Could Trump’s Iran Fiasco Be America’s Suez Crisis?

Could Trump’s Iran Fiasco Be America’s Suez Crisis?

Empires rise and fall. They do not last forever. Imperial declines follow a gradual shifting of the economic tides, but are also punctuated and defined by critical tipping points. There are many differences between the Suez Crisis in 1956 and the US war on Iran today, but similarities in the larger context suggest that the […]

Like the Suez Canal for the Brits, Could Strait of Hormuz Spell Doom for US Empire?

The crisis with Iran is at least as catastrophic for US imperialism as the Suez Crisis was for the British Empire.

Could Trump's Iran Fiasco Be the United States' Suez Crisis? - World BEYOND War

British antiwar protesters during the Suez crisis September 12, 1956. Photo: Socialist Worker archive. By Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies, World BEYOND War, May 11, 2026 Empires rise and fall. They do not last forever. Imperial declines follow a gradual shifting of the economic tides, but are also punctuated and defined by critical tipping points. There are many differences between the Suez Crisis in 1956 and the US war on Iran today, bu…