-terrorism policies, for promoting an oil policy that will revive the price of oil, for combating large landholdings and for promoting the participation and the organization of the popular, dispossessed classes. ... They want to bring the government to its knees by economically strangling the government and the people, provoking starvation, chaos and civil war. In this way they are aiming at a foreign intervention. We call on all progressive, democratic and revolutionary organizations and individuals to show their support for the Venezuelan people who peacefully and legally adopted a government and a constitution that for the first time they feel takes them into account and promotes their active role. We also call for rejecting the national and international leaders who are leading the country to civil war. Messages of support can be sent to the Venezuelan government at [EMAIL PROTECTED] and to the popular organizations on the Web: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] - END - (Copyright Workers World Service: Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this document, but changing it is not allowed. For more information contact Workers World, 55 W. 17 St., NY, NY 10011; via e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe wwnews- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] Support the voice of resistance http://www.workers.org/orders/donate.php) ------------------ This message is sent to you by Workers World News Service. To subscribe, E-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Send administrative queries to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
