Veterans For Peace Says:
NO WAR ON VENEZUELA!
Veterans For Peace
(November 1, 2025) — Veterans For Peace is appalled by the U.S. military’s extrajudicial killing of fishermen from Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, and Trinidad and Tobago—whom the Trump administration labeled as drug traffickers without evidence, due process, or accountability to Congress.
We condemn President Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio for their open threats to attack and overthrow Venezuela’s lawfully elected, sovereign government. We call for the immediate withdrawal of U.S. warships, fighter jets, and thousands of troops now menacing the coast of Venezuela. Reports of a massive naval buildup—including aircraft carriers, destroyers, and cruise missiles—raise serious concerns that the administration is preparing for yet another war of aggression in Latin America.
As veterans of U.S. wars in Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan—wars based on lies that killed millions—we see through the familiar justifications for this latest escalation. Just as the “weapons of mass destruction” narrative led to the invasion of Iraq, today’s “narco-terrorist” accusations ring hollow. The Drug Enforcement Administration itself has confirmed that few illicit drugs come from Venezuela, while fentanyl enters primarily from Mexico. Colombia remains a major source of cocaine, yet its current president, Gustavo Petro, has taken serious steps to curb production and trafficking.
What Venezuela does possess are the world’s largest known reserves of oil and gas. Its government has pledged to use those resources to lift its people out of poverty. For over twenty years, the U.S. has waged a covert campaign to destabilize Venezuela through attempted coups and devastating economic sanctions that have killed more than 100,000 people.
Now Washington appears to be returning to old-fashioned gunboat imperialism—while simultaneously funding genocide in Palestine, prolonging the war in Ukraine, and deploying militarized forces in U.S. cities.
Veterans For Peace stands firmly against war, genocide, and creeping fascism. We support all service members who refuse to participate in illegal wars at home or abroad. We join together with our allies in the peace movement for a Week of Coordinated Protests, November 15–23. We will continue to organize until the U.S. government ends its war on Venezuela and stops intervening in the internal affairs of other nations.
NO WAR ON VENEZUELA! No Troops in Our Streets! No More Genocide in Our Name!
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The war on Iraq became such a badge of shame in Washington, that even Donald Trump pretended to have opposed it. The current build-up to a war on Venezuela may be more dangerous because the public opposition is dramatically weaker.
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We would do better in these moments if we had a better understanding of recent, and not so recent, history. The book clubs below can help!
| Rarely does one join a Zoom call with one of the most powerful, respected, and award-winning authors of the day who can speak to exactly how we got into the mess we are in.
But that is what is happening on November 5th when Greg Grandin joins our monthly book club to discuss America América. This is a history of a hemisphere, and it is a history very different from what might be thought by those who have not read this amazing book. The monthly book club is always on the first Wednesday of the month, and future ones are posted far ahead to give you time to acquire and read the books. |
Here’s what’s coming at 8 p.m. ET on the first Wednesday of the month:
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