U.S. military action is disrupting key energy suppliers, putting China’s reliance on foreign sources to the test. Even as Beijing strengthens domestic capacity and diversifies imports, the crisis exposes the limits of its energy strategy. A tanker docked in the Chinese port of Qingdao -- Benlisquare, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Brittani Banks (WP User) and John P. Ruehl China’s energy security may be put to its first true test in 2026 with the seizure of Venezuelan

Britain’s role in US wars during the Trump administration has been much more significant than many people realize. Trump and British PM Keir Starmer, September, 2025 -- Number 10, via Wikimedia Commons By Alfie Howis, Common Dreams Britain’s role in the recent machinations of the US empire has been central, despite going underreported and little criticized. Britain has a significant hand in the ongoing US war of aggression against Iran and its recent invasion of Venezuela . B

Defiant Friday prayers in Tehran, March 6, 2026 -- Tasnim News Agency, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (cropped) By Ali Abutalebi El último día de febrero, los Estados Unidos e Israel lanzaron una nueva ronda de ataques militares contra Irán. En los primeros minutos de la operación, la residencia del líder supremo de Irán, el gran ayatolá Sayyid Ali Hosseini Jamenei, fue objeto de un ataque que provocó su asesinato y la muerte de varios miembros de su familia, incluida su ni

Smoke rises above Tehran, March 4 -- Avash Media, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (cropped) No to the wars of capital! The NCPN (New Communist Party of the Netherlands) and CJB (Communist Youth Movement) strongly condemn the Dutch government's decision to deploy the Dutch frigate Zr. MS. Eversen in a supposedly ‘defensive’ manner in the Mediterranean Sea in light of the imperialist attack on Iran and Lebanon by the United States and Israel. The Dutch population is thus being

What happens when a regional conflict becomes a global stress test? A war with Iran could trigger cascading crises—from the Strait of Hormuz to global markets, from fragile alliances to generations shaped by instability. This essay traces the pathways through which small decisions intersect with volatile structures, showing how imagination and restraint might interrupt—or fail to stop—the momentum toward catastrophe. We are Making a New World, painting, Paul Nash 1918 -- publ

Make no mistake—the ultimate goal of the empire remains regime change. A pliant nation under its thumb is all the United States craves from oil-rich nations. Fire at Fuerte Tiuna, Venezuela's largest military complex, after the January 3 bombings by the US -- news video screenshot By Richard D. Harris, Common Dreams Venezuela and Iran hold the largest and third-largest petroleum reserves in the world, respectively. Both have been targeted for regime change by Washington . T

Friday Prayers in Tehran, March 6, 2026 -- Tasnim News Agency, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Ali Abutalebi On the last day of February, the United States and Israel launched a new round of military strikes against Iran. In the opening minutes of the operation, the residence of Iran’s Supreme Leader, Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Hosseini Khamenei, was targeted. The attack resulted in his assassination and the deaths of several members of his family, including his 14-month-

Images via Estudios Revolución By Leticia Martínez Hernández, translated from the Spanish At noon on Thursday, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic, visited the Iranian embassy in Cuba to sign the Book of Condolences for Grand Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei. We felt deep pain and regret upon learning of the assassination of the Supreme Leader of the Iranian nation as a result of the

Netanyahu and Modi embrace, February 25 -- image via Modi on X The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the following statement: The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) strongly condemns the deplorable attitude of the Union government towards the illegal war unleashed by the United States-Israel combine against Iran. The Union government's silence and inaction undermine India's independent foreign policy and weaken the country's

The Finnish Communist Party strongly condemns the military attack by the United States and Israel against Iran. This is a criminal act and violation of international law that threatens to push the entire Middle East into an expanding spiral of war. Israel and the United States have once again put forward unfounded accusations about the supposed danger posed by Iran. These accusations are as baseless as all the others these countries have used to justify their imperialist am

Joint Statement of the Communist Parties of Iran (TUDEH), Israel (CPI) and the United States (CPUSA) The war of aggression launched by the Netanyahu criminal government and the United States Imperialism in the early hours of Saturday morning against Iran has ignited a full-scale war and dragged the region and its peoples towards more disasters and civilian casualties – all in the service of imperialist interests, against the interests of peoples, their independence and their

The US war on Iran is a decisive moment for humanity, signaling the end of the “rules-based order” and international law and a policy of endless war. A funeral for a victim of the Minab Elementary School attack by the United States and Israel -- Tasnim News Agency, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Eduardo Rodríguez, People's Dispatch On February 28, the US and Israel attacked Iran . This came at a time when the US and Iran were in the middle of negotiations regarding the

IRIS Dena in 2021 -- image via Wikimedia Commons CPI Condemns the Attack on the Iranian Naval Ship IRIS Dena by US-Israeli Forces Close to India-Sri Lankan Coasts The National Secretariat of the Communist Party of India issued the following statement today (March 5, 2026): The Communist Party of India expresses its deep concern and strong condemnation over the reported sinking of the Iranian naval ship IRIS Dena barely 40 nautical miles off the coast of Sri Lanka, allegedly b

Netanyahu and Trump, December 29, 2025 -- public domain image Via the LALIT Party, Mauritius If a 4-year-old’s mother asks where he got a hundred Rupee note, she knows he is lying when one moment he says, “I found it by the steps to my pre-school”, the next moment, “An uncle gave it to me as he was going by”, and when you roll your eyes, he says, “I opened my bwat kondane and there it was,” and then when his mother is at her wit’s end, he tries, “God gave it to me.” Soon, the

Communist Party of Canada Statement Trump and Carney in 2025 at the White House -- public domain image No to the new imperialist war against Iran! End Canada’s complicity! The Communist Party of Canada condemns the illegal and reckless bombing of Iran launched this weekend by the United States and Israel. This murderous aggression flagrantly violates international law and the United Nations Charter, risking catastrophic escalation. This attack rests on false pretexts. The cla

Whatever criticisms one may have of Iran’s government, the Trump administration is the aggressor in this illegal war. Trump at Mar-a-Lago, Palm Beach, FL, March 1, 2026 -- public domain image By Khury Petersen-Smith The Trump administration has joined Israel in launching large-scale attacks across Iran. The strikes mark the beginning of ​“major combat operations,” according to President Trump, and in response Tehran has launched retaliatory attacks in Middle Eastern countr

Tomahawk Land Attack Missile being fired at Iran by the US Navy -- public domain image Let us stand together against aggression and war!: Appeal of the Council of Left Patriotic Forces of Russia Alarming symptoms of world instability are mounting. The year began with the US invasion of Venezuela, the kidnaping of President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores. This perfidious act of international brigandage has met with worldwide condemnation, with even Washington’s allie

Statements by Communist parties of Switzerland, Sri Lanka, Brazil, Palestine, the Philippines and Pakistan. Funeral for the children killed at the Minab Elementary School -- Morteza Akhondi, Tasnim News Agency, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Firm condemnation of the brutal terrorist and imperialist aggression by Israel and the USA The Communist Party (Switzerland) condemns the latest criminal and terrorist aggression against the Islamic Republic of Iran by the United States

An Iranian flag is raised amid the rubble in Tehran -- Hossein Zohrevand, Tasnim News Agency, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons The Communist Party of Swaziland (CPS) express its unwavering revolutionary solidarity with the people of Iran and condemn in the strongest possible terms the unprovoked and illegal military aggression carried out by the United States and Israel against the sovereign nation of Iran. This act of war, marked by direct US bombing of Iranian territory an

It’s obvious that Trump loves the feel of power. It no doubt gives him a rush more intoxicating than any drug. Trump announces attacks on Iran -- public domain image By Les Leopold, Common Dreams Since resuming power 13 months ago, President Trump has declared he should be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize . At the same time, he has attacked civilian boats in the Caribbean, abducted the head of Venezuela , blockaded Cuba , conducted air strikes in Nigeria , Somalia , Yemen , and