News and Views from the People's Struggle
St. Paul, MN – On Tuesday, January 13, about 20 protesters attended the Saint Paul Board of Water Commissioners meeting to demand that the city cut its contract with Waterfall Security Solutions, an Israeli cybersecurity company with direct ties to the IDF.
Dallas, TX – DFW Anti-War Committee hosted a January 11 watch party for the Anti War Action Network’s report back webinar “No to Trump’s War on Venezuela!” The webinar featured anti-war organizers who recently traveled to Caracas, Venezuela for a peace conference to build international solidarity and stand up to U.S. imperialism. A banner calling for “No war on Venezuela” was also painted during the watch party.
Detroit, MI – President Trump visited Detroit January 13, to promote the auto industry. His trip included a tour of the Ford factory in Dearborn and a visit to the Motor City Casino, where he was set to give a speech at the Detroit Economic Club.
Once the details of Trump’s visit were made public, the DROP Trump Coalition organized an emergency protest to say no to Trump and his racist agenda. Over 300 people rallied on the corner of Trumbull and Temple to show that his presence wasn’t welcome in Detroit.
The U.S. is sending signals that military action against Iran is imminent. Troops have been partially evacuated from Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar, indicating preparations for an escalation. Iran has been clear that it will respond to attacks in kind. This is the latest bad chapter in a campaign of assassinations, sanctions, threats and aggression spanning decades—all aimed at crushing Iran’s sovereignty and pulling apart its role in the resistance to U.S. empire in the region.
Orlando, FL — More than 20 protesters rallied at the George C. Young Federal Courthouse on January 9 to condemn the violent U.S. military actions against Venezuela that caused 100 civilian casualties, as well as the kidnapping of President Nicolás Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores.
On January 11, the Anti-War Action Network (AWAN) held a nationwide webinar featuring a report back from a panel of six AWAN activists who had visited Caracas, Venezuela in December 2025 for the People’s Assembly for Peace and Sovereignty of Our Americas.
Milwaukee, WI – On Sunday, January 11, an audience of around 20 people gathered at Zao MKE Church to watch a webinar featuring five anti-war activists who visited Venezuela in the last month, hosted by the Anti-War Action Network (AWAN).
By Layna Crandell and Peter Kellner
Minneapolis, MN – On January 11, over 50 people rallied to demand an end to state terror from Minneapolis to Palestine.
Attendees waved Palestine and Venezuelan flags in the busy intersection of Hennepin Avenue and Oak Grove on the corner of Loring Park and displayed a banner on the pedestrian bridge over I-94 reading “Free Palestine: End ethnic cleansing.”
Atlanta, GA – Dozens of community members, activists, and trade unionists rallied January 11 outside the Georgia State Capitol to demand no U.S. war on Venezuela and that President Nicolás Maduro be freed immediately.
The rally was called by the Freedom Road Socialist Organization, Atlanta Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression and Diaspora Pa’lante Collective.
Salt Lake City, UT – On January 11, Utah community members and activists gathered to write letters of support and encouragement to Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. Kidnapped by U.S. forces on January 3, the Venezuelan leader and First Lady Cilia Flores are currently held in a New York federal jail as political prisoners. The event also served as a planning and educational meeting for future organizing in Salt Lake City against war and Trump’s agenda.
Fight Back News Service is circulating the following January 12 statement from the Dallas-Fort Worth Anti-War Committee.
Pete Hegseth is not welcome in Dallas-Fort Worth!
Today, Pete Hegseth, the so-called Secretary of War, came to Fort Worth because DFW produces the weapons of war and genocide. From the Lockheed Martin F-35 factory in Fort Worth that Hegseth visited today to the Repkon bomb factory in Garland, our metroplex’s taxes, resources, and labor are being used for imperialist bloodshed.
Dallas, TX – Dallas activists gathered on a chilly night in downtown Dallas, January 10, to demand freedom for Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife and condemn the war launched by the U.S.
Groups set up tables to share literature, resources and to connect individuals with organizations. At the demonstration’s peak, around 200 people came out to make noise and demand no war on Venezuela.
Milwaukee, WI – On Saturday, January 3, around 50 Milwaukeeans gathered at Red Arrow Park, otherwise known as Dontre Hamilton Park, as part of an emergency rally in response to the illegal kidnapping of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores by U.S. forces. They brought Venezuelan flags and signs with messages such as “Free Maduro” and “Hands off Venezuela.”
La Organización Socialista Camino de Libertad condena el ataque militar estadounidense desvergonzado e ilegal contra Venezuela y el secuestro del Presidente Maduro. Esto es un acto de guerra bajo el ridículo pretexto de “luchar contra el narcotráfico.” Una mirada a los “amigos de los EE.UU.” en la región, y sus actividades, demuestra que esto no tiene nada que ver con las drogas. Se trata del petróleo. Y se trata de someter al gobierno de Maduro y al pueblo de Venezuela para satisfacer la avaricia insaciable de Trump y su pandilla de patrocinadores de Wall Street.
En la madrugada del 3 de enero de 2026, explosiones iluminaron los cielos sobre Caracas al menos siete veces. Las fuerzas estadounidenses lanzaron un ataque coordinado contra sitios civiles y militares en toda Venezuela, incluyendo Miranda, Aragua, y La Guairá. El presidente Nicolás Maduro y la primera dama Cilia Flores fueron secuestrados por las fuerzas militares estadounidenses. La vicepresidenta Delcy Rodríguez ha exigido prueba de vida. Trump rápidamente se atribuyó el crédito en las redes sociales, enorgulleciéndose de la captura y del “ataque exitoso.” Es pura criminalidad vestida de militar.
Capturar al presidente de otro país es escandaloso. Es el mismo plan que utilizaron con el fallido golpe de Estado de 2002 contra el presidente Hugo Chávez. Pero no se equivoquen: la Revolución Bolivariana no va a caer con este ataque. El eje central no es una sola persona. Hay un movimiento entero con raíces profundas en las comunidades y entre los trabajadores, capas sólidas de liderazgo e instituciones bien construidas. La vicepresidenta Delcy Rodríguez y las otras figuras claves en la cadena de mando constitucional se mantienen listos, codo con codo junto a un PSUV unido (Partido Socialista Unido de Venezuela) y millones de venezolanos conscientes y organizados. La lucha continúa, y movilizaciones masivas en el momento son vitales para mantener a la oposición respaldada por Estados Unidos escondida en sus madrigueras. Las movilizaciones aquí en casa contra la agenda de Trump y la guerra de EE.UU. ahora también deben aparecer en gran número.
Durante más de 25 años, el imperialismo estadounidense ha mantenido una campaña implacable de sanciones económicas y sabotajes, mentiras difamatorias en los medios y ahora actos abiertos de guerra. Cada táctica ha fracasado hasta ahora porque la Revolución Bolivariana está arraigada en la voluntad del pueblo venezolano, y el pueblo se niega a arrodillarse.
El gobierno venezolano ha declarado que esto es una agresión militar ilegal, como las que llevaron a cabo Gran Bretaña, los Países Bajos y otras potencias hace 100 años. Evocó al presidente Cipriano Castro, quien en 1902 declaró: “La planta insolente del extranjero ha profanado el suelo sagrado de la patria.” Y, con el espíritu de Bolívar, también hace un llamamiento acertado: “¡Pueblo a la calle!”
¡Pueblo a la calle!
Repetimos ese llamamiento aquí en Estados Unidos, el pueblo debe levantarse y manifestarse para exigir el cese inmediato de todas las operaciones militares estadounidenses en Venezuela. Rechazamos las mentiras de Trump, rechazamos el cambio de régimen y rechazamos la guerra por el petróleo.
El gran revolucionario Hugo Chávez nos enseñó: “Ante cualquier circunstancia o nueva dificultad, del tamaño que fueren, la respuesta de todos y todas los patriotas…es unidad, lucha, batalla y victoria.”
Esta es la batalla por el futuro de Venezuela, y la batalla por el nuestro. ¿Le pertenece el mundo al pueblo o al imperio estadounidense, que saquea, expolia y cruza cada línea roja? La respuesta no se encuentra en las salas de juntas de Wall Street ni en la Casa Blanca en Washington D.C., está en las calles de Caracas, Chicago y en todos los lugares donde la gente dice: ¡NO A LAS GUERRAS DE ESTADOS UNIDOS!
¡No a la guerra de EE.UU. contra Venezuela!
¡Liberen al presidente Maduro!
¡Victoria a la Revolución Bolivariana!
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Jacksonville, FL – On Saturday, January 3 nearly 100 Jacksonville residents rallied to condemn U.S. military strikes on Venezuela, and demand the immediate release of the kidnapped President Nicolás Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores. Protesters rallied outside of .U.S Senator Rick Scott’s office, who in October of 2025, alluded to the illegal kidnapping of the President Maduro and his wife, stating, “something is going to happen.”
Tucson, AZ – Tucson joined nearly 100 cities across North America in mobilizing against the illegal bombing of Venezuela and kidnapping of President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores. Around 200 people rallied at the entrance of the Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, constituting the largest protest in solidarity with Venezuela in Tucson’s history.
Billings, MT – On January 8, around 20 people rallied together to demand an end to the U.S. war on Venezuela and the immediate release of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores.
Oakland, CA – On Sunday, January 4, 60 protesters rallied in Fruitvale Plaza in response to U.S. military strikes in Caracas, Venezuela, and the kidnapping of President Nicolás Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores.
The Freedom Road Socialist Organization, the Oakland Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression, and the Community Service Organization called the action.
Esperanza, with Community Service Organization Oakland, highlighted the termination of Temporary Protected Status for Venezuelan migrants by the Trump administration last year, saying, “The U.S. government cannot claim liberation abroad while caging, persecuting and disappearing immigrants at home. If this administration truly cared about Venezuelans, it wouldn't have terminated TPS in October, leaving thousands of Venezuelans, one of our impacted communities here in the U.S., leaving them vulnerable for mass deportation to meet Trump’s deportation agenda. The U.S. intervention abroad creates displacement and meets those forced to migrate with criminalization, detention and violence.”
Washington, DC – On Tuesday, January 6, a group of over 200 people rallied outside of the Kennedy Center, in D.C. to demand an end to U.S. intervention in Venezuela. Protesters took the streets outside of the Watergate Hotel to march to the Center.
West Palm Beach, FL — On Sunday, January 4, a determined crowd of 40 activists rallied and marched on Mar‑a‑Lago to send a clear message – the people of the U.S. refuse to stand by while the government wages economic warfare, sanctions and military escalation against Venezuela.