Yanis Varoufakis on the war in Ukraine

November 2024 Forums General discussion Yanis Varoufakis on the war in Ukraine

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    alanjjohnstone
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    https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/10/12/disagreements-between-left-comrades-over-war-ukraine

    The new non-aligned Peace movement?

    The Athens Declaration, co-authored by Jeremy Corbyn, Ece Temelkuran and myself, whose opening lines were:

    “We stand with the people of Ukraine, as we stand with every people suffering invasion, displacement and occupation. We demand an immediate ceasefire, the withdrawal of Russian forces, and a comprehensive Peace Treaty guaranteed by the European Union, the United States and Russia in the context of the United Nations.”

    https://progressive.international/wire/2022-05-13-corbyn-temelkuran-varoufakis-the-athens-declaration/en

    “…As for the idea of the US being our ally against autocracy, my view is precisely the opposite: US policy is actively helping breed monsters to this day (from Putin in the 1990s to Bolsonaro more recently and, now, Meloni’s post-fascist government)… I shall quote approvingly and in full your closing lines: “Our larger aim should be to welcome the emergence of democracy in Russia – maybe the last thing that the Western security establishment actually desires. The alternative is rule by a mobsters international, which would ensure that the world will fry. It is as important as that.”

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    ALB
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    Jeremy Corbyn is the only British MP to speak out against the government’s war policy in Ukraine. In every other NATO country, including the US, there is a significant minority of parliamentarians opposed (except in the revanchist Baltic states who now have a free hand to oppress their 20-25% Russian-speaking minorities).

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