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<!-- Please do not remove or change this AfD message until the discussion has been closed. --> {{Article for deletion/dated|page=Venezuela Solidarity Campaign|timestamp=20240919162609|year=2024|month=September|day=19|substed=yes|help=off}} <!-- Once discussion is closed, please place on talk page: {{Old AfD multi|page=Venezuela Solidarity Campaign|date=19 September 2024|result='''keep'''}} --> <!-- End of AfD message, feel free to edit beyond this point --> {{Multiple issues| {{Notability|Companies|date=February 2016}} {{Primary sources|date=February 2016}}}} {{Use British English|date=July 2015}} {{Infobox organisation | name = Venezuela Solidarity Campaign | image = VSC logo.png | image_size = 250px | alt = | caption = Line 33 ⟶ 40: | leader_title = Honorary President | leader_name = [[Ken Livingstone]] | leader_title2 = Secretary | leader_name2 = Dr Francisco Domínguez | leader_title3 = | leader_name3 = Line 59 ⟶ 66: | slogan = | mission = | website = | formerly = | footnotes = }} '''Venezuela Solidarity Campaign''' is a British political organisation which expresses ==Aims== According to the campaign, its aims are:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.venezuelasolidarity.co.uk/about-the-vsc/ |title=About VSC – Venezuela Solidarity Campaign |website=Venezuelasolidarity.co.uk |date= |accessdate=2016-02-25}}</ref> *To defend *To support the right of the Venezuelan people to determine their own future free from external intervention. *To provide accurate and up-to-date information in support of democracy and social progress in Venezuela. *To defend the achievements of the Bolivarian Revolution. *To support and build activity around these objectives throughout Britain, within parliament, regional and local government, the trade unions, amongst women, lesbian and gay communities, black, Asian and Latin American communities, students and all others. == The VSC was established in 2005 in response to an [[2002 Venezuelan coup d'état attempt|attempted military coup]] against the then President of Venezuela, [[Hugo Chávez]]. It sought to promote and strengthen links between trade unionists in Britain and Venezuela, organised solidarity tours to Venezuela, and promoted awareness of the Bolivarian Revolution through a [[DVD]], ''The Revolution will not be Televised''. From 2009 the group promoted another documentary DVD, ''Inside the Revolution: A Journey into the Heart of Venezuela'', directed by Pablo Navarrete.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://peacenews.info/node/5807/campaign-profile-venezuela-solidarity-campaign |title=Campaign Profile: Venezuela Solidarity Campaign | Peace News |website=Peacenews.info |date= |accessdate=2016-02-25}}</ref> Following the death of Chávez in 2013, the campaign continued its work in support of his successor as president, [[Nicolás Maduro]]. The activities of the VSC and SVSC in 2015–16 included maintaining websites with extensive information about the situation in Venezuela; organising conferences, lectures and other events; publishing a magazine, ''Viva Venezuela!''; maintaining a social media presence, and seeking to influence parliamentarians and others.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://scottishvenezuelasolidarity.org.uk/news-reports/news-reports |title=News & Reports – Scottish Venezuela Solidarity Campaign |website=Scottishvenezuelasolidarity.org.uk |date= |accessdate=2016-02-25}}</ref> ===Honorary President===▼ *[[Ken Livingstone]], former [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] MP and [[Mayor of London]] (2000-2008)▼ ==Key people== ▲===Honorary ▲*[[Ken Livingstone]], former [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] MP and [[Mayor of London]] ( ===Patrons=== *[[Diane Abbott]], [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] MP for [[Hackney North and Stoke Newington (UK Parliament constituency)|Hackney North and Stoke Newington]] *[[Kelvin Hopkins]], former [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] MP for [[Luton North (UK Parliament constituency)|Luton North]]
*[[Bruce Kent]], political activist and former Priest *[[Ann Pettifor]], academic ===Former patrons (due to decease)===
*[[Rodney Bickerstaffe]] was a patron until his death in 2017. ==Affiliates== Trade union bodies affiliated to the VSC include the Southern and Eastern [[Trades Union Congress|TUC]] (SERTUC), Yorkshire and Humberside [[Trades Union Congress|TUC]] and Camden [[Labour council|Trades Council]]. Individual unions affiliated include [[Unite the Union]], the [[University and College Union]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ucu.org.uk/2413 |title=International solidarity |website=UCU.org.uk |date=2016-01-13 |accessdate=2016-02-25}}</ref> the [[National Union of Teachers]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Affiliations |url=https://www.teachers.org.uk/international/affiliations |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150623035155/http://www.teachers.org.uk/international/affiliations |archivedate=June 23, 2015 |accessdate=June 22, 2015}}</ref> the [[Public and Commercial Services Union]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pcs.org.uk/en/campaigns/pcs-international/conference-policy-on-international-issues/conference-policy-on-international-issues.cfm#International_Solidarity_Against_Austerity |title=Conference policy on international issues |website=PCS.org.uk |date= |accessdate=2016-02-25}}</ref> [[Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen|ASLEF]], [[Broadcasting, Entertainment, Cinematograph and Theatre Union|BECTU]], [[Bakers, Food and Allied Workers' Union|BFAWU]], [[Communication Workers Union (UK)|CWU]], [[Fire Brigades Union|FBU]], [[GMB (trade union)|GMB]], [[Musicians' Union (UK)|MU]], [[Napo (trade union)|Napo]], [[National Union of Mineworkers (Great Britain)|NUM]], [[Public and Commercial Services Union|PCS]], [[National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers|RMT]], [[Transport Salaried Staffs' Association|TSSA]], [[Union of Construction, Allied Trades and Technicians|UCATT]], [[University and College Union|UCU]], [[Unite the Union]] and [[UNISON]].<ref name="SVSC"/>
Trade union affiliates to the SVSC include the [[Scottish Trades Union Congress|STUC]], CWU, [[Educational Institute of Scotland|EIS]], GMB, RMT, UNISON, Unite the Union, and Trades Councils in Dundee, Kilmarnock & Loudon and Midlothian.<ref name="SVSC"/>
==References== {{ ==External links== *[http://www.venezuelasolidarity.co.uk website of the VSC] *[http://scottishvenezuelasolidarity.org.uk website of the SVSC] {{Authority control}} [[Category:Political organisations based in London]] [[Category:United Kingdom–Venezuela relations]] [[Category:Political [[Category:United Kingdom friendship associations]] [[Category:Organizations established in 2005]] [[Category:2005 establishments in the United Kingdom]] | |||