January 05, 2026

Hands Off Venezuela! An on the Ground Perspective with Jae Franklin

1 hour 13 minutes

On December 9, 2025, organizers from the US touched down in Venezuela to participate in the International Peoples' Assembly for Sovereignty and Peace conference. This was in an effort to show solidarity and support the people of Venezuela and their fight for the sovereignty of their country. Jae Franklin was one of these organizers.

As a Black Queer organizer in Chicago, Jae serves as a co-chair of the Anti-War Committee Chicago, the Coalition Against the Trump Agenda, and is a member of the Freedom Road Socialist Organization. We had the honor of sitting down with Jae to discuss their first-hand experience of being in Venezuela, and to analyze the US shameful intervention in the country, and how the people of Venezuela and across the world are fighting back.

In the early morning hours of January 3, 2026, after this interview was recorded, explosions lit up the skies over Caracas at least seven times. US forces launched a coordinated attack on civilian and military sites across Venezuela including in Miranda, Aragua and La Guairá. President Nicolás Maduro and the First Lady Cilia Flores were kidnapped by U.S. military forces. Fight Back! Radio whole heartedly condemns this act of war, and we call upon all people of conscience to hit the streets and demand HANDS OFF VENEZUELA and FREE PRESIDENT MADURO!

You'll fight back better and stronger by joining an organization. If you're in Chicago, consider joining Anti-War Committee Chicago.

or finding an affiliate of the Anti-War Action Network in your area.

You can also join the Coalition Against the Trump Agenda.

Consider joining the Freedom Road Socialist Organization, and read their statement on the shameful kidnapping on Fight Back! News.

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