Overnight, the United States imperialist forces launched airstrikes in Venezuela. This marks a dangerous escalation in the United States’ continued illegal war on the Venezuelan people. DSA San Francisco condemns the Trump regime’s latest act of imperialist aggression against the Latin American Left. 

The kidnapping of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and Cilia Flores marks another chapter in the long history of U.S. efforts to undermine the Bolivarian process and the sovereignty of Latin American states. As the DOJ releases new indictments of Maduro and Flores on charges of narco-terrorism conspiracy, the Trump regime conveniently gains a foothold in this oil-rich country.

Once again, the U.S. government has weaponized its military might to secure the riches of a sovereign nation. This campaign isn’t about democracy, human rights, or even in support of its failed “war on drugs.” It is about seizing control of Venezuela’s oil, gold, rare earths, and mineral wealth for the benefit of corporations and the billionaire class. 

Working class people in this country gain nothing from this war. Our tax dollars are spent on bombs instead of healthcare, food assistance, housing the homeless, or any of the social programs currently being slashed under this administration. Just as our lives didn’t improve with bombings in Syria, Nigeria, Iran, Yemen, and Somalia, carried out under this Trump regime with bipartisan support from Democrats and Republicans alike, the only winners here are war profiteers, oil industry giants, the U.S. war machine, and the companies that profit off of human suffering. 

DSA SF calls on all revolutionaries, workers, and oppressed people to take to the streets and demand an immediate end to U.S. imperialist intervention in Venezuela and its efforts to build socialism! We condemn Congress’ participation and enabling of unilateral executive war powers and their faithful service to the military industrial complex and those who profit from it. We stand in unwavering solidarity with the Venezuelan people and reject all imperialist wars waged in our name!