The US’s most recent imperialist exploit in Iran has been as catastrophic as it has been bloody. Trump’s inability to bully, bluster, and bomb Iran into submission, while suffering humiliating military setbacks, has exposed the empire’s vulnerabilities. This is a contradictory new era of imperialism, in which the US and allies including Israel become more dangerous as they lose their grip on soft power.
As Israel and the US bomb Iran, imperial hypocrisy is on full display — a “greatest hits” rerun from the 2003 invasion of Iraq. The world should fear the US and Israel first and foremost, a genocidal nuclear-armed apartheid state and its imperial patron. We must not stop at Trump and Netanyahu, but oppose the whole capitalist system that drives international conflict.
Part of our perspectives series on major issues, this piece addresses the ongoing genocide in Palestine, its effects on the region and the US, and what approach communists should take in organizing against US imperialism. The societal crisis wracking Israel together with an unprecedented Palestine solidarity movement suggests the potential collapse of the Zionist project in our lifetimes, even in the face of increasingly draconian crackdowns against activists.
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