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The following passage is from an article I wrote for the Independent back in 2012. According to the International Trade Union Confederation’s 2012 annual survey, “anti-union discrimination, violations
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Perspectives on the US Intervention in Venezuela
Here we document some takes on the January 2026 US intervention in Venezuela, from a range of perspectives and in a number of languages. (More highly recommended texts are marked with two asterisks.**)
Documentation ≠ endorsement!
11 January
“Beyond Maduro and Trump: Venezuela From Below” (EN), by The Right Podcast
9 January
“Venezuela: From Anti-Imperialism to Pluralized Dominance” (EN), by The Right Podcast**
8 January
“Political amnesia on Venezuela: Re-writing the Bolivarian revolution” (EN), by James Bloodworth**
7 January
“In a time of helicopters” (EN), by Ben Gidley
“Venezuela is a country that everybody wants to use as a rhetorical tool in the United States but not a country that a lot of people are interested in actually knowing”: A Conversation About Venezuela with Juan Luis Rodríguez and Germania Rodriguez Poleo (EN), by Michael Deibert
“Lecciones incómodas de la intervención norteamericana en Venezuela” (ES), by Alina Bárbara López Hernández, Cuba
“Against U.S. imperial war on Venezuela! An interview with Marea Socialista’s Gonzalo Gómez” (EN) / “¡Contra la guerra imperialista de Estados Unidos contra Venezuela! Una entrevista a Gonzalo Gómez de Marea Socialista” (ES), by Anderson Bean, Tempest
6 January
“Venezuela’s civil-military alliance is being stretched — if it breaks, numerous armed groups may be drawn into messy split” (EN), by Rebecca Hanson and Verónica Zubillaga, The Conversation
“Venezuela: la hora de la perplejidad” (ES) / “Venezuela: the hour of perplexity” (EN), by Omar Vázquez Heredia, Nueva Sociedad**
“El cambio de régimen perfecto: ¿Del autoritarismo al neocolonialismo?” (ES), by Andrés Izarra, Nueva Sociedad**
“An initial assessment of the US attack on Venezuela” (EN), by Roberto López Sánchez, Venezuelan Voices**
“Donald Trump and the new world: reassessing the ‘end of History’” (EN), by Philippe Marlière, French Pastoral**
“‘A World Governed by Force’: The Attack on Venezuela and the Conflicts to Come” (EN) / “«Un mundo gobernado por la fuerza»: El ataque a Venezuela y los conflictos que se avecinan” (ES) / “«Um mundo governado pela força»: O ataque à Venezuela e os conflitos que virão” (PT), by CrimethInc
“Xenofobia marxista. La izquierda de espaldas a la clase obrera venezolana” (ES), by de La Caja: Herramientas para el debate, Argentina
5 January
“Il Venezuela e i limiti dell’impero cinese” (IT) / “Venezuela and the Limits of the Chinese Empire” (EN), by Andrea Ferrario**
“Quelle est la guerre qui vient ? Éditorial du 05 janvier 2026 soirée” (FR), by Arguments Pour La Lutte Sociale**
“After Venezuela, What Now for Taiwan?” (EN), by Brian Hioe, New Bloom**
“Venezuela, agresión imperial colonialista” (ES), by Rolando Astarita**
“Declaración Publica” (ES), by Solidaridad Obrera-AIT, Espana
4 January
“From Caracas to Kyiv to Gaza: total rejection of imperialist aggression!” (EN), by: Fightback (Australia/New Zealand)**
“Venezuela – Ordinary Imperialism” (EN), by Denys Pilash**
“Trump au Venezuela : quelques faits, premières leçons” (FR), by Arguments Pour La Lutte Sociale**
“Order Reigns in Venezuela: Regime capture, not regime change” (EN), by Red Mole, UK**
“Venezuela: Don’t Be Useful Idiots for the (Left-Wing) Oligarchies” (EN) / “Venezuela: No ser tontos útiles de las oligarquías (de izquierda)” (ES), by Rafael Uzcátegui, Venezuela
“Notas sobre a Invasão da Venezuela pelos Estados Unidos” (PT) / “Notas Sobre La Invasión De Venezuela Por Parte De Los Estados Unidos” (ES) / “Notes from Brazil on the invasion of Venezuela by the United States” (ES), by Crítica Desapiedada, Brazil
“El castillo de naipes del progresismo: La caída de Maduro y la impotencia del pequeño capital” (ES), by de La Caja: Herramientas para el debate, Argentina
“We categorically reject the United States’ aggression against Venezuela. Trump out of Venezuela and Latin America!” (EN), by Partido Socialismo y Libertad (Venezuelan section of the IVth International)
“From Venezuela to Everywhere: The Logic of Rebuilding Empire” (EN) / “Du Venezuela au monde entier : la logique de la reconstruction de l’empire” (FR), by Siyavash Shahabi, The Fire Next Time
“Trump Abducts Maduro in Violent Attack, Says U.S. Will Run Venezuela and its Oil” (EN), by Dan La Botz, International Viewpoint
“En Solidaridad con el Pueblo Venezolano” (ES), by the Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional (EZLN), Mexico
“Možemo osuđuje vojnu intervenciju SAD-a u Venezueli” (HR), by Možemo! – politička platforma (Croatian green/left party)
3 January
“Що не так з агресією США проти Венесуели?” (UK) / “Anche dall’Ucraina, no all’aggressione al Venezuela” (IT) / “Pourquoi condamner l’agression des États-Unis contre le Venezuela ?” (FR), by Соціальний рух (Social Movement), Ukraine**
“US out of Venezuela” (EN), Workers Liberty, UK
“US attacks Venezuela: ESSF correspondents’ reactions” (Gilbert Achcar, Daniel Tanuro, Andreu Movchan, Oleksandr Kyslov, EN), via Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières
“Guerra civil global y el nuevo reparto del mundo: A propósito de Venezuela y Estados Unidos” (ES) / “Globaler Bürgerkrieg und die neue Aufteilung der Welt: Über Venezuela und die Vereinigten Staaten” (DE) by Colapso y Desvío, Chile
“Rządy Nicolasa Maduro są nie do obrony, a wysoką cenę za nie zapłacili sami Wenezuelczycy. Nie daje to jednak Stanom Zjednoczonym prawa do jednostronnej napaści” (PL) [“Nicolas Maduro’s rule is indefensible, and Venezuelans have paid a heavy price for it. However, this does not give the United States the right to unilaterally attack”] / “L’attaque illégale des États-Unis contre le Venezuela est une nouvelle désastreuse pour le monde, la Pologne et l’Ukraine en guerre” (FR), by Razem, Poland
2 January
“We condemn the imperialist bombings against Venezuelan territory! International mobilisation for the Venezuelan people!” (EN) / “Nous condamnons les bombardements impérialistes contre le territoire vénézuélien !” (FR), International Trade Union Network of Solidarity and Struggle
31 December
“I read somewhere here that anti-authoritarian leftists are ‘regime-change’ leftists” (EN), by Mohammed Elnaiem
29 December
“Denunciamos la Ofensiva Imperial Contra Venezuela” (ES) / “International Statement: We Denounce the Imperial Offensive on Venezuela” (EN) / “Internationale Erklärung: Wir verurteilen die imperiale Offensive gegen Venezuela” (DE), by CALA (Coordinación Anarquista Latinoamerica) and Black Rose Anarchist Federation
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Older analysis:
“Venezuela : Entre offensive impérialiste de Trump et répression de Maduro” (FR) / “Between Trump’s imperialist offensive and Maduro’s repression” (EN), by L’Anticapitaliste, 21 November 2025
“Venezuela: between crisis and invasion” (EN), by Mau Baiocco, Revolutionary Socialism 21, 7 November 2025
“What if It Was Your Country? Those criticizing the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to Venezuela’s María Corina Machado might take a moment to meditate on what the nation has lived through over the last 20 years” (EN), by Michael Deibert, 14 October 2025
“Venezuela’s authoritarian turn and the repression of its Left: An interview with Edgardo Lander” (EN), by Anderson Bean and Edgardo Lander, Tempest, 11 September 2025
“Venezuela en el laberinto autoritario: Entrevista a Yoletty Bracho y Manuel Sutherland” [ES], Nueva Sociedad 317, Mayo – Junio 2025
“Autonomía feminista a contrapelo en Venezuela” (ES) / “Between Discourse and Reality: 8M in Venezuela” (EN), by Colectiva Mujeres, Cuerpos y Territorios, 3 April 2025**
“Clés pour comprendre ce qui se passe au Venezuela” (FR) / “Schlüssel zum Verständnis der Geschehnisse in Venezuela, von Corriente Comunes” (DE), by Corriente Comunes, 14 Jan 2025**
Déclaration du Collectif de Solidarité internationale avec le peuple du Venezuela du 10 janvier 2025 (FR)
“El Pueblo: Understanding the history behind the contested presidential election in Venezuela” (EN), by Thomas Purcell, 1 August 2024**
Previous dossiers
Debating Venezuela, from Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal, August 2024-July 2025
Perspectives on the Iran-Israel War – 24 June 2025
Alina Bárbara López Hernández, Anderson Bean, Andrea Ferrario, Andrés Izarra, Andreu Movchan, Arguments Pour La Lutte Sociale, Black Rose/Rosa Negra Anarchist Federation, Brian Hioe, Colapso y Desvío, Coordinación Anarquista Latinoamerica, CrimethInc., Crítica Desapiedada, Dan La Botz, Daniel Tanuro, de La Caja, Denys Pilash, Edgardo Lander, Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional, Fightback, Gilbert Achcar, International Trade Union Network of Solidarity and Struggle, James Bloodworth, Latin America, Mau Baiocco, Michael Deibert, Mohammed Elnaiem, Možemo!, Oleksandr Kyslov, Omar Vázquez Heredia, Philippe Marlière, Rafael Uzcátegui, Razem, Rebecca Hanson, Red Mole, Roberto López Sánchez, Rolando Astarita, Siyavash Shahabi, Social Movement, The January 2026 US Intervention in Venezuela, The Right Podcast, Venezuela, Verónica Zubillaga, Workers Liberty, Yoletty Bracho Manuel Sutherland, Соціальний рух
Alina Bárbara López Hernández, Anderson Bean, Andrea Ferrario, Andrés Izarra, Andreu Movchan, Arguments Pour La Lutte Sociale, Black Rose/Rosa Negra Anarchist Federation, Brian Hioe, Colapso y Desvío, Coordinación Anarquista Latinoamerica, CrimethInc., Crítica Desapiedada, Dan La Botz, Daniel Tanuro, de La Caja, Denys Pilash, Edgardo Lander, Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional, Fightback, Gilbert Achcar, International Trade Union Network of Solidarity and Struggle, James Bloodworth, Latin America, Mau Baiocco, Michael Deibert, Mohammed Elnaiem, Možemo!, Oleksandr Kyslov, Omar Vázquez Heredia, Philippe Marlière, Rafael Uzcátegui, Razem, Rebecca Hanson, Red Mole, Roberto López Sánchez, Rolando Astarita, Siyavash Shahabi, Social Movement, The January 2026 US Intervention in Venezuela, The Right Podcast, Venezuela, Verónica Zubillaga, Workers Liberty, Yoletty Bracho Manuel Sutherland, Соціальний рух
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