The national question in the Ukraine
The war in Ukraine could be ended extremely rapidly by:
• Making it clear Ukraine will not enter NATO.
• By acceptance of the rights of the Russian speaking population of East Ukraine.
International
Right-wing Senators turn Supreme Court hearings into spectacle of racism and bigotry
It is vitally important to recognize the vile, racist attacks against Judge Jackson for what they are and to denounce them as such.
US military escalation is creating a very dangerous moment for humanity
The US’s economic position has weakened greatly. But its military power is still very great. Therefore, the US attempts to move issues onto the military terrain. This explains its escalating military aggression.
British government’s junior role does not remove its culpability in Ukraine war
Britain plays only a minor role in the Ukraine conflict, in line with its reduced status as an imperial and military power. But that does not in any way remove its responsibility for the death and destruction now taking place in the Ukraine.
Ukraine and the Global Economic War: Barbarism or Civilisation?
Do the Ukraine war and the action of the United States, the European Union, and the United Kingdom spell the end of the dollar as the world’s reserve currency? Even if the peace talks between Russia and Ukraine reach an agreement there will be fallout for the dollar.
How world progressive forces have reacted to war in Ukraine
The war in Ukraine has drawn a clear line of divide among political forces on a global scale. The first line, strong among progressive forces in the Global South, and socialist or socialist oriented countries, rightly analyses that the fundamental cause of the war is the thirty-year-old US policy of aggressive expansion of NATO into Eastern Europe. The second line is in the imperialist/Global North countries, including unfortunately parts of the left, which supports NATO’s blaming of the war on Russia.