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Iran, Lebanon, the Failure of Campist “Anti-Imperialism”, and the Need for Solidarity
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We spend some time unpacking the recent US/Israel strike on Iran and Lebanon.
With tensions rising between the U.S., Israel, and Iran, many are getting pulled into spewing out takes that delegitimize the complexity of diaspora and the struggles of folks on the ground opposing authoritarian regimes . In this episode, we slow things down and ask some questions: what's happening in this moment? What are the dangers of campism and how can it be reaction to imperial guilt? And what does international solidarity look like?
00:00 Intro
02:15 Why we waited to record this episode
05:40 The escalation around Iran and U.S. aggression
11:10 Feeling powerless under empire
17:30 Naming powerlessness and reclaiming collective power
25:50 Internationalist solidarity and accountability
34:20 Why this conversation requires long-term thinking
42:00 Closing reflections
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Read from this episode…
How Campism Mirrors the Fascist Geopolitics by Hein Htet Kyaw
https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/hein-htet-kyaw-how-campism-mirrors-the-fascist-geopolitics
Iran: Campism and the Erasure of Theocracy
https://anticapitalistresistance.org/iran-campism-and-the-erasure-of-theocracy/
Why the Left Is Failing Iranians: Against Campism, by Paria Rahimi – 15 January 2026
https://leftrenewal.org/articles-en/why-the-left-is-failing-iranians/
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