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42 Organizations Urge Congress To End Unlawful Boat Strikes

September 10, 2026 Defending Rights and Dissent. , , ,
To mark one year of the Trump administration’s illegal and immoral campaign of extrajudicial killings in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific, Defending Rights & Dissent joined over 40 organizations in sending a letter that urged Congress to halt the strikes, defund the campaign, and investigate and hold accountable any individuals responsible. “The brazenly criminal boat strikes have gone on for a year. 225 people have been extrajudicially murdered,” said Sue Udry, Executive Director of Defending Rights & Dissent. “It’s far beyond time for Congress to take action to end the killings, and to begin to hold the Trump administration accountable for their violations of U.S. and international law.”

The System Is Broken, We Have Had Enough

June 5, 2026 International Transport Workers Federation, Portside. , , , ,
The world's maritime unions came together at the ITF’s Fair Practices Committee in an unprecedented show of solidarity to demand an immediate end to the humanitarian crisis faced by seafarers in the Persian Gulf. The unions reiterate the ITF's call for a permanent ceasefire and full de-escalation by all parties, and the urgent initiation of diplomacy grounded in international law. They condemn the illegal bombing carried out by Israel and the United States, and the subsequent retaliatory attacks launched by Iran across the region, in violation of the most fundamental rule of international law: the prohibition on the use of force.

US SOUTHCOM Extrajudicial Killings Inch To 200 Deaths

June 1, 2026 Orinoco Tribune. , , ,
The lethal maritime campaign conducted by the US Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) continues to claim lives in international waters, with the death toll now totaling 193. Under Operation Southern Spear, the US has carried out 59 military strikes against small boats since September 2025 under the guise of counter-narcotics operations — a policy that international legal experts and analysts still condemn as a systematic campaign of extrajudicial killings. The latest escalation features four consecutive strikes carried out in the Eastern Pacific during late May, underlining the reckless nature of US imperialist actions.

US Continues To Blow Up Small Boats

May 7, 2026 Roger D. Harris and John Perry, Popular Resistance. , , ,
A US military strike on May 4 killed two mariners in an alleged “narco boat” campaign which now has a cumulative death toll of at least 188. The pace of extrajudicial executions is ramping up, according to The Guardian. But why? The serial murders could be, as the Trump administration claims, a genuine counter-narcotics operation. Or Mr. Trump and company may be conducting a demonstration exercise of executive power. Alternatively, the “kinetic strikes” may reflect more domestic concerns or perhaps foreign policy issues. Another possibility is that the administration is intentionally cultivating an image of unpredictability associated with “madman theory” of deterrence.

US Southern Command Maritime Executions Surge

April 21, 2026 Orinoco Tribune. , , ,
The US Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) has intensified its lethal maritime operations in the Eastern Pacific and the Caribbean, with the death toll from its “kinetic strikes” reaching a new grim milestone of 168. While these extrajudicial killings initially sparked significant local and international outcry, recent US imperialist attacks against Venezuela, Iran, and Lebanon have shifted the focus of international attention, numbing the public’s sensitivity toward US imperialism’s ongoing atrocities. The latest series of attacks, which the US regime continues to characterize as counter-narcotics measures, has resulted in at least 14 additional deaths since late March.

US Southern Command Resumes Extrajudicial Killings

February 11, 2026 Orinoco Tribune. , , ,
US Southern Command reported a new extrajudicial execution against a small vessel in the Eastern Pacific on Monday, February 9. It reported that the killing was carried out according to orders issued by US Southern Command chief General Francis L. Donovan. The announcement marks a new downgrade in the chain of command identified for this US operation, which initially pointed to US President Donald Trump, then to US War Secretary Pete Hegseth, and now to General Donovan. The operation, conducted by the Southern Spear Joint Task Force, resulted in the murder of two unidentified civilians.

Organized Labor Escalates Against ICE Summary Executions

January 28, 2026 Whitney Curry Wimbish, Portside. , , ,
Unions in Minnesota and across the country are gearing up for new mass actions after the public execution of one of their own, ICU nurse and American Federation of Government Employees Local 3669 member Alex Jeffrey Pretti. Federal immigration agents shot Pretti in the back ten times in five seconds on Saturday as he attempted to help a woman they had thrown to the ground. His last words were to her: “Are you OK?” Organized labor responded immediately to Pretti’s execution with rage and anguish, including the National Nurses United (NNU), which said Monday afternoon that it is holding a national week of action, including vigils every night this week.

Minnesota Should Charge ICE Agent With Murder

January 13, 2026 Marjorie Cohn, Consortium News. , , , ,
On Jan. 7, less than a mile from where George Floyd was murdered nearly six years ago, ICE (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement) agent Jonathan Ross shot and killed Renee Nicole Good as she tried to drive away. Once again, video footage filmed by bystanders recorded a brutal murder by a member of law enforcement, engendering outrage around the country. Good was a 37-year-old mother of three and a U.S. citizen who was beloved by her family and her community. Multiple news outlets, including The New York Times, have analyzed the video recordings and concluded that Good’s vehicle was turning away from Ross when he began shooting her.

ICE Killing In Minneapolis Sparks Mass Outrage

January 8, 2026 Devin B. Martinez, People's Dispatch. , , , , , , ,
On January 7, a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent fatally shot a woman in the head in a residential neighborhood in South Minneapolis, firing into her vehicle at point-blank range. The woman was later identified by authorities as 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good. A neighbor who saw what happened told local MPR News: “She was trying to turn around, and the ICE agent was in front of her car, and he pulled out a gun … and shot her in the face like three, four times.” Witnesses said she died immediately. Within hours, federal officials presented a starkly different account from what eyewitnesses reported.

Left Parties In Asia Denounce US Military Threats Against Venezuela

December 21, 2025 Abdul Rahman, People's Dispatch. , , , , , , ,
Left and communist parties across Asia issued a statement expressing solidarity with the people of Venezuela, who are facing unprecedented attacks from the United States with an aggressive military build up in the Caribbean, as well as open threats of invasion. The statement, dated December 16, notes the concerns over ongoing “military escalation in the Caribbean and the aggression against Venezuela by the imperialist US” and demands the immediate cessation of all such hostile activities. The statement was signed by the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation, the Socialist Party of Malaysia (PSM), the Party of the Laboring Masses of Philippines (PLM), and Indonesia’s Partai Pembebasan Rakyat.

Obama’s Powerpoint Death Parade Led To Trump’s Venezuelan Killings

December 11, 2025 James Bovard, Black Agenda Report. , , , ,
The Trump administration’s killings of scores of Venezuelans are provoking outrage across the Western Hemisphere. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth recently proclaimed, “We have only just begun to kill narco-terrorists.” President Trump and Hegseth are cashing a blank check for carnage that was written years earlier by President Barack Obama. In his 2017 farewell address, Obama boasted, “We have taken out tens of thousands of terrorists.” Drone strikes increased tenfold under Obama, helping fuel anti–U.S. backlashes in several nations. As he campaigned for the presidency in 2007, Sen. Barack Obama declared, “We will again set an example for the world that the law is not subject to the whims of stubborn rulers.”

Lies, False Flags And Extrajudicial Murders; Resisting US Attacks On Venezuela

December 7, 2025 Francisco Dominguez, Red Pepper. , , , ,
In deploying the largest naval armada seen in the Caribbean Sea for decades, the Trump administration has spent recent months ramping up long-standing US aggression against Venezuela. Predicated upon the falsehood that Venezuela is a narco-state run by the non-existent Cartel de los Soles, the fleet comprises at least thirteen warships, including three guided-missile destroyers, five support vessels, a nuclear submarine and the USS Gerald Ford.  The latter, the world’s largest aircraft carrier, is capable of carrying over 75 military aircraft and a range of military assets. Overall, the US has deployed at least 16,000 military personnel to the flotilla. The Pentagon is also docking warships and moving in war materiel through Puerto Rico and Trinidad and Tobago, and very likely through Guyana and other Caribbean islands. 

The Double Tap On Venezuela

December 5, 2025 Margaret Kimberley, Black Agenda Report. , , , ,
The first United States SEAL Team 6 air strike on a boat allegedly engaged in Venezuelan drug trafficking took place on September 2, 2025. All 11 people on board were killed. The Trump administration gleefully released video of the attack and exulted in its deadly success. Pete Hegseth, Secretary of War, bragged that he watched the air strike live and added, “We knew exactly who was in that boat.” Now, a U.S. aircraft carrier strike force sits off the coast of Venezuela. Trump has declared Venezuela a “no-fly zone,” and U.S. radar systems have been installed in neighboring Trinidad and Tobago.

Venezuela Under Siege: A Hundred Deaths At Sea; Hundreds Of Thousands By Sanctions

November 22, 2025 Roger D. Harris, Popular Resistance. , , ,
Most of the world looks on in disbelief at the now-routine murders on the high seas off Venezuela’s coast – serial killings that the newly minted War Department calls Operation Southern Spear. On October 31, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk condemned the attacks, saying that the “mounting human costs are unacceptable.” The People’s Social Summit in Colombia (November 8-9) excoriated Washington. Four days later in Caracas, a meeting of jurists from 35 countries denounced the “homicidal rampage.” The Military Law Task Force of the National Lawyers Guild charged “egregious war crimes and violations of international human rights, maritime, and military law.”

Chaos: The Trump Doctrine For Latin America

November 14, 2025 Roger D. Harris, Popular Resistance. , , , , ,
The US, under Trump, is unapologetically an empire operating without pretense. International law is for losers. A newly minted War Department, deploying the most lethal killing machine in world history, need not hide behind the sham of promoting democracy. Recall that in 2023 Trump boasted: “When I left, Venezuela was ready to collapse. We would have taken it over, we would have gotten all that oil.” As CEO of the capitalist bloc, Trump’s mission is not about to be restrained by respect for sovereignty. There is only one inviolate global sovereign; all others are subalterns. Venezuela – with our oil under its soil – is now in the crosshairs of the empire.
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