Can Iran defeat the U.S. & Israel? Why we're not so confident, with Comrade Perrault

About this episode

Mansa and Comrade Perrault discuss the implications of the Iran war and the potential outcomes for the U.S. and Israel.

Mansa is joined by Comrade Perrault to look at why a lot of analysts and the left think the U.S. will emerge weaker out of the Iran war. There is a lot of fatuousness that the Iranian regime's strategy will lead it to victory, but we ask: what constitutes victory? Our starting point is that communists and anti-imperialists should approach this question from the point of view of which class force emerges strengthened out of this conflict. Will this war lead to a strengthening of the oppressed ...

People in this episode

Guest: Comrade Perrault

Topics covered

• Iran
• U.S.
• Israel
• war
• victory
• communism
• anti-imperialism

Keywords

• analysts
• left
• strategy
• class force
• oppressed

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Iran, U.S., Israel

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