Dark times ahead
Mattis was what some of us refer to in America as one of the «adults in the room.»
Mattis was what some of us refer to in America as one of the «adults in the room.»
Is it worth waiting for the resolution of the Donbas problem in the near future?
Russians have gotten so desperate as to pay tens of thousands of dollars to their own poorly disguised agents, just to kill a few pro-Ukrainian commentators?
Revolutionaries should keep this in mind and every time they make a decision about insurrection, ask themselves: «What have we done to prevent us from being strangled, like newborn kittens?»
In recent years, the image of the anti-authoritarian left as a toothless peace-lover has emerged in the post-Soviet arena.
Ukrainian marxist Eugene participated in the ATO in Donbass. Found out about this, the Nihilist decided to ask him a few questions.
If you didn’t pluck up courage and demand to stop this massacre, you would be guilty till your death die. You will respond for your cowardice that stopped you from sabotaging this hell machine that was built right before your eyes.
The idea that Russian and Western imperialism are, for Ukraine at least, equal, is simply nonsense. Russia has invaded and occupied a significant portion of Ukrainian territory. The war that they started has killed over 10,000 Ukrainians and displaced nearly 2 million others. Did the West do that to Ukraine? No.
The political reason for the fall of the power of the Yanukovych «family» was the breaching of obligations by the authorities to the classes. Parliament adopts a budget, keeping in mind the criticism and the wishes of groups of influence. The government secretly steals, but does not kill the poor. The authorities can ignore or press the protest, but torture and murder in relation to the dissenters should not be used. In January 2014, the government violated all these rules and lost «legitimacy» in the eyes of the people.
Novorossia is a non-class project: the workers in it are fighting against other workers, and not against the capitalists. The workers are not fighting under the leadership of the workers’ party, but under the leadership of the Moscow oligarchs and Russian fascists. Novorossia is an anti-humanistic project: its agents deny the diversity of religions and life-styles, any right of an unarmed person.
Due to the circumstances, the anarchists were not only permissible, but it was also necessary to join the ranks of the armed formations. Not to «defend the territorial integrity», «take revenge» or «cut Russians», but in order to protect the freedom that remained in Ukraine, and return it to where it was expelled by the aggressors.