Chicago Teachers Union promotes Venezuela regime change protests organized by socialist groups

The Chicago Teachers Union on Saturday promoted a protest of the Trump administration's action in Venezuela hosted by a who's who of far-left organizations, including a group that openly supports socialism.

Activists from the ANSWER (Act Now to Stop War and End Racism) Coalition, along with activists from the Party for Socialism and Liberation, organized just hours after news that Venezuela's socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro had been captured by U.S. special forces in a daring mission during the dead of night. By Saturday afternoon, protesters in cities across the nation came together with signs and promotional material made specially for the occasion.

At 1 p.m. local time, the Chicago Teachers Union posted a flyer on its Students for Justice in Palestine has been embroiled in controversy since it organized on college campuses around the country during the two-year war in Gaza, which concluded when a ceasefire between Hamas terrorists and Israel was reached in October.

In an October post claiming that Palestinian journalist Saleh Al-Jafarawi was killed after the ceasefire, SJP called for continued war and "death to Zionism" and "collaborators."

"Three days after the ceasefire deal announcement, journalist Saleh Al-Jafarawi was martyred by the Zionist-proxy Doghmush clan," an SJP Instagram post said. "Saleh’s martyrdom is a testament to the fact that the fight against Zionism in all its manifestations — from the IOF to its collaborators — must continue," it wrote, using the acronym for "Israeli Occupation Forces."

In 2024, a global law firm sued SJP, claiming that it provided "substantial assistance" to Hamas.

The group's chapter at Yale University, which celebrated Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023, terror attack on Israeli concert-goers as a "historic win for the Palestinian resistance," was kicked to the curb by the school after what was described as "disturbing anti-semitic conduct."

The Chicago Teachers Union, ANSWER and the Party for Socialism and Liberation did not return requests for comment.

Fox News' Louis Casiano contributed to this report.