A-Infos (en) Australia, ANCOM: DEFEND IRAN! DEFEND GAZA! - Position of the Melbourne Branch of the Anarchist Communist Federation (ca, de, it, pt, tr)[machine translation]

Early on Friday 13 June, Israel launched jet attacks against over 100 
targets in Iran. As well as dropping huge bombs on the Natanz complex 
and other locations linked to Iran's nuclear program, it assassinated 
military leaders and civilian scientists in attacks on their homes. As 
is also usual for Israeli assassinations in Gaza, many family members 
and neighbours of the targets were murdered as well. Iranian news 
reports that 78 people have been killed in Israeli attacks on 
residential areas in Tehran.
The Start of a War
These attacks were not a one-off strike, but the start of a war. Israeli 
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has made a television address boasting 
about the attacks and saying they would continue "for as long as 
necessary". While the United States has been at pains to state that 
Israel was acting unilaterally, US President Donald Trump described the 
attacks as "excellent" and has threatened that Israel has "even more 
brutal" attacks in store. Israel has not yet been clear about its war 
aims. At the time of writing this statement, Iran had not yet responded 
militarily.

Israeli statements indicate that its government believes the Iranian 
regime's support base is so thin that a campaign of assassination of 
Iranian leaders may result in the regime's collapse. This is delusional 
thinking. While the Ayatollahs definitely have the support of well under 
half the population, the regime is solid enough to have put down, 
unaided by foreign allies, a series of popular uprisings in recent 
years. In addition, many who detest the theocratic rule of the clergy 
will still be compelled to defend the regime against Israel's deadly 
attacks.

Zionism Off the Leash
Netanyahu has been itching to carry out these attacks for years. 
Previous US administrations had restrained it, fearful that the 
repercussions would be uncontrollable. The Pentagon has repeatedly 
advised US Presidents that there are no good military options in 
relation to Iran. Given Iran's defences, an invasion is a chancy thing. 
Even worse, any assault short of regime change will only consolidate the 
Ayatollahs in power, while regime change would necessitate the 
occupation of a mountainous country larger than Iraq and Afghanistan 
combined. Regardless of whether Trump has unleashed Israel or whether 
Israel has slipped it without authorisation, the US is no longer able to 
control the consequences fully. A wider war is a distinct possibility.

Workers Must Act
The Anarchist Communist Federation is opposed to all States and their 
militaries, worldwide. As such, ACF-M does not support Iranian military 
retaliation to the Israeli bombings. Such action would kill Israeli 
civilians and further consolidate Israeli workers behind their Zionist 
rulers. Rather, we advocate the defence of Iran by the international 
working class. To do this, workers must mobilise politically and use 
their industrial power in the workplace to isolate Israel and make its 
war impossible. In particular, this requires black bans on the export of 
war materiel, automobiles, oil and petroleum products to Israel. This 
would cripple the Zionist war machine and make the Israeli economy grind 
to a halt.

Here in Australia, the major impact that workers can have is on the 
export of parts for the F35 fighter-bomber. Though these go into a 
global pool serving all twelve users of the F35, it is Israel which has 
the continuous need for large quantities of spare parts, caused by its 
genocidal campaign against Gaza and now its war against Iran. Some of 
the parts manufactured in Australia are made nowhere else. This includes 
the bomb bay doors, without which the F35 cannot fly.

To prevent them reaching the hands of Israel, unions in Australia need 
to black ban the export of all parts for the F35. Because this would be 
unprotected action, and the reaction of the entire capitalist class 
would be savage, the workers and unions involved will need the backing 
of the whole union movement. And because the Labor Party would use all 
its power to try to stop the actions, workers need to mobilise at the 
rank and file level to impose these bans against the resistance of 
officials who prove unwilling.

By stopping the flow of war materiel to Israel and making its economy 
grind to a halt, workers would not only stop Israel's war on Iran, but 
also stop its campaign of genocide in Gaza, its military attacks on 
Lebanon and its continued encroachment on Syrian territory. This would 
be a profound defeat for Israel and cause a political crisis within 
Zionism, opening up new possibilities for the struggle for justice in 
Palestine and across the wider region. And finally, and most importantly 
of all, it would demonstrate that workers have the power to make the 
world a better place. We can defeat the capitalists, make a revolution 
and create a society of freedom, equality and justice for all.

STOP THE ZIONIST WAR MACHINE!

https://ancomfed.org/2025/06/defend-iran-defend-gaza/
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