Anti-Israel protest groups and far-left activist organizations that have dominated street demonstrations since the October 7 Hamas massacre have erupted in fury over the U.S. military operation that captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, rapidly folding the episode into their broader anti-Israel, anti-U.S. protest ecosystem.

Groups including Palestinian Youth Movement, National Students for Justice in Palestine, the ANSWER Coalition, and the Party for Socialism and Liberation organized or promoted rallies Saturday condemning the operation that removed Nicolás Maduro and first lady Celia Flores.

In Los Angeles, PYM urged supporters to join the “Palestine contingent” of a “Hands Off Venezuela” protest, while accusing President Donald Trump of using narcoterrorism as a pretext to steal Venezuela’s oil. NSJP echoed the message, calling on activists to “take action” against what it described as the “United States of Terror,” linking the Venezuela operation to Israel, Iran, and China in a single anti-Western narrative.

Demonstrators carried Venezuelan flags alongside hammer-and-sickle symbols, while activists from Awda NY/NJ marched with banners featuring the red inverted triangle commonly used in Hamas propaganda to designate targets.

In New York City, ANSWER said it mobilized hundreds of demonstrators, while its allies claimed actions in 75 cities nationwide. Calla Walsh, founder of Palestine Action US, went further, publicly urging supporters to sabotage weapons factories rather than attend what she dismissed as “police-coordinated NGO parades.”

At a Times Square rally, Manolo De Los Santos declared that the United States had “no right” to try Maduro or dictate outcomes abroad. Outside the White House, the Party for Socialism and Liberation accused Washington of trading “blood for oil,” while Code Pink called for mass disruption to stop what it labeled “Monroe Doctrine 2.0.”

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