Despite their cynical veneer of sympathy, the rulers of Britain and the US are no friends of the Ukrainian people, whom they see as mere geopolitical pawns.
This three part reading list gives vital background to the Ukrainian situation from the crisis today back to the 2014 Maidan movement and earlier.
Since Russia’s invasion, a barrage of propaganda has been pumped out by the Western media, contributing to an atmosphere of utter hysteria.
A statement drafted by the leadership of the IMT, putting forward an internationalist class position on the Ukrainian War.
The war is a stark reminder of the sharp and sudden changes in this epoch of capitalist crisis, coinciding with the relative decline of US imperialism.
Russian forces have unleashed a massive attack on Ukraine. It’s the task of the Russian working class to deal with Putin. Our fight is against imperialism, NATO, and our own reactionary government.
The Marxist Tendency in Russia denounce the invasion of Ukraine that began in the early hours of today. Against military intervention! Against chauvinism! No war between the peoples!
NATO was founded in 1949 not as an instrument of peace, but as a weapon to fight the Cold War. It has remained a weapon ever since.
A statement by the Marxist Tendency in Russia, along with Marxists in Ukraine and the Donbas, opposing the inter-imperialist conflict.
While the government in Kiev hails the heroism of the protesters in Kazakhstan, the same conditions that led to those protests exist at home.