📸 IN IMAGES | Solidarity Movements Take to the Streets to Oppose War Against Venezuela
Thousands mobilized across 65 US cities to oppose the Trump administration’s military threats against Venezuela. Actions were organized by ANSWER Coalition, The People’s Forum, Black Alliance for Peace, CODEPINK, PSL, DSA, and others.
The protests took place as Washington maintains its largest Caribbean naval deployment in decades and amid international criticism over US boat strikes that killed 87 civilians, classified by UN experts as extrajudicial executions.
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The July 28 presidential elections once again put Venezuela in the global spotlight, amid intensified US-led imperialist aggression and political violence. Ricardo Vaz's latest column explores the ongoing challenges, the strength of Venezuela's grassroots democracy, and the crucial need for international solidarity.
Read the full column here 👉🏼https://shorturl.at/AYHhi
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🗒️🗣️ INTERVIEW | Solidarity with Venezuela in the Belly of the Beast: A Conversation with Elizabeth Blaney
Organized opposition to US aggression against Venezuela is growing inside the United States, particularly among working-class and immigrant communities. In the latest VA interview, Los Angeles tenant organizer Elizabeth Blaney explains that communities facing ICE raids, Medicaid cuts, and housing insecurity see a direct connection between repression at home and war abroad.
Blaney also discusses the recent People’s Assembly for Peace and Sovereignty in Caracas, attended by 600–800 delegates despite major travel obstacles. Participants linked sanctions and military escalation against Venezuela to global consequences, including rising housing costs, energy insecurity, and the diversion of public resources away from social needs.
Read the full interview here 👉🏾https://shorturl.at/ZySYh
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VA members Lucas Koerner and Ricardo Vaz tackle disingenuous 'left' critiques that echo imperialist regime-change propaganda against Venezuela.
Amid ongoing U.S.-led intervention and sanctions, Venezuelan social movements persist in their fight for socialist transformation. Recent gains in land rights and political representation, including the appointment of the first communard minister, show their determination.
Full column available here 👉🏼https://shorturl.at/EZbCE
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🖊OPINION | Venezuela After January 3: A Nation Standing in the Storm
A solidarity brigade traveled to Venezuela amid what residents described as a “storm” of US attacks, sanctions, and pressure, culminating in the January 3 operation that kidnapped President Nicolás Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores.
Delegates reported that Venezuelans are still processing the shock, with banners and weekly protests calling for the leaders’ return. Delegates also heard accounts of trauma from explosions and ongoing US military presence. Solidarity activist and cofounder of CODEPINK for Peace, Medea Benjamin, recounts the visit.
Read the full opinion piece here 👉🏽https://venezuelanalysis.com/opinion/venezuela-after-january-3-a-nation-standing-in-the-storm/
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🚨📰 BREAKING | Venezuela Condemns Trump’s Blockade as Illegal, Popular Organizations Vow Resistance
The Venezuelan government condemned US President Donald Trump’s threat of a naval blockade on Venezuelan oil tankers, calling it a violation of international law and national sovereignty. Caracas said it will denounce the US at the United Nations, citing the UN Charter’s prohibition on the use or threat of force.
The Wall Street Journal reported disruptions to Venezuela’s oil traffic following the blockade threat and the seizure of a tanker, while US lawmakers from both parties warned the move could constitute an act of war. Congress is expected to vote on War Powers resolutions aimed at blocking further escalation.
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On Saturday, thousands of Venezuelans marched to the UN headquarters in Caracas in solidarity with Palestine, calling for the UN Security Council to stop what experts have described as genocide in Gaza and Lebanon.
President Maduro criticized the portrayal of the conflict as religious, labeling it a colonialist project. Venezuela reaffirmed its support for Palestine and international law.
Full report here 👉🏼https://shorturl.at/WNUNq
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Cooperation Jackson is a coop-based organization working for Black self-determination and economic democracy in Jackson, Mississippi. Activist and writer Kali Akuno is one of the project’s founders.
In the latest VA interview, Akuno discusses his long-standing relationship with the Bolivarian Revolution and his efforts to build connections between the revolutionary process in Venezuela and the work that is being done in Mississippi.
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🖊🗞OPINION | Brazilian Workers Lead in Offering Solidarity to Venezuelans under US Attack
Political journalist W.T. Whitney Jr. analyzes Brazil’s Landless Workers’ Movement (MST) initiative to organize internationalist brigades in solidarity with Venezuela amid growing US military pressure.
As MST leader João Pedro Stédile pointed out in a recent interview: “We want to repeat that historic epic that the global left achieved during the Spanish Civil War of 1936, when thousands of militants from around the world went to Spain to defend the Republic and the Spanish people.”
Read the full opinion piece here 👉https://shorturl.at/kaotK
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📑🖊 OPINION | Punishing Progress: Washington Targets Social Achievements of Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela
John Perry and Roger Harris take stock of the collective progress in Latin American countries targeted by the US for regime change. Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela have achieved significant social gains despite Washington’s efforts to isolate and undermine them.
Venezuela has delivered five million homes through its Great Housing Mission. Cuba’s ELAM medical school has trained over 31,000 doctors from 122 countries. Meanwhile, US sanctions continue to cost Cuba $13.8 million per day and led to over 100,000 deaths in Venezuela by 2020.
🔗 Read the full opinion piece here: https://venezuelanalysis.com/opinion/punishing-progress-washington-targets-social-achievements-of-cuba-nicaragua-and-venezuela
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📝 INTERVIEW | Iran, Venezuela and Their Anti-Imperialist Alliance: A Conversation with Ali Faramarzi
An Iranian diplomat discusses the strategic ties between Tehran and Caracas, emphasizing shared anti-colonial visions and cooperation. Dr. Ali Faramarzi highlights common ground in cultural pride, rejection of imperialism, and defense of sovereignty.
He points to joint efforts in energy, culture, and political solidarity, recalling Iran’s fuel shipments to Venezuela during the blockade and support for Palestine as part of a broader anti-imperialist front. BRICS, he says, offers a path toward a multipolar world, and Iran fully backs Venezuela’s bid to join.
📖 Read the full interview here: venezuelanalysis.com/interviews/iran-venezuela-and-their-anti-imperialist-alliance-a-conversation-with-ali-faramarzi/
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🖊OPINION | US Labor Independence and Solidarity with Venezuela
After the January 3 US military strikes on Venezuela, labor unions across the United States issued resolutions opposing the attacks. One resolution, from the Tucson chapter of the National Writers Union, goes further, calling for transparency and an end to government funding at the AFL-CIO’s Solidarity Center.
Read the full opinion piece here 👉🏽https://venezuelanalysis.com/opinion/us-labor-independence-and-solidarity-with-venezuela
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