Assessing the Venezuelan election result

Socialist Alliance and Resistance meeting

Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez was re-elected on October 7 in an election with the largest ever voter turn out. Chavez received over 8 million votes which is a record - see graph below.

Chavez ran on a radical program aimed at advancing the moves towards socialism in Venezuela.

This meeting will discuss the meaning of the election result and the dynamics of the movement for social change in Venezuela.

Guest speakers:
Pip Hinman (participant in the solidarity brigade which witnessed the election period - via Skype)
Chris Jenkins (Socialist Alliance)

6:30pm, Wed 17 Oct

Perth Activist Centre, 15/5 Aberdeen St, Perth (next to McIver station)

Ph 9218 9608, 0413 976 638.

Eye-witness: Venezuelans vote for socialism
www.greenleft.org.au/node/52516

Five things we can learn from Chavez's win
www.greenleft.org.au/node/52509

How Western press distort Venezuela
www.greenleft.org.au/node/52508

Chavez wins poll, days after largest ever march
www.greenleft.org.au/node/52430