[WSMDiscuss] A western pro-NATO left emerges

[Mofwoofoo]

The solution is fairly easy according to Noam Chomsky, but it seems the
Biden admin. and his handlers prefer to elongate the war there.

On Wed, Apr 13, 2022 at 1:25 PM DAVID KEIL via WSM-Discuss <
wsm-discuss at lists.openspaceforum.net> wrote:

> A new pro-imperialist left current is becoming visible. It advocates or is
> fine with the escalating NATO shipments of arms to Kyiv. This current is
> forming around the slogan that the Ukrainian resistance (led of course by
> the Ukrainian government), has the right to defend Ukrainian independence.
> Given the Russian crimes in Ukraine and the imperialist nature and policies
> of the Russian state, including its claims to own Ukraine, space has opened
> up for such a current.
>
> This current is likely to work for "antiwar" protests that don't protest
> NATO. It is likely to seek exclusion of forces that fail to condemn Russia,
> from antiwar actions. If this happens, then the antiwar movement will be
> divided as it was over Syria, but in a more ominous way -- a section of the
> antiwar movement that is actually in favor of the NATO proxy war.
>
> Kyiv has a right to request or accept weapons for the purpose of fending
> off Russian attack and defending Ukrainian independence, but not for the
> purpose of waging a civil war on the Ukrainians in its eastern region. Such
> a war has gone on since 2014 with full US arming of Kyiv. It is an act of
> Kyiv against the independence of Ukraine and on behalf of the US and NATO.
> It has effectively partitioned Ukraine. A Ukraine under NATO rule or
> partitioned between the US and Russia is not an independent Ukraine.
>
> Social-justice and antiwar movements in the West could well be wrecked by
> the pro-imperialist current that has emerged. A truly antiwar
> counter-current is required, especially in the countries that are pursuing
> this NATO war.
>
> David Keil
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