By Ben Folley, Labour Outlook A packed meeting at the Arise – a Festival of Left Ideas Solidarity Hub in Liverpool this week brought together speakers from across the labour movement and international solidarity campaigns to discuss the growing challenges facing Latin America, US foreign policy and the global struggle for workers’ rights and self-determination. …
By Vincent Conquest for Labour Outlook Kicking off the fringe at TUC 2026 was the ¡Viva La Solidaridad! No to Trump’s war on Latin America event with a mix of delegates and local activists hearing from leading trade unionists on the importance of solidarity with Latin America to the labour movement at this critical time …
This article originally appeared in The Morning Star Trade unionists gathered in a meeting today to say no to US President Donald Trump’s war on Latin America and kick off the TUC Congress. Opening the fringe event in Brighton, General Federation of Trade Unions general secretary Gawain Little highlighted how the struggles of Latin American nations …
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Originally published on Labour CND Trump’s military attack on Venezuela and the kidnapping of President Nicolás Maduro and Cilia Flores, First Lady and National Assembly member, on 3 January 2026 represents a dramatic escalation of the US aim to subordinate the entire Western Hemisphere to its political hegemony. This offensive has been broadened by a …
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Kate Hudson, Vice-President of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND), addressed an online meeting hosted by the Venezuela Solidarity Campaign to call for an end to the sanctions and for the Bank of England to return Venezuela’s gold. You can read an edited version of her speech below and watch the event back in full here
An Early Day Motion has been tabled in Parliament calling on the Government to release Venezuela’s gold reserves held at the Bank of England. EDM 474, tabled by Richard Burgon MP on 29 June 2026,, expresses deep concern that the gold, reportedly worth around £3 billion, remains frozen while Venezuela reels from a catastrophic earthquake …
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TRADE UNION LEADERS BACK CALL FOR BRITAIN TO GIVE VENEZUELA BACK ITS GOLD VENEZUELA SOLIDARITY CAMPAIGN PRESS RELEASE – JULY 18, 2027 Leading British trade unionists have backed the campaign for the UK to give back over 30 tonnes of Venezuelan gold to Venezuela, which is currently being held in the Bank of England, despite …
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By Mark Weisbrot, CEPR for The Los Angeles Times More than 3,800 people have died in Venezuela’s June 24 double earthquake, with 16,700 injured, according to current government reports. A medical crisis has emerged for thousands of survivors, and 17,800 are homeless. There are heart-wrenching reports of people trying to dig survivors out of the …
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Over 14,000 people have now signed a petition urging the UK to give back over 30 tonnes of Venezuelan gold to Venezuela, which is currently being held in the Bank of England, despite the Latin American nation requesting its return. The gold currently has a value of £3.5bn (or US $4.74 bn.) There has been a significant …
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Over 100 economists from around the world have written an open letter calling on the U.S. treasury to lift sanctions on Venezuela to aid earthquake recovery efforts, two weeks after the country’s most powerful earthquakes in over a century. The signatories, whose institutions range from Columbia, UMass Amherst, Cambridge, and the CEPR, call on the …
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