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Reader Comments: Jan. 06 Coup and Congressional Hearings; Karl Marx Was Right - Capitalism Exploits; Staughton Lynd Responds to Lessons on Labor's Past; Ukraine War - Why did Portside run this article; 50th Anniversary of the Case of Puerto Rico

Why Ukraine Matters for the Left

Matthew Duss The New Republic
Opposition to U.S. adventurism is principled. But this is Putin’s adventurism, and the left must stand firmly against it....Supporting the defense of Ukraine is the right thing for the global left to do. Even if our own government is doing it.

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Russians Line Up for Final Big Macs

Reuters Reuters
Although providing food and employment to tens of thousands might seem the right thing to do, Chief Executive Chris Kempczinski said in a letter to employees, "it is impossible to ignore the humanitarian crisis caused by the war in Ukraine."

Solidarity Is Not a Crime: Support for the NGO Ships

Arci Nazionale, Asgi Il Manifesto Global
In the “war on immigration” waged by European states the victims of criminalization are often the migrants themselves, Why are the same actions taken for Ukrainians, considered criminal when they occur in the Mediterranean?
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