Statement LIS: No to the aggression of Russian imperialism against Ukraine!! No to the aggression of Russian imperialism against Ukraine!. No to the aggression of Russian imperialism against Ukraine!! No to the aggression of Russian imperialism against Ukraine!!

1) Again, The European continent is under the threat of a full-scale war. The bloody war on the territory of the former Yugoslavia had barely begun to fall into oblivion, Inter-imperialist contradictions and the desire for expansion once again put Europe on the brink of the abyss.

2) The weakening of US imperialist hegemony is opening the way to a completely different world. Russia as a new imperialist power is trying to recover part of what was lost in the 90 and position itself for the future as a priority partner of the thriving Chinese imperialism. American imperialism for its part, with Biden as president he is increasingly aggressive and under the slogan that “America is back” he is trying to rebuild himself.

3) NATO's continued expansion to encircle Russia, its growing presence in the Black Sea, US military buildup. THE. in Greece from the joint Defense Agreement, The sale of high-tech weapons to Ukraine by Great Britain and Turkey and the provocation represented by Western imperialism's intention to incorporate Ukraine into NATO fuel the possibility of a bloody outcome in the region..

4) Russian Imperialism for its part, which comes from achieving significant success in the race for the latest weapons systems, has designated the territory of the former Soviet Union as a sphere of its "vital interests." A mixture of fear over the deterioration of friendly regimes in its area of ​​influence and the advance of NATO on the one hand and its expansionist aspirations on the other are leading it to increasingly active intervention in its neighbors.. More recently, CSTO troops under the leadership of the Russian army carried out an act of aggression against the people of Kazakhstan, taking advantage of the panic of the authoritarian-bureaucratic regime against the workers who rebelled against the deterioration of their standard of living and the lack of democratic freedoms. Before that, Russian Imperialism also played a key role in the repression of the social protests of the Belarusian people against the cynical falsification of the presidential elections of 2020 by Lukashenka's authoritarian-bureaucratic regime. The stumbling block for the establishment of complete and total control of Russian Imperialism over the territory of the former USSR has been Ukraine. The US intention to incorporate it into NATO is a provocation that has reinforced Russia's intentions.

5) Bourgeois Ukraine, weak compared to Russian military power and extremely dependent on both internal oligarchic groups and external support from Western imperialism, in the opinion of Kremlin leaders, It would be a bite that I could take without much difficulty. Although the reinforcement in the military field that NATO is carrying out in recent weeks is making it doubt the possible results and opens the possibility of an agreement.

6) The excessively optimistic expectations that in our opinion the Kremlin elite has been having is based on a series of factors. Among them, first, the increasing dependence of European Union countries on Russian gas supplies. EU countries' rejection of their own coal generation and phasing out the nuclear power sector has objectively made many key EU countries dependent on Russia and its Gazprom. Germany already refuses to provide its airspace for the supply of defensive weapons to Ukraine to "not anger Russia" and this trend they have believed would be the dominant one.. Nevertheless, as US pressure increases, the rest of the European powers begin to align with the White House.

7) It should also be noted that the bourgeois authorities of Ukraine have been pursuing a harsh anti-social and neoliberal policy for many years., that led the majority of working people to a situation of extreme poverty. In such a situation, The appeal of the Ukrainian authorities to the patriotic feelings of the citizens of Ukraine and calls to fight against the threat of Russian occupation continue to meet with rather hidden resistance. But it is present and more massively in the south and east of Ukraine, where Russian imperialism is trying to create a base for itself, demagogically using the slogan "protection of the Russian-speaking population." Of course, here we are not talking about any "protection of the Russian-speaking population", but only a pretext for the implementation of imperialist aggression against Ukraine.

8) Unfortunately, Many segments of the left movement of the former Soviet Union have been influenced by Russian narratives that call for workers to fight exclusively against “their capitalism” and ignore external Russian imperialist aggression. However, This call is just a manipulation in the hands of the Russian imperialist bourgeoisie. The experience of the internationalists of the “Zimmerwald Left” in 1915 It shows very clearly that the call to the socialists of each of the belligerent countries to concentrate their struggle against their own bourgeoisie was directed precisely to the socialists of the imperialist countries. Mechanistically, A similar call to Ukrainian socialists means practically and cynically calling on them to ignore Russian imperialist aggression and abandon any attempt to resist it..

 9) The International Socialist League calls on the workers of the world and especially the Russian working class to oppose the occupation of Ukraine promoted by its government and to prevent it from becoming a battlefield for the imperialist powers!! We are well aware that Ukraine has become a hostage in the game and competition of the world's main imperialisms. We perfectly understand all the cynicism and pettiness of American and Western imperialism, who now play “defenders of Ukraine” before the international community, fearing losing its decisive control over the economy of a weak country dependent on peripheral capitalism. We are well aware that both imperialist camps do not defend the interests of the Ukrainian people, but exclusively their own geopolitical interests. The Ukrainian working class should have no illusions about these “friendly” imperialisms and their true intentions and demand the withdrawal of NATO from all of Eastern Europe.

10) Only a radical left socialist turn in Ukrainian and world politics will give workers of all countries the preconditions to gain control of their own destiny. In conditions where world capitalism persists in its imperialist phase, threats of external military expansion will persist and multiply. But now the most urgent tasks are to confront a possible Russian invasion of Ukraine and turn this into a new bloody war at the service of imperialist interests..

Our socialist slogans of the current moment:

 • No to Russian imperialist aggression against Ukraine!

• NATO and Western imperialism out of Eastern Europe!!

 • Immediate withdrawal of Russian troops from the Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine!, as well as from Crimea, to make way for a process of self-determination of those regions!

• Russian workers: Resolutely join the international struggle to prevent imperialist aggression against Ukraine and confront your own government!!

• Ukrainian workers: Unite to confront Russia's aggression and get rid of the puppet capitalists of North American imperialism who govern you!!

• Let us strengthen the international solidarity of the working class around the world with the Ukrainian brothers and sisters of the proletarian class!! Let us reject the shedding of proletarian blood in the service of the imperialists!!

29 from January 2022