Mansa is joined by Comrade Elizabeth to discuss how the left finds itself divided and disoriented yet again on Iran. Whether it's the 12-day war, the Dey uprising, or now, the two trends persist and keep getting ever more polarised: denounce the regime for being repressive and therefore refuse to defend Iran from attack by the U.S. and Israel, or support the regime for being anti-imperialist. This binary is not new. We put forward a framework to resolve this and urge leftists to face reality, and draw the hard lessons, no matter how bitter and painful. 

Our recent propaganda on/relevant to Iran: 

• Why leftists shouldn't celebrate Khamenei's death, by Mansa Kaur
• Stop U.S.-Israel rampage - Defend Iran
• Iran still needs to be defended
• Iran - The revolution must be anti-imperialist
• Iran - Marxists who failed the test
• Iran and the national question
• Why can't anyone stop Netanyahu?

Previous SpartTalk episodes:

• Why workers should stand with Iran!
• Iran and the Marxists who failed

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