Global Left Midweek - Russia, Ukraine and the West
- Dossier: Against a New War in Europe
- Responses in Russia and Elsewhere
- Overviews
- The NATO Factor
- Statements of Opposition to the Invasion
- The Fascism Factor
- Two Looks Back
- One More Message from Ukraine
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Dossier: Against a New War in Europe
Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung (Berlin)
In this dossier we look at the background and consequences of the war in Ukraine. We analyse the causes of the conflict and take a closer look at the situation of people affected by the war. We also listen to left-wing voices from Ukraine and Russia, discuss the possibilities of a peaceful solution to the conflict, and ask what needs to be done to stop the war.
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Responses in Russia and Elsewhere
Ukraine Popular Resistance Daniel Hunter / Waging Nonviolence (Brooklyn)
Unprecedented Rejection by Russians Eva Hartog / Politico Europe (Brussels)
Antiwar Activists in Russia and Ukraine Mike Ludwig / Truthout (Sacramento)
Thousands in Rare Show of Dissent Niko Vorobyov / Al Jazeera (Doha)
Second Biggest Russian Labor Confederation Denounces War Kenny Stancil / Common Dreams (Portland ME)
Where Do Russia’s Allies Stand? / Al Jazeera
Putin’s War Boosts UK Hawks Editorial / Morning Star (London)
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Overviews
A Critical Russian Ilya Budraitskis / Verso (London)
A Veteran of Ukraine’s Left Volodymyr Ishchenko / Midwestern Marx
Donetsk and Luhansk Henry Foy / Financial Times (London)
For a Transnational Peace / Transnational Social Strike Platform
A Letter to the Western Left from Kyiv Taras Bilous / openDemocracy (London)
Iran: It’s All About NATO Incursion Maziar Motamedi / Al Jazeera
What They’ve Been Up To Jonathan Guyer / Vox (New York)
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Statements of Opposition to the Invasion
Ukrainian Socialists Sotsіalniy Rukh (Social Movement) (Kyiv)
Anti-War Russian Left Nikita Arkin, et al. / Europe Solitaire Sans Frontières (Paris)
Polish Left Lewica Razem (Left Together) (Warsaw)
(Some) Communist and Workers Parties Solidnet (Athens)
Transform! Europe (Vienna)
Communist Party of India (ML) Liberation (New Delhi)
Socialist Alliance Australia Sam Wainwright / Socialist Alliance (Sydney)
Ukraine’s Azov Battalion Christopher Miller / BuzzFeed News (New York)
An Anti-Fascist Position Emily F. Gorcenski / personal website (Berlin)
Ukraine and the Soviet Union Dave Holmes / Links (Sydney)
Today as Yesterday: Zimmerwald 1915 International Socialist Conference / Marxist Internet Archive
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One More Message from Ukraine
Volodymyr Artiukh / Commons (Kyiv)
Russia’s toolkit is different from that of the US, it is not hegemonic, as it relies on brute force rather than on soft power and economy. Nevertheless, brute force is a powerful tool, as you all know from the US behaviour in Latin America, Iraq, Afghanistan and all over the globe.