The following statement was published by David North, chairman of the World Socialist Web Site Editorial Board, on Tuesday morning in response to the threat by US President Donald Trump to make Iranian civilization “die tonight.”
During the past hour, Donald Trump has issued yet another threat against the people of Iran.
He has said, “an entire civilization will die tonight.”
This crime, if carried out, will implicate the United States in an act of absolutely monstrous dimensions, comparable only to the crimes committed by the Nazis during the Second World War.
Even at this late hour the working class throughout the world must declare its opposition to this monstrous crime. It must be stopped. It cannot be allowed to happen.
We declare our solidarity with the people of Iran. We will not allow this action to take place and for those who are responsible for it to go unpunished.
This is the responsibility of the working class, indeed it is the responsibility of all of humanity.