By World BEYOND War, January 3, 2026
The U.S. government is now attacking the capital of Venezuela. If the murderous sanctions were not enough to mobilize the people of the United States and the world to put a halt to this, if the various coup attemps were not enough, if the ongoing brutal murder of over 100 boaters didn’t do it, if the no-fly-zone and naval blockade and pirating of oil tankers didn’t hit the threshold, can this do it? Can we mobilize a massive nonviolent movement against this war now? Can we bring pressure to bear on the pretense of a government on Capitol Hill in Washington DC, where the Senate has twice and the House once voted down resolutions to put a halt to the criminal action of the U.S. military? Can we shame so-called legislators who were told by the White House that there would be no war and that there was therefore no need to oppose one, and who pretended to believe that?
No War on Venezuela
World BEYOND War has chapters all over the world, including in Venezuela.
The United Nations Charter makes it a crime to threaten war and a crime to wage war except in defense or by UN authorization, neither of which is the case here, and neither of which has even been alleged here.
The alleged shortcomings of a government provide no legal basis for a foreign government to attempt to overthrow it.
The illegal drug trade, even where real, provides no legal basis for waging war or committing murder.
U.S. President Donald Trump’s claims about the illegal drug trade regarding both Venezuela and over 100 people thus far killed in boats with U.S. missiles from drones are without evidence and widely considered not even plausible.
Seizing a nation’s oil provides no legal basis for waging war or committing murder.
Sanctions illegally imposed on Venezuela by the United States, resulting in tens of thousands of deaths, have now been exacerbated by acts of war including the declaration of a no-fly zone and of a naval blockade.
Even United States Army Judge Advocates General have denounced Trump’s actions as “patently illegal”.
Sixty-three percent of people in the United States, a purportedly representative democracy, in a recent poll oppose military action in Venezuela.
Wars normalize killing, degrade our culture, proliferate weaponry, fuel arms races, devastate the natural environment, cost a financial fortune desperately needed for human and environmental crises, shred the rule of law, spread bigotry and xenophobia, and increase terrorism.
We must reject Trump’s recent announcement of support for an imperialistic corollary of the Monroe Doctrine.
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Sign the Petition
Read, sign, and share the petition: VENEZUELA: No War, No Overthrow, No Coup, No Sanctions / Ni guerra, ni derrocamiento, ni golpe, ni sanciones.
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Here is a photo of a billboard that we put up in subway stations in Washington, D.C., three years ago. The advertising company allows ads for fighter jets, but never for opposing wars. We got approval of the message “Peace on Earth.” We’ve now asked them to put up a modified version, adding the words “Including in Venezuela.” We are currently waiting for approval or censorship. Learn more and help fund billboards.
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One Response
Stop the stupidity. Stop the insanity!! Impeach and convict. Get him out and put him where he belongs.