As in Gaza and Iran, the Zionist bombing campaign is not aimed at “military targets.” It is designed to terrorize the population and destroy the infrastructure that allows for some semblance of civilized existence.

Donald Trump is now in an impossible position in which any action he takes will be wrong.

The ceasefire is very fragile and could fall apart at any minute. But whether it holds or not, this is a serious defeat for the US and Trump personally.

Iran has succeeded not only in disrupting the world energy market, but also in destroying energy production and export capacity in the Gulf States.

All politicians lie. It comes with the job description. But one has to say that Trump has taken this to an art form!

While higher gas prices hurt a lot now, more pain is coming.

Having used the Kurds organised in the Syrian Defence Forces (SDF) as a pawn against Assad in the Syrian civil war, American imperialism under Donald Trump is now cynically abandoning them to their fate.

Italian dockers are showing the way forward.

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.

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