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1/3/2026 Sign the Collective Statement: Stop the War on Venezuela! Defend Venezuela’s Sovereignty and Right To Resist!Read Now Stop the War on Venezuela! Defend Venezuela’s Sovereignty and Right To Resist!
January 3, 2026 — We, the undersigned anti-imperialist and anti-war organizations, condemn the U.S. violent attacks on the rights of Venezuelans, and violations of Venezuela’s sovereignty. The U.S. bombed civilian and military areas of the city of Caracas, the capital of the Republic, and the states of Miranda, Aragua, and La Guaira in the early morning of Saturday January 3rd under the cover of darkness to sow terror in the country, killing civilians and destroying Venezuelan infrastructure in the process. Echoing the 2004 imperialist invasion of Haiti and kidnapping of Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, the rogue empire has also kidnapped Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores and is allegedly taking them to New York to persecute them in U.S. courts. In his press conference, President Donald Trump said the U.S. would take control of Venezuela to usher in a new government. “We can’t take a chance that somebody else takes over Venezuela that doesn’t have the good of the Venezuelan people in mind,” Trump said.This threat is backed up by a massive deployment of U.S. naval, ground and aerial forces in the Caribbean, the largest since the invasion of Haiti. Yet, we know that the U.S. is not running Venezuela at the moment. This is part of the U.S.’s psychological warfare and will not be accepted by the people of Venezuela. This is the classic playbook, from Iraq to Palestine to Venezuela: we must reject imperialist lies and media propaganda designed to confuse and divide us. In the face of these attacks, the and popular movements of Venezuela have taken to the streets in support of their Bolivarian Revolution. Outside of Venezuela, anti-imperialist anti-war, and pro-peace movements and organizations must continue to defend and stand alongside the brave people of Venezuela, against U.S. terrorism and destabilization. We must have coordinated and organized resistance against imperialist war. We understand that this is not a singular moment but a continuation of the decades-long war on the Bolivarian Revolution to destroy Venezuela’s sovereignty, blockade the country’s economic and military alliances, and isolate the Venezuelan government from forming alliances with other Global South countries on their own terms. The U.S. revamped “America First Strategy” aims to outcompete its rivals such as China and Russia, while reasserting exclusive dominance over the western hemisphere, in line with the Monroe Doctrine tradition. The Venezuelan people are resisting and we must support them. Mobilize and coordinate mass resistance against this violence. Take to the streets, organize rallies and teach-ins on your university campuses, mobilize in your unions to shut down the supply chains of imperialism, including pickets and protests outside of arms factories and ports that are providing the weapons for this aggression. For those outside the U.S., Venezuelan movements and organizations are asking for mobilizations outside of U.S. embassies, U.S. military bases and diplomatic installations around the world. Stop The War on Venezuela! No to U.S. Wars for Regime Change! Free President Maduro and Cilia Flores! Down with U.S. Imperialism! Venezuela Se Defiende! No Se Rinde! Venceremos! Add your organization to the statement signatories: bit.ly/SignOn-VenezuelaSolidarity Hands Off Venezuela Resources: linktr.ee/handsoffvenezuela Signed, Black Alliance for Peace, National Students for Justice in Palestine, United National Antiwar Coalition, Venezuela Solidarity Network, US Peace Council, All-African People’s Party-GC, All-Africans People’s Revolutionary Party, Alliance for Global Justice, Code Pink, Chicago ALBA Solidarity, Nicaragua Solidarity Coalition, Peace and Solidarity Commission of the Communist Party USA, School of the Americas Watch, Task Force on the Americas, Alberto Lovera Bolivarian Circle, Freedom Road Socialist Organization, Solidarity Committee on the Americas, Sanctions Kill Campaign, Workers World Party, Periodismo de Verdad, Resist U.S. Led War, Honduras Solidarity Network, Cross Border Network, National Network on Cuba, Anti War Action Network, Women Against Military Madness, Kawsachun News, Popular Resistance, International Action Center, Casa Baltimore Limay, Friends of Latin America. 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