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| Communist Youth of Venezuela respond to attack targeting their office and activists |
By Drew Garvie
General Secretary,
YCL-LJC of Canada
In late October, the
World Federation of Democratic Youth, a global anti-imperialist federation of
youth organizations founded after the fascist defeat in Europe in 1945, issued
two statements condemning fascist violence in both Venezuela and Yugoslavia.
These attacks had occurred in the preceding weeks.
In the early morning
hours of October 21st in Caracas, members of the Communist Youth of Venezuela
(JCV) were finishing their work at their central offices. Several firebombs
were launched at the building and a fire was started in their meeting room.
Fortunately no comrades were injured in the attack and the fire was
extinguished.
The JCV Executive
Committee released a statement contextualizing the attack against them:
"This deed occurs within the framework of violence imposed by fascism
since February of this year carried out by mercenaries and paramilitaries
serving the extreme, pro-imperialist right." This references an upsurge in
right-wing protests that took place from February through June, which led to
the deaths of 43 people. Most recently, Robert Serra, the youngest
parliamentarian elected in Venezuelan history, and a member of Venezuela’s
Socialist Party (PSUV), was murdered with Colombian paramilitaries being
implicated.
