Four years into Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Antonín Hořčica , a member of the Czech left party Levice — confronts a dangerous drift within the European left.
Parts of the left, he argues, have traded principled anti-imperialism for selective anti-Americanism, effectively supporting the aggressor under cover of pacifism or calls for “compromise peace.”
Drawing on his own break with DiEM25, the European Parliament vote on the fourth invasion anniversary, and the example of Ukrainian socialist and anarchist organisations fighting both Russian occupation and their government’s neoliberal economic policies, Hořčica insists the only legitimate leftist position is unconditional solidarity with those under attack.
Four years after Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, fatigue is blending with cynicism and a dangerous relativisation. Calls for a “compromise peace” are growing louder, yet they ignore the most fundamental question: who is the aggressor and who the victim. As a member of Levice (The Left), [1] I am proud that our party was among the first to protest against the Russian invasion — on Václavské náměstí (Wenceslas Square) on the very second day after it began. There was nothing to hesitate about: imperialism is always imperialism, regardless of which direction it comes from.
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