Venezuela public meeting in Fife

a short report for our journal, just thought i'd share it with our international comrades :)

Adam Smith, the father of bourgeois economics, would have been turning in his grave on Sunday 13th as around 20 activists and socialists from various organisations met in his hometown of Kirkcaldy to discuss and debate the Bolivarian revolution currently taking place in Venezuela.

A handful of comrades from the Scottish Socialist Party made the long trip through from Glasgow to attend, among them were two Venezuelan citizens themselves who gave detailed accounts of life in the country and the current struggles taking place.

A short, but well made video was shown by the SSP comrades featuring MSP Tommy Sheridan making the trip to Venezuela, meeting people from the country and giving his opinions on the processes taking place.

Comrade Ramon then lead off the discussion with some background information followed by a detailed Marxist analysis on the revolution. The discussion was then opened up and many good contributions and questions were put forward from a wide range of comrades. The discussion flowed freely, the tone was comradely and the mood positive.

An excellent collection of over £30 was raised as the discussion moved on to the possible formation of Bolivarian Circles being formed in Fife and Glasgow to work alongside the newly founded Venezuela solidarity group in Edinburgh by a local young activists group.

In all it was a very good day for the campaign and work is now underway to build on it’s success to make sure that the message is loud and clear in Fife, in Scotland, and the rest of the World – “Hands Off Venezuela, Victory to the Bolivarian revolution and forward to socialism!”