Trump Seizes Oil Tanker — ‘No War on Venezuela!’ [Preview]
The Socialist Program with Brian Becker
The Socialist Program
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🗓️ 11 December 2025
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
In the wake of the powerful Nationwide Day of Action for "No War on Venezuela" where over 65 cities mobilized to demand an end to the US war drive on Venezuela, we gather again to assess the current moment and chart the path forward.
This is a podcast version of last night's webinar, providing a space to evaluate the impact of our mobilizations against a potential war with Venezuela and discuss how we can deepen anti-war consciousness in our communities.
As U.S. threats and manufactured narratives escalate, our responsibility to build a broad and politically grounded anti-war movement becomes even more urgent.
Brian Becker from the ANSWER Coalition is joined by Manolo De Los Santos from The People’s Forum.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to The Socialist Program. |
| 0:02.0 | I'm John Prysner, a producer of this show. |
| 0:05.0 | This is a preview of a patrons-only episode. |
| 0:08.0 | Subscribe at patreon.com slash the Socialist Program |
| 0:12.0 | to hear the full episode to access to all our patrons-only content |
| 0:16.0 | and help make this show possible. |
| 0:19.0 | The Trump administration seized a Venezuelan oil tanker today on its way to Cuba. |
| 0:27.4 | More piracy on the high seas by the United States government. |
| 0:32.4 | The Pentagon has assembled a vast armada, including an aircraft carrier, destroyer group, fighter jets, and |
| 0:38.9 | 15,000 troops to threaten war against the people of Venezuela. |
| 0:44.8 | And today in the United States, there is being born a new anti-war movement. |
| 0:51.5 | Welcome to this webinar. |
| 0:53.4 | Today we're talking about the new anti-war movement |
| 0:55.6 | responding to the war threats against the people of Venezuela. I'm Brian Becker. I'm the |
| 1:01.7 | National Director of the Answer Coalition. I'm also the host of the Socialist Program |
| 1:06.0 | podcast. I'm joined today by Manolo de los Santos. He is the executive director of the People's Forum. |
| 1:14.2 | Manolo, welcome. |
| 1:15.6 | I'm so glad I could join you, Brian. |
| 1:17.3 | We have so much to talk about, but also a lot to consider as we build this new Antewar movement. |
| 1:23.0 | We're at a grave moment. |
| 1:24.6 | This is perhaps a watershed moment. |
| 1:30.5 | I think our audience is able to see some of the footage today. This is piracy on the high seas, not the first time by the United States |
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