COMMENTARY: Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa
Today the US and/or Israel have been attacking Iran, Palestine, Lebanon, Yemen and Venezuela.
The US is also strangling Cuba with an illegal economic blockade, threatening Greenland and preparing for war against China.
History shows that US invasions kill, injure and destroy ordinary people’s lives, homes, essential infrastructure — and they usually leave repressive regimes to rule.
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- Stop Wars Aotearoa coalition
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The ordinary people of the US pay the price of these wars with their lives, taxes, poverty and are dependent on jobs that manufacture weapons.
US and Israel knew their attack on Iran would trigger an international oil crisis.
The result has been massively increasing oil and food prices and profiteering here in Aotearoa New Zealand, causing the greatest suffering for working class people especially the poorest in the country and world wide.
Why have the US and israel attacked Iran?
• To enforce US and Israeli domination and control of the Middle East region and the world’s oil resources; and
• To control world central trade routes and oil supplies to the main US economic rival — China.
Waiting on oil companies
Shamefully, the current NZ government refuses to oppose the illegal US and Israeli attacks on Iran, and fails to oppose the genocide still happening in Gaza. They just wait for oil companies to determine NZ’s supply, and help mega corporations to profit.
This government has no plan for making Aotearoa New Zealand more food and energy secure. But it is increasingly integrating the NZ military with the Australian and US war machines and preparing for the US-promoted “War with China”.
We are already in a cost-of living crisis, and rising fuel prices are adding to the price of food and other essentials. Kiwi families are struggling. Many people in town and country are facing huge price increases.
Some families have been getting the government’s limited support package. But 92 percent of households don’t get anything.
Don’t let this government drag us into war. Demand an independent foreign policy for Aotearoa/NZ.
- Stop Wars Aotearoa coalition rally and march to US embassy: 2pm, Saturday 13 June 2026, Aotea Square, CBD, Auckland
This content originally appeared on Asia Pacific Report and was authored by APR editor.