Ukraine
Navigating Our Humanity: Ilan Pappé on the Four Lessons from Ukraine
Those of us experiencing, reporting and digesting the human catastrophes in Palestine cannot escape the hypocrisy of the West and we can point to it without belittling, for a moment, our human solidarity and empathy with victims of any war.
Ilan Pappé
March 13, 2022Germany: Between Militarism and Preserving Social Peace
There is no country in the world beyond Russia and Ukraine where the recent Russian invasion has had more immediate repercussions than Germany. However, its recent historic shift in military spending is currently colliding with the imperatives of preserving social peace. This fragile balance will be unsustainable in the new volatile era inaugurated by the war in Ukraine.
Juan Chingo
March 12, 2022Debates on the War in Ukraine
The war in Ukraine has opened a militaristic chapter in the broader capitalist crisis that began with the great recession in 2008. The international Left is divided over what policy to adopt on the Ukrainian question. The following is a necessary debate with the Argentinean Left regarding the ongoing war and the politics that revolutionaries should adopt.
Matías Maiello
March 10, 2022The “Bread War” Threatens Millions in the Middle East and North Africa
According to Save The Children, the stoppage of grain exports from Russia and Ukraine and the hoarding by imperialist countries to feed their livestock may bring "additional horrors" to millions of people.
Santiago Lupe
March 10, 2022Russia Is Not Fighting an ‘Anti-fascist’ War — And Neither Is Ukraine
Putin says he wants to “de-Nazify” Ukraine. Zelenskyy says he is opposing a new Hitler. In reality, though, both sides are happy to work together with fascists to achieve their nationalistic goals.
Nathaniel Flakin
March 9, 2022Companies Are Exiting Russia — to Preserve Their Bottom Line
Large multinational companies like IKEA and Toyota are suspending business in Russia. They’ll do whatever it takes to keep up exploitation and profit levels, even under the guise of corporate social responsibility and solidarity.
Clara Mallo
March 6, 2022Neither NATO nor Putin: How the U.S. Left is Getting Ukraine Wrong
With the Russian invasion of Ukraine, sectors on the Left are either repeating imperialist propaganda by calling for sanctions or minimizing Russia’s actions under the guise of anti-imperialism. To be anti-imperialist means to organize the international working class against U.S. imperialism and oppressive regimes everywhere.
James Dennis Hoff
March 5, 2022Biden’s Defense of “Democracy” Is Deeply Hypocritical
While the president of the United States assures the public that the U.S. has “fought for freedom, expanded liberty, defeated totalitarianism and terror,” the reality is completely different.
Luigi Morris
March 4, 2022No to the War! Russian Troops Out of Ukraine! NATO Out of Eastern Europe! No to Imperialist Rearmament!
Below we are republishing the statement of the Trotskyist Fraction - Fourth International (FT-CI), the international organization behind the International Network of newspapers La Izquierda Diario, on the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Trotskyist Fraction – Fourth International
March 3, 2022No to War: Putin’s Reactionary Invasion and the Rearmament of Imperialist Europe
A few days into the Russian armed forces’ invasion of Ukrainian territory, the imperialist states of Europe are using war as an excuse to carry out a historic rearmament that can only have dire consequences for people around the world.
Diego Lotito
March 2, 2022