Through mid-January, there were three actions in Fresno protesting the U.S. attack on Venezuela: one at the intersection of Blackstone and Nees avenues on Jan. 3, one at the Federal Building on Jan. 10 and one at the intersection of Shields and Blackstone avenues on Jan. 17. The author recorded the following statements during those demonstrations.
“We oppose Trump’s unprovoked, illegal, immoral attack on Venezuela and the kidnapping of [Venezuelan President Nicolás] Maduro and his wife. Once again, Trump is telling the world that international laws and rules are for them, not for me. We can do whatever, whenever and wherever we want.”—Dan Yaseen, president of Peace Fresno
“This is a repeat of the horrible history of the United States, of launching military invasions of other people’s countries. President Trump said, ‘that’s our oil under their land,’ and anybody that’s a student of history would know that the United States has been after the oil resources for approximately 40 years or longer, since Venezuela’s oil resources were nationalized. ”—Stan Santos, Raza Against War…