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(MENAFN - Venezuelanalysis.com) Iraida Morocoima and Juan Carlos RodrÃguez are spokespeople for the Campamentos de Pioneros [henceforth Pioneros], an autonomous Chavista initiative dedicated to self-organized housing construction, but whose struggle goes beyond individual housing solutions. Pioneros is part of the larger Movimiento de Pobladoras y Pobladores [Settlers Movement, henceforth Pobladoras], a platform bringing together several organizations struggling against the logic of capital in urban environments. In Part II of this interview, Morocoima and RodrÃguez talk about two conflicting models of the state, and about their proposal for building a radically new communal society. [Read Part I here .]
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Banco Obrero distributes food in the Plaza de la Constitución
On Boxing Day the Charity Banco Obrero association organised the distribution of food to 250 families in Torreviejaâs Plaza de la Constitución, asite that was chosen to “make poverty visible in Torrevieja and take it directly to the front door of the Town Hall.”
Both the association and those taking part in the distribution process denounced the “lack of commitment” from the City Council with “the numerous evictions in the town, and the more than 3,000 families who still require aid to make ends meet”, adding, “It makes absolutely no sense in a town where industry revolves around hospitality and is the beach of Europe.