Israel’s war on Iran was an unprovoked, monstrous military assault. Trump’s order for the US to join is a reckless gamble that threatens disastrous consequences for the people of the region and the entire world.

US imperialism is the most powerful on Earth, but this power is clearly in decline. It now becomes increasingly risky for America to throw its weight around.

Turkey is entering a decisive struggle. Its outcome will be decided in a battle between living forces. There is the potential to defeat Erdoğan, and the surest way to do so is through mass mobilisation on the streets,

Fighters loyal to the al-Jolani regime have swept through coastal villages, towns and cities, carrying out a pogrom that has left over 1,200 Alawite civilians dead

Trump’s proposal is nothing short of another Nakba: the forced expulsion of two million Palestinians from their land.

The victory of the Islamists has nothing to do with strength on their part, but rather with the extreme rottenness and weakness of the Assad regime. Like a rotten apple it fell at the slightest jolt.

The ICC warrants expose the utter hypocrisy of Western imperialism.

When political leaders like Biden, Starmer, Macron and Scholz, together with all the other criminal warmongers – sitting in the comfort of their government buildings, living in their luxurious residences, making lots of money as they serve the interests of the rich and powerful capitalist class – make speeches about the ‘right of Israel to defend itself’, remember what the hell they’ve brought to Gaza.

The Israeli regime, and the western powers who support it, are enemies of the workers and youth of the Middle East. They have been wreaking havoc in the region for more than a century, keeping it crushed under the jackboot of barbaric imperialist oppression.

The position of revolutionary communists in this conflict is clear. We stand with the oppressed against the oppressors. We stand against the reactionary imperialist state of Israel and with the oppressed Palestinians, and now Lebanese, who are at the receiving end of brutal military aggression. We support their right to defend themselves.