Colonialism on full display as the US and Israel attack Iran

The US and Israel are once again showing their true colonialist colours as they launch unprovoked attacks on Iran.

Make no mistake. The US/Israel war against Iran is a colonial war. Like the genocide in Palestine, the invasion of Iraq and Libya, the incineration of Vietnam and Laos, it is war to subjugate the people of the global South and annihilate their resistance. Colonialism has no…

— Jason Hickel (@jasonhickel) February 28, 2026

Of course, Trump claims the attacks are due to the US not being happy with Iran’s position on the nuclear weapon negotiations. CNN claims the US and Israel have been planning the operation for months and targeted:

Iran’s supreme leader, president and head of the armed forces.

But already, despite their advanced precision weaponry, Israel has attacked two schools.

Whether it’s seizing oil, regime changes, or destroying and preventing the use of nuclear weapons, the US and Israel have been singing from the same hymn sheet for 30 years.

🇮🇱🇺🇸 Their aim goes beyond destroying WMDs, seizing oil, or regime change in #Iran 🇮🇷; they have been pursuing systematic conquest, genocide after genocide, and control of the entire Middle East in pursuit of a so-called “promised empire of Israel” https://t.co/PT56koM2Bi

— Bashir Qaman✍️ (@BashirQaman) February 28, 2026

Iran and the right to self-defence

The reality? The goal is murdering black and brown people and stealing land. Whether it’s for ‘Greater Israel‘ or for the US’s financial interests, it’s one and the same — murder and control the people in the global majority, and get rich in the process.

What the mainstream media is not telling you is that under international law, Iran has the right to self-defence against unprovoked and illegal attacks.

Unfortunately, Zarah Sultana is, so far, the only left-wing MP in the UK to have said that publicly.

Under international law, Iran has the right to defend itself from unprovoked and illegal attacks.

This is US imperialist aggression, plain and simple. https://t.co/oObYj5mSJd

— Zarah Sultana MP (@zarahsultana) February 28, 2026

Jeremy Corbyn stated that the attacks were:

The attacks on Iran by Israel and the United States are illegal, unprovoked and unjustifiable.

Peace and diplomacy was possible. Instead, Israel and the United States chose war.

This is the behaviour of rogue states — and they have jeopardised the safety of humankind around…

— Jeremy Corbyn (@jeremycorbyn) February 28, 2026

But he failed to mention that Iran has the right to self-defence.

As did Zack Polanski, which is disappointing to say the least.

This is an illegal, unprovoked and brutal attack that shows once again that the USA and Israel are rogue states.

The UK must end our cosy relationship with the USA and our ongoing support for Israel. https://t.co/LeAyf8ehPa

— Zack Polanski (@ZackPolanski) February 28, 2026

As did many members of the European Parliament.

The EU condones the US-Israeli illegal and unprovoked war of aggression on Iran.

European failure to stand up for basic principles of international law legitimises rogue state behaviour and endangers lives throughout the world.

Shameful. Dangerous. https://t.co/PPmXAzOto6

— Marc Botenga MEP (@BotengaM) February 28, 2026

When white people are bombed illegally, as we have seen over the last few years in Ukraine, there is an automatic and non-negotiable right to self-defence. No one questions it; the world sends weapons, and random MPs decide to go and fight for the cause.

So why is this different?

I think we all know the answer to that. It’s because so much of the world still sees black and brown people as less than, and it’s fucked up.

Bombing Iran — including children, is in the typical US and Israeli imperial playbook. We’re once again seeing their pattern of colonial conquest play out in real time. But just like Palestine, Iran has the right to self-defence against these unprovoked and illegal attacks.

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