Mastodawn

Joost Nov 20, 2022

While Corbyn and Chomsky were among the speakers at an event that mostly blamed NATO for the war Putin has unleashed in #Ukraine, socialist friends of Ukraine were outside with a message of solidarity:

https://twitter.com/Matt___Roberts/status/1594035771769380866

#UkraineSolidarity #UkraineRussiaWar

Matt Roberts on Twitter

“Supporting national liberation struggles against colonialist imperialism has always been at the center of the struggle for socialism. That's why supporting Ukraine against Russian imperialism is an ethical and political duty for all genuine socialists. And it's why ... 1/”

Twitter

Joost Nov 20, 2022

Their message: "The liberation of colonized nations from the violent rule of great powers has always been central to the cause of #socialism"

— "But the US is plying #Ukraine with arms, it's a proxy war!"

Was Toussaint L'Ouverture just an imperialist proxy? Was Ho Chi Minh just an imperialist proxy?

#UkraineRussiaWar #UkraineSolidarity

Joost Dec 9, 2022

The revolutionary socialist US organization Tempest (hadn't heard of them before, tbh) held a panel discussion on #Ukraine last month with Yuliya Yurchenko, Alona Liasheva and Ilya Budraitskis, which offered "a Marxist perspective on the #UkraineRussiaWar and .. why internationalists should support the Ukrainian resistance"

https://www.tempestmag.org/2022/11/voices-from-ukraine-russia/ #UkraineSolidarity

Voices from Ukraine & Russia

The Real News Network, in partnership with Haymarket Books, hosts a panel of voices from Ukraine and Russia.

Tempest

Joost Dec 9, 2022

Brazil's MES/PSOL appears to be another #Trotskyite example of left-wing solidarity with #Ukraine. Here's an English-language piece from its Movimento magazine about the its participation in the last #Razem congress in Poland:

https://movimentorevista.com.br/2022/06/mes-psol-participates-in-the-congress-of-the-polish-party-razem/ #UkraineSolidarity

MES/PSOL participates in the Congress of the Polish party Razem

Congress of the Polish Razem party brought together in Warsaw several European organizations in solidarity with the Ukrainian resistance.

Revista Movimento

Joost Dec 9, 2022

They also published a Ukraine dossier in their issue last June, described here (but not available without a subscription):

https://movimentorevista.com.br/2022/06/dossie-ucrania-nova-edicao-da-revista-movimento/

Dossiê Ucrânia – Nova edição da Revista Movimento

Conheça a nova edição da Revista Movimento! Os principais debates sobre a invasão russa na Ucrânia a partir de uma visão internacionalista.

Revista Movimento

Joost Dec 9, 2022

"#Ukraine — Voices of Resistance and Solidarity," with recent writings by Ukrainians and socialists around the world looks like an excellent (and very affordable) book! ✊

Featuring:
@ahatanhel
@simonpirani
John-Paul Himka
Yuliya Yurchenko
Oksana Dutchak
Viktoriia Pihul
Nataliya Levytska
Vitalii Dudin
Eric Toussaint
Ilya Budraitskis
Niko Vorobyov
Gilbert Achcar
Stephen R. Shalom
Dan La Botz

https://resistancebooks.org/product/ukraine-voices-of-resistance-and-solidarity/

#UkraineRussiaWar #UkraineSolidarity

UKRAINE: Voices of resistance and solidarity

Ukraine: Voices of resistance and solidarity A collection of recent writings by Ukrainians and socialists around the world ISBN: 978-0-902869-25-7 (print) ISBN: 978-0-902869-24-0 (e-book) RRP: £10,…

Resistance Books

Joost Dec 10, 2022

Thread on the Japanese Communist Party's Ukraine position: https://mastodon.online/@almodozo/109489173174208840

Joost (@[email protected])

Content warning: The Japanese Communist Party's Ukraine position

Mastodon

Joost Dec 10, 2022

This is where the line between this "left solidarity with Ukraine" thread and my parallel "bad left takes on Ukraine" threads gets blurred, to some extent.

Objectively, what's the difference between the JCP position and that of Ireland's PBP (https://mastodon.online/@almodozo/109485125814163134)? After all, both condemn Russia's brutal imperialist invasion, but oppose sending Ukraine arms to defend itself.

The emphasis and interpretational framework are strikingly different though..!

Joost (@[email protected])

Content warning: Bad Ukraine takes from the left: People Before Profit (Ireland)

Mastodon

Joost Dec 10, 2022

It's instructive to compare which organisations and individuals signed the feminist pro-Ukrainian Right To Resist manifesto (https://twitter.com/almodozo/status/1555194385955971074) with those who signed the Feminist Resistance Against War manifesto it was rebutting.

The 'good guys' (to put it bluntly) included, for example, @NPA_officiel, @Attac, @anothereurope and of course a number of @razem members:

Joost on Twitter

““We, feminists from Ukraine, call on feminists around the world to stand in solidarity with the resistance movement of the Ukrainian people against the predatory, imperialist war unleashed by the Russian Federation” Sign the manifesto: https://t.co/vC8Yd3ZFKU”

Twitter

Joost Jan 17, 2023

A brave stance of Green Party 2020 Presidential candidate Howie Hawkins for solidarity with #Ukraine, which predictably got ratioed by the terrible people in his party (though the balance is turning). Doubt he'll be a nominee again; respect for taking this position anyway ✊

https://twitter.com/HowieHawkins/status/1613219998570319891

#UkraineSolidarity #UkraineRussiaWar #Ukraine

Howie Hawkins on Twitter

“I have been active in organizing the Ukraine Solidarity Network (US), which went public today. You can endorse its statement and join the network at https://t.co/UJE7yBOrMa The website is here: https://t.co/R4oEF3FJ2C”

Twitter

Joost Feb 21, 2023

Organised by @workersliberty: #Ukraine socialist feminist activists from Sotsyalnyi Rukh will speak at conferences and meetings in Britain

https://mastodon.online/@workerslibert[email protected]/109880464517631549

Workers' Liberty ✊🏿🏳️‍🌈 ⚧️ 🇺🇦 (@[email protected])

Activists from the Ukrainian socialist organisation Sotsialniy Rukh are visiting the UK in March. They will tour the country, speaking. No one on the British left should understate the significance of what they have to say. Join the discussion! #Ukraine https://www.workersliberty.org/story/2023-02-14/ukrainian-socialists-visit-uk-march

The Union Place

Joost Feb 21, 2023

A "lasting peace for #Ukraine requires the defeat of Russia’s brutal imperialism. We stand with Ukraine’s military resistance [and] demand [Russia's] immediate withdrawal ... from all of Ukraine"

"We demand governments increase military and humanitarian aid to Ukraine so it can win more quickly"

With UK trade union leaders - and John McDonnell.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/labour-movement-stands-with-ukraine-solidarity-rally-tickets-539720106367

I hadn't checked McDonnell's position - if it's anything like this, it's a refreshing contrast with Corbyn and Abbott ✊

Labour Movement Stands with Ukraine - solidarity rally

On the anniversary of Russia's invasion, a UK labour movement rally to show solidarity with Ukraine and its labour movement.

Eventbrite

Joost Feb 23, 2023

Yeah, this is a great piece on #Ukraine by the Labour left's John McDonnell.

"What I have found depressing at times has been the tendency amongst some armchair strategists in the UK to ignore the voices of Ukrainians, especially Ukrainian voices from our own socialist and trade union movement"

"I haven’t heard a convincing argument against supplying the weapons that our Ukrainian comrades need to protect their freedom."

https://labourhub.org.uk/2023/02/21/the-ukrainian-question-for-socialists/

#UkraineSolidarity #UkraineRussiaWar cc: @bij1

The Ukrainian Question for Socialists

Labour Hub

"Some have argued that this is just a proxy war between two imperialist powers, NATO and Russia, and that socialists should have no part in it...

[V]irtually every war since the Cold War can be seen as a proxy war between imperialist powers, but that hasn’t stopped the left making a judgement about the individual cases and supporting liberation struggles...

[T]he left supported the Vietcong resistance to the American dominance of Vietnam, though the Vietcong were armed by China and Russia."

Joost Feb 23, 2023

"The question for the socialists and trade unionists in Ukraine was straightforward ... Do they defend themselves or allow the invasion to succeed?"

"Where non-violent protests against the invaders were attempted, they were met with brutality, arrest, and deportation to filtration camps ... indiscriminate killings, torture and rape.

From the outset I could see no other realistic option but to support their right to defend themselves."

#Ukraine #UkraineSolidarity #UkraineRussiaWar

Joost Feb 23, 2023

Frankly, to have the Labour left's second-most famous leader say these things is much more impactful than Paul Mason or the various Trotskyites I've had to rely on for much of this thread (which goes back much further on Twitter: https://twitter.com/almodozo/status/1495444549161922569).

The only thing I miss is that any "peace" that would arise from denying Ukraine military support would not just be "unstable"; it wouldn't be peace at all, since oppressive terror would continue and expand in the occupied territories.

Joost on Twitter

“A "Stop The War" message you can get behind”

Twitter

Joost Feb 26, 2023

The new "Elected Left for #Ukraine" (ELU) network, open to any left-wing politician in an elected position who "supports armed and unarmed resistance of the Ukrainian people," will lobby for political and material support for Ukraine.

"Please invite any progressive local, regional and national elected representatives to consider signing."

https://mailchi.mp/ukraine-solidarity.eu/february-2023-latino-left-and-ukraine-solidarity-global-meeting-7234698

#UkraineSolidarity #UkraineRussiaWar

Joost Feb 26, 2023

Glad to see all the MPs and the MEP of #Denmark's Unity List/Red-Green Alliance (Ø) on the list. Unlike its more moderate rival in the space to the left of the soc-dems, the Socialist People's Party (SF), it belongs to the GUE/NGL group in the European Parliament rather than the Greens, and since many GUE parties have been iffy at best on #Ukraine their voice is needed all the more.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1okrf5EDxbp5AA63gpZO9mP-sPTXy5ZoSq1E1Z-8UglI/

Elected Left for Ukraine signatory list

Signatories Name,Country,Elected position,Organisation Ana Paredes Landman,Argentina,City Councillor, Matanza,Movimiento Socialista de los Trabajadores (en el Frente de Izquierda y de Trabajadores--Unidad) Betina Rivero,Argentina,City Councillor, Palpala-Jujuy,Movimiento Socialista de los Trabaj...

Google Docs

Joost Feb 26, 2023

John McDonnell is on the list too, as is Labour MP Nadia Whittome and former MEP
@julie4nw; a member of Catalonia's parliament from the independentist Junts; Swiss MPs from the radical left, greens and soc-dems; an MP from Italy's centre-left PD; three state/local representatives from die Linke; and a bunch of Argentinians and Brazilians from Trotskyist-adjacent groups. #UkraineSolidarity

Joost Mar 11, 2023

Former Corbyn backer Clive Lewis, a Labour MP from the left of the party, on Ukraine — via @anothereurope

Joost Apr 17, 2023

This @workersliberty piece laying into Socialist Appeal over the question of whether Trotsky would or would not have supported arms shipments to #Ukraine is about more than sectarian alt-history.

It covers a lot of well-considered ground on the hypocrisies and contradictions of many leftist parties more generally about which armed struggles they will or won't support, and how selectively the "proxy war" argument is trotted out; ...

https://www.workersliberty.org/story/2023-04-11/why-socialist-appeal-cant-learn-think

#UkraineRussiaWar #UkraineSolidarity

Why Socialist Appeal can't "learn to think"

In the 1938 article, “Learn to think”, Leon Trotsky argued that if fascist Italy sent weapons to aid – for its own malign reasons – nationalist rebels against France in Algeria, socialists in Italy should not oppose and even help that.

Workers' Liberty

Joost Apr 17, 2023

... it invokes historical parallels like Algeria, Vietnam, Bangladesh, Kurdistan and the Spanish Republic to do so; and it emphasizes how — bottom line — these people just aren't "very interested in #Ukraine or its people" at all "except as a proxy for talking about Western imperialism".

#UkraineSolidarity #AntiImperialism