Jumping into bed with Putin or any other tyrant should be an anathema to republican socialism as your enemy's enemy is usually not your friend. Unless of course, as a cynic might suggest, they and their offices are on the pay of Putin's cheque.
The Euromaidan uprising in Ukraine in 2014 may have resulted in the neoconservative regime that it ended up with, but there is no one who is under any illusion that the non-acceptance of that regime came out of Russia's 'anti-fascist' sentiment or its 'need to protect Russian citizens'. After all, Putin's authoritarian regime in Russia has rewarded Nazis and fascists inside the country by imprisoning and killing anti-fascists (some of which I know), while the numerous interventions of Russian imperialism in areas of the former USSR needed no such justification.
It is the duty of those on the left and progressive circles to oppose both Russian militarism and NATO expansionism. The only losers from the war are the world working class, especially in Ukraine and Russia. They are the ones destined to be the cannon fodder of the states and the capitalists.
It is the duty of those on the left and progressive circles to oppose both Russian militarism and NATO expansionism. The only losers from the war are the world working class, especially in Ukraine and Russia. They are the ones destined to be the cannon fodder of the states and the capitalists.
This imperialist war is being waged for the sharing of spheres of influence, energy routes and the rearrangement of geopolitical power. This system gives birth to wars and is responsible for poverty, injustice, exploitation and oppression. It is therefore time to challenge it in an organised and dynamic way, organising its overthrow on an international scale.
⏩ Sean Matthews is an anarchist activist and writer.
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