WORLD WORLDWIDE EUROPE UK uk United Kingdom - (en) UK, ACG: The March to War (ca, de, it, pt, tr)[machine translation]

 "Until recently, it was the capitalist class and the Islamic regime in

Iran alone that directly imposed this violence on us. Now, with war
underway, we face two capitalist monsters: the Iranian bourgeoisie and
its regime on one side, and the governments of Israel, the United
States, and the European Union on the other. Despite their conflict,
both sides impose the same genocidal brutality. From above and below, in
every aspect of life, we are being crushed by the violent machinery of
capital-whether Iranian, Israeli, American, or European.
This war is not waged between "states"-it is waged against us. Tens of
millions of workers are shouldering the burden: displacement,
homelessness, hunger, famine, lack of water, medicine, treatment, mass
death. Our homes are bombed, our loved ones lie unburied, and the future
of our children is uncertain. In Tehran, Kermanshah, Isfahan, and
elsewhere, the toll of war is immense. These conditions scream that we
must act-collectively, nationally, and with class-conscious, councilist
organization. This is no slogan. It is a matter of survival. We must
unite where we live and work-factories, schools, hospitals, ports,
neighborhoods-to form councils. These must not be isolated or local;
they must grow into a nationwide movement, capable of mobilizing all
resources to meet urgent needs: food, safety, medical care, housing,
education. These councils must link up, evolve into a unified
anti-capitalist force, and take control of production, wealth, and
infrastructure from the hands of the capitalist class and their state.
Let us proclaim to the world: we see all ruling classes-Israeli,
Islamic, American, European-as genocidal enemies of the working class.
We call on workers worldwide for solidarity and support." Statement of
Anti-capitalist Workers, Iran. June 15th, 2025.

The bombing of Iran by first the Israeli state and then the USA,  showed
the increasing volatility of the world situation. In bombing Iran, Trump
has made a gamble that he might regret. Trump's inner circle includes
fundamental Christians who wholeheartedly support Israel and are
cheerleaders for a war with Iran. On the other hand, his inner circle,
not to mention his base of MAGA supporters, includes isolationists who
are totally against American intervention in the Middle East, Europe,
and Asia. Trump and US imperialism are in an increasingly weak position.

Some in Trump's camp and indeed within the non-Trump US ruling class and
State structures, are concerned that these actions will push more
countries away from the USA and into the orbit of China, now seen as the
USA's chief rival. Hostilities in the region could well push oil prices
up, to Russia's advantage.

Israel has increasingly strengthened its position as a regional
imperialist power, in opposition to the Iranian theocracy, who also have
regional imperialist aspirations. Up until now, Iran conducted a proxy
war against Israel through its allies in Hamas and Hezbollah. Its other
ally in the region, the Assad regime, has now been smashed.  The regime
of the mullahs was forced to retaliate against Israel and the USA, to
maintain its position at home, whilst giving prior warning to the
Americans of its attacks. It thus hopes to limit the spread of this war.
Meanwhile it is the ordinary people of Iran and Israel who suffer the
murderous results of these bombardments. Far from weakening the
theocratic regime, the joint Israeli/American assault on Iran will
strengthen the regime, giving it further excuses to increase its
repression at home,whilst labelling all dissidents as traitors. One
event in the bombardment of Iran by Israel, was the attack on the gates
of Evin prison, where many dissidents have been murdered and where many
remain imprisoned. This was meant to indicate that Israel and its ally
the USA were on the side of 'democracy'. Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe is a
British-Iranian dual national who spent five years in Evin prison. As
she wrote: " Watching those prison doors being blown off felt surreal. I
have walked in and out of that gate so many times, beingtaken to court
or hospital, and always dreamed of the day when they would finally be
opened and all prisoners would be set free from that place of
oppression. So bringing down those gates might have seemed like a
symbolic act for faraway media. But it did not feel like it made anyone
safe inside. If anything, it took away lives. The crackdown from the
Iranian authorities keen to reaffirm control feels as if it has only
just begun."

Trump thinks he is a master broker of deals. He was looking to come to
some sort of arrangement with Iran, of course beneficial to US
interests, and to pull Iran out of China's orbit if possible. The
Netanyahu government was affrighted by this, and launched its initial
attacks on Iran to scupper any such sort of arrangement. This forced
Trump, under the influence of the hawks in his inner circle, into his
own attacks, whilst still hoping for some sort of deal. The so-called
ceasefire that he boasts about has proven to be illusory, as hostilities
still continue between Israel and Iran.

Israel, once on the leash under previous American administrations, has
increased its strength as a regional power and is asserting its relative
independence from the USA. At the same time as war rages between Iran
and Israel, the Netanyahu regime carries on with its atrocious genocide
of Palestinians.

As the Iranian novelist Sahar Delijani cried out: "I was born in an
Iranian prison. My parents were held in their jails. My uncles lie in
their mass graves. Nothing you can tell me about the crimes of the
Iranian regime that I haven't lived in blood and bone. That doesn't mean
I want my people bombed, maimed, killed, their homes in ruins. If your
vision of liberation comes only through the destruction of innocent
lives, then it's not freedom you're after."

As the Anti-capitalist Workers of Iran remind us, it is only the working
class of Iran, of the wider Middle East, of Europe and the USA, who can
end this drive to war. The war effort of the boss class must be
sabotaged, through mass actions and acts of war resistance.

https://www.anarchistcommunism.org/2025/06/26/the-march-to-war/
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