Ukraine

Chris Slee — Some rightly denounce NATO’s military build-up, but refuse to do the same with Russia’s military build-up and invasion of Ukraine. Yet both are diverting resources to war, while neglecting their people and the environment.

Dmitry Pozhidaev — Russia’s war in Ukraine is not simply a geopolitical miscalculation or ideological excess, but a structurally embedded feature of its capitalist accumulation regime.

Lev Yurkevych ‘Ukraine and the War’ is the earliest concise Marxist analysis of the Ukrainian question to be presented to international socialists.

Vladimir Plotnikov — Supporting Ukraine does not mean supporting NATO. It means being on the side of the oppressed people against the oppressor.

Dave Holmes — Instead of an all-out emergency mobilisation to deal with global warming, NATO countries are boosting military spending.

Simon Pirani — With militarism and authoritarianism on the rise, the anti-war protests in Russia have international significance.

Gilbert Achcar discusses ways of supporting Ukraine while rejecting a generalized war.

Vitaliy Dudin — We all want the war in Ukraine to end as quickly as possible. So, what is stopping this?

Andriy Movchan looks at the Russia-Ukraine conflict, the far right's influence, and obstacles to solidarity with Ukraine’s left internationally.

Andriy Movchan explores the influence of progressive thinkers on Ukrainian national consciousness, Bolshevik debates on independence and the issue of language discrimination.

Maryna Larina — The global race for raw materials can provoke foreign interference and endanger countries that become targets of predatory extractivism.

Where did the “global neofascist axis” come from, and where is it going? What destabilizing effects might Russia’s war in Ukraine have? Ilya Budraitskis and Gilbert Achcar discuss the current conjuncture.