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The national “No to Wars” demonstration taking place in Berlin on Saturday is a cynical attempt to push the growing opposition to the NATO war in Ukraine and the genocide in Gaza into a dead end.
The days when anti-war agitation by radicals like Rosa Luxemburg, Karl Liebknecht, or, for that matter, Lenin resonated with millions of workers tired of being cannon fodder for their rulers are clearly long gone, and so is the period of turmoil around 1968, when rebellious GIs subverted America’s military adventure in Vietnam. A world order marked by imperial tensions ready to spill over into full-out war, however, is still very much with us, arguably more so than in recent decades.
Village by village, Ukraine’s summer counteroffensive is grinding forward -- but the pace is slow, and Russia is already counterattacking in some places. Worries are growing in the West about whether Kyiv can pull off a repeat of last year’s sweeping battlefield successes.
The resignation of Amira Mohamed Ali as co-chair of the Left Party’s parliamentary faction means a split seems only a matter of time.
SAVING UKRAINIANS FROM THEMSELVESThe NATO Ultimatum to Ukraine – Win by Winter or DieEd. Note: According to Andrew Vajra – “in Ukraine, 32% believe that Kiev needs six months or a year to win, 30% – more than a year, and 17% believe that several months or less are needed to achieve it.