March 19, 2023 marks the twentieth anniversary of the invasion, a criminal act taken in defiance of mass protests all over the world. Since then, the American government has engaged in one military intervention after the next, as the former leaders of anti-war protests integrated themselves into the imperialist framework through their support for the Obama and subsequent administrations. With the outbreak of war between Russia and Ukraine, a proxy for US-NATO, the danger of World War Three is coming ever nearer.
The articles in this pamphlet provide a revolutionary socialist program and perspective for the resurgence of mass opposition to war, with the growth of international working-class struggles, especially after two years of the Pandemic have devastated working-class life.
The pamphlet contains two essays written by David North immediately after the 2003 US invasion, analyzing its social and political causes and consequences, as well as an introduction by North and Bill Van Auken, “The Iraq War ten years on: A turning point for US imperialism.”