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En Ukraine, l’armée russe bombarde Kharkov, Marioupol… mais n’avance pas aussi vite que le Kremlin le pensait. À l’entrée d’Energodar (région de Zaporijia), les [...]

RUSSIE 13 500 manifestants arrêtés

Un puissant mouvement d’opposition à la guerre en Russie a surgi spontanément dès le 24 février, premier jour de la guerre. Le site russe OVD-Info, qui recense les actes de répression, indique que depuis le 24 février plus de 13 500 manifestants contre la guerre ont été arrêtés. Ce qui signifie que probablement quarante ou cinquante fois plus de citoyens ont manifesté… dans un pays où participer à une manifestation non autorisée peut conduire en prison. [...]

AU PARLEMENT EUROPÉEN, union sacrée derrière l’OTAN

Par Diliff — Travail personnel, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=35972521

Le 1er mars, les élus au Parlement européen étaient appelés par la présidente de la Commission européenne, Von der Leyen, à se prononcer sur une résolution « sur l’agression russe contre l’Ukraine ». Cette résolution : – « se félicite de l’adoption rapide de sanctions par le Conseil » ; – « demande que le champ d’application des sanctions soit élargi et que les sanctions visent à affaiblir stratégiquement l’économie et la base industrielle russes » ; – « demande, en particulier, que l’importation des principaux biens d’exportation russes, y compris le pétrole et le gaz, soit restreinte » ; – « insiste sur la nécessité pour les États membres de reconnaître et d’accepter que des sanctions sévères à l’encontre de la Fédération de Russie auront inévitablement des effets négatifs sur leur situation économique » ; – « insiste sur le fait que toutes les sanctions futures doivent continuer à être étroitement coordonnées avec les alliés transatlantiques et les partenaires internationaux partageant les mêmes valeurs, afin de maximiser leur efficacité » ; [...]

IN THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, « national unity » / sacred union behind NATO

On 1 March, the elected members of the European Parliament were called upon by the president of the European Commission, Von der Leyen, to vote on a resolution « on Russian aggression against Ukraine« . This resolution: Welcomes the swift adoption of sanctions by the Council; Calls for the scope of sanctions to be broadened and for the sanctions to be aimed at strategically weakening the Russian economy and industrial base; Calls, in particular, for the import of the most important Russian export goods, including oil and gas, to be restricted; Emphasises the need for Member States to acknowledge and accept that severe sanctions against the Russian Federation will unavoidably entail negative effects on their economic situation; Insists that all future sanctions must continue to be closely coordinated with transatlantic allies and like-minded international partners in order to maximise their effectiveness; [...]

« Workers of the world, let’s unite against war and exploitation! » Statement by the Independent and Democratic Workers Party (POID)

The entry of Russian troops into Ukraine on 24 February marks a turning point in the months-long escalation between Russia and the NATO countries led by the US administration.

It is now a full-blown war. It is aimed at denying the Ukrainian nation any sovereignty and imposing Great Russian domination anew.

For the workers, young people and peoples of the world who love freedom and independence, the demand is clear: withdrawal of Russian troops! Putin: Hands off Ukraine!

Putin's aggression against Ukraine does not make the responsibility of Biden, Macron and other imperialist governments disappear those who for months now have been pushing for confrontation through their provocations, their policy of military encirclement of Russia and the concentration of NATO troops on its borders.

IWC is consistent on the stand that “This war is disastrous for the working class.” Nambiath Vasudevan

Statement by Nambiath Vasudevan from India, coordinator with Daniel Gluckstein (France) of the International Workers' Committee against War and Exploitation, for a Workers International (IWC).

This war is disastrous for the working class. The war that is now taking place in Ukraine will lead to an increase of the price of goods and especially of fuel. That will increase the prices of cooking gas for the common man; the prices of petrol and oil are already very high, now they say it will go to 100 dollars on the people. In India, at the moment there is a freeze on petrol and diesel prices because of elections due in March, and once the elections are over, it is feared that because of the war in Ukraine, the prices of those items will go beyond any reasonable even imagination.

No to War, no to Exploitation! Daniel Gluckstein

Editorial of Workers’ Tribune (French POID’s weekly) by Daniel Gluckstein, France, coordinator with Namiath Vasudevan (India) of the International Workers' Committee against War and Exploitation, for a Workers International (IWC). February 22, 5 pm.

At the time of this writing, no one knows what the outcome of the escalation toward war in Eastern Europe will be. Anything is possible. But there are a number of things that we do know. We know that the peoples have no interest in a confrontation. The Russian worker is not the enemy of the Ukrainian worker, who is not the enemy of the Russian worker. The French worker is not the enemy of the Russian worker, nor of the Ukrainian worker, nor of the U.S. worker.

No to war! « Who is responsible for the march to war? For what reasons? »

Dans la soirée du 21 février, le président russe, Vladimir Poutine, a reconnu officiellement les « républiques » séparatistes de l’est de l’Ukraine. Quelques heures plus tard, les chars russes y faisaient leur entrée. Il s’agit là du dernier épisode d’une escalade militaire opposant les États-Unis à la Russie qui se poursuit depuis des mois. Qui est responsable de la marche à la guerre ? Pour quelles raisons ? Face à la machine de propagande, il peut parfois sembler difficile de s’y retrouver. Une analyse de Dominique Ferré. [...]

RUSSIA « The Workers Do Not Want War! » – Interview of Alexei [1], Trade Union Activist of the Solidarity Platform

a kid protesting against the war in ukraine

Alexei: It is a confrontation between two economic and military blocs. On one side, NATO, on the other, China and Russia. Ukraine is only one of the fields in this confrontation. The Ukrainian working class is suffering from its own government and is under pressure from both East and West.

In my opinion, both sides do not intend to go to a world war, but any slippage or provocation could lead to it. In the areas of the so-called "people's republics," the war has never really stopped since 2014. But a world war is not part of the imperialist plans at the moment.

Travailleurs du monde entier, unissons-nous contre la guerre et l’exploitation ! Communiqué du Parti ouvrier indépendant démocratique (France)