# Iran, Lebanon, the Failure of Campist “Anti-Imperialism”, and the Need for Solidarity

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Podcast: [The Dugout | a Black anarchist podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-dugout-a-black-anarchist-podcast-6944129)
Published: 2026-03-12T10:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

We spend some time unpacking the recent US/Israel strike on Iran and Lebanon. With tensions rising between the U.S., Israel, and Iran, many are getting pulled into spewing out takes that delegitimize the complexity of diaspora and the struggles of folks on the ground opposing authoritarian regimes . In this episode, we slow things down and ask some questions: what's happening in this moment? What are the dangers of campism and how can it be reaction to imperial guilt? And what does international solidarity look like? 00:00 Intro 02:15 Why we waited to record this episode 05:40 The escalation around Iran and U.S. aggression 11:10 Feeling powerless under empire 17:30 Naming powerlessness and reclaiming collective power 25:50 Internationalist solidarity and accountability 34:20 Why this conversation requires long-term thinking 42:00 Closing reflections ------------------------------------------------------------------ Folks we follow to get more info rn... https://www.instagram.com/anarchofggt/ https://www.instagram.com/decolonize_anarchism/ https://www.instagram.com/eliajayoub/ Read from this episode… How Campism Mirrors the Fascist Geopolitics by Hein Htet Kyaw https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/hein-htet-kyaw-how-campism-mirrors-the-fascist-geopolitics Iran: Campism and the Erasure of Theocracy https://anticapitalistresistance.org/iran-campism-and-the-erasure-of-theocracy/ Why the Left Is Failing Iranians: Against Campism, by Paria Rahimi – 15 January 2026 https://leftrenewal.org/articles-en/why-the-left-is-failing-iranians/ Places to Support https://linkin.bio/migrantworkersaction/ www.instagram.com/p/DVb6iULCXKl/ https://www.patreon.com/qmalebanon

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