Letter to a Young Trotskyist in Russia
This letter, written by David North to a Trotskyist in Russia, reviews the historical and political foundation of the ICFI's opposition to the US-NATO war against Russia.
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US-NATO Conflict with Russia over Ukraine
Biden’s reckless escalation toward nuclear war with Russia
The Biden administration’s decision to provide Ukraine with what the president himself described yesterday in a NY Times column as “advanced rocket systems” is a massive escalation of the war with potentially catastrophic consequences.
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Yale historian Timothy Snyder promotes anti-Russian racism
The anti-Russia diatribes of Professor Timothy Snyder are acquiring a pathological character. He is moving ever more closely toward open advocacy of the physical obliteration of Russia and the extermination of its population. One detects in his writings the stench of genocidal racism.
David North•
Historian Timothy Snyder whitewashes the crimes of the Ukrainian far right
For the past decade—in line with the political imperatives of the US-orchestrated 2014 Maidan coup that overthrew the elected pro-Russian government—Snyder has sought to manufacture a rosy narrative of Ukrainian nationalism as a heroic struggle for democracy.
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Alex Lantier, Johannes Stern •
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WSWS Editorial Board•
Critical Commentary
Part 1: Ottawa’s decades-long alliance with the Ukrainian far-right and the NATO war on Russia
Part 2: Hitler’s accomplices, the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists
Part 3: The role of the OUN and the Ukrainian Insurgent Army in the Nazi war on the USSR and the Holocaust
Part 4: How Ottawa provided the Ukrainian fascists refuge and incubated and promoted far-right Ukrainian nationalism
Part 5: Mobilize the working class against the US-NATO war with Russia and fascist reaction!
Critical resources, imperialism and the war against Russia
Russia is the home of vast stores of critical minerals, the development of which is seen as critical for the imperial strivings of the American ruling class at this stage of capitalist development.
Gabriel Black•
The Challenge of May Day 2022: For the International Unity of the Working Class against Capitalism, National Chauvinism and War!
The celebration of May Day 2022 must be dedicated to the unification of the international working class in a global struggle against imperialist war and its root cause, the capitalist system.
David North•
A letter to a friend on the historical and political background to the war in Ukraine
This letter was sent by WSWS International Editorial Board Chairman David North to a friend who requested North’s opinion on a recent online discussion held at a US college on the Russia-Ukraine war.
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Historians capitulate to war propaganda over Ukraine
There are entirely principled and leftwing grounds upon which the Russian invasion of Ukraine should be opposed, and which do not require adapting to the US-NATO coverup of fascism in Ukraine’s past and present.
David North•
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The Pseudo-Left supports the US-NATO war drive
Socialism 2022 Conference: The pseudo-left promotes imperialist war
The primary aim of the Socialism 2022 Conference was to promote the US-NATO war against Russia, in line with the policy of the Biden administration, while seeking to bolster the trade unions as instruments for the suppression of the class struggle.
Alexander Fangmann•
Speaker at DSA panel: “War creates the possibility for a push of socialist ideas”
To justify their appeal for weapons, the speakers at a recent DSA event minimized the role played by neo-Nazis in the Ukrainian military and denounced all left-wing criticism of NATO and US imperialism as “justifying genocide.”
Eric London•
The Democratic Socialists of America and the invention of the pro-imperialist “Ukrainian resistance”
On June 3, Tempest published an article titled “Solidarity with the Ukrainian resistance!” by Ashley Smith, a prominent member of the DSA. An investigation of the political background of this Ukrainian "resistance" reveals it is a creation of US imperialism.
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Amid mass domestic social hardship
With vote for war, Ocasio-Cortez, Sanders and DSA give over $17 billion to weapons manufacturers
The missiles, tanks, bullets, artillery shells, drones and attack helicopters stamped “Made by the DSA” will be used not only in Ukraine, but against the victims of American wars all over the world.
Eric London•
Democratic Socialists of America in crisis as it covers for Biden administration’s war drive against Russia
The DSA is scrambling to provide cover for the Democratic Party while trying to maintain the pretense of being a left-wing organization.
Genevieve Leigh•
Interactive Timeline
The escalating conflict between US-NATO and Russia over Ukraine can only be understood in its broader historical context. The World Socialist Web Site presents a timeline of some of the most important events that have brought humanity to the brink of World War III.
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