Supporters of Hands off Venezuela at Leeds
University intervened during the week long freshers’ fair at Leeds University
Union to promote solidarity between students here in Leeds and the workers and
youth in Venezuela who are struggling to create a new society based on
socialist principles. There was a great deal of interest in the university’s
HOV society and the programme of events that the comrades have lined up. The
society managed to sign up 13 members and collected more than 50 contact details
as well as selling books, pamphlets and HOV magazines.
An intense week of campaigning ended with a screening of the DVD ‘No Volveran!’
– the story of the workers of Sanitarios Maracay touched everyone present and
even prompted two people to sign up to the HOV society on the spot. In the
following weeks we intend to have a meeting here against the fascist coup
attempt in Bolivia on the 8th October, and discussions on the case for
socialism both in Venezuela and internationally. We have also been approached
by members of the International Affairs Forum interested in inviting Alan Woods
to Leeds to launch his new book, ‘Reformism or Revolution.’ All in all the
freshers’ fair was a success at Leeds Uni and the upcoming semester promises to
be a busy one for HOV supporters.
