The recent U.S. intervention in Venezuela follows a familiar historical pattern. Public justifications often focus on stability, security, or liberation. Yet time and again, these interventions coincide with the strategic and financial interests of large corporations — particularly in the fossil fuel and extractive industries.

Venezuela holds the largest proven oil reserves in the world. That fact alone does not explain policy decisions — but it consistently appears in the background of sanctions, diplomatic pressure, and now, direct intervention. Within hours of recent events, reports emerged of major investors and energy interests preparing to re-enter Venezuela’s oil sector. This sequence is not new, nor is it unique to any one political party or administration.

These interventions also carry enormous human and economic costs — diverting billions in public resources, destabilizing regions, fueling humanitarian crises, and leaving ordinary people to bear the consequences long after corporate interests have secured their gains.

What is notable in this moment is that voices across the political spectrum — with very different ideologies and constituencies — are acknowledging the same underlying reality: that U.S. foreign policy is too often driven not by public need or genuine security threats, but by corporate profit incentives embedded in our political system.

This is the issue Move to Amend exists to address.

When corporations are granted constitutional rights and unlimited money is treated as protected political speech, those with the greatest financial resources gain disproportionate influence over public policy — including decisions about war, sanctions, and regime change. Ordinary people, both in the U.S. and abroad, pay the price.

This is not a failure of process alone.
It is not simply about who holds office.
It is about who holds power.

Addressing the Root Cause

Move to Amend works to confront the underlying system that allows corporate interests to dominate political decision-making. Our core campaign —  — would:

• Make clear that constitutional rights belong to people, not corporations

• Allow democratically enacted limits on political spending

• Reduce the ability of powerful economic interests to override public will

Ending endless cycles of intervention, exploitation, and instability requires more than policy adjustments. It requires structural change — built from the ground up.

How You Can Get Involved

This work is entirely grassroots. It does not rely on corporate funding or party machinery. It relies on people organizing in their communities to reclaim political power.

You can help by:

• Signing and gathering petition signatures to support H.J.Res. 54. Start here. 

• Volunteering with local Move to Amend groups to build community power

• Donating if you’re able, to keep this movement independent and growing

If we want a future where decisions about war, peace, energy, and human dignity are made in the public interest — not for private profit — we must address corporate rule itself.

That is the work of Move to Amend — and it starts with you, Alfonso