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This morning Trump announced via social media that the U.S. had invaded Venezuela and kidnapped the Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro. Trump announced a “large-scale strike” against Venezuela, which could mean destruction, casualties and piracy beyond this blatantly aggressive action.
We will cover this throughout the day, including posting word of actions. For now, three points:
One. The invasion of Venezuela by U.S. troops and the kidnapping of the Venezuelan president Maduro is an outrageous violation of international law. It is brutal colonial aggression straight-up. This massive escalation in the U.S. assault on Venezuela is part of an overall U.S. plan to deepen the oppression of the sovereign nations in the hemisphere and bring those nations further under U.S. imperialist domination.
The invasion of Venezuela and kidnapping of Maduro is raw gangsterism. It comes on top of the gangsterism of the U.S. murders of over 100 Venezuelans and Colombians in the past few months on the utterly bullshit pretext that they were running drugs into the U.S.
This must be opposed NOW, in the streets.
Two. The fact that Trump and his minions have refused to follow even the barest “procedures” for consulting Congress before acts of war underlines the fascist character of this regime, as does the blatant stance that “might makes right.”
Three. It has to be said that the silence with which people in this country have greeted these outrages must STOP. People in this country MUST act. Today.
Stay tuned to this site as the day goes on.
U.S. OUT OF VENEZUELA!
IN THE NAME OF HUMANITY, WE REFUSE TO ACCEPT A FASCIST AMERICA!
THIS WHOLE SYSTEM IS ROTTEN AND ILLEGITIMATE—WE NEED AND WE DEMAND A WHOLE NEW WAY TO LIVE, A FUNDAMENTALLY DIFFERENT SYSTEM!
TRUMP MUST GO NOW!!!
“Trump fascism is a regime that openly and aggressively strips away basic rights and blatantly declares that there is no rule of law and due process of law other than what it dictates, and that raw destructive power is what must rule in the international arena, without even the pretense of adherence to international law or concern about the sovereignty, or even the right to exist, of less powerful peoples and countries.”
Bob Avakian, REVOLUTION #114