Stop Arming Israel
Bring All U.S. Troops Home, Close All U.S. Bases in the Middle East
No to Sanctions Against Iran
No More U.S. Wars for Oil
Yemen, a country ravaged by US bombs and starved by siege, is heralded by millions for its courageous actions to stop Israeli shipping. Now, in retaliation for Israel’s bombing of its embassy in Syria, Iran has bombed Israeli military bases in an act of solidarity and self-defense. The heroic freedom fighters of Gaza welcome Iran’s aid. Across the world, the masses are celebrating Iran for standing up to Israeli terrorism.
The US is now summoning its capitalist partners to threaten Iran, and we must say no! The racist, fascist apartheid government of Israel must be stopped by all means, just as the German Nazis should have been stopped before they murdered over 30 million people.
Millions have poured into the streets to demand that Israel end the genocide in Gaza which has already resulted in the murders of more than 40,000 Palestinians, nearly half of them children. Israel is deliberately starving Gazans to death and refusing them medicine and sanitation. Top Israeli officials openly call for the extermination of Palestinians. Illegal settlements have accelerated. Under the protection of the occupation forces, Israeli settlers in the West Bank are carrying out pogroms intended to drive out the native Palestinian population.
Israel continues to ignore international condemnation from the majority of countries around the world and the UN General Assembly. While they commit genocide in Gaza, Israel has also bombed Syria and Lebanon, leaving death and destruction in their wake. Israel has also committed acts of terrorism against the population of Iran, including the February bombing of Iranian gas pipelines amid the cold winter. Already, US-imposed sanctions on Iran severely reduce Iranians access to food, medicine, and other necessities.
Only the US government, Britain, France, and Germany continue to send arms and support to Israel. The masses of people across the Middle East who have endured decades of US occupation, invasions, and sanctions all oppose US-armed and-funded Israel.
The monarchies of Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain, Qatar, Jordan and Kuwait – all brutal dictatorships, along with the fascist Egyptian regime – have collaborated with the US and Israel against the will of the people, who have poured into the street in support of the Palestinians. The US has more than 57,000 troops and dozens of bases in these countries, all for the purpose of enriching US oil companies and war profiteers.
The US openly admits to overthrowing the democratically elected Iranian government in 1954 when they installed the Shah of Iran (“Shah” means “king”) by force. For over 30 years the Shah oversaw a regime of terror against the Iranian people, to the delight of US and British oil companies and weapons manufacturers. The people of Iran have never forgotten, nor should we.
Our national security is not threatened by Iran, Yemen or the Palestinians. It is threatened by never ending wars for oil and gas profits. Everyday we grow more insecure the more war profiteering corporations continue to overtake the U.S. budget. Already nearly $1.2 trillion of our tax dollars are robbed by the likes of Lockheed Martin, Exxon-Mobil, etc. while the big banks extort hundreds of billions more in interest. Real security means guaranteeing universal access to healthcare, high quality education, homes, food, livable social security, infrastructure repair and emergency environmental action.