Whether you view Russia’s decision a year ago to intervene in Ukraine as correct from an anti-imperialist perspective depends on which metric you’re using in your strategic calculus. When one is only looking at the events from inside the imperialist benefactor countries, and the eastern European countries where Nazi nostalgia has created support for Ukrainian fascism, Operation Z’s impacts appear to be overall positive for the forces of reaction. When you look at the wider context, and account for the events from the wider globe, it’s obvious that Z’s impacts have been overall positive for the revolutionary forces. And that Z therefore is historically progressive in character.
“Z’s Impact is positive” “Z is historically progressive”
That’s so fucking ridiculous. The author should be ashamed. What Z is doing is classic imperialism. Russia felt like they had the right to invade a sovereign country simply because they wanted more cooperation with the west. So much life has been lost on both sides because of the fascistic rule of Vladimir Putin. Anyone that views him or this war positively is a disgusting fascist or too ignorant to look past Russian propaganda. Both are equally awful as they serve the same outcome - more death, more imperialism, more fascism.
If any leftists feel an attachment to Russia because of the USSR, then stop. Russia is NOT the USSR, they’re not a socialist country, they’re not even remotely leftist. They are a capitalist oligarchy of fat-cat monopolizers. Their economy runs on oil exports that are killing the planet.
Over a year into this conflict, you’d think it’d be obvious to everyone what’s going on. Delusional shit like this article should be heavily criticized at every opportunity.
Go back to Reddit, lib.
You’re too funny. I’m literally more left wing than you are. I don’t support imperialist invasions of countries. I don’t support sending the proletariat to start a war in the name of a single man with an (up until recently) iron grip on his country.
Even if I were a liberal, I’d rather be a lib than a fascist. I hope you come around to see how wrong this war is someday. I doubt you’re a bad person, but you’ve certainly been mislead.
I wish you the best, comrade