The Economic Motives Driving the US Toward War Against Venezuela [Preview]
The Socialist Program with Brian Becker
The Socialist Program
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🗓️ 14 November 2025
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
The Trump administration and the pro-imperialist Venezuelan opposition are making plans for war against Venezuela. Behind the scenes, corporate capitalism is salivating over the possibility of seizing Venezuela’s vast natural resources. Brian Becker is joined by Layan Fuleihan to discuss.
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| 0:18.9 | The Trump administration and the pro-imperialist Venezuelan opposition are making plans for war |
| 0:25.3 | against Venezuela. Behind the scenes, corporate capitalism is salivating over the possibility of |
| 0:32.4 | seizing Venezuela's vast natural resources. I'm Leanne Seema Fullahan here with Brian Becker, and this is |
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| 1:01.9 | Leanne, we're going to talk today about the prospects of war with Venezuela. |
| 1:07.4 | I mean, it could be huge. |
| 1:08.7 | The United States government, the Trump administration, is saying that the reason for possible conflict with Venezuela is to stop narco-terrorism to stop narcotics coming into the United States, or alternatively, it's to bring democracy to Venezuela. But the fact of the matter is the United States was formed |
| 1:30.4 | as a republic in 1787 when the U.S. Constitution was adopted. And for the last 240 years, more or less, |
| 1:40.9 | the United States has been intervening in Latin America, trying to seize the land, |
| 1:45.8 | labor, and resources of the people in Latin America and the Caribbean. The Marine hymn, |
| 1:52.0 | from the halls of Montezuma to the shores of Tripoli, that's all about the U.S. intervention. |
| 1:58.7 | Tripoli, of course, was the first U.S. intervention that was in Libya, |
| 2:02.7 | what we now call Libya, that was in 1805. But the U.S. has been intervening, invading, |
| 2:08.9 | occupying, and stealing the land, labor, and resources of people in Latin America for a long time. |
| 2:15.8 | What I thought was refreshing in 2025 is the Washington Post has now provided an op-ed |
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