Whenever [neo]imperialism cannot coerce an independent country into its orbit, it will rely on disinformation and outright lies. This is to disarm the masses into believing that the biggest threat to their security is a country such as Iran that has no military bases remotely close to the number belonging to the U.S. Compare this to 19 U.S. military bases in West Asia located in 10 countries. This military occupation is an ominous threat that the Iranian people face on a daily basis.
Imperialism makes any excuse, claiming security concerns, to divert billions of taxpayer dollars into a gargantuan military budget to threaten independent countries including Iran and [the People’s Republic of] China. They have the right to develop their own economies to serve their populations, not for profits for billionaire bosses.
That money should be used instead to meet human needs, such as housing, education, food, health care and emergency funds to assist victims of climate-related disasters such as Hurricane Helene.
It is not in the interest of any worker to support a war against other workers who share the same wants and needs on a global scale. Don’t the workers [in the Anglosphere] have their own domestic fight against low wages, police violence, gender oppression, migrant bashing, poverty, mass incarceration and houselessness? Why should they kill or be killed or become permanently disabled in a war for conquest of other people’s lands for empire?
For those who consider themselves progressives and revolutionary socialists, defending Iran means opposing [neo]imperialist exploitation and expansion, the life’s blood of the profit-hungry capitalist system.
For the masses, defending Iran means understanding that every issue is a worker’s issue not only at home but abroad. And there is no more important political issue at this juncture than to oppose [neo]imperialist war in words and actions on countries from Iran to China to Russia.
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