War is never the answer. International solidarity. Desertion

The recent attack on Iran carried out by the United States and Israel on February 28 is neither an isolated act nor a historical accident. It is yet another well-planned manifestation of an imperial logic that disguises aggression as defense, supremacy as security, war as a moral necessity, and capitalist imperialism as democracy. We know that every power, when it strikes, invokes the need for prevention; every bomb is carefully cloaked in technical, surgical, and inevitable language—and even words of peace. But we already know who will pay the price for such violence; the victims are always the same: children, workers, the poor, young people sent to their deaths, families losing their homes and futures, and oppressed peoples. And we also know that the chaos following this aggression will fuel new wars and further fanaticism.

Regimes can only be opposed and overthrown by their own people, and it is certain that even the popular movements that have opposed the Iranian regime in recent years will be swept away by American imperialist arrogance. Let it be clear: there are no humanitarian wars, nor are there any liberating bombings. Wars are political choices, not natural phenomena. There is a global structure of domination that feeds on fear, nationalism, and voluntary submission. Governments speak of existential threats, but the only permanent threat to the people is precisely the continuous and historical intertwining created by states between military power, economic interests, mafias, and media propaganda.

True security stems from social justice, cooperation among peoples, and an end to the economic exploitation that fuels conflict. True prevention lies in dismantling the state structures that generate war: military bases, the military-industrial complex, alliances based on the threat of constant conflict, and all repressive state laws that target any form of dissent.

Wars must be met with desertion. To desert today means, above all, to desert propaganda. It means rejecting ethnic and religious hatred. It means rejecting the rhetoric of inevitable war, rejecting the fear of true freedom. It means supporting conscientious objection, protecting those who oppose imperialism, and building grassroots international solidarity networks. It means opposing the militarization of our societies and our territories—from Birgi to MUOS and Sigonella—and defending spaces of autonomy, mutual aid, and direct organization.

We unequivocally condemn all forms of imperialism, regardless of the flag or state behind them. We denounce the hypocrisy of those who speak of international law while trampling on it. And we remember that no people are our enemies.

If there is a flame to be lit, it is that of solidarity among the oppressed.

If there is a rebellion to be waged, it is against blind obedience.

If there is a revolution to be prepared, it is one that makes war impossible because it makes domination over our lives impossible.

May consciences awaken. Let fear turn to rage. Let those in power know they can no longer count on our passivity and our fear of being free.

Against every state. Against every regime.

Against imperialist war: Desertion, International Solidarity.

Only a society of free and equal people will sweep away all imperialism.

Sicilian Anarchist Federation

March 2, 2026