Ukraine

Manuel Rodriguez Banchs, Penelope Duggan, Israel Dutra, Antoine Larrache, João Machado, Reymund de Silva and Eric Toussaint reflect on the 1st Anti-Fascist Conference for the Sovereignty of Peoples. Plus statements from Fourth International and European Network for Solidarity with Ukraine.

Eric Toussaint — Trump’s policy follows the classic logic of great-power rivalry: curb the Moscow-China rapprochement, keep the US at the centre of the diplomatic arena, and make Europe bear the cost of the war in Ukraine.

Vavara Sorokina explains how the war against Ukraine has accelerated the militarization of Russian society.

Anastasia Spartak deconstructs Russian propaganda to refute Russia's uses “antifascism” to justify the war in Ukraine.

A webinar marking the fourth anniversary of Russia’s imperialist invasion of Ukraine. Plus statements by Sotsialnyi Rukh (Ukraine), Posle Editorial Collective (Russia) and Ukraine Solidarity Network (US).

Daria Saburova looks at how volunteer labor has become a site of gender and class tensions, and the specific features of class relations in contemporary Ukraine.

Oleksandr Kyselov — Russia appears unwilling to compromise in Ukraine, a problem ignored by those calling for an end to support for Kyiv.

Chris Slee — Lenin’s writings make clear that imperialism is not just an economic phenomenon. Political and military aspects also matter.

Every aggressor — from Hitler to Netanyahu — has called their war forced, defensive, provoked from the outside, a response to danger facing the state and its citizens, writes Andriy Movchan.

Renfrey Clarke responds to Chris Slee’s article, “Russia’s invasion of Ukraine: Defensive response or imperialist aggression?”

Oleksandr Kyselov — Ukrainian leftists hope for an end to the war, but remain sceptical of the “peace deal” on offer.

Dmitry Pozhidaev — Reading Trump’s peace plan through Lenin’s method allows us to keep two planes in view at once: inter-imperialist rivalry and Ukraine’s national liberation struggle against an oppressor.