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Russian wooden matryoshka dolls depict President Donald Trump, Vladimir Lenin, a Soviet politician and statesman and Russian President Vladimir Putin on the Red Square in Moscow

Trump’s peace, Lenin’s test: Class, empire and the price of a deal

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.
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Ukraine Solidarity Network (US): Oppose Trump’s surrender plan for Ukraine

The Ukraine Solidarity Network denounces this latest attempt to impose a settlement that is not acceptable to the Ukrainian people.
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The courtroom rebels standing up to warmonger Putin

Simon Pirani — At the heart of “Voices Against Putin’s War” are ten speeches made in court by people who opposed Russia’s war of aggression in Ukraine, and were arrested and tried for doing so.
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Unwavering support for Ukraine

Ukraine is still resisting heroically Russia’s imperialist war of annexation, writes Fred Leplat.
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Negotiations in Alaska: Does Trump’s peace deal for Putin have a future?

Posle — Trump’s negotiations have evoked mixed emotions: hope for an end to the war, but also anxiety about its consequences and the terms of the potential deal.
Russian military cadets in Saint Petersburg on April 23.

Capital, power and war: The crisis of Russia’s peripheral accumulation regime

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.

Defying Putin’s 21st century gulag: How anti-war activists are using court to oppose Russia’s war on Ukraine

Simon Pirani — With militarism and authoritarianism on the rise, the anti-war protests in Russia have international significance.
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Open letter from jailed Russian leftist dissidents: ‘At least 10,000 of us have been punished simply for taking a civic stance’

Eleven Russian political prisoners have issued an appeal to all international leaders who care about the suffering of people for their beliefs.
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The crisis of liberal hegemony is the reason why so many Europeans are turning to the extreme right

Ilya Budraitskis on the rise of the far right and anti-fascist strategies.
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Life for the empire: Russia’s imperial present in the context of the war against Ukraine

Adelaide Burgundets explores Russia’s imperial present in the context of the war against Ukraine.
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Ukraine and the Trump-Putin axis of reaction

Christopher Ford — Ukraine’s fight for freedom is intrinsically linked to the global battle against reactionary forces.
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Bloco de Esquerda (Left Bloc, Portugal): Europe in the Trump-Putin axis trap

Bloco de Esquerda — There are several imperialisms in the global system. But none of them will play a progressive role because all act according to the interests of their capitalist elites.

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