The following text is a lightly edited version of remarks made by an IBT spokesperson on a panel discussion entitled “Understanding the War in Ukraine” at Brock University, in St. Catharines, Canada, on 2 November 2023. The event was sponsored by Local 4207 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees...
Inching towards WWIII
In January, the influential French academic Emmanuel Todd told Le Figaro newspaper that the “Third World War has begun.” The historian and anthropologist argued that the conflict in Ukraine, “moving from a limited territorial war to a global economic confrontation between the whole of the West on the one hand and Russia...
Conversation With An Anarchist
1917 No.29 (1917): The Platformists dismissed those who took individual autonomy to extremes with the observation that a serious revolutionary organization can only function on the basis of majority rule. Anarchist Comrade (AC): I agree that majority rule is the way to do things. But my understanding of a Leninist...
Xenophobia & Hypocrisy
“The horrible thing about the Two Minutes Hate was not that one was obliged to act a part, but that it was impossible to avoid joining in.… A hideous ecstasy of fear and vindictiveness, a desire to kill, to torture, to smash faces in with a sledge hammer, seemed to...
Ukraine & the Left
The war in Ukraine is a pivotal moment in world affairs, and its repercussions in geopolitics and the domestic economic and political life of Europe and beyond will be felt for years to come. Marxists have a responsibility to analyze global politics and advance a revolutionary perspective to prepare the...
NATO Imperialists Escalate Ukraine Crisis
Once again, the United States and its NATO allies are escalating the conflict over imperialist control of Ukraine and threatening war against nuclear-armed Russia. The heightened hostilities have led to a massive military build-up, the likes of which Europe has not seen for decades. Despite the most recent round of...
NATO Provokes Russian Attack on Ukraine
The International Bolshevik Tendency condemns the imperialist brinkmanship that has led to war in Ukraine, and we call on the international working class to organize labor strikes to thwart the military actions of the imperialist rulers. Washington and its NATO allies have recklessly encircled and threatened Russia for decades, and...
The Bulldog Pokes the Bear
The Royal Navy destroyer HMS Defender set sail from the Ukrainian Black Sea port of Odessa on 23 June, headed for Batumi, Georgia, and passed 3km into territorial waters claimed by Russia off the coast of Crimea. In response, a Russian patrol ship fired warning shots and an S-24M jet...