SpartTalk
English-language podcast of the Spartacist League. Listen for a revolutionary Trotskyist perspective on key questions for the workers movement internationally.
SpartTalk
Iran under attack & the left caught in a trap... again, with Comrade Elizabeth
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Mansa is joined by Comrade Elizabeth to discuss how the left finds itself divided and disoriented yet again on Iran. Whether it's the 12-day war, the Dey uprising, or now, the two trends persist and keep getting ever more polarised: denounce the regime for being repressive and therefore refuse to defend Iran from attack by the U.S. and Israel, or support the regime for being anti-imperialist. This binary is not new. We put forward a framework to resolve this and urge leftists to face reality, and draw the hard lessons, no matter how bitter and painful.
Our recent propaganda on/relevant to Iran:
- Why leftists shouldn't celebrate Khamenei's death, by Mansa Kaur
- Stop U.S.-Israel rampage - Defend Iran
- Iran still needs to be defended
- Iran - The revolution must be anti-imperialist
- Iran - Marxists who failed the test
- Iran and the national question
- Why can't anyone stop Netanyahu?
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