VSC would like to thank everyone who has offered to help with our work in recent days. VSC has a lot to do - and only has 1 full time staff member, accompanied each day by a committed network of office volunteers - so your help & support is vital to our work in support of the right of the Venezuelan people to determine their own future. Below are 5 key ways you can help support Venezuela at this important time:1) Join the VSC or Affiliate Your Organisation - Becoming a member of VSC is the best way you can support us & become involved with our work. A growing, active membership is vital to our ability to provide solidarity with Venezuela. Membership is only £18 (£9 concessions) & includes a subscription to our magazine. If you join, you also receive a free Revolution Will Not Be Televised DVD. (Please note that just because you receive our emails does not mean you are a paid-up member - please reply to this email if you would like us to check.)
2) Organise a Speaker, Meeting or Film Showing on Hugo Chavez' Legacy & Venezuela in your local area, sector or organisation - As misrepresentation in the media of both Hugo Chavez' legacy & the current situation in Venezuela intensifies, it is vital we tell the positive truth of Venezuela. VSC has a wide range of films you can show in your local area or organisation, can provide expert speakers & has members across the country who can help if you put on an event. Email info@venezuelasolidarity.co.uk for details on speakers & films, or a motion to use in your union, campaigning group, political or community organisation.
3) Volunteer in the VSC office & at events - we need more help than ever with special mailings in our national office (based in North London) & other tasks from data entry to helping with leafletting / stalls at events. To help email Matt on info@venezuelasolidarity@co.uk
4) Register for our April 27 National Conference, Hugo Chavez' Legacy: Showing There is An Alternative in the 21st Century - Please put the date in your diary & register today. Speakers include H.E. Samuel Moncada, Ecudorean Ambassador Ana Alban Mora, Owen Jones, Richard Gott, Seumas Milne, Ken Livingstone, Grahame Morris MP, Jenny Jones AM, Sandra White MSP, Diane Abbott MP & Venezuelan historian Henry Suarez
5) Spread our Message on Social Media & Get Active in our Media Action Network - If you would like to help the Media Action Network in our vital work of telling the truth about Venezuela by rebutting media misrepresentations please email info@venezuelasolidarity.co.uk - engaging in media debate will be more important than ever in the next period (running up to Venezuela's recently announced Presidential Election on April 14) so please get involved. You can also follow us on facebook here & twitter here to show your support & keep up with the latest information.
Your support is much appreciated both here and internationally - our friends and partners in Venezuela regularly tell us how important international solidarity is.
Best wishes and many thanks for your support,
Matt Willgress, VSC National Co-Ordinator
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