This is the beginning of the end for the MAGA movement, which propelled Trump to power just 18 months ago as the “peace president” who would bring back jobs and bring down prices. The war has no off-ramp for Trump, there is no end in sight, and $4 a gallon gas is just the beginning of higher prices.
At the center of the crisis lies the Strait of Hormuz, a key artery of the global energy system. While millions suffer, others profit. Paradoxically, one of the economic beneficiaries of the conflict may be Russia.
Drunk with success in Venezuela, Trump thought that the same methods could be used to force Iran to submit. That was a very serious miscalculation.
As long as the capitalists rule, there will be slaughter and suffering in every corner of the globe. A workers’ government in the US is the first step to ending the scourge of war.
In the morning of Saturday, February 28 Tehran was shaken by a series of loud explosions as US and Israeli missiles struck the capital of Iran. Clouds of smoke were also seen rising from Tehran, Qom and other Iranian cities, announcing the commencement of war.
Whether through coups, supporting a US-friendly dictator, or pummeling Iran with sanctions and war, the American ruling class has continually attempted to exert its control over Iran’s people and resources.