Oppose Trump’s disruption and coup against Venezuela’s democracy.

May 11, 2019 GlenAnderson Democracy, Electoral Reforms, Voting Rights (Also see Political Parties and Elections), International Affairs (Click to see specific nations and regions), Latin America, Media (News and Other), Oil (Also see Environment and Climate), Our Current Political Crisis (in addition to Trump and Trumpism), Peace (See Foreign Policy and specific nations and regions -- and ALSO see Military Spending and Nuclear Weapons), Trump and Trumpism (Also see Our Current Political Crisis) 0

In early May 2019 Trump is still pushing for a coup against Venezuela’s democracy.

He and his top foreign policy appointees have explicitly said they want the oil of this oil-rich nation.

 

On May 6, 2019, World Beyond War (www.worldbeyondwar.org) sent this information:

The United States is openly violating the U.N. Charter by threatening war on Venezuela. Read the latest report from activists who are protecting the Venezuelan Embassy in Washington. If you’re in the U.S. email Congress.

I urge people to watch this very short video (only 1 minute, 14 seconds) from World Beyond War, calling upon people to work to abolish war:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RozTuLkqvps&feature=youtu.be&link_id=1&can_id=1d662460c0abb8939c5044c82927552b&source=email-wbw-news-action-uniting-against-war&email_referrer=email_541879&email_subject=wbw-news-action-uniting-against-war

I encourage people to sign up to receive their occasional e-mails.

 

Another great peace organization, Peace Action (www.peaceaction.org) sent information on May 2, 2019, including a petition to Congress organized by a good number of organizations.

Sign the petition at this link:  https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/sign-the-petition-no-military-force-in-venezuela?source=2019NoMilitaryVenezuela_PA&referrer=group-peace-action-2

Peace Action’s May 2, 2019, e-mail included information, which I’m summarizing here, along with my own information and comments.  For more information, look in my blog’s “Latin America” category:  http://parallaxperspectives.org/category/international-affairs-see-foreign-policy-and-specific-nations-and-regions/latin-america

In late April 2019 the Trump-backed Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó launched what appeared to be an attempted coup.  Guadió was hoping enough military leaders would defect, toppling the government of Venezuela’s legitimately elected president Nicolás Maduro.  The Trump regime has been pushing for the coup for months, as I reported in my blog’s “Latin America” category.

Peace Action’s e-mail stated:  “The Trump administration has no constitutional authority for a military intervention, but we need to make sure that’s underlined and bolded. It’s up to us to ramp up the pressure on Congress to pass the Prohibiting Unauthorized Military Action in Venezuela Act to block the administration from starting an unauthorized war.”

 

 

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Since the late 1960s Glen Anderson has devoted his life to working as a volunteer for peace, nonviolence, social justice, and progressive political issues. He has worked through many existing organizations and started several. Over the years he has worked especially for such wide-ranging goals as making peace with Vietnam, eliminating nuclear weapons, converting from a military economy to a peacetime economy, abolishing the death penalty, promoting nonviolence at all levels throughout society, and helping people organize and strategize for grassroots movements to solve many kinds of problems. He writes, speaks, and conducts training workshops on a wide variety of topics. Since 1987 he has produced and hosted a one-hour cable TV interview program on many kinds of issues. Since 2017 he has blogged at https://parallaxperspectives.org He lives in Lacey near Olympia WA. You can reach him at (360) 491-9093 glen@parallaxperspectives.org