Chavez vindicated: Venezuela votes ‘No’
August 17 , 2004
Derrick O'Keefe
The opposition vainly cried foul, but even Jimmy Carter and the OAS affirmed that the results were beyond dispute: Venezuelans voted in record numbers to keep Hugo Chavez and the Bolivarian Revolution until at least December, 2006.

Non-violence in the Palestinian arsenal
August 17 , 2004
Charles Demers
Despite the Oslo-era attempt to frame the Palestinian struggle within the narrow framework of diplomatic brokerage, a growing number of Palestinian activists and their allies are reclaiming the language and symbols of anti-colonial and anti-imperialist struggle.


The prodigal sun. By Dennis Whitfield.
Essays & Reviews

San Juan Baptiste:
My Olympic hoop dreams
Charles Demers

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Venezuela Watch
Seven Oaks' continuing coverage and analysis of Venezuela's Bolivarian Revolution.
Keeping tabs on Gordo
A catalogue of the B.C. Liberals' attack on social services and working people.
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Seven Questions

Seven Oaks speaks with Bill Dobbs, media spokesperson for the United for Peace and Justice coalition, one of the major American anti-war groups meeting the Republican National Convention in New York at the end of this month.

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