764 [corrected] — For workers' solidarity against the Iran war | Build workers' united fronts +
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This three-part episode of Solidarity & More delivers a powerful call to action for global workers' solidarity in response to the escalating U.S.-Israel war against Iran, framing the conflict as a capitalist-driven catastrophe that devastates working people, destroys infrastructure, and intensifies repression in Iran. The podcast critiques imperialist ambitions, Western media complicity, and the dangers of post-literate digital activism, urging a return to deep literacy, face-to-face organizing, and democratic, rank-and-file-controlled trade unions as the foundation for revolutionary change. Drawing on historical precedents like Chartism and Marx’s early writings, the episode emphasizes the need for united fronts across industries, nations, and identities to confront both war and austerity. Current labor struggles in the UK, France, and the U.S.—including strikes by teachers, rail workers, and public sector employees—are highlighted as signs of growing grassroots resistance, while mass protests like No Kings Day and the planned May Day 'No Work, No School, No Shopping' actions signal a rising tide of coordinated action. The episode also examines political dynamics in Denmark, where coalition governments persist despite far-right advances, and documents escalating police crackdowns on pro-Palestine activists in the UK, with over 2,700 arrests, alongside looming industrial action by UK doctors over stagnant pay. Across all segments, the central message is clear: genuine revolutionary transformation requires sustained, organized, and international working-class unity rooted in democratic principles and socialist culture.
Workers must build democratic, rank-and-file-controlled united fronts across industries and national borders to counter imperialist wars, austerity, and far-right extremism.
Revolutionary movements require deep literacy, face-to-face organizing, and the reinvigoration of trade unions as vehicles for collective struggle, rejecting both state populism and digital activism.
Historical movements like Chartism and Marx’s early work provide a blueprint for linking immediate labor struggles with long-term socio-economic revolution.
Current labor actions in the UK, France, and the U.S. demonstrate growing resistance to austerity and militarism, but only sustained coordination can prevent these efforts from becoming isolated outbursts.
The U.S. left is mobilizing for a major May Day campaign with nationwide 'No Work, No School, No Shopping' days, signaling a shift toward coordinated, mass-based resistance.
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The Human and Economic Cost of the Iran War
“The Iran war continues to be backed by a majority of Israeli Jews, 78% according to the Times of Israel, reporting a poll on the 27th of march who fear that iran may build nuclear weapons only ninety per cent of the palestinian israelis who are one-fifth of the population support the war”
Workers' Solidarity and the Rejection of State Power
“Workers are not expendable by rejecting both external aggression and internal repression. They point towards a future based on peace, justice, freedom, equality and self-determination built from below through the collective power of the working class and all oppressed people.”
The Crisis of Post-Literacy and the Need for Deep Literacy
“A movement that requires only acolytes and foot soldiers can mobilize them through social media's post-literate modes. Politics that require workers to do what Antonio Gramsci called the permanent persuaders and democratic philosophers need something different.”
Marx, Chartism, and the Revolutionary Potential of the Proletariat
“The lowest stratum of our present society cannot stir, cannot raise itself up without the whole super-incumbent strata of official society being sprung into the air.”
The Role of Trade Unions and Democratic Organization
The episode critiques the failure of current anti-fascist coalitions like SUTR to build real working-class power, calling for unions to take leadership in anti-racist and anti-far-right struggles. It emphasizes the need for democratic, structured organizations that foster deep ties and collective decision-making.
“Workers are not expendable by rejecting both external aggression and internal repression. They point towards a future based on peace, justice, freedom, equality and self-determination built from below through the collective power of the working class and all oppressed people.”
“Some 2,700 people have been arrested on the repeated peaceful anti-man protests simply for holding placards saying I support Palestinian action.”
“Trump's other major threat is to destroy Iran's energy infrastructure by bombing the power plants. This brings to mind U.S. Air Force General Curtis LeMay's infamous quote, bomb them back to the Stone Age, end quote, remark made by the Vietnam War.”
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