Cover -- Praise for... -- Contents -- Map -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue by Greg Wilpert -- Introduction -- Introductory History -- PART I: Land & Housing Reform -- 1. Iraida Morocoima, 5 de Julio Pioneer Camp, Urban Land Committees -- 2. Ramón Virigay & Adriana Ribas, Ezequiel Zamora National Campesino Front -- PART II: Women & Sexual Diversity Movements -- 3. Alba Carosio, Center of Women's Studies -- 4. Yanahir Reyes, Women's First Steps Civil Association -- 5. Marianela Tovar, Contranatura -- PART III: Workers & Labor -- 6. Felíx Martínez & Richard La Rosa, The New Generation of Workers Union, Mitsubishi Motor Corporation -- 7. Candido Barrios & Manuel Mendoza, Pedro Pérez Delgado Cooperative, Industrial Slaughterhouse of Ospino -- 8. Alfonso Olivo, Leufogrup Cooperative -- PART IV: Community Media, Arts & Culture -- 9. Negro Miguel, José Ñañez Ibarra, & Hector Rangel, Captain Manuel Ponte Rodríquez Foundation, Cuartel San Carlos -- 10. Wilfredo Vásquez, Catia TVe -- 11. Valentina Blanco, Raúl Blanco & Arturo Sosa, Radio Libertad -- PART V: Indigenous & Afro-Venezuelan Movements -- 12. Mecheduniya & Wadajaniyu, Indigenous University of Venezuela -- 13. Jorge Montiel, Maikivalasalii, Wayúu Community -- 14. Luis Perdomo & Freddy Blanco, The Network of Afro-Venezuelan Organizations -- PART VI: The Student Movement -- 15. Cesar Carrero, Socialist University Movement of Science Students -- 16. Gabriela Granados & Margarita Silva, Bolivarian University -- PART VII: Community Organizing -- 17. Golon & Coco, 23 de Enero Collectives -- 18. María Vicenta Dávila, Mixteque Communal Council -- Endnotes -- Additional Photographs -- Organizations & Abbreviations -- Spanish Translations -- Author Biographies -- Also Available from PM Press -- Friends of PM -- About PM Press.

A collection of interviews with activists and other contributors, this compelling oral history details Venezuela's bloodless uprising and reorganization. For the last decade, Venezuela's “Bolivarian Revolution" has captured international attention. Poverty, inequality, and unemployment have all dropped, while health, education, and living standards have seen a commensurate rise—and this chronicle is the real, bottom-up account. The stories shed light on the complex facets within the revolution, detailing the change in such realities as community media to land reform, cooperatives to communal councils, and the labor movement to the Afro-Venezuelan network. Offering a different perspective than that of the international mainstream media, which has focused predominantly on Venezuela's controversial president, Hugo Chavez, these examples of democracy in action illustrate the vast cultural, economic, and racial differences within the country—all of which have impacted the current South American state.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.