War on Iran: Left-wing luminaries behind Guardian letter have lost the plot

War on Iran: Left-wing luminaries behind Guardian letter have lost the plot Submitted by Hamid Dabashi on Tue, 08/25/2026 - 06:27 By equating the bombers with the bombed, the appeal signed by Angela Davis and Judith Butler lends moral cover to western imperialism - and its backers are already deserting it A man amid debris in a room in Evin prison's hospital after Israeli air strikes in Tehran on 1 July 2025 (AFP) On In an open letter published last week in the Guardian, addressed to "fellow activists, students, th