Ukraine

Fighting has spread to several countries and the economic war leaves no national economy untouched. The demand for an end to escalations, sanctions and war remains vital, argues David Jamieson

The Russian president’s statement makes clear that we are nearer to great power nuclear confrontation than at any time for generations, writes Chris Nineham

Justice for Chris Kaba, the crisis in our schools, why we need to fight for peace in Ukraine, myths of monarchy, the intensification of climate breakdown, Felixstowe and Liverpool dock strikes and more in this month's Counterfire freesheet

The cost-of-living crisis and the war on Ukraine are inextricably linked, writes Chris Nineham

As the war drags on and decisive military victory for either side looks increasingly remote, the movement must renew its call for peace, writes Shadia Edwards-Dashti

To understand the direction of the war, we need to see beyond the battlefield in Ukraine, explains Vladimir Unkovski-Korica

Uniting against a weak and divided Tory party, the NHS at breaking point, China and Pelosi, climate catastrophe, uprising in Sri Lanka and more in this month's Counterfire freesheet

Miloš Jakovljević explains that the changing context of war in Ukraine has drastically increased the stakes in every nationalist crapshoot in the Balkans, including Kosovo

At Counterfire's Revolution! Festival, Alex Kenny, Phyllis Bennis, Shabbir Lakha and Vijay Prashad discussed the war in Ukraine and the job for anti-imperialists in the west

Nato is responding to the horrific Russian invasion of Ukraine in the most confrontational and provocative way possible, writes Chris Nineham

The second part of Glyn Secker's historical and political analysis of the drivers of the war in Ukraine, Russian imperialism and neo-fascism in Europe

The warmongers gathered in Madrid are ramping up militarism and gearinng up for more war, writes Lindsey German

The Tory assault on the working class, rail strikes, Ukraine, Spycops and more in this month's Counterfire freesheet

Glyn Secker provides a detailed historical and political analysis of the drivers of the war in Ukraine, Russian imperialism and neo-fascism in Europe

Lindsey German on the rail strikes, Labour's attack on the unions and a woman's right to choose

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Chris Nineham analyses the West’s latest inflammatory moves in the war in Ukraine. 

Chris Nineham describes the immense suffering and misery the Ukraine war is causing and why despite this, Biden and Johnson are pushing for more war

Dragan Plavšić speaks to Russian socialist and anti-war activist Alexei Sakhnin about the war in Ukraine and the opposition to it in Russia

Chris Nineham analyses the causes and consequences of the war in Ukraine and tectonic shifts in global power politics

The expansion of NATO will only escalate a new Cold War, argues Vladimir Unkovski-Korica

The Palestinian struggle for liberation, code red for the climate, interview with a Russian anti-war activist, resisting the cost of living crisis and more in this month's Counterfire freesheet

Boris Johnson’s vacuous interview on Good Morning Britain shows a Prime Minister who is out of touch and struggling to survive, writes Terina Hine

Lindsey German on imperialism, democracy and porn in parliament

As Russia’s war in Ukraine moves into its third month, talks of peace and de-escalation are being replaced with signs of greater preparation for war, writes Lindsey German

Resisting the cost of living crisis means opposing the war, writes Feyzi Ismail

Lindsey German on Boris Johnson’s woes and our opportunities

Lindsey German on warmongers, Sunaks and Savile

Pouring more weapons into Ukraine will only prolong the war and take us closer to the prospect of open conflict between nuclear armed states, writes Lindsey German

Anita Zsurzsán explains how far-right Viktor Orbán cynically tapped into opposition to war to keep his regime afloat

Lindsey German considers the three interconnected flashpoints of modern politics

Dragan Plavšić and Anja Ilić discuss the war in Ukraine, its causes and consequences and how socialists should respond

The re-militarisation of the West comes with major costs, writes Vladimir Unkovski-Korica

The banning of opposition parties and media clampdown in Ukraine underline the need for an anti-war war position independent of Zelensky, argues Kevin Ovenden

If we want to understand why there is war, we need to look in more than one direction at once, argues Chris Nineham

Imperialists have no interest in peace, argues Vladimir Unkovski-Korica

Imperial rivalry has led to dangerous and absurd levels of xenophobia, writes John Clarke

The cost of living crisis, though exacerbated by war in Ukraine, remains a political choice by a system in turmoil, argues Terina Hine

Lindsey German describes how aggression overseas drives racism at home

Putin’s war in Ukraine should not be blamed on ordinary Russians-dead or alive, argues Sean Ledwith

We cannot allow treatment of refugees to be dependent on which states the ruling class considers legitimate, argues Kevin Ovenden

Yet again, the government has come up with a half-baked scheme that pushes responsibility on to the individual, argues Terina Hine

If we want to understand why the war is taking place, we need to ignore the propaganda, and consider the geopolitical context, argues Dragan Plavšić

Lindsey German on Ukraine and its continuing fallout   

Russian aggression is real, but so is NATO duplicity in Ukraine, argues John Rees

As the war in Ukraine carries on and Europe rearms, stopping militarisation and immiseration go hand in hand, argues Kevin Ovenden

Talk of war has returned to the former Yugoslavia, reports Vladimir Unkovski-Korica

Chris Nineham discusses the nature of the war in Ukraine, how we got here and how socialists in the west must respond

The struggle to stop the war in Ukraine and ensure the conditions for peace means solidarity with the people in Russia who oppose this war, not sanctioning them, writes Kevin Ovenden

Kevin Ovenden on the monstrous inversion of the horrors of war and the hypocrisy of the west

The latest IPCC report points to the structural change needed to avert disaster. Our leaders driving war at this time is further proof that they don't have the solutions, writes Feyzi Ismail

We republish the manifesto of a new Russian anti-war organisation, Socialists Against the War Coalition, translated by Progressive International

The constant talk of war and search for a victory is taking us closer to a nuclear war or accidents, we need to refocus on peace says Kevin Ovenden

A new global militarism is emerging from the war in Ukraine, argues John Rees

The best way of supporting Russia’s anti-war protesters is by protesting against Johnson’s warmongering at home, argues Dragan Plavšić

Kevin Ovenden on a week of war in Ukraine, attacks on the anti-war movement and the struggle for peace

The government seems shocked that the war they've been cheerleading is leading to people fleeing for safety, and have moved swiftly to limit how many can come to Britain, writes Terina Hine

John Rees discusses the unfolding crisis in Ukraine and how socialists should respond

Chris Nineham argues with Iain Dale on LBC about the realities of Nato and rebuffs the attacks on the anti-war movement

As crisis in Ukraine escalates, Chris Bambery examines the complex and bloody history of nationalism, revolution and imperial competition in the region

The Stop the War Coalition's statement following the dangerous escalation of the crisis in Ukraine

As the crisis in Ukraine escalates, the anti-war movement must urgently organise to pull our leaders back from the brink, argues Vladimir Unkovski-Korica

Lindsey German on the hawks circling over Ukraine  

Lindsey German on imperial brinkmanship and the anti-war majority

The West’s expansion has brought us to the brink of war, argues Vladimir Unkovski-Korica

Starmer is cosying up to the warmongers while the Prime Minister is risking a catastrophic war in Ukraine to deflect attention from his domestic political problems, argues Sean Ledwith

Following Boris Johnson's visit to Kyiv, Britain and the US continue to ratchet up tensions with Russia despite Ukraine urging calm, writes Terina Hine

The cost of living crisis, institutionally sexist police, the victories for the working class in 1972, stopping war in Ukraine and more in this month's Counterfire Freesheet

Lindsey German on the Tory crisis and the Ukrainian standoff   

Lindsey German on the drums of war beating for Ukraine  

The powder keg that threatens to ignite over the situation in the Ukraine is, more than anything, a manifestation of the turn towards intensified global rivalry on the part of the US, argues John Clarke

A timeline of events in Ukraine that the media want to ignore shows who's threatening who, writes Chris Nineham

Impeachment hearings imperil Trump’s presidency, but we cannot rely on impeachment hearings to defeat the politics of Donald Trump, argues Sean Ledwith

Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s election victory last Sunday is a sign people in Ukraine want change, but they will not get it from Zelenskiy, argues Vladimir Unkovski-Korica

Western demonisation of the former KGB director obscures his real manoeuvrings, observes Chris Bambery 

Chris Nineham highlights a worrying foreign policy shift at this year's Nato Summit that needs to be examined

Chris Nineham reviews Frontline Ukraine: Crisis in the Borderlands by Richard Sakwa

Despite the ceasefire the crisis in Ukraine is far from resolved. Feyzi Ismail talks to Russian Marxist and dissident Boris Kagarlitsky about the background to the current situation

It was the prospect of Ukraine being drawn into the western military alliance that triggered conflict in the first place

Images, videos and tweets from the mobilisation against Nato's war summit in Newport, Wales

Video from a Stop the War Coalition rally on the eve of protests in Newport against the Nato summit, with Boris Kagarlitsky, Sami Ramadani and Lindsey German

Lindsey German: this week Nato's political and military elite will descend on Newport to plan more military intervention - creating the greatest threat of another major war since 1945

Isis is simply the latest in a series of fanatical, violent movements born out of the disastrous consequences of US military intervention argues Alastair Stephens

The deranged expansionist policies of Nato are implicated in the wars in Gaza, Ukraine and Iraq argues Chris Nineham

The downing of Flight MH17 has fuelled the dangerous dynamic of global conflict that is leading the world towards the violent chaos we witnessed one hundred years ago writes Matt Carr

To see the extent of David Cameron's hypocrisy, contrast his call for action on the plane shot down in Ukraine to his government's complicity in Israel's brutal assault on Gaza

A conference of the (genuine) lefts of Russia, Ukraine and Belarus in Minsk has issued the declaration translated below

In July UK and US troops are due to participate alongside Ukrainian troops in joint military exercises as part of Nato’s ‘Rapid Trident’ manoeuvres

Boris Kagarlitsky on the background to Ukraine's growing revolutionary movement in the south east

All out war between Russia and the US is still not on the cards. But a proxy war is, says Lindsey German, and gets closer by the day

Yesterday a strike broke out at mines in the Luhansk region owned by Rinat Akhmetov an Oligarch and Ukraine’s richest man

Ukraine is about to receive a dose of the same IMF medicine that has devastated Greece writes Matt Carr

Chris Bambery argues that while neither side wants war in Ukraine, the build up of forces in the region poses a major risk to peace

Chris Nineham argues that being against imperialism in general isn't enough - anti-war activists in the West need to oppose the aggressive expansion of the Nato military alliance

The West support dictatorships around the world. Putin is no friend of democracy, but the campaign of demonisation against Russia is cynical propaganda that could lead to war

Ukraine, as it always has been, is caught between rival imperial powers who will allow no true self-determination, argues Chris Bambery

Jeremy Corbyn MP on BBC's The Big Questions, answers the armchair warriors in the studio who contemplate the western powers going to war with Russia

Anti-war activists in Britain should oppose the war policies and preparations for war of our US aligned government argues Lindsey German

It will be a disaster for the Ukrainian people if their new rulers sign the EU association agreement argues Reuben Bard-Rosenberg

Is international law for all, except for Britain and the USA? Andrew Murray replies to the Economist article, Britain and Ukraine: Fisking Stop the War

A leaked telephone conversation between Victoria Nuland, neo-con US Assistant Secretary of State and US Ambassador to Ukraine reveals influence of US right on events

The following statement of the Russian Socialist Movement is an example of how socialists oppose the imperial ambitions of their own ruling class - one the Left in Britain should emulate

The following statement has been circulated by Stop the War Coalition in response to the events in Ukraine

The situation in Ukraine and the Crimea and the rivalry between the West and Russia threatens to explode into a much larger war than has been seen for many years says Lindsey German

Ukraine risks being torn apart by forces encouraged by the West and their pro-Russian opponents writes Alastair Stephens

A power vacuum has been created and some very frightening forces could fill it writes Alastair Stephens