Ukraine
Russia’s peripheral imperialism: Class, ideology and war
Dmitry Pozhidaev contends that a state subordinately integrated into global capitalism can exercise imperial power over weaker neighbours, with Russia exemplifying this combination as an empire of the periphery.
‘With the International Solidarity Convoy to Ukraine, we are rebuilding internationalism’
Alfons Bech discusses the goals and organisation of the International Solidarity Convoy to Ukraine.
Russia’s bloody shift from subimperialism to new old imperialism
Simon Pirani reviews a new book that analyses 21st century Russian imperialism through a Marxist framework.
‘People, not generals, win wars’: Independent student organising in Ukraine
Dzvinka and Aistra discuss Priama Diia’s (Direct Action) powerful example of organising for social and economic justice in wartime Ukraine.
War eating away at Russia’s economy
Oleg Shein discusses the social crisis that has engulfed the country in the fifth year of the war.
Marxism, Russian imperialism and social forces
Replying to Alex Callinicos, Simon Pirani looks at what the Ukraine war tells us about imperialism today and the need to incorporate class struggle and other forms of social change into our analysis.
(Video) Try me for treason: Anti-war speeches in Russian courts
Produced by the Ukraine Information Group, this film features excerpts from four speeches given by anti-war protesters in Russian courts.
Drawing on more than a century of Marxist thought from Lenin to David Harvey, Ilya Budraitskis and Ilya Matveev reveal the specificity of Russian imperialism, as well as its global implications.
While Ukraine’s political mainstream will likely remain anchored in a right-liberal paradigm for the foreseeable future, the potential for grassroots mobilization and incremental change is real, says Olena Tkalich.
Ukraine and Putin’s Great Russian chauvinism against Lenin
Why does Putin accuse Lenin of having “created Ukraine”? Behind this statement lies far more than a mere dispute amongst historians, writes Eric Toussaint.
Russian socialist: ‘Solidarity means accepting Ukrainians’ pain and suffering as our own’
A Russian socialist from the Left For Peace Without Annexations explains why the left should support the resistance by Ukrainians and Russia’s anti-war opposition.
The US and Israel have waged war on Iran. Russia has reaped the benefits, using fossil fuel profits to bankroll its war on Ukraine. Frieda Afary, Denys Pilash, Alexandra Zapolskaya and Ashley Smith discuss the impacts on Iranians and Ukrainians.