Israel

Gilbert Achcar outlines the US’s objective in Iran, why it rests more on hope than certainty, and how it differs to those of Israel.

Kevin B Anderson — Iranian people face attacks from both US imperialism/Israel and a brutally oppressive regime amid their struggle for democracy and social justice.

Statements by Socialist Alliance (Australia), Socialist Party of Malaysia, Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation, Partido Lakas ng Masa (PLM, The Philippines) and Socialist Union/Socialist Youth Organization (Indonesia) condemning the US-Israeli war on Iran.

Siyavash Shahabi explores the roots of Iran’s crisis and the currents that make up the recent wave of resistance.

Ida Nikou — Recent protests triggered by currency collapse and price shocks expose how sanctions have reconfigured state power, enabling austerity and insider accumulation rather than relief.

Shireen Akram-Boshar argues that a recent interview by Eric Blanc with Bashir Abu-Manneh and Hoda Mitwally offers a mistaken analysis, focusing on “ultraleftism” in the movement to advance an electoral agenda.

Adam Hanieh — The struggle against fossil capitalism is inseparable from struggles for justice in the Middle East.

Rafeef Ziadah — Trump’s vision seeks to fold Gaza into Israeli, Egyptian and Gulf networks under US trusteeship, merging Gulf capital and Israeli technology while reducing Palestinians to obstacles to be displaced or bypassed.

Tithi Bhattacharya — Nothing is more urgent than an assessment of the ceasefire and a collective discussion of future strategies for the international Palestine movement.

Kevin B. Anderson provides a preliminary assessment of the consequences of the Gaza war and the future.

Gilbert Achcar — If the scenes of Trump’s celebration at the Israeli Knesset and in Sharm el-Sheikh were staged for cinematic exploitation, they would undoubtedly rank among the worst productions in history.

Gilbert Achcar provides an account of two years of genocidal war and its potential outcome.