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Beware U.S. imperialism’s

war on Iran!
WW Statement
Will the escalation in bombing by the U.S. and British It was telling that many solidarity messages to the responsibility to obstruct Israel’s genocidal acts. And to
air forces against people in Syria, Iraq and Yemen lead Lenin Centennial held in New York City Jan. 21 focused obstruct Washington’s genocidal complicity.
to a regional war with Iran? on imperialism. According to Lenin, imperialism means The Ansarullah government of Yemen, for example,
Despite declarations from President Joe Biden, war. says Israel must cease the genocide or Yemen’s fight-
Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of The International Court of Justice found the charge ers will harass ships using the Red Sea to supply Israel.
Defense Lloyd Austin that they seek no war with Iran, of genocide against Israel plausible. A U.S. federal court Because the Yemenis are trying to stop genocide, the U.S.
every day the genocide in Gaza continues brings that found charges of U.S. complicity with genocide plausible. and Britain are bombing them.
war closer. Every bomb and rocket the U.S. Air Force That means that the Axis of Resistance — ​anti-im- Because other forces in the Axis of Resistance have
launches against the region expands the war. perialist forces in Palestine, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq fired on U.S. bases in the region, the Pentagon targets
The leaders of U.S. and British imperialism will claim and Iran — ​h ave not only the legal right, but the them. And the U.S. military threatens Iran with war.
they are “retaliating” for attacks on ships The U.S. is on the verge of a war of
or the killing of three U.S. soldiers. The aggression against Iran. The imperialists
corporate media will blame “Iran-backed also target Lebanon, Syria, Yemen and
terrorists.” The truth is otherwise. Iraq. Biden and his cronies threaten to sac-
Workers World warns our readers rifice millions of people in West Asia and
to refuse to believe a word from Biden, thousands of U.S. soldiers to protect and
Blinken and Austin regarding war. Refuse expand imperialist profits worldwide, as
to believe the corporate media. They lie. well as to allow Israel’s genocide in Gaza.
They form the Executive Committee of Israel, despite all its killing, is losing the
U.S. imperialism, which leads all of the battle to conquer Palestine. Washington
capitalist countries that exploit human has lost much of its remaining political
labor and plunder natural resources capital in the region. Israel and the U.S.
around the world. That’s why there are ruling officials are trying to reverse these
800 U.S. bases in at least 80 countries. losses by employing ever greater force and
That’s why U.S. warships police the world. destruction.
The imperialist ruling class dominates The lesson for the multinational work-
the military, financial, media and commu- ing class in the United States is to prepare
nications arenas to enforce its exploitation for a prolonged battle against the imperi-
worldwide. Wherever this domination is alist ruling class of the U.S. and its allies.
challenged, there is no crime they won’t To start out, don’t believe a word the U.S.
commit to protect and increase the prof- WW PHOTO: JOE PIETTE officials say. ☐
its this system produces, including waging Protesters like these young people in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Feb. 5, 2024, will have to
war. continue targeting U.S. intervention in West Asia to stop the drive to imperialist war.

Palestinian resistance condemns

U.S. attacks on Syria and Iraq
The following statements from
Palestinian resistance forces appeared
on Resistance News Network, Feb. 3,
2024, in response to the recent U.S.
attacks on Syria and Iraq. To read more
statements go to workers.org.
Hamas – Islamic
Resistance Movement
We condemn in the strongest terms the
U.S. aggression on both Iraq and Syria,
considering it a dangerous escalation, an
infringement on the sovereignty of the
two Arab countries, and a threat to their
security and the stability of the region,
serving the expansionist agenda of the
occupation and covering up its horrific
crimes against our Palestinian people in
the Gaza Strip.
The administration of U.S. President
Biden bears responsibility for the conse-
quences of this brutal aggression on both
Iraq and Syria, which pours oil on the fire.
We affirm that the region will not wit-
ness stability or peace unless the Zionist
aggression, the genocidal crimes, and the struggling and drown-
ethnic cleansing against our people in ing under the blows
the Gaza Strip are stopped, and the Nazi, of resistance in Gaza,
Zionist occupation of our Palestinian- and Yemen, Lebanon,
Arab-occupied lands is ended. Iraq, and Syria. It also
This requires Washington to review its underscores direct
aggressive policies and respect the sov- U.S. involvement in
ereignty of states and the interests of the aggression against
Arab peoples, who will not stand idly by the Arab nation and
as our people are subjected to genocide in its partnership in
full view of the entire world. the genocidal war
waged by the Zionist
Popular Front for the enemy against our
Palestinian people in
Liberation of Palestine Gaza. Representatives of united Palestinian resistance organizations.
Central Media Department The Front stressed
that this aggression has not and will not on all fronts are determined to continue
The Popular Front for the Liberation succeed in achieving its goals or dis- the fight until the cessation of the Zionist
of Palestine strongly condemns today, suading the two sisterly countries from genocidal war against the Palestinian peo-
Saturday, the heinous U.S. aggression performing their national duty in serv- ple, to halt U.S. aggression against our
that targeted Iraq and Syria, affirming its ing the causes of the nation, supporting Arab peoples, and to counter its unlim-
full support for both countries and their the Palestinian people, and confronting ited support for the Zionist entity in its
right to respond to this aggression. Zionist and U.S. aggression against our war against the Palestinian people.
The Front emphasized that this crim- Arab peoples.
inal and blatant U.S. aggression came The Front concluded its statement by These statements were lightly edited.
to protect the Zionist entity, which is reaffirming that the resistance factions

Editorial: Stop defunding UNRWA! 2

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editorial

Stop defunding UNRWA! ◆ Around the World

Since October 7, the Israeli genocidal assault against
Gaza has taken place on numerous fronts and all have
been connected in one way or another with the fascist eth-
nic cleansing of the Palestinian people. One of those most
recent fronts has been the targeting of the United Nations
Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA).
The U.N. established UNRWA in 1949 — ​one year after
the Nakba or catastrophe — ​which violently uprooted an
estimated 750,000 Palestinians from their homeland to
set up the Zionist settler-colonial state of Israel.
UNRWA has provided food, water, medical and other
vital services to nearly six million Palestinians who have
had refugee status inside and outside their occupied
homeland for four generations.
Since October 7, some 1.9 million Palestinians in
Gaza have been displaced, along with the massacre of
over 27,000 civilians, almost 40% of them children. As
if these numbers were not horrifying enough, Israel has
gone a step further. It is attempting to destroy UNRWA
by claiming that a dozen of its workers were Hamas mem-
bers involved in the October 7 mission that took about
250 Israelis prisoners to bargain for the release of thou-
sands of illegally detained Palestinian prisoners.
The accused workers have been fired while an inves-
tigation is taking place. Before these accusations were
made in late January — ​with no evidence presented —​
over 150 UNRWA workers, including some named in the
accusations, had been killed in Israeli airstrikes. In a clear
violation of international law, no official investigations
have been announced at this time into these killings.
This agency is dependent on the financial contributions
made by many countries of nearly $1.5 billion in 2023 to
keep its services functioning to support the basic needs
of displaced Palestinians. Many governments have used
these latest claims by Israel as a pretext to withhold their
contributions to UNRWA, led by Israel's biggest backer,
the United States, along with Britain, the Netherlands,
Germany, Japan, Canada, Australia, Austria and Finland.
In total, $440 million has been withheld.
Countries that refused to defund the Agency include
China, Spain, Ireland and Norway, as well as the
European Union. Belgium, which refused to defund the
UNRWA, has paid a heavy price for its stance. According
to numerous sources on X (formerly Twitter), on Feb. 1,
Israel bombed and completely destroyed the build-
ing belonging to the Belgian Agency for Development
Cooperation (Enabel) in Gaza in retaliation for continu-
ing its support for UNRWA.
Portugal announced that it will be sending an addi-
tional $1.1 million donation, along with the already $4.4
million sent in 2023. The South American government of
Guyana has pledged $150,000 to UNRWA.
The Chinese government made a plea to countries
to continue their support of UNRWA. In a Feb. 1 press
briefing, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin
stated that the agency has “made important efforts in eas-
ing the humanitarian situation in Gaza, playing an indis-
pensable and irreplaceable role.”
He continued,“We call on the international commu-
nity, especially major donors, to prioritize the lives of
the people in Gaza, reconsider the decision to suspend
funding and continue to support the work of UNRWA.”
(tinyurl.com/3a6hser6)
Wenbin stated that “collective punishment” against the
people in Gaza should be avoided.
All efforts must continue worldwide to provide the
emergency humanitarian aid that is so desperately
needed to reach the starving people of Gaza — ​and
which the Israelis are purposely blocking — ​including
demanding more funding, not less, for organizations like
UNRWA.
PHOTO: MIDDLE EAST MONITOR
Protest demanding a ceasefire in Gaza, London, Feb. 3, 2024.
this week
Beware U.S. imperialism’s war on Iran! . . . . . . . . . . 1
Palestinian resistance condemns U.S. attacks . . . . . 1
◆ Editorial
Stop defunding UNRWA! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
◆ Mundo Obrero
Homenaje a la resistencia palestina . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Online articles
◆ In the U.S.
Solidarity against Columbia U. repression . . . .LINK
Commentary: Israeli trained police violence . . LINK
Black labor: chattel slavery to wage slavery . . . LINK
Protests in Pennsylvania’s capitol . . . . . . . . . . . LINK
Ceasefire resolutions across the U.S. . . . . . . . . LINK
Palestine Solidarity sparks global upsurge . . . LINK
A media analysis of the Palestinian Genocide . LINK
Biden losing support for backing genocide . . . LINK
◆ Around the World
Africa’s poorest countries defy imperialism . . LINK
Socialist Korea and China strengthen ties . . . . LINK
◆ Tear Down the Walls
Prison bans article on disability struggles . . . . LINK
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Vladimir Illych Lenin, líder de la Revolución Rusa,
murió hace 100 años, el 21 de enero.

La asamblea internacional de Nueva York

rinde homenaje a la resistencia palestina
Por Sara Flounders y Monica Moorehead
Nueva York

La Asamblea Internacional contra

el Imperialismo en Solidaridad con la
Resistencia Palestina se celebró el 21 de
enero en el histórico Malcolm X & Dr.
Betty Shabazz Memorial & Educational
Center de Nueva York. El Partido Mundo
Obrero, organizador del acto, había ele-
gido la fecha para rendir homenaje al cen-
tenario del revolucionario ruso Vladimir
Lenin, fallecido ese día en 1924.
La singular asamblea desafió los esfuer-
zos del imperialismo estadounidense por
aislar y demonizar a la resistencia pales-
tina y a sus aliados. Los organizadores
rodearon los informes de los grupos de la
resistencia palestina con declaraciones de Oradores de más de 45 organizaciones de 30 países de cinco continentes expresaron su solidaridad con la liberación de  MO FOTO: JOE PIETTE

organizaciones nacionales e internacio- Palestina en la Asamblea Internacional celebrada el 21 de enero, centenario de la muerte de V.I. Lenin, en Nueva York.
nales, bien conocidas, que cuentan con
décadas de autoridad en el movimiento Liga de la Juventud Marxista, la Red de sionismo durante la década de 1960. Como precaución añadida contra los
mundial de resistencia a los bloqueos y Solidaridad con los Presos Palestinos Moorehead subrayó que, desde su fun- cierres generalizados de las plataformas
sanciones imperialistas estadounidenses, Samidoun, Veteranos por la Paz, el dación en 1959, el Partido Mundo Obrero corporativas -a menudo realizados auto-
y de partidos obreros y organizaciones de Centro de Trabajadores de Lavandería y ha adoptado una posición de principios máticamente por algoritmos-, retransmi-
solidaridad de todo el mundo. el Consejo por la Paz de EE.UU. coherente en defensa del derecho de los tieron la Asamblea en un nuevo canal de
El acto retransmitido palestinos a su patria. Telegram: Workers World Party.
en directo atrajo a par- El panel contó con la parti- Hubo dos paneles por la tarde sobre
ticipantes de los territo- cipación del educador y editor las luchas de los trabajadores y la cons-
rios palestinos, Sudáfrica, palestino Rabab Abdulhadi, cuya trucción del internacionalismo. Richie
Vietnam, Australia, Canadá, presentación relacionó las con- Merino, de la Bronx Anti-War Coalition,
Perú, España, Ecuador, tribuciones generales de Lenin presidió el primero, y Dianne Mathiowetz,
Alemania, Gran Bretaña, sobre el imperialismo y la opre- trabajadora del automóvil jubilada y
Croacia y Eswatini (alias sión nacional con la lucha por la miembro de United Auto Workers, la
Suazilandia), según los autodeterminación palestina. La sesión de clausura. Los paneles desta-
organizadores. También se destacada novelista y activista caron la importancia de organizarse con
unieron en línea participan- palestina Susan Abulhawa y la la clase trabajadora y las comunidades
tes de al menos 20 estados Presidenta del Gremio Nacional oprimidas.
de Estados Unidos. de Abogados Suzanne Adely pro- Entre los ponentes se encontraban
Desde la región bajo ata- Rabab Abdulhadi Larry Holmes MO FOTOS: JOE PIETTE
nunciaron mensajes grabados en veteranos activistas con décadas de expe-
que imperialista, llegaron vídeo. riencia organizativa -Brenda Stokely,
mensajes de diversas organizaciones -con El imperialismo estadounidense intenta El representante de Neturei Karta, Omowale Clay y Esperanza Martell -junto
dirección tanto secular como religiosa- marginar y aislar este levantamiento Joseph Kohn, presentó una perspectiva con jóvenes activistas y organizadores de
que forman parte decidida de la heroica revolucionario limitándose a nombrar a religiosa judía antisionista. Una visión laica trabajadores- Arjae Red y Alice Yaser.
resistencia en Palestina y Asia Occidental. Hamás como enemigo de Israel, y pro- vino de Michael Kramer, ex soldado israelí El Primer Secretario del Partido Mundo
hibiendo después las declaraciones de y ahora partidario de la resistencia pales- Obrero, Larry Holmes, destacó el panel
Solidaridad leninista mundial Hamás en los medios de comunicación. tina, que habló sobre el creciente número inaugural de la mañana. También con-
Esta solidaridad internacional incluyó Mensajes de: AnsarAllah en Yemen, de adolescentes israelíes que rechazan el cluyó la Asamblea retando a los parti-
una delegación de la misión de Nicaragua Hezbolá en Líbano, Frente Democrático servicio militar obligatorio. cipantes a volver a comprometerse con
ante las Naciones Unidas, y charlas en para la Liberación de Palestina, Un Estado la perspectiva de Lenin de fusionar la
video y/o mensajes del funcionario vene- Democrático de Palestina, Yihad Islámica Lo que buscaba la Asamblea creciente conciencia de clase de los tra-
zolano Carlos Ron Martínez, del Partido y Masar Badil (Sendero Revolucionario Sara Flounders, codirectora del bajadores del Norte Global con los movi-
Comunista de Cuba y de representantes Alternativo) confirmaron la diversidad Centro de Acción Internacional, abrió mientos revolucionarios antiimperialistas
de partidos comunistas de Ucrania, Brasil, de puntos de vista en la resistencia de la la Asamblea leyendo una declaración del Sur Global.
Kenia, Dinamarca y Suazilandia. región y su unidad en la acción. colectiva de los organizadores en la que El programa, incluidas las declaracio-
También enviaron mensajes la Las fuerzas de la izquierda internacio- se afirmaba que el objetivo del programa nes de las organizaciones de resistencia
Agrupación de Trabajadores Africanos nal del International Manifesto Group, era reivindicar el derecho político, legal y palestinas a menudo prohibidas en los
de Senegal, el Polo para el Renacimiento Friends of Socialist China, China/U.S. moral a escuchar, debatir y reunirse con medios de comunicación corporativos,
del Comunismo en Francia - PRCF, y el Solidarity Network, un destacado blo- las fuerzas de resistencia que están siendo se puede ver en los canales del Partido
Centro de Unidad Socialista de la India. guero de TikTok en China, el International atacadas con bombas que Estados Unidos Obrero Mundial en YouTube, Facebook,
Otros autores y comentaristas leninistas Movement for a Just World de Malasia, un suministra a Israel. Instagram, X y Telegram. Todos los soli-
y antiimperialistas enviaron evaluaciones camarada de lucha del difunto revolucio- La declaración afirmaba que todos los darios con la resistencia palestina están
de la lucha en este período desde los acon- nario marxista africano Amílcar Cabral, el que están de acuerdo con la acusación invitados a retransmitir el material y
tecimientos del 7 de octubre en Palestina. Comité de Apoyo a Alex Saab y la Casa de de genocidio, tal como se presenta en la difundirlo lo más lejos posible.
Desde Estados Unidos, fuerzas comu- América Latina en Teherán, Irán, envia- demanda que Sudáfrica presentó ante
nistas, de izquierda, antiimperialistas y ron mensajes que hicieron vibrar el acto. la Corte Internacional de Justicia, en La Las contribuciones para el alquiler
progresistas enviaron representantes que Haya, Países Bajos, tienen la obligación de la sala y los gastos de tecnología son
se dirigieron a la Asamblea. Entre ellos se La resistencia palestina recibe moral de actuar para romper el aisla- necesarias y serán apreciadas. Enviar a
encontraban la Organización Socialista una plataforma mundial miento forzoso. través de workers.org/donate.
Camino de la Libertad, la Coalición Monica Moorehead, redactora gerente Los organizadores de la Asamblea esta- Las autoras Sara Flounders y Monica
Nacional Unida contra la Guerra, BAYAN del periódico Workers World, presidió el ban decididos a celebrar una reunión Moorehead fueron las coordinado-
USA, la Alianza Negra por la Paz, el panel “Voces y defensores de la resisten- presencial amplia y segura y una reunión ras del programa, junto con Dianne
Partido de los Comunistas de EE.UU., cia palestina”. Se refirió a dos destacados híbrida en Zoom con retransmisiones en Mathiowetz.
el Movimiento 12 de Diciembre, Una líderes de la Liberación Negra, Malcolm X las redes sociales Instagram, YouTube, X
Llamada a la Acción en Puerto Rico, la y Huey P. Newton, que denunciaron el y Facebook.