NATO’s eastward expansion is the cause of the crisis around Ukraine
NATO’s eastward expansion is the cause of the crisis around Ukraine.
Statement by No Cold War
Russia
Democratic Socialists of America International Committee calls for an end to NATO expansionism
DSA International Committee calls on the US to reverse its ongoing militarization in the region, avoid implementing sanctions against Russia, and uphold internationally agreed upon commitments to end NATO’s expansionist drive to provide guarantees that Ukraine will remain a neutral state.
A short history of NATO eastward expansion and the current tensions in Europe
The current heightened tension has been building for some time, and results directly from western deceptions around NATO expansion at the moment of the dissolution of the USSR, which are intensified by the present day geopolitical confrontation between the western powers and the Eurasian Bloc led by China and Russia.
The expansion of NATO is a threat to peace
There will be no end to the current dangerous impasse if the bottom line for the US is that Russia must accept NATO’s military machine encroaching further along its borders and that the people of eastern Ukraine will be denied their right to self-determination, up to and including the formation of a new state or joining Russia.
Nord Stream 2: Why does the US oppose closer links between Germany and Russia?
The real threat posed by Nord Stream 2 to the US is that it reduces US influence over its imperialist rival, Germany, and over an independent Russia.
Since WW2, control of energy supplies has been critical to maintaining the subordination of Japan and Germany to the United States.
War and corpses – the last hope of the rich: Hands off Russia and China! – International Rosa Luxemburg Conference – Saturday 8 January
War and corpses – the last hope of the rich: Hands off Russia and China!
International Rosa Luxemburg Conference
10am-8pm Saturday 8 January
In German, English and Spanish.