The hammer of U.S. imperialism falls again, causing death and destruction across the Middle East. In partnership with the genocidal Israeli regime, the Trump Administration is engaging in gunboat diplomacy to enforce its terms on Iran. But following America’s unilateral withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal in 2018 and re-imposition of deadly sanctions, Iran expresses a rational hesitancy to disarm.

This time, we’ve heard little about “weapons of mass destruction” or “defending democracy.” The ruling class is not even bothering to manufacture consent for its crimes. The lesson of Vietnam and Iraq has only been increased recklessness. These actions will continue to isolate and overextend the grasp of the U.S. empire.

The working class has no desire for this conflict. ROC DSA is organizing opposition into a force capable of seizing the gears of war. Capitalists rely on our labor to manufacture their bombs and to fight their wars. We refuse to be complicit in their violence.