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A group of organizers describes rapid mobilization following the bombing and kidnapping of the president of Venezuela. By 03:30–04:00 this morning, they issued a call for demonstrations for Saturday, January 3, and within less than twelve hours, tens of thousands gathered. They characterize the moment as a watershed or epic moment and emphasize that people should be in the streets, framing it as a class war, a global war, and an anti-imperialist war.
They report that demonstrations occurred in more than 100 cities on short notice. In Washington, they describe a scene where fifty fifty-one participants were scheduled for a simultaneous demonstration. As some attendees passed their protest site, many stopped for Gaza-related demonstrations, deciding to join the other event instead. Early on January 3, after the Answer Coalition and others called for demonstrations, fifty fifty-one expressed interest in collaborating and co-hosting that day. The presence of additional organizations that have opposed Trump but focus on domestic issues helped grow the demonstrations from about 60 at 10:00 to around 100 by 11:30, which they identify as a promising development.
Speaker 1 introduces Manolo De Los Santos as the executive director of the People's Forum and a researcher with the Tri-Continental Institute for Social Research, noting his perspective that the United States is a rogue state with no regard for the UN Charter or international law. He also mentions Vijay Prashad, the executive director of the Tri-Continental Institute. Speaker 2 comments that Prashad is an extremely humble man and a reluctant politician, and expresses sympathy for him, noting there is nothing in his character that suggests otherwise. There is also a mention that people on the left will turn their back on Nicolas Maduro Moros and Celia Flores, and the speaker asserts they refuse to do so.