By Anthony Segaert
In Australia, socialist action groups are planning protests against the action in Venezuela.
Marxist group Red Spark is planning a “Hands Off Venezuela” gathering in Sydney this evening, placing it among the first tests of the state’s new anti-protest legislation that was passed after the Bondi shootings.
Fire at Fort Tiuna, Venezuela’s largest military complex, is seen from a distance after a series of explosions in Caracas.CREDIT: AFP
After the declaration of a terrorist event, NSW Police can restrict the authorisation of public assemblies. This is the case after the Bondi attack.
NSW Police say they are aware of a “proposed public assembly in support of Venezuela” but that there has been no application form lodged by its organisers.
“Any assembly planned in support of Venezuela is not authorised and without this authorisation the event is not legally protected as an authorised assembly,” a spokesperson said this morning.
“The NSW Police Force will have a large presence throughout the Sydney metropolitan area on 4 January 2026 and will be present at Town Hall during the afternoon and evening to monitor and police this potential assembly. Anyone planning to attend any unauthorised events is urged to reconsider.”
Source: HotPersimessage62
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No doubt that the radical far-left extremist Greens are going to launch an anti-America campaign and sympathise with the tyrannical regime rather than a US-led liberation process.
of course they are, leaches looking for their new cause to latch on to and recruit from
As usual these folks don’t love Venezuela or care about it’s people they just hate the US. Any logic, reason, rational thought about the issue is discarded in pursuit of the “America bad!” agenda, even supporting ruthless, unelected and criminal dictators.
Very sad how deluded some elements of the Australian left are.
Having said that, I fully support their right to protest and for public assembly. A terrible, uninformed opinion is still one that deserves to be heard in a free society. So good luck to the organisers, I hope the state doesn’t stop it from happening.
Fellas, is it extremist, radical-left, *and* woke to respect sovereign borders and international law?
What’s next? You’ll be supporting boat arrivals since borders don’t mean anything now?
This thread is literally where the word “left” has died. It’s a useless buzzword now. Throw it on the pile with “slammed”.
You people are so hyperbolic with your arguments, it’s impossible for any rational person to take you seriously.
Seeing as how the Aus was bitching only days ago that these groups dont protest other global events Im sure they will support this emphatically.
This war regardless of what you think of it clearly sets a very dangerous precedent and has more consequences than people realise.
It isn’t as simple as America just kicking out a dictator because they’re involved in drug trafficking. And the precedent this sets is scary.
What if China for example just turns around and says “Taiwan’s leaders are illegitimate and have committed illegal acts (maybe treason) so we are going to kidnap/kill them and conduct a regime change.” And this isn’t that much of a stretch, because they already claim the country itself is illegitimate.
I think its downplayed how massive of a precedent this sets. If another country can just kidnap a leader and conduct a regime change based on little evidence and dubious claims, then what’s stopping any country from doing the same.
Also nobody (probably including trump tbh) knows what’s going to happen next. Do we have another Iraq War or Vietnam situation 2.0? Does Venezuela just become a failed state? Does the military take over? He already hasn’t ruled out further action or boots on the ground,
Also he literally said one of the main reasons to invade was for fucking OIL and over WMD (fentanyl somehow). Like fucking hell, at least Bush attempted to hide it, Trump just doesn’t give a fuck. This is like some Fallout universe type shit.
Also they haven’t ruled out other countries such as Cuba or even maybe fucking democracies like Panama.
This has way more serious consequences that what people realise, and this will have now set a terrible precedent that nobody has the care about international law and can do what ever they want.
Also want to point out that Maduro is a horrible dictator and nobody should defend him (like Saddam Hussein) but its perfectly okay to be angry at illegal wars and military intervention by countries. Also even though you might think trump is horrible, he isn’t equivalent to Maduro. So if you do support Venezuela it makes more sense to support the people of Venezuela, not the government.
Totally fair enough. Apparently it’s a breach of international law if Putin invades Ukraine but not if the US invades Venezuela and kidnaps the leader? What the fuck is this. I am so angry.
Unauthorised protest like the one proposed by the Marxist group will inevitably be hijacked by the pro Pally pro Hamas tools. Police must deal with these groups with a firm hand.
The people there seem to be pretty upset about how the dictator was deposed by the US.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HhzGzx1YNac
Maybe the middle class socialists in the west haven’t been able to explain to them how they really should be very unhappy yet?