With the western imperialists facing defeat in Ukraine, their boastful jingoism has turned into its opposite. In this episode, Hamid Alizadeh explains what forces lie behind the conflict, and why Communists must take a revolutionary, internationalist position.
Western imperialism is facing the prospect of a humiliating defeat in Ukraine. Support for Zelensky and his government is falling, both at home and abroad. Washington and NATO have scandalously pushed Ukrainians into fighting an unwinnable war.
After twenty months of war, Western imperialism is looking towards a humiliating defeat in Ukraine. As a product of the relative weakness of US imperialism, this will have important consequences on consciousness both in Ukraine and worldwide.
The war in Ukraine has exposed the class-collaborationist and bureaucratic policies of a number of communist parties around the world. In order to build a genuinely communist international, it is necessary to look back to the real traditions of Lenin.
The catastrophic failure of the Ukrainian counter-offensive is provoking splits and divisions in the NATO alliance. Meanwhile, workers across the world are paying the price for this inter-imperialist conflict. The class struggle is set to intensify.
A confused motion is up for discussion at this week’s TUC Congress, calling for ‘solidarity with Ukraine’. Instead of backing the Tories and their imperialist aims, the labour movement must fight for an internationalist, class-based position.
The much-hyped Ukrainian counter-offensive is rapidly running out of steam. As demoralisation creeps in, blame and recriminations abound. All the while, workers in Ukraine, Russia, and the West are paying the price for this imperialist carnage.
Following the aborted putsch by oligarch and mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin, many are asking what the impact will be on the regime in Moscow and the war in Ukraine. The task of overthrowing Putin belongs to Russian workers and youth.
Liberal supporters of Ukraine have recently attacked the IMT for openly defending our position on the war. While some ‘lefts’ happily side with their own ruling class, we proudly stand in the Marxist tradition of class-based internationalism.
After months of build up, the much-heralded Ukrainian offensive has begun. Alan Woods discusses the prospects for this latest military campaign, the propaganda of western imperialism, the perspectives for the war, and the task of the Marxists.
In this discussion, Jorge Martin discusses the war in Ukraine and how it connects to the national question.
Marking the one year anniversary since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine began, Alan Woods discusses Putin’s aims, the hypocrisy and lies of the imperialists, the perspectives for the war – and its impact on the class struggle.