Disgusting decision by Sánchez against the Saharawi people! Disgusting decision by Sánchez against the Saharawi people!
We publish the following translated into SpanishDeclaration of Tempest Collective in opposition to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, originally published on their website. Erin Cass writes on behalf of the Steering Committee.
Tempest Collective vehemently opposes imperialism and supports the Ukrainian working class against the Russian military invasion and occupation. Likewise, we oppose the US-led NATO escalation and provocations that helped bring us to this point. We stand in solidarity with the Ukrainian resistance against the occupation and defend Ukraine's right to self-determination against Russia. We also stand in solidarity with anti-war protesters in Russia who face violent state repression, and with the massive outbreak of anti-war sentiment internationally. Solidarity and mass action from below provide the only way out of this disaster created by imperialism.
We must oppose all forms of capitalist oppression against the working class. War will only serve the interests of the ruling class and will have devastating consequences for working people.. We are entering a new historical era marked by great power rivalry between the US, Russia and China, and we must be clear about our position: I am Washington, nor Moscow, ni Beijing, but International Socialism!
The invasion of the Russian State threatens the entirety of Ukraine and represents a historic moment in the configuration of the new inter-imperial panorama. This invasion provides a momentous opportunity for NATO to revitalize itself, and we can expect greater support for NATO action from otherwise non-interventionist states.. Those who have remained outside the NATO sphere are likely to become embroiled in a massive imperialist dispute between capitalists competing for resources and power..
At home, Putin faces growing criticism and opposition. There is no widespread public support for this invasion.More of 500.000 people have signed a declaration against warand thousands have flooded the streets to show their opposition. This, along with the expansion of NATO over the last decade, has led to an environment of paranoia to which Putin has responded with military suppression and opportunistic international intervention. In fact, This invasion could prove disastrous for his regime..
Likewise, the LPR and DPR regimes, who now act as representatives of the Kremlin in Donbas and suppress all opposition political activity, They don't have popular support. These areas are facing an environmental catastrophe with rapid and unsafe deindustrialization that has also left workers without pay for their work for months.. The organizing of workers in response to these conditions has resulted in rapid repressive action, including the kidnapping of the organizers.
Years of conflict in the region have been capitalized by the United States and the IMF in an effort to enforce harmful neoliberal economic reforms.. We must demand the cancellation of Ukraine's debt. Biden has amplified his own brand of paranoia, dusting off the old Russophobia that Americans are all too familiar with, portraying Russia as the big bad wolf to gain support for US imperialist maneuvers. This fits perfectly with the discourse of “America as innocent protector and savior.”.
As we stand with our international comrades against the Russian imperialist occupation in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, our priorities as socialists in the United States must also include opposition to NATO intervention and expansion. We face the urgent task of helping to build a mass anti-war movement that can do both.. While small groups of socialists and anti-war activists in the US. THE. find, in the midst of urgency, Ways to take these demands forward, high-profile democratic socialists in office participate in beating the war drums, as long as Congress votes on what interventions to take..
Both Democrats and Republicans, as well as the two imperialist powers, they only seek to improve the position of their own states and ruling classes, while the people of Ukraine are treated as mere pawns. But it is the Ukrainian and Russian people who will pay the highest price for violent imperialist competition..
One thing is for sure, The war in Ukraine will result in the deaths of thousands more working class people during a global pandemic that has already claimed the lives of millions.. We must oppose the Russian invasion of Ukraine. We must oppose NATO intervention and expansion. The left must unequivocally stand in solidarity with the international working class against capitalist war.
