No U.S. War on Venezuela! Take Action February 23

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Samidoun is a strong supporter of the following statement and all actions around the world to stand with the people of Venezuela against U.S. imperialism. Please sign on and join in the actions in your area!

We cannot be silent in the face of the latest U.S. aggression against the Venezuelan people. Nicolás Maduro is the president of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, chosen twice by the people as part of an internationally observed electoral process. Since the 1998 election of Hugo Chávez, the United States has been relentless in its pursuit of regime change in Venezuela. With Donald Trump in the White House, these efforts have escalated to threats of all-out military violence, the plundering of billions of dollars in wealth from the Venezuelan people and pushing a multitude of outrageous lies in the global media.

For hundreds of years, the U.S. has waged war against the people of the world through coups, invasions and economic warfare. Juan Guaidó is a U.S. puppet. He is not a representative of the Venezuelan masses. The idea that a person can swear themselves in as president at a rally in the interest of “defending democracy” is laughable. The right wing in Venezuela claim the Bolivarian elections are rigged because they refuse to participate in them. Instead they engage in voter intimidation using violence reminiscent of Jim Crow terrorism against African-Americans in the Deep U.S. South.

U.S.-led sanctions and currency manipulation are responsible for the suffering in Venezuela. Marco Rubio and right-wing media guide the Venezuelan opposition from Miami. The U.S. cannot stand for any country on the planet to enjoy its natural wealth or the fruits of its labor independent of Wall Street and the Pentagon. Venezuela has the largest proven oil reserves in the world and is rich in gold and other mineral wealth. Iraq war architect John Bolton said that regime change in Venezuela would be a tremendous opportunity to gain more profits for Wall Street. We believe him.

Since the Bolivarian Revolution in 1998, massive strides have been taken to uplift the working class, Afro-Venezuelans and Indigenous populations in Venezuela. The working poor have made tremendous gains because the government implemented policies and passed laws to fight racism, sexism, homophobia and economic inequality. Despite sanctions and sabotage, Venezuela has maintained a transparent and democratic system through many elections. Venezuela provides aid to struggling people worldwide through subsidized fuel and by leading the way with progressive labor laws. Their gains are part of the global struggle waged by workers and the oppressed against the wealthiest and most powerful capitalists on the planet.

Therefore, we demand:

  • The U.S. immediately cease all hostile actions against the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela — lift all sanctions, stop backing a coup, cease efforts to destroy the Venezuelan economy and respect the right of the Venezuelan people to self-determination.
  • All countries involved in the plunder of Venezuelan wealth immediately return what they have stolen to the democratically elected government of Venezuela and its people.
  • Wall Street must immediately pay reparations to the Venezuelan people for their suffering under genocidal sanctions and currency manipulation.

In the internationalist and liberatory spirit of Simón Bolívar, we pledge to mobilize and fight on the side of Venezuela’s right to sovereignty, understanding that the gains won under the Bolivarian Revolution are gains for all the world’s workers and oppressed.

Sign on to the statement and get involved to demand: U.S. hands off Venezuela!

Organize internationally coordinated No U.S. War on Venezuela actions on Saturday, February 23, the one-month anniversary of the attempted U.S. right-wing coup. Submit your action details here!

Organizations

(Partial list in formation)

International Action Center ◘ Alberto Lovera Bolivarian Circle New York ◘ Alliance for Global Justice ◘ ANTICONQUISTA ◘ BAYAN ◘ Black Alliance for Peace  ◘ December 12th Movement ◘ Fight for Im/migrants and Refugees Everywhere (FIRE) ◘ Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO) ◘ Haïti Liberté ◘ IFCO/Pastors for Peace ◘ International League of Peoples Struggle (ILPS) ◘ La Peña del Bronx ◘ Malcolm X Grassroots Movement ◘ Mobilization Against War and Occupation – MAWO (Canada) ◘ MOVE Organization ◘ People’s Organization for Progress (POP) ◘ Popular Resistance ◘ The ProLibertad Freedom Campaign ◘ Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network ◘ United National Antiwar Coalition (UNAC) ◘ USW Local 8751 Boston School Bus Drivers Union ◘ U.S. Peace Council ◘ Veterans For Peace

All-African People’s Revolutionary Party (GC) • American Party of Labor • ANSWER • Anti-Racist Action-L.A. • Anti-War Committee • Baltimore Peace Action • BOROTBA • Black Men’s Movement • Black Workers for Justice • Boston May Day Coalition • Brainerd Area Coalition for Peace (BACP) • Buffalo Democratic Socialists of America • Calgary Anti-Racist Action • Canadian Peace Council • Canadian Voice of Women for Peace • Casa de Las Américas NY • Central America Solidarity Coalition of Racine and Kenosha • Central Jersey Coalition Against Endless War • Charlotte Revolutionary Collective • Chicago ALBA Solidarity • Chicago Committee Against Militarism • Coalición Fortaleza Latina Pennsylvania • Coalition for Justice • Collettivo La Classe (Italy) • Comite “Todos somos Venezuela” – Greece • Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism • Communist Party of the DPR • Communiste Reconstruction Canada (Quebec) • Cuba and the Bolivarian Alliance Issues Committee of Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) • Dare to Dream • Ecumenical Peace Institute  • Fire This Time Movement for Social Justice – Venezuela Solidarity Campaign (Canada) • Freedom Socialist Party • Frente Antiimperialista Internacionalista (Madrid) • Fronte Popolare (Italy) • Galway Alliance Against War • Greater Boston Chapter of the Green-Rainbow Party of Massachusetts • Hilton Head for Peace • Houston Friends of Venezuela • International Committee for Peace, Justice and Dignity • International Association Against Torture • International Support Haiti Network • La Città Futura (Italian communist newspaper) • Labor Community Alliance of South Florida • Labor Fightback Network • Labor Today/Labor United for Class Struggle • Legacy of Equality, Leadership, and Organizing (LELO) • Malu Arts Project, Inc. • Maryland-Cuba Friendship Coalition • Millennials Are Killing Capitalism • Ministry of Peace (UK) • Minnesota Peace Action Coalition • Monterey Peace and Justice Center • Movement 4 Peoples’ Democracy • Movimiento Comunitario Alfa y Omega • National Jericho Movement • New Abolitionist Movement • New Jersey Peace Council • New York Boricua Resistance • New York-New Jersey July 26 Coalition • Nicaragua Center for Community Action • Nuevo Perú • No War Roma – Lista No NATO (Italy) • North American Climate, Conservation and Environment • NYC Shut It Down • Ohana Ho`opakele • Pakistan USA Freedom Forum • Palestine Prisoners Society • Party of Communists USA • Peace Action of San Mateo County • Peace Action of Staten Island • Peace and Neutrality Alliance • Peoples Power Assemblies NYC • Philly-Camden Boricua Committee • Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign • Popular Front (France) • Potere al Popolo (Italy) • Portland Central America Solidarity Committee (PCASC) • POWIR • Public Awareness Education Programs – Sciences and Humanities • Puerto Rican Independence Party • Punks for Progress • Racine Coalition for Peace and Justice • Red de intelectuales y Artistas en Defensa de la Humanidad • Refuge Ministries of Tampa Bay International • Revolutionary Communist Group (England) • Right 2 Survive • SI Solidarity Iran • Socialist Labour Party (UK) • Socialist Action • Socialist Party of Bangladesh • Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) • St. Paul Yoga Center • St. Pete for Peace • Swedish Professors & Doctors for Human Rights (SWEDHR)• Tempi Post Moderni (Italy)  • Tlaxcala Network • TLtC The Least of These Church – Justice & Peace Committee  • Union County (NJ) Peace Council • U.S. Friends of the Soviet People • U.S. Women and Cuba Collaboration • Unione Sindacale di Base (Italy) • Tufts Labor Coalition • United for Justice – Iran • URSAL – União das Republicas Socialistas da América Latina • Vancouver Communities in Solidarity with Cuba – VCSC (Canada) • Venezuela Ireland Network • Veterans For Peace – Chapter 71 • Veterans For Peace – Chapter 021 (Northern New Jersey) • Veterans For Peace – Chicago • Veterans For Peace – Humboldt Bay Chapter 56 • Victoria Friends of Cuba • Virginia Defenders for Freedom, Justice, & Equality • Women In Time Change History • Women Against Military Madness • Workers World Party • Yes for Cuba Solidarity New York • Youth Fighting US Empire • Young Socialists League (Kenya)

Partial List of Individual signers

• For a full list of more than 2000 names in alphabetical order see the signers page •

Susan Abulhawa, author

Pam Africa, International Concerned Family and Friends of Mumia Abu-Jamal

Alexey Albu, BOROTBA, Lugansk, Lugansk People’s Republic

Bahman Azad, U.S. Peace Council

Ajamu Baraka, National Organizer – Black Alliance for Peace

Fr. Luis Barrios, Holyrood Church/Iglesia Santa Cruz, NYC

Mike Bento, NYC Shut It Down

Max Blumenthal, journalist

Alison Bodine, Mobilization Against War and Occupation-MAWO (Canada)

William Camacaro, Alberto Lovera Bolivarian Circle New York

Joe Catron, Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network

Edward Childs, UNITE-HERE Local 26

George Ciccariello-Maher, The Hemispheric Institute

Dan Cohen, Journalist

Gerry Condon, President, Board of Directors, Veterans For Peace

Jodi Dean, Professor

Miguel Figueroa, Canadian Peace Congress, Toronto, ON, Canada

Taryn Fivek, International Action Center

Sara Flounders, International Action Center

Margaret Flowers, Coordinator of Popular Resistance

Ramiro Funez, ANTICONQUISTA, Los Angeles CA

George Galloway, British Politician; Stop the War Coalition (UK)

Teresa Gutierrez, Fight for Im/migrants and Refugees Everywhere (FIRE)

Lawrence Hamm, Chair of Peoples Organization for Progress (POP)

Chris Hedges, Writer

Rémy Herrera, Writer, Paris

Foad Izadi, Assistant professor, Department of American Studies, University of Tehran

Chuck Kaufman, Alliance for Global Justice

Rev. Tong-Kyun Kim, The Least of These Church (Progressive Korean Church)

Margaret Kimberley, Senior Editor – Black Agenda Report; Black Alliance for Peace

Stevan Kirschbaum, Vice President, United Steelworkers, Local 8751, Boston School Bus Union

Daniel Kovalik, Journalist  

Judith Cashin Lerma, RNC MSN CCM with National Nurses United/National Nurses Organizing Committee

Dakotah Lilly, Co-founder, Students and Youth for a New America

Joe Lombardo, United National Antiwar Coalition (UNAC)

Alfred L. Marder, President, US Peace Council; Vice President, World Peace Council

Cynthia McKinney, Former U.S. congressperson and Green Party presidential candidate

Monica Moorehead, Workers World Party 2016 presidential candidate

Ben Norton, Journalist

Gunar Olsen, Journalist

Miko Peled, Author

Minnie Bruce Pratt, UAW/National Writers Union Local 1981

Sami Ramadani, Stop the War Coalition (UK)

Cindy Sheehan, Executive Boardmember, March on the Pentagon

Akinyele Umoja, Co-founder, Malcolm X Grassroots Movement

Roger Waters, Musician

John Wight, Journalist

Kevin Zeese, Coordinator of Popular Resistance, Baltimore MD

February 23 Actions – see the full list online

Action List By City

Ann Arbor, MI

Hands off Venezuela!
Saturday, February 23 | 12 noon
Rally at the Federal Building | Liberty Street and Fifth Avenue
Organized by: Ann Arbor Coalition Against the War | Contact: 734-662-6036

Albany, NY

Hands off Venezuela!
Saturday, February 23 | Noon
Wolf Rd and Central Ave
Contact: 518-281-1968

Atlanta, GA

Monday, Feb. 18, 6-8pm, Special WRFG 89.3FM program :US Hands off Venezuela! Local and national anti-war and social justice activists provide facts and analysis exposing the 20 year campaign by the US to overturn the Bolivarian Revolution with its radical program to end poverty and empower the mass of people. Also streamed at wrfg.org and on mobile apps. Wednesday, Feb. 20, 4-5pm. Join Georgia Peace and Justice Coalition’s weekly vigil at Moreland and Ponce de Leon to oppose all US actions to bring about a coup against the elected president, Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela.. Friday, Feb. 22, noon-1pm, Colony Square Peace vigil at Peachtree and 15th St. No War on Venezuela! Saturday, Feb. 23, 1-3:30pm Stand with Venezuela’s Bolivarian Revolution! Town Hall Meeting, The Arts Exchange, 2148 Newnan St., East Point 30344. Videos, speakers, discussion. For more information, atlantawwp@gmail.com or atlantaiac@aol.com Saturday, Feb. 23, 5-7pm, Tune in to WRFG’s “Beyond Borders program for reports of No War on Venezuela actions around the US and the world. 89.3FM, wrfg.org

Austin, TX

Hands off Venezuela Rally
Saturday, February 23 | 12pm
Texas State Capitol
Organized by: Austin Anti-War Coalition

Baltimore, MD

No Coup, No Sanctions, No War on Venezuela
Saturday, February 23 | 4pm
33rd and N Charles Street
Sponsored by a host of groups and open to any and all who support our demands of no coup, no sanctions, no war on Venezuela.  Initial sponsors include: Baltimore Peace Action; Baltimore Non-Violence Center; Baltimore Solidarity with Venezuela; Communist Party of Maryland; Peoples Power Assembly; Struggle for Socialism/La Lucha por Socialismo; Ujima Peoples Progress Party; Youth Against War & Racism (partial list)

Bengaluru, India

No War on Venezuela!
Saturday, February 23 | Details TBA
Organized by: Socialist Unity Center of India (C)

Boston, MA

No War on Venezuela!
Saturday, February 23 | 1pm
Gather at MBTA Park Street Stop

Brainerd, MN

No War on Venezuela!
Saturday, February 16 | 1pm
Sixth and Washington Streets (near Sawmill Inn)
Organized by: Brainerd Area Coalition for Peace

Brunswick, ME

Solidarity Protest with Venezuela!
Saturday, February 23 | 11am
Town Green by the Gazebo

Buffalo, NY

No U.S. War on Venezuela – No Coup, No Intervention, No Sanctions
Saturday, February 23 | 1pm
Federal Building, Elmwood Ave and West Huron
Sponsored by Buffalo Anti-War | buffaloantiwar@gmail.com

Charlotte, NC

US & NATO: Hands Off Venezuela!
Saturday, February 23 | 2pm
Eastway Square | 3211 Eastway Dr.

Chennai, India

No War on Venezuela!
Saturday, February 23 | Details TBA
Organized by: Socialist Unity Center of India (C)

Chicago, IL

No War No Coup Against Venezuela
Friday, February 22 | 4:30pm
ABC News Studio | 190 N State
Sponsored by Evanston Neighbors for Peace, Chicago ALBA Solidarity, Chicago Area Peace Action, Chicago Committee Against War and Racism, Vets for Peace- Chicago, others

Cleveland, OH

Cleveland says: No War On Venezuela!
Saturday, February 23 | 12:30pm
2168 W 25th Street

Collingswood, NJ

No Sanctions! No Coup! No War! Hands off Venezuela!
Saturday, February 23 | 11am
RTE-130 @ Cooper River Park
Organized by: Green Party of Camden County NJ

Corvallis, OR

No War On Venezuela!
Saturday, February 23 | 5pm
Benton County Courthouse, 120 NW 4th Street
Organized by:  Corvallis Latin America Solidarity Committee and the Corvallis chapter of the Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism

Delhi, India

No War on Venezuela!
Saturday, February 23 | Details TBA
Organized by: Socialist Unity Center of India (C)

Dublin, Ireland

Venezuela Global Day of Action
Saturday, February 23 | 1pm
U.S. Embassy | Ballsbridge, Dublin 4
Organized by: Venezuela Ireland Network, Peace and Neutrality Alliance (PANA)

Dhaka, Bangladesh

USA Hands off Venezuela
Saturday, February 23 | Details TBA
Organized by: Socialist Party of Bangladesh

East Setauket, Long Island, NY

Hands off Venezuela!
Saturday, February 23 | 11am
Rt. 25A and Bennetts Rd., East Setauket, Long Island, NY 11733
Solidarity action to take place during the regular anti-war Saturday vigil organized by the North Country Peace Group at the corner of Rt. 25A & Bennetts Road, E. Setauket, NY (south side of street). Vigil will take place 11 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Bring signs. Please avoid parking in CVS lot and use other nearby parking on Rt. 25A and across the street on North Country Road.
Organized by: North Country Peace Group, contact: ncpeaceg@gmail.com

Fayetteville, NC

No War on Venezuela! March on Ft. Bragg
Saturday, February 23 | 2 – 5pm
Join anti-imperialist and progressive forces at Fort Bragg, the largest military base in the world, to demand Hands off Venezuela!

Geneva, Switzerland

Demonstration for Peace and Sovereignty
Saturday, February 23 | 3pm
Organized by: ALBA (Latin America Working Group Basel)

Glasgow, Scotland

No War on Venezuela! International Day of Action, Glasgow
Saturday, February 23 | 1pm
Glasgow Royal Concert Hall | Sauciehall Street Glasgow G2 3NY Scotland
Hosted by Revolutionary Communist Group – Glasgow, Fight Racism!Fight Imperialism!, Hands off Venezuela, and Glasgow Marxists

Hanover, NH

No war on Venezuela!
Saturday, February 23 | 2pm
Gather at busy corner by Dartmouth College Green

Hartford, CT

No War on Venezuela!
Saturday, February 23 | 12pm
Federal Building | Main St
Organized by: CT Peace and Solidarity Coalition

Houston, TX

No War on Venezuela!
Saturday, February 23 | 2pm
Mecom Fountain Traffic Circle (Main St and Montrose)

Hyderabad, India

No War on Venezuela!
Saturday, February 23 | Details TBA
Organized by: Socialist Unity Center of India (C)

Indianapolis, IN

No war on Venezuela!
Saturday, February 23 | 4pm
Indiana State Capitol | 200 W Washington St

Jersey City, NJ

No war on Venezuela!
Saturday, February 23 | 11am – 2pm
Manhattan Ave. & Central Ave. (across from the Stop&Shop supermarket)
Organizations currently sponsoring: NJ Action 21, Jersey City Peace Movement, Veterans For Peace

Kolkata, India

US Imperialism Hands Off Venezuela
Saturday, February 23 | Details TBA
Organized by: Socialist Unity Center of India (C)

Liverpool, England

Hands off Venezuela!
Saturday, February 23 | 12pm
Derby Square | Liverpool L2, 9 England
Co-hosted by Revolutionary Communist Group – Liverpool Fight Racism! Fight Imperialism!, Hands Off Venezuela, and Liverpool Marxist Society

London, England

No war on Venezuela – Stop Trump’s Gold and Oil Grab!
Saturday, February 23 | 1pm
Bank of England
Organized by: Venezuela Solidarity Campaign

Madison, WI

U.S. Hands off Venezuela Rally
Saturday, February 23 | 12pm
Wisconsin State Capitol Building | State Street side

Massapequa Park, NY

U.S. Hands off Venezuela! Reject US militarism and war!
Saturday, February 23 | 12pm
1003 Park Blvd | Massapequa Park

Miami, FL

Stop Trump’s War on Venezuela! International Day of Action
Saturday, February 23 | 2pm
U.S. Southern Command | 9301 NW 33rd St, Doral, FL 33172

Join the South Florida anti-war community as we demand: No U.S War on Venezuela! Stop the Coup! End the Sanctions! Self Determination for the Venezuelan people! In South Florida, we have a particular obligation to stand against US interference in Venezuela. Miami is home to US Southern Command in Doral, FL– the base for all US military operations in Latin America, particularly Venezuela at the moment. US SOUTHCOM is a nefarious entity whose track-record includes toppling governments throughout Central and South America and the Caribbean, propping up right-wing governments and dictators, arming death-squads throughout the hemisphere, and committing troops to countries within the region.

For more info, contact POWIR

Minneapolis, MN

U.S. Hands off Venezuela
No coup
No sanctions
No new U.S. war!

Saturday, February 23 | 1pm

1:00 pm – Gather at Hennepin & Lagoon Aves, Minneapolis

1:30 pm – Anti-war visibility at nearby busy corners.

2:00 pm Closing rally.

Initiated by Minnesota Peace Action Coalition
Contact: antiwarnews@gmail.com | 612 827-5364 or 612 275-2720 or find on Facebook

Monterey, CA

Saturday, February 23 | 4 – 6pm
Window on the Bay | Across from El Estero Park
Raise Awareness on the Situation in Venezuela and Join Veterans For Peace Chapter 46 on February 23
Contact: Justin Loza, VFP 46 President | justin.loza@vfp46.com

Montreal, Canada

Non à l’intervention Trump – Trudeau
Saturday, February 23 | 2pm
Carré Philipps | Montréal, Québec

Moscow, Russia

No War on Venezuela!
Details TBA

New Brunswick, NJ

Hands off Venezuela!
Tuesday, February 26 | 11:30a
Rutgers University | Brower Commons

New Haven, CT

No War on Venezuela!
Saturday, February 23 | Details TBA
On the Green
Organized by: CT Peace and Solidarity Coalition

New Orleans, LA

Hands off Venezuela Forum
Sunday, February 24 | 5pm
Cafe Istanbul NOLA | 2372 St. Claude Ave
Organized by: New Orleans Workers Group

New York, NY

March on Wall Street to Defend Venezuela!
Saturday, February 23 | 1pm
Gather at 40 Wall Street

Hands off Venezuela Special on WBAI
Sunday, February 24 | 12 – 4pm
Tune in: 99.5FM in NY, streaming at WBAI.org

Newark, NJ

No War on Venezuela!
Details TBA
For more info: 973-801-0001

Newcastle Upon Tyne, England

Hands off Venezuela! No Sanctions! No Coup!
Saturday, February 23 | 12pm
Grey’s Monument | Newcastle upon Tyne, England
Hosted by Revolutionary Communist Group – Fight Racism! Fight Imperialism! North East, Hands Off Venezuela, and Newcastle Marxist Society

Oakland, CA

No war on Venezuela!
Saturday, February 23 | 12pm
Oscar Grant Plaza | 14th and Broadway
Sponsored by: Spring Action Antiwar Coalition (Bay Area)

Ottawa, Canada

No war on Venezuela!
Saturday, February 23 | 12pm
Gather at the Prime Minister’s office for a march to the U.S. Embassy!

Philadelphia, PA

No war on Venezuela!
Saturday, February 23 | 11am
Additional Details TBA

Portland, OR

Saturday, February 23 | 3pm
Sunnyside Community Center | 3520 SE Yamhill St

Quito, Ecuador

No war on Venezuela!
Saturday, February 23 | Details TBA

Racine, WI

No war on Venezuela – Presentation on the history of US intervention in Latin America, and on Venezuela from 1998 to the present
Saturday, February 23 | 11am
John Bryant Community Center | 601 Racine St

No War on Venezuela!
Saturday, March 16 | 11am – 1pm
Monument Square

Both events organized by: Central America Solidarity Coalition of Racine & Kenosha, of the Racine Coalition for Peace and Justice

Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

No War on Venezuela!
Saturday, February 23 | 2pm
City Hall, Peace Fountain

Richmond, CA

No War on Venezuela! Banner Display over I-80 freeway in Richmond, CA.
Saturday, February 23 | 10am
Gather at San Luis St. and Sacramento Ave., Richmond, CA 94804
Wear red!
Organized by Hands off Venezuela Richmond, CA

Richmond, VA

No to War, NATO & Racism! U.S. Hands off Venezuela!
Friday, February 22 | 6:30pm
First Unitarian Universalist Church – 1000 Blanton Ave, Richmond, VA 23221

On April 4, leaders of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization plan to gather in Washington, D.C., to celebrate NATO’s 70th anniversary. April 4 is the 51st anniversary of the assassination of the Prophet of Peace, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. In response, scores of peace and social justice organizations are planning a week of protest activities around the theme of “No to War, No to NATO, No to Racism!” including a mass march and rally on March 30 which the Virginia Defenders are helping to coordinate.

Meanwhile, Washington is orchestrating a coup against the pro-people government of Venezuela and is openly talking about how U.S. oil companies will benefit from overthrowing President Maduro and his socialist government.

While we fight for justice here at home, we need to also raise our voices about what both the Republicans and the Democrats are doing in our name in other countries. Please come out for a presentation about what NATO is, what it does, how it relates to the developing crises in Venezuela and Ukraine and how all this affects us here at home. Come with your interest, your questions and your desire for peace and justice, at home and abroad.

Rome, Italy

Saturday, February 23 | Details TBA
Organized by: Fronte Popolare, La Città Futura,  Collettivo Militant, Casa del Popolo Giuseppe Tanas (Roma), Patria Socialista, PCI, Italia-Venezuela Bolivariana

Santa Clara, CA

Hands Off Venezuela! No Coup In Venezuela! Venezuelan Oil For Venezuela! US Out of Venezuela! Maduro Democratically Elected!
Saturday, February 23 | 12:30pm
Gather at The Peace Corner | Stevens Creek Blvd and Winchester Blvd

Santa Monica, CA

Hands off Venezuela
Saturday, February 23 | 3pm
Santa Monica Pier | Meet at Colorado and Ocean Ave

Sydney, Australia

No US Coup/War in Venezuela! Lift the Sanctions Now!
Saturday, February 23 | 1pm
U.S. Consulate General Sydney | Martin Place (outside MLC Bldg), Sydney Centre
Organized by: Australia Venezuela Solidarity Network

Toronto, Canada

No to U.S.-Led Intervention: A Community Forum
Wednesday, February 20 | 6:30pm
University of Toronto | 252 Bloor Street West
An Emergency Community Forum: Join us for a public forum with representatives from the Caribbean, African and Latin American community organizations, discussing the deeply inconsistent, hypocritical and dangerous ways the Canadian government has historically approached matters of humanitarian intervention – and why this matters today when it comes to Venezuela.

Sponsoring groups: Global Afrikan Congress, Group for Research & Initiative for the Liberation of Africa (GRILA), Common Frontiers, Caribbean Solidarity Network, Students Against Israeli Apartheid, Latin American and Caribbean Solidarity Network – LACSN, Hugo Chavez Front, Justice 4 Migrant Workers, Jamhoor, Venezuela Solidarity Committee

No War On Venezuela! Hands Off Venezuela!
Saturday, February 23 | 11am
Rally Outside CBC Office – 250 Front Street West | March to Bay Street/ Financial District

The participants and endorsing organizations of the February 23rd “No War On Venezuela” rally in Toronto demand that the federal government immediately recognize the democratically elected president of Venezuela, lift the sanctions, and stop laying the groundwork for military intervention. CBC: stop the lies! Bay street: not your gold, not your oil, hands off Venezuelan soil!

Respect Venezuelan sovereignty and self-determination! Hands off Venezuela!

Tucson, AZ

Saturday, February 23 | 10a – 2pm
Armory Park
Organized by: Tucson Anti-War Committee

Turin, Italy

Saturday, February 23 | Details TBA
Organized by: Fronte Popolare, Rete dei Comunisti and Potere al Popolo

Valleta, Malta

Saturday, February 23 | 4pm
28 Strait Street
Organized by: ALBA MNAC and PKM

Vancouver, BC, Canada

No War on Venezuela! – International Day of ActionVancouver, Canada Rally & Petition Campaign No Coup in Venezuela!U.S./Canada Hands Off Venezuela!No more U.S./Canada Sanctions & Threats! Saturday February 23 | 2pmVancouver Art GalleryRobson St. at Howe St.Downtown Vancouver Organized by: Fire This Time Movement for Social Justice (FTT) – Venezuela Solidarity CampaignEndorsed by: Mobilization Against War and Occupation (MAWO), Vancouver Communities in Solidarity with Cuba (VCSC), Iranian Community Against War 

Washington, DC

National March on Washington: Hands off Venezuela!
Saturday, March 16 | 12pm
Gather at Lafayette Park

Mass National Mobilization to Oppose NATO, War & Racism and Oppose US War on Venezuela at 2019 NATO Summit in Washington DC
Saturday, March 30 | 1pm
Lafayette Park (across from the White House)
Additional actions will take place at the opening of the NATO meeting on April 4.