Coro, Venezuela, September 26:Jim McIlroy and Coral Wynter review the discussion that is being held in Venezuela about forming a new united party of the revolution and point out the delights of Venezuela with solidarity tourism in mind.
Weekly Venezuela New Summary.
Michael Fox - Venezuelanalysis.com
Weekly Venezuela News Summary of Sep. 4-17, 2006
- Weekly Venezuela News Summary of Sep. 4-17, 2006 [Produced:Tuesday, Sep. 26, 2006]
- Weekly Venezuela News Summary of Aug. 31-Sep. 3, 2006[Produced:Tuesday, Sep. 26, 2006]
Weekly Venezuela News Summary of Sep. 4-17, 2006
The smell of sulphur
By Peter Boyle
Comment:When George Bush addressed the UN General Assembly he spoke like an angry deity admonishing the great majority of people of the world.
But Bush’s arrogant pretensions were punctured by President Hugo Chavez of the revolutionary government of Venezuela the next day.
“The Devil came here yesterday. Yesterday the Devil was here, in this very place. This table from where I speak still smells like sulfur. Yesterday, ladies and gentlemen, in this same hall the President of the United States, who I call ‘The Devil’, came here talking as if he owned the world.”The hall broke out into spontaneous laughter and applause. Not from the seats of the US delegation. They had been vacated.<br/><br/>The Devil was not amused and his minion, US ambassador to the UN, John Bolton, dismissed Chavez’ speech as" comic-strip approach to international affairs.
However, Chavez speech spoke to people of world much more effectively than Bush’s bully’s lecture.
If you haven’t watched this Chavez speech to the UN you can access it here
This blogsite is one of several very useful sites wet up by Green Left Weekly supporter Dave Riley. Chronic health problems keep Dave housebound much of the time but he’s worked out that he can do a lot of activism via the internet. He is working hard to give our internet outreach a multimedia dimension.
Another blogsite that Dave maintains is called VenSol Here you can listen to regular audio recordings by volunteers Jim McIlroy and Coral Wynter at Green Left Weekly’s Caracas bureau in Venezuela.
Jim and Coral return to Australia at the end of this year and we would like to continue this very valuable listerning and reporting post at the heart of the new wave of progressive change in Latin America. But if we are going to do this we need to make our $250,000 fighting fund target by the end of this year.
You can deposit a donation to the Green Left Weekly fighting fund at:
Greenleft
Commonwealth Bank
BSB 062-006
Account No. 901992
Alternatively, send your cheque or money order to PO Box 515, Broadway 2007, phone it through on the toll-free line 1800 634 206 (calls from within Australia only) or donate online here:
Comment:When George Bush addressed the UN General Assembly he spoke like an angry deity admonishing the great majority of people of the world.
But Bush’s arrogant pretensions were punctured by President Hugo Chavez of the revolutionary government of Venezuela the next day.
“The Devil came here yesterday. Yesterday the Devil was here, in this very place. This table from where I speak still smells like sulfur. Yesterday, ladies and gentlemen, in this same hall the President of the United States, who I call ‘The Devil’, came here talking as if he owned the world.”The hall broke out into spontaneous laughter and applause. Not from the seats of the US delegation. They had been vacated.<br/><br/>The Devil was not amused and his minion, US ambassador to the UN, John Bolton, dismissed Chavez’ speech as" comic-strip approach to international affairs.
However, Chavez speech spoke to people of world much more effectively than Bush’s bully’s lecture.
If you haven’t watched this Chavez speech to the UN you can access it here
This blogsite is one of several very useful sites wet up by Green Left Weekly supporter Dave Riley. Chronic health problems keep Dave housebound much of the time but he’s worked out that he can do a lot of activism via the internet. He is working hard to give our internet outreach a multimedia dimension.
Another blogsite that Dave maintains is called VenSol Here you can listen to regular audio recordings by volunteers Jim McIlroy and Coral Wynter at Green Left Weekly’s Caracas bureau in Venezuela.
Jim and Coral return to Australia at the end of this year and we would like to continue this very valuable listerning and reporting post at the heart of the new wave of progressive change in Latin America. But if we are going to do this we need to make our $250,000 fighting fund target by the end of this year.
You can deposit a donation to the Green Left Weekly fighting fund at:
Greenleft
Commonwealth Bank
BSB 062-006
Account No. 901992
Alternatively, send your cheque or money order to PO Box 515, Broadway 2007, phone it through on the toll-free line 1800 634 206 (calls from within Australia only) or donate online here:
Record commentary NOW or file a news report for the Ratbag Radio Network
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http://www.odeo.com/create/studio
The Odeo Studio is a very easy interface to operate and all you need is a microphone plugged into the computer you are using.[Any computer microphone will do as the studio manages a recording of 128 kbps/stereo/44khz as its default format.]
Once you've created and saved your recording --send an email to the RRN
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with the audio's web address. And RRN will do the rest.
You'll need to open an Odeo account but that takes no more than a minute..and its free!. It's handy to have such access to make any number of recordings for occasional use.
If you have recorded something on another recording source -- cassette tape, mini disc, Mp3 recorder/flash player, etc -- you can plug your device into the computer's microphone jack and re-record and upload your audio that way. If you have recorded audio to your computer's disc Odeo has a one click upload facility. And if your audio is files elswhere on the web, you can link to it.
This is the easiest/no-skills-required method for generating share-able audio. Before broadcast/podcast we can edit out any of your umms, stumbles, embarrassing expletives, and the like.
So give it a go.
The Ratbag Radio Network will soon be setup to record exchanges-- such as interviews -- through GoogleTalk on the web.Google Talk is a quick one click add on to your GMail account.**
RRN has also invested in a new recording setup to record better quality audio from telephone interviews.
More news as developments are consolidated.
* RRN has dropped the Send an Odeo message option because it has proven to be unreliable.
** GoogleTalk is more accessible and likely to be more popular than such platforms as Skype. However, over the next few months --following on from a deal between the two networks -- GoogleTalk account users will be able to talk to Skype ones.
http://www.odeo.com/create/studio
The Odeo Studio is a very easy interface to operate and all you need is a microphone plugged into the computer you are using.[Any computer microphone will do as the studio manages a recording of 128 kbps/stereo/44khz as its default format.]
Once you've created and saved your recording --send an email to the RRN
ratbagradio@gmail.com
with the audio's web address. And RRN will do the rest.
You'll need to open an Odeo account but that takes no more than a minute..and its free!. It's handy to have such access to make any number of recordings for occasional use.
If you have recorded something on another recording source -- cassette tape, mini disc, Mp3 recorder/flash player, etc -- you can plug your device into the computer's microphone jack and re-record and upload your audio that way. If you have recorded audio to your computer's disc Odeo has a one click upload facility. And if your audio is files elswhere on the web, you can link to it.
This is the easiest/no-skills-required method for generating share-able audio. Before broadcast/podcast we can edit out any of your umms, stumbles, embarrassing expletives, and the like.
So give it a go.
The Ratbag Radio Network will soon be setup to record exchanges-- such as interviews -- through GoogleTalk on the web.Google Talk is a quick one click add on to your GMail account.**
RRN has also invested in a new recording setup to record better quality audio from telephone interviews.
More news as developments are consolidated.
* RRN has dropped the Send an Odeo message option because it has proven to be unreliable.
** GoogleTalk is more accessible and likely to be more popular than such platforms as Skype. However, over the next few months --following on from a deal between the two networks -- GoogleTalk account users will be able to talk to Skype ones.
Venezuela Viewpoint #14 - Greetings to Latin America Solidarity Conference
Caracas, September 18:Jim McIlroy and Coral Wynter send greetings to the upcoming Latin America Solidarity Conference set for September 30th in Sydney.
Mp3 download: [8:03]
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Further reading:
- Latin American Solidarity Conference: The Empire’s weakest link: Venezuela, Cuba and the Rebellion in the Americas. September 30th. Conference agenda
- Cuba and Venezuela: Building an 'axis of hope'
- Venezuelan leader: 'The enemy is imperialism'
- Guns, drugs and thugs
- Chavez calls for new revolutionary party
- 1200 buildings face expropriation
- Golf-course controversy
- Venezuela 9/11 anti-imperialist march
- Chavez pushes Zulia recall referendum
LatinRadical podcast
Warwick Fry has been working at packaging his radio adventures as accessible podcasts and direct download audio. So if you want to access some important reports and commentary on Latin American issues as well as forays into the politics of Timor Leste, check out what LatinRadical has to offer.
Venezuela Viewpoint #13 - Golf courses
Jim McIlroy and Coral Wynter go to the huge rally and march which greeted Hugo Chavez at the completion of his world tour Chavez had utilised it to foster an ant-imperialist alliance. Chavez effectively launched his election campaign at the rally. The "battle of the golf courses' is also reported on as this issue relates to the provision of new housing for the poor in in Caracas
8:10 / Mono /
Venezuela Viewpoint #12 -- Health advances /Gratitude for Cuba
Caracas, August 26th: Jim McIlroy and Coral Wynter discuss the new cardiac treatment unit in Venezuela and explore Venezuela's relationship with Cuba.
Click on player to listen to each episode online.
