The blockade in context The U.S. has been pursuing a strategy of ‘regime change’ through destabilising Venezuela dating back to the early years of Hugo Chávez’s presidency. This led George W. Bush’s administration to support the failed coup d’état against Chávez in 2002 and also the right-wing management lock-out in the oil industry. The lock-out, … Read More

By Roger Harris on June 7, 2019 With the likes of John Bolton and Elliot Abrams directing US foreign policy, the US government has abandoned all pretense of “plausible denial” for its illegal regime-change initiatives. The “humanitarian” bombs may not be falling but, make no mistake, the US is waging a full-bore war against the … Read More

By John Kiriakou, on July 11, 2019 If I told you that NPR, National Public Radio, was fronting propaganda operations for Donald Trump and John Bolton, would you call me crazy? If I said that NPR was just another voice for an imperial media, would you believe me? That’s the situation we find ourselves in … Read More

This is the 34th day of our living in the Venezuelan embassy in Washington, DC. We are prepared to stay another 34 days, or however long is needed to resolve the embassy dispute in a peaceful way consistent with international law. This memo is being sent to the US and Venezuela as well as members … Read More

TFA members are concerned about the biased and misleading reporting about events in Venezuela. On occasion, even our own KPFA free speech radio has been repeating the propaganda. We have sent the following letter to KFPA management and producers with specific suggestions to improve the coverage. Dear KPFA Management, Programmers and Producers, We are long time listeners … Read More