Skip to main content
NEU Senior Industrial Organiser
No to Trump and the pirates of the Caribbean
The US president is stepping up aggression against Iran and Venezuela, writes TIM YOUNG

THE US’s recent action of seizing the cargoes of four oil tankers allegedly carrying Iranian petrol to Venezuela has provided the Trump administration with the perfect opportunity to simultaneously attack two of its enemies in election year.

Iran and Venezuela, both oil-producing countries, are subject to swingeing illegal sanctions through which the US seeks to crush their governments and achieve regime change.

The US claims that the fuel shipment in the four foreign-flagged oil tankers was organised by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), which it designates as a terrorist organisation, and was bound for Venezuela, in contravention of US sanctions.

The 95th Anniversary Appeal
Support the Morning Star
You have reached the free limit.
Subscribe to continue reading.
Similar stories
People gather outside of the United Nations' office in Caracas, Venezuela, for a government-organised rally against foreign interference, October 6, 2025
Latin America / 9 October 2025
9 October 2025

HANK KENNEDY contends that US military attacks in the Caribbean amount to modern piracy driven by Venezuela’s oil wealth

Pic: Official Photo by Simon Liu/Office of the President/Creative Commons
Features / 16 September 2025
16 September 2025

The US is desperate to stop Honduras’s process of social and democratic change, writes TIM YOUNG

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth (left) speaks at a news conference with Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Dan Caine at the Pentagon, June 26, 2025 in Washington
Features / 28 June 2025
28 June 2025

The US’s bid for regime change in the Islamic Republic has become more urgent as it seeks to encircle and contain a resurgent China, writes CARLOS MARTINEZ

NEW INDIGNITIES FROM THE NEW TRUMP REGIME: Family members ho
Features / 27 March 2025
27 March 2025
Two months into Donald Trump’s second run as president, what can we glean about his policies towards Latin America so far, asks TIM YOUNG, ahead of this Saturday’s Socialism or Barbarism day school in London