Field added that it was also important to remember that the protections of offer no guarantee of safety against committed and powerful opponents, as seen in the cases of Steven Salaita at University of Illinois, and George Ciccariello-Maher at Drexel University .. ..…

Over time, as George Ciccariello-Maher writes in Building the Commune: Radical Democracy in Venezuela, the communes have become the spine of the Chavista movement, even after Chavez’s death. . ..…