How do the working people of the world transform themselves from a plethora of groups waging a multitude of scattered struggles for survival and dignity to a revolutionary force capable of ending capitalism, governing the earth, and taking over production? They have innumerable tasks before them, but one of the most important is to overcome divisions among themselves resulting from ethnic supremacism and nationalism. Marxists have been debating this issue from the beginning, but it still (...)
Russia’s War on Ukraine: Imperial Ideology or Class Interest?
4 July 2022, by ,Russian political scientist Ilya Matveev (Laboratory of Public Sociology) and Ukrainian sociologist Volodymyr Ishchenko (Freie Universität Berlin) debate the causes and consequences of the war.
The Ukrainian drama and the Russian roulette
4 July 2022, byThe powerlessness in which one finds oneself at a given moment, a powerlessness which must never be considered as definitive, cannot dispense one from remaining faithful to oneself, nor can it excuse capitulation to the enemy, whatever mask he may take on. And the most important enemy remains the administrative, police and military apparatus; not the one on the other side, which is our enemy only insofar as it is the enemy of our brothers, but the one who claims to be our defender and (...)
On basic principles regarding the war in Ukraine and Socialist Action (US)
4 July 2022, byThe Executive Bureau of the Fourth International adopted this public statement of political disagreement with the positions of Socialist Action (USA) concerning the war in Ukraine.
Support the Ukrainian people in their resistance against the war!
1 June 2022, by“Positions on Ukraine” submitted for discussion and vote to the Political Council of “Anametrisi”, on 19 May 2022.
The Ukraine War Will End, But How?
1 June 2022, byThe Russian invasion of Ukraine caught most observers by surprise. I, for one, didn’t think that the Russian government would be so foolish as to invade. If Ukraine resisted, the Russian military could destroy it with nuclear weapons but couldn’t conquer it with the conventional forces they had deployed to its borders. The Russian ruling class needed a deal, not a war. Ukraine in the European Union and out of NATO, like Finland or Sweden, would have suited it very well. The Russian people certainly didn’t want war.
The Suffering of Crimea’s Tatars
1 June 2022, by ,Crimean Tatar leader and Soviet dissident Mustafa Dzhemilev talks to New Lines about a war that, for him, began in 2014 and has only grown worse since
Ukraine: the return of Francis Fukuyama
1 June 2022, byIt is no accident that amidst heated debates about the future of Ukraine and the role of NATO, the thinking of American political theorist Francis Fukuyama is resurfacing.
Against Putin’s War in Ukraine
17 May 2022, by ,“In the beginning of the Twentieth century, the international left was much clearer about how to combine opposition to all imperialisms with recognition of the right of oppressed nations to self-determination.”
Irresponsible braggadocio won’t help Ukrainians
17 May 2022, by“They [Ukrainians] alone should decide whether to carry on fighting or accept whatever compromise is put on the table.”