The Central Committee (CC) of the Communist Party of Australia (CPA) condemns in the strongest terms the escalating war being waged by the United States and Israel against the peoples of Iran, Lebanon and Palestine, and declares its unwavering solidarity with all those resisting imperialism and Zionism. The CC unequivocally condemns the ongoing bombing of civilian infrastructure and residential communities across West Asia. The CC also condemns the politicians subservient to imperialism running cover for the imperial violence of the United States and the ongoing belligerence of Israel under the false guise of a shared Western ‘alliance’. The indiscriminate bombing of the people of Iran and the occupation and killing of civilians in Lebanon and Palestine must end.
On April 7, the President of the United States publicly stated, “A whole civilisation will die tonight, never to be brought back again”. This is a clear genocidal threat against the people of Iran by the only state ever to use nuclear arms to annihilate civilians during war.
This threat was made against a country of ninety million people by a nation which has no regard for the people they kill to maintain their position of global dominance. Even if only viewed as rhetoric it was intended to provoke terror and subjugation, with complete disregard for the people who are suffering under constant bombardment, economic punishment, and threat of death.
Trump is gambling with people’s lives. For decades, the US and its junior partners have drenched the Middle East in blood – from Afghanistan and Iraq to Libya, Syria, Yemen and Palestine – in order to secure oil, markets and strategic control, not “freedom” or “security.” Zionism’s expansionist drive has rendered no country in the region safe from attack, while Palestinian land continues to be stolen and its people subjected to siege, expulsion and mass murder.
The Communist Party of Australia rejects the notion of peace through military domination. The history of imperial subjugation has only entrenched the suffering of people in the region. The shameful implication that the people being bombed and dispossessed are grateful for their oppression, and that the imperial slaughter of thousands is a path to freedom, is abhorrent.
In Australia we saw Labor politicians disgracefully capitulate, not even able to bring themselves to condemn the threat of nuclear annihilation of a nation. The Australian people are often told that we hold a special alliance with the United States based on our shared values. The values embodied in US actions and statements should leave all Australians disgusted and appalled. The spineless complicity of our government is on full display. This is witnessed through the continued participation in the production of American war planes, weaponry, and the deployment of Australian military assets. It is also visible in the reckless and inflammatory nuclearisation of Australia through the AUKUS agreement, the continued sharing of intelligence, and the inability to condemn even the most inhumane threats of war crimes by our ‘allies’.
In line with the Political Resolution of the 15th National Congress, the CC reaffirms the need for an independent foreign policy and that the struggle for peace is inseparable from the struggle against imperialism, militarism, and the AUKUS war drive. The CPA is committed to building a broad, militant movement that opposes foreign bases, troop deployments, and nuclear weapons. The CPA demands an end to Australia’s political, economic, and military complicity with US and Israeli aggression.
End the war!
International unity with the workers, and with all peoples suffering the oppressive chains of imperialism.
Communist Party of Australia
Central Committee
12 April 2026
