Condemn ‘Cyber Warfare’

Communist Students resolution for StWC National Conference 30 October 2010.

Conference notes:
1. The attack on Iran’s nuclear plants and major industrial complexes by the sophisticated ‘Stuxnet’ virus.
2. The highly complex nature of the virus – the first of its kind to target real-world infrastructure such as power stations, water plants, industrial units and machinery.
3. That this attack, quite possibly the work of the Israeli state, must be seen in the context of the imperialists’ campaign for ‘regime change from above’ in Iran, a drive that also has utilised crippling sanctions and the threat of more conventional military action.

Conference further notes:
1. That around 30,000 computers in Iranian power stations have been affected by the virus, including those in the Bushehr nuclear reactor.
2. That, like germ warfare, there can be an enormous fall-out from the virus attack, with computers in Syria and Indonesian already being hit.

Conference:
1. Condemns this pre-emptive cyber-strike as a new form of warfare.
2. Stands implacably opposed to any imperialist intervention in Iran – whether by Israel or the US and its allies –regardless of whether it takes the form of conventional military operations or ‘soft’ options such as viral attacks or sanctions.
3. Expresses active solidarity with the movement of workers, women and students in their struggle for democracy from below against the Iranian theocracy. The 2009 mass demonstrations against the rigged presidential elections were a great inspiration to the movement internationally and we should be clear that the success of their struggle means the success of our struggle against imperialist war, sanctions and reaction.