Russian imperialism

On the third anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russian Socialists for Peace Without Annexations and Posle Media put forward a revolutionary left stance on the Trump-Putin negotiations.

Ukraine Solidarity Network-US — Anyone with an ounce of compassion wants this war to end as soon as possible, but it is morally unacceptable for outsiders to demand that Ukraine surrender.

Alfons Bech — Some political twists and turns might seem implausible. But they can happen and quickly. Such is the case with those who went from defending Putin’s war to defending Trump as a “peacemaker”.

Fred Leplat and Liz Lawrence explore the situation facing Ukraine today and key solidarity tasks in the months ahead.

Hanna Perekhoda looks at some of the preconceptions and simplifications that, in Western Europe, shape discussion of the war in Ukraine.

Michael Pröbsting — Imperialism today is not a system characterised by “antagonistic cooperation” but rather by antagonistic contradictions.

Ia Eradze, Luka Nakhutsrishvili and Lela Rekhviashvili discuss the roots of the Georgian uprising, its trajectory, and Georgia’s place in global capitalism and the imperialist order.

Michael Pröbsting — Contrary to Claudio Katz’s claims that world capitalism is domination of a single US-led “Empire”, it continues to be characterised by inter-imperialist rivalry.

Yuriy Samoilov provides a left-wing and trade union perspective on the Russia-Ukraine war.

Ilya Matveev — Ideology is the crucial factor in Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, which cannot be accounted for simply with reference to contradictions of capital accumulation or geopolitics.

Robert Brenner — The theory of imperialism put forward by Vladimir Lenin to end World War I remains, if properly qualified, the best point of departure for understanding imperialism today.

Claude Serfati — The global space is being transformed under the dual pressure of economic dynamics and geopolitical rivalries.