 The Hague Summit Declaration issued by NATO Heads of State and Government on 27 June 2025 will go down in history as the Summit which cemented NATO as the most heavily-armed pro-US offensive military alliance in the world, while bankrupting its member countries to enrich weapons and high-tech corporations in the process. The Heads of State made just five points in this year's declaration, which all boiled down to more spending on war, fewer restrictions on the defense industry, and increased austerity and suffering of the people.
According to the Hague Declaration, NATO now requires member countries to spend exponentially more money for war, forcing NATO members to commit 5% of their GDP to "defense and security-related" expenses--more than double the 2% of GDP (or $485 billion combined) agreed to at last year's Summit. The majority of the budget (3.5%) is mandated to be spent on "core defense requirements" which were defined as armed forces, stockpiling of weapons, military operations and missions, research and development, operation of military commands, modernization, and more. The remainder of the budget (1.5%) is to be allocated to infrastructure, "innovation," and strengthening the defense industrial base--essentially investing in civilian infrastructure that can then be used for military purposes in the future. (I think it may be used now, or will be spent now.) NATO also explicitly stated its support for Ukraine in its budget allocation, justified as spending on collective defense. Support for Ukraine includes the direct supply of arms and aid, as well as investment in Ukraine's defense industry. This was despite months of disputes among member countries about whether to continue sending arms and aid to Ukraine at all, pressured by their citizens to address their skyrocketing cost of living and steep cuts in social services instead of sending more funds to a failed proxy war. In the end, NATO patched up the cracks in the alliance just enough to unite on Russia as their key rival, thus paving the way for Ukrainian aid to continue. NATO members, especially the US, exposed their own self-interest in getting a piece of Ukraine's prolific drone industry, with Trump announcing a possible collaboration between US and Ukrainian drone makers moving forward. This demonstrates how the many proxy wars that NATO drives around the world are not just for achieving immediate military objectives but are used to test deadly new weapons systems for future wars. The Hague Declaration also announced NATO's intent to eliminate barriers to trade in the defense industry and to promote more defense industrial cooperation. This came as no surprise, given the statements made at the Defense Industry Forum (DIF) attended by Heads of State, defense ministers, and corporate CEOs the day before the NATO Summit. At the DIF, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte mapped out plans to increase air defense five-fold, invest in thousands of more tanks, produce millions more rounds of ammunition, and innovate and harness the potential of space. Rutte declared: we must spend more, to prevent war, we must win this new war of production, That’s what this Summit is all about. Funding for this massive production would come directly from the people of Europe, with the President of the European Commission Ursula Von der Leyen promising to contribute the recent 800 billion euros that the European Union allocated for EU member defense. At this year's Summit, NATO members buckled to the dictates of the US, ensuring that the alliance will continue to follow the US down the path of spending more for war instead of for the people; investing in the destructive war industry instead of productive pro-people industries; and selling the lie that security can be attained through military strength. As long as NATO exists, the conditions for a just peace can never develop. The only solution is for the people to resist NATO and fight for a just and lasting peace until it is achieved! The Resist US-Led War Movement condemns in the strongest terms the U.S. government’s criminal bombing of Iran’s civilian nuclear facilities, an act of naked aggression that marks a dangerous escalation from proxy warfare to direct imperialist assault.
From the beginning, the U.S. orchestrated this war, arming "Israel" to the teeth, green-lighting its attacks, and only intervening directly when Iran’s fierce resistance proved too much for its puppet forces to handle. As Trump boasts of a "spectacular military success" the reality is clear: The U.S. attack on Iran, a sovereign nation, failed to reach its objectives, as the Fordow nuclear facility was only partially damaged. Trump brazenly stated "Now is the time for peace," while striking at any force that fights for genuine peace in the region. US aggression only fuels more war across West Asia. As said by Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi: "Everyone must understand that we pursued diplomacy, but the United States and the Zionist regime launched aggressive attacks on Iran." Iran stands in the way of complete US dominance over West Asia. It disrupts the US's oil and gas monopoly and has acted in solidarity with the people of Palestine, Yemen, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, and the whole region as a key leader in the Axis of Resistance to Zionist occupation and expansionism. Iran is asserting its independence in a multipolar world while the US reels in crisis and economic downturn as it longs for the days of being the world's unipolar superpower. As Iran targets Tel Aviv, Haifa and other occupied territories it fights and weakens the main enemy of peoples' movements for just peace in the region: the Zionist entity - an outpost of the US in west Asia. For these reasons the US has provoked a war with Iran. The US is repeating the same move that it made in 2003 when it falsely claimed that Iraq was developing nuclear weapons. What followed was a brutal US invasion and occupation that tore the country apart, killed close to 1 million people, devastated the infrastructure including hospitals and schools, and has left the country's people in political chaos and dependency to US oil and development companies to this day. The US wants to see Iran and its people suffer the same fate. But like with Iraq, the US has committed an act that will drag it further down in its own spiraling collapse. The US under Trump, just as under previous regimes, is mired in deep political and economic crisis from being overstretched and engaged in endless wars. This attack on Iran exacerbates the crisis, as the US will pour even more money into waging war, either directly or by continuing to arm the Zionist entity to do its bidding. The people of the world must take to the streets and stand in solidarity with Iran and its people as they assert their self-defense and independence against US and Zionist aggression. We must militantly fight against the US dragging the world into an open war that could escalate even further as the US continues to provoke more wars to protect its position as number one imperialist of the world. Let us broadly unite with all peoples and all nations against the horrific threat of US-led war and together fight for a just and lasting peace. Hands off Iran and the people of West Asia! End imperialist wars! US out of the Middle East! Struggle for just peace! The Resist US-Led War Movement vehemently condemns the attack by the Zionist entity of "Israel" on the Islamic Republic of Iran. With this act, "Israel" has provoked a war of aggression that Iran had no role in starting, and has once again shown itself to be the most dangerous entity in the region and the most utterly fascist and genocidal force in the world today. This action, with full support of the US, has brought the world closer to the brink of full-scale world war.
The attack targeted Iran's civilian, nuclear research stations and military sites. It also targeted leading members of the Iranian Army and Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as well as leading nuclear scientists. In "Israel's" trademark fashion, these strikes were launched indiscriminately with no concern for civilian deaths, hitting multiple apartment buildings and other infrastructure like a water treatment plant. The Natanz nuclear site has been confirmed to be leaking radiation after being damaged, with long term health and environmental consequences like so many other U.S.-instigated nuclear disasters. As of the late afternoon on June 13th in Iran, at least 96 people have been confirmed killed and 364 injured. Once again, the Zionists show their utter cruelty in their intention to wipe out any independent nation or people who stands in their way of full domination over the entire region of West Asia. The US was involved in every way with this aggression. Despite official statements from the White House saying that Israel acted "unilaterally," President Trump later admitted that he and others in his Cabinet were informed by "Israel" that this would happen. As its primary military supplier and political backer, the US had every opportunity to try and prevent “Israel” from launching its attacks. Instead, the US used the opportunity to pretend to not be involved to avoid blame. However, the US used the military strikes as leverage to weaken Iran and attempt to bring the country to heel in the ongoing negotiations over US sanctions and Iran's nuclear research program. This was a provocative act of aggression and not a "preemptive" or "defensive" strike as the US and "Israel" have tried to paint it. Iran was not targeted because it is a threat to the world, it was targeted because it was the strongest state standing up to the genocidal expansionism of the Zionist entity and because it is the main roadblock in the way of full US-led domination over West Asia. The so-called "nuclear talks" have never been about diplomacy or finding a common ground on foreign policy goals between two equal states. Instead, the US, one of the largest holders of nuclear weapons in the world and the only state in history to ever use nuclear weapons in warfare, has used the talks to cloud public opinion, obfuscate the facts, and build justification for war with Iran. Trump has said his goals were to stop Iran from building a nuclear weapon, but the Islamic Republic has stated throughout its entire political existence that it has no intention to build a nuclear weapon, even up to the day it was attacked. The nuclear talks were just a tool for the US to continue to dominate its rival Iran in its violent quest to remain the most powerful imperialist in the world. The UN's International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) "urged restraint" in a public statement, but this clouds the role that the agency played in shielding "Israel" and violating Iran's UN-guaranteed rights as a member state. Recently revealed leaked documents obtained by Iran prove that the IAEA was in secret talks with "Israel" to help hide the facts of its own nuclear weapons program, a violation of the Agency's mandate and position of neutrality. It also showed how the Agency helped pass secret information to the Zionists that assisted in the many assassinations conducted against Iran's nuclear scientists and attacks on its facilities over the years. When the IAEA declared that Iran was not complying with its mandate to cooperate with the Agency regarding its civilian research program, it failed to mention these facts that would justifiably make it untrustworthy for Iran to give it information that could lead to more attacks. The state that should be "restrained" is "Israel," a non-signatory to the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) that holds multiple nuclear weapons who blatantly attacked Iran, a state that is signed onto the NPT and has made it clear to all those who would listen that it has no intention of ever building a single nuclear weapon. Iran has every right to develop its nuclear program and, though it has clearly stated it has no intention of doing so, a military nuclear weapons program if it decides it is in the interest of the defense of its people and sovereignty. Calls against the dangers of any new state obtaining nuclear weapons ring hollow if the calls are not directed principally against the US-led nuclear arsenal. The US brought nuclear weapons into the world and then made the decision to arm its allies and attempt to use them to impose its will wherever it pleased. The obtainment of nuclear weapons by states who oppose US imperialist hegemony, such as Russia, China, the DPRK, and Pakistan, has kept the US-led powers in check and prevented further unilateral US aggression across the world. As long as the US holds onto its nuclear arsenal, it is justified for other states to hold onto theirs. The US-Zionist attack against Iran is a complete violation of its sovereignty and therefore Iran holds the right to retaliate in its defense, and any movement for peace should call for this right to be respected internationally in the face of blatant US-Zionist aggression. Iran was targeted because of its assertion of independence from and opposition to US imperialism's designs for the region, with one of Iran's strongest expressions of this being its unwavering support for the Palestinian people, and the historic resistance of Palestine is at the heart of this matter. The Palestinian people have sacrificed likely over 200,000 lives since the start of the Al Aqsa Flood operation in their fight to remain on their land and resist the Zionist occupation. While the news focuses on Iran, Palestine is still being bombed and systematically starved. As the peace-loving people of the world stand with Iran against these blatant attacks, we must continue to join arm and arm with the people of Iran in standing in full solidarity with the Palestinian and regional resistance. Resist US-Led War stands wholeheartedly with the people of Iran and Palestine. These strikes against Iran are only the beginning and more will come. We call on our members and partners around the world to militantly reject the US-Zionist aggression on Iran and to expose and oppose the role of the US in dragging the world into a multipolar world war between nuclear-armed powers, itself the most dangerous of all. Let us be ready to take to the streets and build broad alliances with anyone and everyone struggling for the end of US-led wars and the Zionist occupation of and aggression against West Asia. Resist US-Led War! Fight for Just and Lasting Peace! Hands Off Iran! End Zionism! From the River to the Sea, Palestine will be Free! |