By B.D.
Over 100 people gathered outside the US Mission to the United Nations on Monday, Feb. 4 for a rally called by the Dec. 12 Movement in solidarity with the people of Venezuela against the Trump regime’s attempted takeover of their country. Chants of “People of the world unite, Venezuela is our fight!” and “Down with imperialism, power to the people!” barraged the Embassy. Speakers at the rally included Pam Africa of the International Concerned Family and Friends of Mumia Abu Jamal, Viola Plummer and other leaders of the Dec. 12 Movement, former political prisoner Tarek Haskins and representatives of New York’s Haitian community.
A statement handed out by December 12 members declared: “We are here because U.S. Secretary of State Pompeo has finally told the truth ― the U.S. wants control of Venezuela’s oil. “We are here because the U.S. wants to steal oil, discredit socialism and carry out regime change in Venezuela ― then on to Bolivia, Nicaragua, Cuba.
“We are here because as African people we’ve benefited from the subsidized oil that Venezuela provided our communities in the U.S., in the Caribbean and in Africa.”
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