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Constituents Ask: Where is Rep. Jim McGovern on Venezuela and Cuba?

May 8, 2023 Celina della Croce

by Celina della Croce Solidarity activists continue to press US representatives to demand the end of deadly sanctions against Venezuela and Cuba. May 28, 2023 will mark exactly two years to the date of Rep. Jim McGovern’s letter imploring President Biden to “stop using the […]

Why Venezuelans are Emigrating & the Struggles they Face

April 13, 2023 Megan Lee

By Megan Lee With the Russo-Ukrainian war causing countries to boycott petroleum relations with Russia, the spotlight is now on Venezuela. With the new attention, the humanitarian and economic crisis of Venezuela has gained more media traction, but the unheard story is the rise in […]

Breakouts: Facing our Challenges in Dangerous Times

November 30, 2022 Cole Harrison

The following breakouts will be run during the afternoon session of the Facing our Challenges in Dangerous Times conference, December 3, 2022. Building Political Power with the Massachusetts Indigenous Legislative Agenda For the past two legislative sessions, Indigenous leaders, organizations, tribal governments, and non-Indigenous community […]

Venezuela 2002: The coup heard around the world

April 15, 2022 Andrew King

by Andrew King Originally published in People’s World Twenty years ago, at the dawn of the 21st century, a failed U.S.-backed coup in Venezuela, a little-known South American country, set Latin America onto a new course and helped place socialism back onto the global agenda. […]

The People's Press Conference addressed Rep. McGovern outside his Northampton office, Nov. 12, 2021

Activists Press McGovern for Action on Venezuela, Cuba, and Palestine

December 5, 2021 Hector Figarella

by Hector Figarella On November 12th, a group of constituents gathered with Congressman Jim McGovern (CD2-MA) outside of his Northampton office for the People’s Press Conference, organized by the Anti-Imperialist Action Committee, Massachusetts Peace Action (MPA), River Valley Democratic Socialist of America (DSA), Code Pink […]

Free Alex Saab protest, October 22,2021, Northampton

Free Venezuelan Special Envoy Alex Saab, Kidnapped by the U.S. Government

October 30, 2021 Yoav Elinevsky

by Yoav Elinevsky Western Massachusetts activists held a standout October 22 outside the office of Congressman McGovern in Northampton, to protest the kidnapping and jailing in the US of Colombian citizen and Venezuelan special envoy Alex Saab in violation of international law. For nearly a […]

US Sanctions and Venezuela’s Economy

May 10, 2021 Tyrin Douangvichit

by Tyrin Douangvichit As of January 22, 2021, the Treasury Department had imposed sanctions on roughly 166 Venezuelan or Venezuelan-connected individuals and the State Department had revoked the visas of more than 1,000 individuals and their families (FAS.org, Congressional Research Service). The current discourse on […]