In Episode 211 [11] of the CounterVortex podcast [12], Bill Weinberg takes stock of the potential for escalation to world war as Joe Biden retaliates for a deadly drone strike [13] on US forces by an Iran-backed militia with air raids [14] on 85 targets [15] in Iraq and Syria. The same militias that have been attacking US forces in Iraq and Syria have also brutally repressed [16] protesters in Iraq, and fought for the genocidal Bashar Assad regime [17] in Syria. Tehran's paramilitary network has also carried out deadly repression [18] of protests within Iran itself. The Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen, now also coming under US bombardment [19], are responsible for war crimes [20] against the Yemeni people and repression [21] of their popular movements. It is necessary to oppose Biden's widening of air-strikes against Iran's paramilitaries, but also to oppose the Islamic Republic, equally a force of regional reaction.
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