USS Intrepid: From Dominican invasion to Venezuela threats

New York City, Dec. 20  — Activists denounced Trump’s attacks on Venezuela today in a protest at the USS Intrepid aircraft carrier docked on the Hudson River in Manhattan. The Saturday afternoon action was initiated by the newly formed RESO Resistance Solidarity and was supported by the Puerto Rican Independence Party and the December 12th Movement.

RESO declared that “the recent murderous attacks by the U.S. military on fishing boats off the coast of Venezuela and the Trump administration’s threatening words and actions against the Venezuelan government represents a threat to the Venezuelan people and peace in the Caribbean and Latin America.”

RESO also denounced the Pentagon’s use of the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico and other Caribbean countries in its war preparations.

The protest targeted the Intrepid aircraft carrier because it was used in the U.S. invasion of the Dominican Republic in 1965. Just as President Johnson opposed the democratically elected Dominican President Juan Bosch, so does Trump want to kick out the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro.

The aircraft carrier was also used in the dirty war against Vietnam. Now a museum and tourist trap, it’s used to promote war and military spending.

RESO can be contacted at 917-497-4231. U.S. hands off Venezuela!