With Donald Trump stepping up military aggression against Venezuela, a broad coalition of MPs, trade union general secretaries, writers and journalists, and peace and social justice movement leaders have backed an emergency statement demanding "No to Trump’s War on Venezuela"In just a few days, the statement has been backed by almost 40 MPs and Lords, the General Secretaries of eight trade unions, leading peace groups CND and Stop the War Coalition, and over a dozen solidarity organisations.
The declaration states "we are deeply alarmed by the growing threat of a Trump-led war on Venezuela" adding that "there are deep fears that US military intervention in Venezuela could be the first step in a wider regional escalation under Trump’s leadership." The statement concludes saying "We reject this dangerous escalation and call on all who stand for peace to say clearly: No to Trump’s war on Venezuela."
Over 2,000 people have so far backed the statement launched by the Venezuela Solidarity Campaign including:
MPS AND LORDS
• Diane Abbott MP
• Shockat Adam MP
• Paula Barker MP
• Apsana Begum MP
• Sian Berry MP
• Christine Blower (House of Lords)
• Richard Burgon MP
• Ian Byrne MP
• Jeremy Corbyn MP
• Ann Davies MP
• Neil Duncan-Jordan MP
• Mary Glindon MP
• Chris Hazzard MP
• John Hendy (House of Lords)
• Chris Hinchcliff MP
• Imran Hussain MP
• Kim Johnson MP
• Ayoub Khan MP
• Ben Lake MP
• Ian Lavery MP
• Brian Leishman MP
• Clive Lewis MP
• Andy McDonald MP
• John McDonnell MP
• Llinos Medi MP
• Iqbal Mohamed MP
• Grahame Morris MP
• Kate Osborne MP
• Yasmin Qureshi MP
• Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP
• Liz Saville Roberts MP
• Prem Sikka (House of Lords)
• Carmen Smith (House of Lords)
• Cat Smith MP
• Zarah Sultana MP
• Jon Trickett MP
• Nadia Whittome MP
• Steve Witherden MP
• Tony Woodley (House of Lords)TRADE UNION GENERAL SECRETARIES
• Eddie Dempsey, RMT General Secretary
• Maryam Eslamdoust, TSSA General Secretary
• Steve Gillan, POA General Secretary
• Jo Grady, UCU General Secretary
• Fran Heathcote, PCS General Secretary
• Daniel Kebede, NEU General Secretary
• Gawain Little, GFTU General Secretary
• Sarah Woolley, BFAWU General SecretaryWRITERS, JOURNALISTS AND SOCIAL JUSTICE CAMPAIGNERS
• Tariq Ali, writer
• Victoria Brittain, journalist
• Hilary Wainwright – Founding Editor, Red Pepper
• Ben Chacko, Morning Star Editor
• Pablo Navarrete, Founding Editor, Alborada
• Liz McKean, Executive Director, War on Want
• Nick Dearden, Director, Global Justice Now
• Jess Barnard, Labour NEC member & Chair, Unite L/E Young Members
• Fraser McGuire, TUC Young Workers Committee Chair
• Father Geoffrey Bottoms
• Dr Francisco Dominguez, Co-author of Right-wing politics in the New Latin America.
• Dr Stephen Wilkinson, Editor, International Journal of Cuban Studies
• Cllr Claudia Turbet-DelofPEACE AND SOLIDARITY ORGANISATIONS
• CND
• Stop the War Coalition
• Cuba Solidarity Campaign
• Labour Friends of Latin America
• Brazil Solidarity Initiative
• Nicaragua Solidarity Campaign Action Group
• Caribbean Labour Solidarity
• Peace and Justice Project
• Venezuela Solidarity Campaign
• Friends of Ecuador
• Ecuadorian Movement in the UK (MERU)
EMERGENCY STATEMENT: NO TO TRUMP’S WAR ON VENEZUELA
We are deeply alarmed by the growing threat of a Trump-led war on Venezuela.In recent weeks, a huge US naval fleet — including warships, bombers, and thousands of troops — has been deployed to the Caribbean, off Venezuela’s coast.Trump has publicly confirmed that he has authorised the CIA to conduct covert operations in Venezuela. Already, U.S. strikes on Venezuelan small boats — under the pretext of a so-called “war on drugs” — have killed dozens of civilians. Now, Trump has ominously warned that “the land is going to be next.”This military escalation is part of a long history of US interference in Latin America, where so-called “regime change” operations have caused immense suffering and lasting harm.There are deep fears that US military intervention in Venezuela could be the first step in a wider regional escalation under Trump’s leadership. Leaders across Latin America have already voiced strong opposition to this military build-up and any foreign intervention.We reject this dangerous escalation and call on all who stand for peace to say clearly:No to Trump’s war on Venezuela.ENDS