The class struggle in Greece continues. In the last three years, Greece has seen no fewer than twenty-one 24-hour hour general strikes and three 48-hour general strikes. The government remains firm, while the fighting spirit of the workers is gradually dissipating. The mood is as angry and bitter as ever, but it is also confused. The question in everybody’s mind is: “What do we do now?”

It is over a week now since the death of Hugo Chávez and there are still kilometer long queues of people coming from all over the Venezuela to pay their last respects. Presidential elections have been called for April 14 and the mood is turning angry at the provocations of the oligarchy. Jorge Martin looks at the latest events in Venezuela and the future for the Bolivarian Revolution.

Alan Woods, Marxist author and writer for Socialist Appeal, appeared on BBC’s Newsnight on Wednesday 6th March to speak about the late Hugo Chavez and the Venezuealan Revolution. We publish here links to this interview along with a letter from a supporter of Socialist Appeal.