Global Day of Action Against War on Iran
Fight for an Anti-War Government and Oppose Canada's Appeasement of U.S. Imperialism!
- Nick Lin -
Montreal, January 25, 2020
 Around the world, on January
25, people took to the streets to reject any possibility of war with
Iran, along with all of the U.S.-led imperialist aggression and
sanctions against Iran and other countries.
Across Canada, people affirmed the anti-war
consciousness of Canadians, condemning U.S. aggression, declaring
Canada a Zone for Peace, and calling for an anti-war government that
will immediately get the country out of NATO and NORAD. The actions
showed that despite the January 3 U.S. drone strike on Iraq, and Iran
accidentally shooting down Ukraine International Airlines Flight PS752,
they are keeping their bearings and working out the stands required to
unite themselves in defence of international peace.
In spite of all the efforts to present the events
in Iran as a long-standing feud between Iran and the U.S., people are
well aware of U.S. hegemonic aims in the Middle East, and that Iran and
its people have long been singled out by the U.S. because they refuse
to submit to U.S. dictate. This is also the case with Iraq, which has
been occupied for over 15 years by the U.S. and a coalition of NATO
forces, in which the Canadian military plays an integral part, and
still its people refuse to relinquish their right to decide and to be
free from foreign dictate.
The bold positions of Canadians against U.S.
imperialist war and aggression stand in stark contrast to the Trudeau
government's craven appeasement of the Trump administration and U.S.
imperialism. This is indicated by how Canada is fully embroiled in NATO
interference in the region, and is supporting the U.S.-led sanctions
against Iran.
 Not only does
Canada directly participate in the military occupation of Iraq, it
consistently takes up the role of appeaser of U.S. war crimes by
putting forward its thesis that Canada's contributions to NATO -- both
in terms of armaments production and participation in U.S.-led
coalitions, such as the one now occupying Iraq -- are part of Canada's
"contribution to peace-keeping." This is mixed in with U.S. notions of
"collective security," whereby the U.S. considers opposition to its
attempts at world domination as a threat to its own security. These are
the "high ideals" of a "rules-based international order" which are
invoked, for example, by Canada when it interferes in the internal
affairs of Venezuela and Bolivia and calls for regime change and open
coups d'état.
This appeasement is also clear in the Canadian
government's refusal to acknowledge that the blame for Iranian airspace
being turned into a war zone that resulted in the shooting down of
Flight PS752 on January 8 lies in large part with the U.S. drone strike
on Iraq, January 3, to assassinate Iranian and Iraqi military
officials. Global Affairs Canada states, "Prime Minister Trudeau has
spoken with Iran's President Hassan Rouhani directly and clearly stated
that Canada expects and demands full cooperation from Iranian
authorities in all respects of access, repatriation and investigation."
Yet it will not hold the U.S. to account for instigating the conflict.
Canada's appeasement of the U.S. does not
represent Canadians and is an insult to the memory of all those killed
on Flight PS752, regardless of nationality, and only creates the
conditions for future such tragedies. It is altogether unacceptable.
Lately, the NATO Association of Canada has been
attempting to foment a spirit of distrust and hostility toward China,
acting as the mouthpiece for the U.S. and NATO position that China
poses a threat to the world. Canada has been appeasing the U.S. on this
front as well, as shown by its detention of Huawei executive Meng
Wangzhou in the service of U.S. interests. This too must not pass.
For the U.S., the drone strike in Iraq is another
desperate attempt to unite its bureaucracy to overcome a deepening
internal crisis. Such a scenario took place in April 2017, with a U.S.
missile strike in Syria, followed shortly after by the use of the
Massive Ordnance Air Blast in Afghanistan. At that time, CPC(M-L)
condemned the use of Syria as a proving ground for larger wars. It also
pointed out that the U.S. "failure to [unite its bureaucracy] with its
missile strike on Syria is now leading to wilder and wilder acts of
revenge against all those who refuse to toe the U.S. line. Its assaults
on vulnerable targets so as to threaten China, Russia, the Democratic
People's Republic of Korea and peoples everywhere fighting for their
right to be deserve the condemnation of all justice- and peace-loving
peoples." It is clear that such attempts to unite the crisis-ridden
U.S. bureaucracy have utterly failed.
The "rules-based international order" promoted by
the Canadian government is window dressing for their flouting
of international law, which requires conflicts between nations
to be resolved peacefully using diplomatic means. Canada must withdraw
its troops from Iraq, a basic requirement for peace in the
region, and the demand of the Iraqi parliament and the Iraqi and
Iranian peoples. Canada must also re-establish diplomatic relations
with Iran which were severed by the Harper government in 2012 and which
have not been re-established as promised by the Trudeau government.
How to make Canada a factor for peace in
the world and the need for the modern democratic personality to take
its place front and centre to lead the struggle for people to have
decision-making power on matters of war and peace is the order of the
day.
This article was published in
Volume 50 Number 2 - February 1, 2020
Article Link:
Fight for an Anti-War Government and Oppose Canada's Appeasement of U.S. Imperialism! - Nick Lin
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