As the liberators of our America taught us, from Bolívar to Martí, and as Commanders Fidel Castro and Hugo Chávez reminded us in their unwavering struggle, the unity of the people is the only force capable of confronting & defeating imperialism.

This editorial by Gilberto López y Rivas originally appeared in the March 6, 2025 edition of La Jornada, Mexico’s premier left wing daily newspaper. The views expressed in this article are the authors’* own and do not necessarily reflect those ofMexico Solidarity Mediaor theMexico Solidarity Project.*

In a recent urgent statement, the Network of Intellectuals, Artists, and Social Movements in Defense of Humanity (REDH) denounced before the international community the joint bombings carried out by the governments of the United States and Israel against the Islamic Republic of Iran on February 28. This constitutes a flagrant violation of international law and—according to preliminary figures—resulted in the deaths of 201 people, 160 of whom were children, and left approximately 700 wounded. Undoubtedly, these bombings of a civilian target are a grave violation of the Geneva Conventions, international humanitarian jurisdiction, and the Charter of the United Nations, and are a war crime committed with the arrogance of those who believe themselves to be above the law.

The REDH denounced this criminal alliance as the same one that has bombed Iraq, destroyed Libya, besieged Syria, blockaded Cuba and Venezuela, and is perpetrating genocide against the Palestinian people in Gaza and the occupied territories. Its ultimate goal is not peace, security, or democracy, but rather the perpetuation of a world order based on the plunder of resources, geopolitical control, and the annihilation of any emancipatory political project that dares to challenge its hegemony.

It is essential to reiterate a historical truth that cannot be hidden: the Second World War is not solely the responsibility of the German, Italian, and Japanese fascists; it is also necessary to highlight the clear responsibility of the British, American, and French imperialists in the outbreak of the war.

Those who make up this Network for Human Rights believe that the attack against Iran is part of a global escalation of war that threatens to unleash a conflagration with unpredictable consequences for all of humanity. Imperialism, in its quest for domination, is playing with fire in a scenario whose gravity demands the firmest and most urgent response from the people.

The REDH expresses its unwavering and militant solidarity with the Iranian people. Their pain is our pain, their struggle is our struggle, because defending Iran’s sovereignty is part of defending the sovereignty of all peoples of the Global South. Therefore, we urgently call upon intellectuals, artists, social movements, dignified governments, and free peoples of the world to raise their voices and take action in solidarity. We demand an immediate end to the bombings and that those responsible for these crimes be brought to justice before international law. No more impunity.

The REDH believes that, as the liberators of our America taught us, from Bolívar to Martí, and as Commanders Fidel Castro and Hugo Chávez reminded us in their unwavering struggle, the unity of the people is the only force capable of confronting and defeating imperialism. In this moment of defining moments, the slogan must be singular: unity of the people against imperialism!

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Certainly, humanity today faces extremely serious risks of apocalyptic proportions, such as those that led to the last world conflagration, with the aftermath of at least 75 million deaths (military and civilian) between 1939 and 1945. Among these human losses, the former Soviet Union stands out with between 26 and 27 million; China, between 15 and 20 million; Germany, between 7 and 9 million; Poland, between 5 and 6 million; Japan, nearly 3 million; and the United States and Great Britain, between 300,000 and 400,000 lives lost due to bombings, famines, diseases, and the Holocaust genocide, which ended the lives of some 6 million Jews, Communists, Roma, homosexuals, disabled people, and sectors of the population who, according to the criteria of the Nazi-fascist genocidal regime, were taken to forced labor, concentration, and extermination camps.

It is essential to reiterate a historical truth that cannot be hidden: the Second World War is not solely the responsibility of the German, Italian, and Japanese fascists, who, desiring a new division of the world, unleashed the most terrible war tragedy in recorded history; it is also necessary to highlight the clear responsibility of the British, American, and French imperialists in the outbreak of the war. England, the United States, and France encouraged and permitted the rearmament of Germany; they condoned the rapid growth of its armed forces and invoked a supposed neutrality in the face of fascist aggressions against Ethiopia in 1935, Spain in 1936, Austria and Czechoslovakia in 1938, and Poland in 1939. All the Nazi-fascist aggressions of the pre-war period went unpunished, thus allowing the dreams of global expansion of the Axis powers to become a cruel reality. The English and French governments disregarded international mutual defense agreements with Poland and Czechoslovakia and the will of their people, shamelessly allowing the Nazi occupation of these countries.

In the 21st century, these traumatic experiences seem to be forgotten, and once again, humanity is in danger of a third world war which, if it were to take place, would cause the disappearance of the human species and the extinction of life on the planet.

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