Zohran Mamdani is the new mayor of New York, but in his first few days in office he appeared to be spending most of his time on foreign policy, that is, he has rejected the IHRA’s broad definition of antisemitism, in particular in relation to the unhinged criticism of Israel. He has come out foursquare for narco-trafficker, Hezbollah supporter, and killer Nicolás Maduro, demanding — demanding! — that he be freed and sent back to Venezuela to continue his ruinous rule. And the Democratic Socialists, of which Mamdani is one, have made the same demand of the administration. They are, you see, “Bolivarian Revolutionaries.” It’s an exciting time to be a communist in New York. “Mayor Mamdani’s comrades in DSA demand Trump release Nicolas Maduro: ‘Solidarity with the Bolivarian Revolution!,’” by Carl Campanile, New York Post, January 4, 2026:
Socialists of a feather flock together.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s comrades in the Democratic Socialists of America want deposed Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro returned to power.
The Democratic Socialists of America put out a lengthy statement demanding “the return of President Nicolas Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores to Venezuela.”
Meanwhile, the DSA is starting a “join our “Hands Off Venezuela” to get the “imperialist” United States out of the socialist, oil-rich country.
“Solidarity with the people of Venezuela! Solidarity with the Bolivarian Revolution!”, separate DSA International Committee policy statement says.
In its statement on the removal of Maduro, the DSA claims the Trump administration has started “an illegal war” against Venezuela….
The DSA apparently wasn’t listening when Trump explained that the Americans would be investing billions in order to resurrect Venezuela’s oil production, providing the expertise needed to deal with the problems that lifting the heavy oil that Venezuela produces present, and then the country with the largest oil reserves in the world would be put back on the path of massive production, up to 3 million more barrels a day, which would bring in hundreds of millions of dollars annually. The whole point of the post-Maduro scenario is to bring back Venezuela’s ability to create its own wealth. How would such a plan “impoverish the people of Latin America”? DSA doesn’t say, because they can’t.
The DSA has not been paying attention to the Venezuelan demonstrators in their country and around the world, who have been expressing their delight that Maduro, the longtime tormentor of Venezuelans, who has allowed drug traffickers and Hezbollah terrorists free reign in his country, has now been deposed. The DSA upper-middle-class gringos know better: though he lost the last election and held onto power anyway, they insist that Maduro must now be put back in power. The Democratic Socialists must support any man President Trump opposes, for that very reason.
The call for all American forces to leave the Caribbean overlooks the aid those troops provide when natural disasters strike. The American military provides humanitarian aid — food, and medical aid of all types, but does so especially after major disasters such as the earthquake in Haiti that caused 250,000 deaths in 2010. It provides free health checks, dental care, and surgery for particularly difficult cases.
“This is a nakedly imperialist war to install a US puppet government that will give Venezuela’s oil resources over to US corporations and to force US hegemony over Latin America — the new `Trump Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine. This war is illegal both under international law and the laws governing the declaration of war within the United States,” the left-wing group’s statement says.
“Trump’s war has nothing to do with drug trafficking. There is no substantiated evidence that high-level members of the Venezuelan government are `narco-terrorists.’ Yet, the Trump administration is using this claim as the pretext for this illegal war.”
None of this is true. For years, the Americans have been complaining to Caracas about the narco-traffickers who are operating from Venezuela. They have followed their routes. They know where the drugs are manufactured. And furthermore, they know the Hezbollah operatives in Venezuela who are involved in the drug trade. The DSA is simply making things up.
DSA likened the US military’s action to the “failed” war against Iraq, claiming it will only “impoverish the people of Latin America.”
The situation in Venezuela is nothing like the war in Iraq. The Americans have no intention of remaking the entire country, as Washington naively thought it could do in Iraq, because it failed to understand Islam, or what minds on Islam are like. The Americans in Iraq moved in hundreds of thousands of troops, spend more than two trillion dollars, and remained for nine years. In. Venezuela there be a handful of troops in the country for possibly a few months. A few billions will be spent at first by the US to resurrect the country’s oil industry, after which Venezuela will be self-sustaining and able to pay back the Americans for their initial help.The Venezuelans are “impoverished” now, thanks to Chavez and Maduro. Now they will have a chance, through greatly increased oil sales, to return to the prosperity they enjoyed before Chaven took power.
Here are those DSA demands, each sillier than the next:
- A return of Maduro to Venezuela and restoration of diplomatic relations with the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela — the Maduro-led regime
- An immediate end to “military violence” against Venezuela and a total withdrawal of all US forces and operations from the Caribbean
- Ending sanctions against Venezuela and suspending the failed “war on drugs”
- A US foreign policy centered on peace, multilateralism, and respect for national sovereignty and self-determination
Not one of these preposterous demands will be met. Maduro will not be returned to his role as dictator of Venezuela; his life of crime is over, and he will now be put on trial, with as much due process as anyone could want.
The call for the American military to pull out of the Caribbean would be violently opposed by the peoples of the Caribbean, who rely on the American military in times of natural disasters, to bring in food and humanitarian aid, and to build and staff field hospitals, a they did after the massive earthquake struck Haiti in 2010, killing 250,000 people. The American military also provides medical assistance — surgeries, dental treatments, inoculations — in normal times, to the people living in the Caribbean, who would be loath to lose it. The Democratic Socialists are salon Bolsheviks, who do not know what the poor need, and would rather have them do without if that would lead to their cutting ties with the “colonialist” and” imperialistic” Americans. .
When the DSA calls for “respect for national sovereignty and self-determination,” do they expect us to believe that Venezuelans were enjoying “self-determination” when election after election was stolen from them, and they had no way to throw off the Chávez-Maduro yoke on their own; it required the Americans to do it for them, and then to arrange for a very temporary caretaker government to be followed by elections in what would then have become a real democracy? If they hate imperialistic capitalistic colonialist America so much, no one’s forcing them to stay. I hear Pyongyang is beautiful at this time of year.
Troybeam says
Member of the gravy train Zohran?
Wellington says
You can always count on the Left to get things ass backwards. Thus it’s stunning to see how many people remain Leftists. This “phenomenon” is definitely indicative of how woeful so much of mankind is. No doubt.
And show me a Leftist and I will show you a fool. No exceptions because even the cleverest of Leftists, the ones that amass power and wealth, are still fools respecting such things as ethics, common sense and what is best for mankind. So yes, Lenin was a fool. Mao was a fool. Bernie Sanders is a fool, ditto for AOC. And then there is the newest well known fool on the block, one Zohran Mamdani by name.
Put simply, a sapient Leftist is an oxymoron. No exceptions.
James Lincoln says
Wellington,
100% true.
The most dangerous leftists are the ones who are rich, powerful – and love media attention.
OLD GUY says
Some on the left are worried about their drug supply.
Taffy says
So who’s running US foreign policy, Trump or Mamdani’s?
somehistory says
dam ani is one ugly vulture. The photo should be altered ….those heads on gators or buzzards or some other predator.
muzzies as a feature of what they are taught, see themselves as superior, their ideas of their own intelligence, power, authority and abilities, are far beyond those of any other mortal man.
So dam ani believes he has the power and authority to demand that the Federal government do as he says.
The goon would run this country like maduro and chavez ran Venezuela; or like the taliban runs afghanistan..
And the other vultures in his group, see themselves as sitting in the catbird seat.
James Lincoln says
somehistory says,
“The goon would run this country like maduro and chavez ran Venezuela; or like the taliban runs afghanistan..”
Exactly.
somehistory says
Thank you, James.
somehistory says
Is she “funding” this too?
“Scott, the ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, has a current net worth of about $40 billion, most of which she gained from her 2019 divorce from Bezos. Many of her 2025 donations went to causes focused on DEI, disaster recovery, and higher education. But one gift she made last year has sparked some debate.
According to a Dec. 9 blog post written by Scott, her philanthropic organization Yield Giving donated to Solidaire Network, which says it “nurtures relationships between social movements and members to create regenerative systems rooted in love and justice.” This means in practice that the network has funded organizations including Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), American Muslims for Palestine (AMP), the US Palestinian Community Network, and the Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM), according to tax filings and press releases from the Solidaire Network.”
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/mackenzie-scott-sends-millions-to-nonprofit-that-supports-anti-israel-and-pro-muslim-groups-two-of-which-are-facing-federal-probes/ar-AA1TGNYj?ocid=msedgntp&pc=HCTS&cvid=695d8e02669a43c892f51654991fd107&ei=70
࿗Infidel࿘ says
These exes and widows, once single again, then go on to splurge on Leftist causes. There is this broad, and then there is Steve Jobs’ widow Lauren Powell-Jobs, who owns “The Atlantic” magazine, and was one of the primary backers of Kamala Harris
Maybe we should confiscate their inheritance, so that they can’t use it to propagandize communism to the rest of us
STJOHNOFGRAFTON says
Maduro had better stock up on prison strength Assolene.
Westman says
Like the kid in the movie, I see dead people, youth of my nation dead because other governments won’t stop its criminals until the whole country is corrupted.
How about, after each reported US overdose death whose drugs can be traced to Venuzuela, we send one of its politicians, in a canoe, with a copy of Moby Dick, to paddle to Spain? Just a thought.
Edward Amos Brandwein says
“Democratic Socialism” is an oxymoron.
As simple as that.
GYX says
“Socialists of a feather flock together.”
Well, I say “Socialists of a feather can go f*CK themselves together!”
David Rasch says
democratic socialist is a lotta letters for the word COMMUNIST.
tgusa says
Democrats have never found a thugocracy they didn’t support.
“Democratic Socialists”
What a joke. Democrats use the name socialist because the name communist has a bad reputation.
Bad company…
Key Socialist Countries (in the 20th century)
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR): The most prominent socialist state, existing from 1922 until its dissolution in 1991. It was a one-party state governed by the Communist Party.
People’s Republic of China: Established in 1949, China was initially a socialist state under Mao Zedong, transitioning to a more market-oriented economy in the late 20th century while maintaining a one-party system.
Cuba: After the 1959 revolution, Cuba became a socialist state under Fidel Castro, with a strong emphasis on state control over the economy and social services.
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea): Founded in 1948, North Korea adopted a socialist system with a focus on Juche ideology, which emphasizes self-reliance.
Vietnam: Following the Vietnam War, North Vietnam became the Socialist Republic of Vietnam in 1976, implementing socialist policies that continue to influence the country today.
Yugoslavia: A socialist federation from 1945 until its breakup in the 1990s, Yugoslavia had a unique form of socialism known as “self-management socialism.”
East Germany (German Democratic Republic): Established in 1949, it was a socialist state until reunification with West Germany in 1990.
Albania: Under Enver Hoxha, Albania was a socialist state from 1946 until the early 1990s, known for its strict Stalinist policies.
Hungary, Poland, Czechoslovakia, and Bulgaria: These Eastern European countries were under socialist governments during the Cold War, influenced by the USSR.
Additional Countries with Socialist Elements
Angola, Mozambique, and Ethiopia: These countries adopted socialist policies after gaining independence in the mid-20th century.
Nicaragua: The Sandinista government (1979-1990) implemented socialist policies during its rule.
Various African nations: Countries like Tanzania and Guinea also identified as socialist during parts of the 20th century.
What a terrific group to be associated with. Venezuela is a socialist country as well and there are many more not mentioned on the above list. On the Internet There seems to be an aversion to naming them all.
Everything democrats do is either illegal and or unconstitutional. The US Constitution guarantees a republican form of government to every state. Article IV, Section 4.
Michael says
“…nurtures relationships between social movements and members to create retrograde systems rooted in tyranny and oppression.”
Fixed it for them.