No U.S. war against Venezuela…Stop Trump’s Blockade!
Rally Saturday, December 20, 12:00 Noon on the Greenfield Common!
No more war for oil!
No more war!
No more oil! Period!
On Tuesday, President Trump proclaimed “I am ordering a Total and Complete Blockade of all sanctioned Oil Tankers going into and out of Venezuela…Venezuela is completely surrounded by the largest Armada ever assembled in the history of South America. It will only get bigger, and the shock to them will be like nothing they have ever seen before.”
This proclamation is an act of war. Article 8 bis3 of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court clearly defines “the blockade of the ports or coasts of a State by the armed forces of another State” as an act of aggression.
In response, Venezuela’s government ordered its navy to escort tankers from port, escalating the risk of confrontation.
This blockade is among the latest U.S. provocations after murdering 95 civilians in small boats off South America’s coast, deliberately killing 2 survivors of these attacks while in the water, and seizing an oil tanker carrying Venezuelan oil. President Trump has told us that these attacks are only the beginning.
These provocations are backed up by a vast war armada, equipped with the most modern missiles and bombers, sitting off Venezuela’s coast. 15,000 U.S. soldiers on those ships and in Puerto Rico are ready to invade at a moment’s notice.
With the situation getting more dangerous by the day, the goal of the rally is to call on everyone to do what they can to prevent war.
Join us to Demand:
- An immediate end to the Blockade of Venezuela’s ports
- An immediate end to Trump’s piracy of oil tankers on the high seas
- Stopping all executions of civilians in small boats off the coast of South America
And most important, withdraw all the U.S. warships and weapons from the coast of Venezuela and bring our sailors, airmen and marines home for the holidays where they belong. JOIN US!
This demonstration is sponsored /co-sponsored by Mass Peace Action, Franklin County Continuing the Political Revolution, Freedom Road Socialist Organization, Rise Up Western Mass Indivisible, Indivisible Northampton/Swing Left Western Mass., Traprock Center for Peace & Justice