Why using term 'genocide' matters in Ukraine war
When President Joe Biden declares Russia's Ukraine war
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When President Joe Biden declares Russia's Ukraine war
With US and over 150 nations obligated to prevent and prosecute such actions, intensification of rhetoric by world leaders could be prelude to tougher response against Moscow
A formal U.S. follow-up accusing Russia of genocide, a campaign aimed at wiping out a targeted group, could carry obligations on the world to consider action. That's because of a genocide treaty approved by the U.N. General Assembly in the years immediately after World War II, signed by the United States and more than 150 other nations.
There’s never been a shortage of Russian genocidal fantasies about Ukraine but, until recently, they were confined to the margins. Now, those fantasies and their neo-fascist roots are being normalized and put into action
A statement from the Russian Socialist Movement and the Ukrainian socialist organisation Sotsialnyi Rukh. Although the majority of the left has condemned the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the left camp’s unity is still lacking. We would like to address those on the left who still stick to “a plague on both houses” position that views the war as an inter-imperialist war.