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...
In Brief
The following is a selection of postings from the IBT Facebook page published since the last edition of 1917. 25 January 2023 | Defend and extend Scottish trans rights! Legislation passed by the devolved Scottish government to make gender-recognition certificates (GRCs) easier to obtain and available from the age of...
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...
Ukraine in Imperialist Vise
Earlier this year tensions flared up in the disputed territories of the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine, where the Donetsk and Luhansk Peoples’ Republics (DPR/LPR) declared independence in May 2014. The Ukrainian-chauvinist government in Kiev, supported by Western imperialism, stepped up its campaign to forcibly reintegrate the republics, which are...