Israel’s war against Iran is a war of imperialist aggression. This is the fundamental character of the conflict, regardless of the nature of the political regime in Israel and Iran.

Trump has no wish to see the U.S.A. dragged into the dangerous morass of what he calls a “forever war” in the Middle East. But war is still not ruled out.

These measures are not designed to protect ordinary Canadians, but to further the interests of the ruling class at home and abroad.

Behind the belligerent bluster, it is clear that the ’12 day war’ achieved precisely none of the goals of the US-Israeli imperialists.

Another war in the Middle East, another round of Canadian imperialist hypocrisy.

The New Brunswick Federation of Labour’s ‘hot cargo’ resolution calls for its 35,000 members to refuse to handle arms shipments bound for Israel.

To end these wars, the working class of both countries will have to wage a struggle against their own ruling class and overthrow the capitalist system, which is at the root of all bloodshed and terrorism.

Any talk of a ‘peace dividend’ has long gone. Instead, all the talk now is about rearmament and increased militarism.

You cannot be for an “intifada” and at the same time support Liberals. 

The withdrawal of America’s ‘protective umbrella’ reveals all the accumulated weaknesses of European imperialism, which have built up over decades of decline.