📝 INTERVIEW | Juan Lenzo: ‘We Need to Integrate the Communal Economy to Face the Capitalist Maelstrom’
Juan Lenzo, a Venezuelan activist, takes stock of the Communard Union’s current strengths and challenges, with a particular focus on consolidating the communal economy.
Today, 117 communes are part of the Union. To strengthen economic planning, the organization is mapping grassroots productive activity and identifying opportunities to rebuild the communal economy after years of crisis.
One of its flagship efforts is the “Patria Grande del Sur” project in Bolívar state: a 187,000-hectare initiative developed with Brazil’s MST and local campesino communities. The goal is to build a communal agroecological system in phases, from infrastructure to production and education. “We’re not trying to strengthen the old state, we’re building a communal one,” he said.
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The Communard Union has deployed its “Argelia Laya Brigade” across the country in a bid to strengthen the organization and links between popular power collectives.
Beginning on February 4, the activists are divided into "exploratory" and "permanent" brigades, with the former spending two weeks in specific territories and the latter committing to a six-month presence in priority areas as identified by the Communard Union. Their primary objective is to assess political, social, and economic conditions within the visited communes, aiming to formulate work plans that enhance organizational structures and integrate them into the Communard Union.
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🎙 Episode 25 of the Venezuelanalysis Podcast is now available!
Venezuela’s revolutionary leader Hugo Chávez defined the commune as the “unit cell” for the construction of socialism. But the road ahead is full of challenges, even more so in a context of imperialist sanctions.
In this episode, host José Luis Granados Ceja is joined by fellow VA member Cira Pascual Marquina and by Communard Union communications coordinator Juan Lenzo to discuss the present struggle to strengthen the communal economy and uphold the socialist horizon.
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📝 INTERVIEW | Communal Feminism in Venezuela: A Conversation with Moira Blanco Cardona
The “communal feminism” project emerged from the experiences of women building popular power at the local level. “Communal feminism is the legacy of women who carried gas cylinders, distributed food, and recovered ancestral knowledge,” states Moira Blanco Cardona of the Communard Union.
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📸 IN IMAGES | Venezuela: 1,600 Women Discuss ‘Communal Feminism’ at First National Gathering
On March 29, more than 1,600 women took part in the Communard Union’s first national gathering on communal feminism in Caracas. The meeting set four key priorities: developing a feminist economy, strengthening healthcare, eliminating gender-based violence, and expanding political participation. A commission was appointed to oversee these initiatives, with annual follow-up meetings planned.
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📸 IN IMAGES | Venezuela: Communards Gather to Make ‘Communal Feminism’ a Priority
From October 4 to 6, dozens of women representing around 20 communes gathered in Miranda state for a communal feminism meeting organized by the Communard Union and the Ministry of Communes’ School for the Strengthening of Popular Power (EFPP).
The gathering addressed the collectivization of care work, feminist economy, political participation, and the prevention of gender-based violence. Organizers agreed to replicate the experience across different regions.
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📰 NEWS | Venezuela: Popular Organizations Push Direct Distribution Routes to Boost Food Security
Pueblo a Pueblo and the Communard Union are providing affordable access to fish and vegetables by connecting popular organizations. Pueblo a Pueblo delivered 1,000 packs of fish and seafood, each weighing 3.8 kilograms, in Caracas, Yaracuy, Lara and Trujillo. The packages, sold at $13, represented savings of 50–60% compared to local markets.
At the same time, the Communard Union transported 3.5 tons of vegetables from Trujillo to communes in Lara state. Between 500 and 600 people purchased potatoes, carrots, onions and tomatoes at prices around 40% below market levels. Both initiatives strengthen direct distribution routes between producers and communities.
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