„Hands off Venzuela!“
Statement to the extraordinary Webinar of the antiimperialist and antifascist United Front
January 18th, 2026
--- Speaker: Fritz Ullmann ---
Solidary greetings from the Internationalist Alliance in Germany!
We condemn the assault of the United States on Venezuela's national independence! We and others organized protests in many cities of Germany immediately. The German government, itself imperialist, is—of course—unwilling and unable to condemn this crime and instead relativizes it.
But the protest is growing worldwide. The people are disgusted by this blatant violation of all international laws and practices. This is a turnback to colonialism: the plunder of resources and the subjugation of any opposition by force.
Our solidarity with Venezuela is not a pledge to Maduro’s policy. It is a pledge to Venezuela's sovereignty. That’s why Maduro must be set free, and the fascist Trump-regime must compensate the families of those they murdered and pay for the damage they have done.
And why did this happen? The multipolar world is one of competing imperialists, like Putin’s Russia, Xi’s China, or the German-French-led European Union. We must side with none but fight them all; firstly those in our own countries.
In the face of their colonialism, we must also remember that the main divide is not between the Global North and the Global South, but between up and down, between the monopolies and the masses, between the rulers and the ruled. We must stand together!
Long live international solidarity!
Death to Imperialism and Fascism!
Long live the United Front!
Thank you for your attention.
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