Partido Manggagawa (PM) strongly condemns Trump’s military strike and kidnapping of President Maduro, First Lady Cilia, and the larger plot of the United States to invade Venezuela to effect regime change, run the country, and retake control of Venezuelan oil.
These acts—whether undertaken directly by the US armed forces, private mercenaries, or proxy actors—represent a grave violation of national sovereignty, international law, and the right of nations and peoples to self-determination.
The use of kidnapping, military invasion, and coercive regime change as political tools exposes the political and economic logic of imperialism: powerful empires believe they can decide the fate of other nations and oppress their people, overthrow governments, and seize natural resources through force.
Venezuela’s oil belongs to the Venezuelan people, not to foreign corporations, war profiteers, or imperial powers seeking to reassert control over strategic resources.
PM rejects all forms of imperialist maneuvers including kidnappings, coups, and invasions, which only deepen instability and suffering for working people.
History has shown—again and again—that imperialist led regime-change operations elsewhere do not bring democracy or prosperity. They bring war, displacement, austerity, union repression, and the plunder of public wealth.
As a workers’ party rooted in international solidarity, PM stands with the Venezuelan working class, trade unions, peasants, and communities who bear the brunt of sanctions, militarization, and economic sabotage. We oppose unilateral actions that bypass international law and undermine peaceful, diplomatic solutions.
This issue also carries urgent lessons for the Philippines and the Global South. Imperialist intervention abroad is inseparable from regional tensions now building up in the Indo-Pacific region - with the plans by the US to increase presence by re-deploying most of its foreign forces to Asia, and forming alliances with other imperialist powers to contain the rising economic and political power of rival China.
Conflicts and wars not of our own making only lead to attacks on workers at home—through rising fuel prices, militarization, shrinking social services, and the prioritization of corporate profits over people’s needs. When oil, gas, and strategic resources are treated as prizes of war, workers everywhere pay the price.
Partido Manggagawa calls on:
⁃ Unconditional release of President
Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores, who is former President of the National
Assmbly;
⁃ All governments to respect
Venezuelan sovereignty and stop all military or covert intervention;
⁃ International bodies to uphold
international law and reject regime-change operations led by the US;
⁃ The American people to defund Trump
and the US military industry and rechannel the trillion $ war budget to expand
social services;
⁃ Workers’
movements worldwide to oppose imperialist wars and resource plunder; and
⁃ The Philippine government to pursue an independent foreign policy that rejects alignment with imperial aggression.
No to US-orchestrated regime change elsewhere.
Yes to peace, sovereignty, and workers’ solidarity!
Hands off Venezuela. Oil for the people, not imperialist plunder!
