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A group of journalists and activists from Italy discuss the crisis that the war in Ukraine provoked among the Italian left and trace its historical roots
It might sound exaggerated to say that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine calls into question the very core of the identity of the Italian left. (...)
Leftwing party’s future in balance after series of resignations, as former co-leader calls coalition ‘stupidest government in Europe’
Germany’s Die Linke could split into two parties over the Ukraine war, as the ailing leftwing party’s indecisive stance over economic sanctions against Russia (...)
What are the main issues at stake for the Finnish left? How did people in Finland react to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine? Why is ecology a top priority on the agenda? Mia Haglund, a deputy of the Left Alliance and a secretary general of the NGLA, discusses left politics in the party and beyond
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International solidarity between socialists and anarchists in Ukraine and Ireland is growing. We are united in a desire to see Russia defeated, which will be a blow to the right everywhere. We are equally united in our opposition to Western imperialism and the global capitalists circling (...)
In my post in [the Swedish left publication] Internationalen 32/2022 (see below), I argue that Per Leander’s claim in No. 30/2022 that Ukrainian President Zelensky “banned virtually all remaining opposition parties at the outbreak of war” is false and misleading.
Internationalen’s editorial board (...)
Journalist Volodya Vagner on solidarity, campism and the reaction of Swedish Left on the wars in Ukraine and Kurdistan
The Swedish left has come a long way since 2014. Though the tumultuous events that shook Ukraine that year never became a top priority for left debates in Sweden, the (...)
“Do not arm Ukraine, do not impose sanctions.” - The Russophilic inclinations of the mainstream global left in the face of Putin’s aggression against Ukraine in Poland are rare. Former Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski calls it an “intellectual game.” - Since the war began, we have had a (...)
Disclaimer #1: I want to stress that there are also a lot of leftists who take the position of solidarity and have zero to do with these claims. However, here I write not about them.
Disclaimer #2: I don’t speak about the nuances here – this is just a very long facebook post and not an (...)
The impact of the war in Ukraine in the Nordic countries has been largely viewed with reference to Finland and Sweden and their possible accession to NATO. But what have been the reactions of other Nordic countries to Russia’s war of aggression, what are their most important demands and what (...)
Jukka Pietiläinen analyses the left positions on Sweden´s and Finland´s NATO membership. Both countries intend to join NATO, however, perspectives and opinions on this issue are divided.
After the Russian attack on Ukraine began, both Finland and Sweden decided to apply for NATO membership. Both (...)
A first conclusion of the reading of Trotsky’s texts “Learn to think” and “On the Sino-Japanese war” is that they explain in a very convincing and detailed way, the position that people of the left should adopt... in Putin’s ongoing war against Ukraine! It would be enough, for example, to replace in (...)
Jan van Aken on the need to talk about where and when wrong turns may have been taken
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine changed the world as we knew it for the worse. It was not good before, either. But the hope for a “peace dividend” that emerged at the end of the Cold War and successively faded in (...)
On 24 February Russian troops crossed the border and invaded Ukraine. In the West as well as in the East, it was anticipated that the war would last only a few hours and would end with the total crushing of Ukraine and the enslavement of the Ukrainian people. However, in the one hundred days (...)
A conversation between Simon Pirani and Anthony McIntyre about the Russian war on Ukraine. Reposted, with thanks, from The Pensive Quill
Anthony McIntyre: You have a long-time immersion in Left politics. We know each other almost forty years. On my first trip to London in 1995 you and I (...)
1. TURKEY WILL BE FREED OF THE QUAGMIRE OF WARS IN THE MIDDLE EAST!
A significant part of the refugees and asylum seekers living in Turkey had to leave their countries due to wars and conflicts. AKP has made Turkey complicit in these wars and conflicts that displaces masses of people, such as (...)
Slovenia’s April 24 parliamentary elections saw the defeat of far-right Prime Minister Janez Janša — an ally of Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán and former United States President Donald Trump — and a surprise victory for Robert Golob’s Freedom Movement, which was set up less than a year ago by green and (...)
Ivo Georgiev, head of the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation’s office in Ukraine, interviewed Taras Bilous, editor at Commons and member of the NGO Sozialnyj Ruch (Social Movement).
Ukrainian leftists are demanding arms supplies from the West
With your letter to the left in Western Europe , you have (...)
As the likelihood of a Sinn Féin led government grows, the prospect that the government might include radical left parties as coalition partners looms. But should socialists take up roles in government in coalition with Sinn Féin? Are there circumstances where this might prove to be necessary? (...)
For a long time now, almost everyone has been tormented by the same question: why are citizens turning their backs on the Left? Why does the Left seem so weak and lacking in credibility, all the more so since capitalism itself is not faring so well? A beginning of the answer to these questions (...)
In an open letter, 18 intellectuals pleaded against arms deliveries to Ukraine. Here a Ukraine activist answers and disagrees.
An open letter from left-wing intellectuals calling for a halt to arms deliveries to Ukraine has sparked controversy. Here Christian Zeller answers . He is committed (...)
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