Why is Venezuela in crisis? Socialist interviewed on LBC radio

The ongoing crisis in Venezuela is in the news at the moment because of the assembly elections that have just taken place.. The media and the capitalist class are using the crisis to smear socialism as being doomed to fail, as well as putting pressure on Jeremy Corbyn to condemn the regime.

Hannah Sell, the deputy general secretary of the Socialist Party, explained in an interview on LBC Radio that the problem in Venezuela is not too much socialism, but not enough – you can listen to the interview here.

Izquierda Revolucionaria (Revolutionary Left), our sister group in Venezuela, have written an article on the ongoing crisis which can be read here.