Russian Tensions
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For the second night in a row, thousands of Georgians, estimated at 30,000, have protested against the Russian invasion of Ukraine and also against their own government’s refusal to sanction Russia.
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-europe-60517447Russia invaded Georgia in 2008 to aid pro-Russia separatist forces.
“I want to state clearly and unambiguously, considering our national interests and interests of the people, Georgia does not plan to participate in the financial and economic sanctions, as this would only damage our country and populace more,” the country’s Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili said
Greta Thunberg takes sides?
Outside the Russian embassy right now. #StandWithUkraine pic.twitter.com/6S7it37DSL
— Greta Thunberg (@GretaThunberg) February 25, 2022
https://www.yahoo.com/news/fighting-breaks-near-chernobyl-leading-152144084.html
Fighting breaks near Chernobyl
Is the Russian alliance as strong as Putin wishes us to believe?
Kazakhstan is denying a request for its troops to join the offensive in Ukraine and said it is not recognizing the breakaway republics, LPR and DPR.
Another SOYMB blog post.
https://socialismoryourmoneyback.blogspot.com/2022/02/the-war-for-demockracy.html
Another on Socialist Courier
https://socialist-courier.blogspot.com/2022/02/the-world-socialist-movement-peace.html
I think we cannot have enough internet comment on the current situation.
The talk of Putin’s mental stability. Is he taking a leaf out of Nixon’s negotiation strategy?
“If the adversary feels that you are unpredictable, even rash, he will be deterred from pressing you too far. The odds that he will fold increase greatly, and the unpredictable president will win another hand.”
Richard Nixonhttps://vnexplorer.net/cracks-emerge-between-beijing-and-moscow-as-two-chinese-banks-restrict-lending-en20225234414.html
The alliance between China and Russia is not very solidKazakhstan is denying a request for its troops to join the offensive in Ukraine
That strikes me as a rather obvious untruth, either made up by the journalist or disinformation planted by one of the US intelligence agencies.
Think about it. Why would Russia ask for troops from a country whose armed forces must be an even less efficient killing machine than the Ukrainian one?
“The WSM blog
https://www.worldsocialism.org/wsm/2022/02/26/no-war-between-peoples-no-peace-between-classes/”
Surely Zelenskyy not Zelenko?
(Sorry if these two links have already been posted, quickly logging on and logging off and don’t have time to read through everything.)
Statement by the international organisation to which the Anarchist Communist Group belongs. (Note that this is not the same as the ACG’s own statement. This is much more meaty.)
Statement by the … marxo-anarchist (??) group TŘÍDNÍ VÁLKA:
Proletarians in Russia and in the Ukraine! On production front and military front… Comrades!
The first part of this passage is good, very good in fact, but the last part is a bit surprising since it is not one that the ACG normally accepts. In fact it’s wrong:
“The imperialist war is being waged for the sharing of spheres of influence, energy routes and the rearrangement of geopolitical power. We have no interest in fighting for the interests of the powerful, for the interests of capital. Moreover, the outbreak of war is expected to bring further price increases and inflation in both energy and basic commodities, putting even more strain on the pockets of those who are already unable to meet their basic needs. We must not forget that war is a solution of capital to overcome the structural crises of over-accumulation from which capitalism is periodically afflicted. The destruction of fixed (means of production) and variable capital (labour power) paves the way for capitalist reconstruction and development.”
Calling for “the sabotage of the war machine” is not a sensible idea either. I know it’s probably just rhetorics or revolutionary romanticism but we can’t urge workers to risk their life or long terms of imprisonment trying to do that.
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