Debates on anti-militarism continue to shake the anarchist movement in the western part of the world. Often in these debates we can see some organisations from Ukraine or Russia show support for the ‘no war but class war’ position. Three and a half years since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the anarchist movement is extremely divided. Previous strategies of ‘listening to local voices’ have mostly failed for those who were not interested in the first place. With more scandals certain to come in the future, it’s important to understand how we came to this point.
Original in english was first published in Freedom
Tag: War
Как западные левые и анархисты нашли”удобные” голоса из Восточной Европы
Более 10 лет назад Россия аннексировал Крым и оккупировала часть Восточной Украины. Уже на тот момент Кремль называл различные причины для оккупации в зависимости от политических взглядов целевой аудитории. Для левого/антифашистского движения российские пропагандисты подготовили историю о фашистском режиме в Киеве, захватившем власть незаконным путем. Вторжение в 2014 тогда преподносилось как антифашистское действие. Большинство анархистов и антифашистов в регионе разработали иммунитет к такой лжи за многочисленные годы пропаганды. Но для западных антифашистов и левых присутствие фашистских флагов во время Майдана стало настолько шокирующим, что некоторые поверили без дополнительных фактов в историю об ультраправом перевороте.
How the German left failed to understand the 7 October attack
One year after the Hamas attack on Israel, I think it is important to take a look at how the Islamist group’s escalation of the conflict that has been going on for generations has once again shown how the German left fails to understand international politics. As a result, we see how the left and many anarchists in the country can’t find a reasonable approach to the war in Israel/Palestine and now in Lebanon. This text will hardly come as a surprise to activists in Germany. At the same time, I think it’s important for anarchists and leftists in other regions to understand the German “Antideutsch” and not just see it as a joke version of some kind of political correctness, but rather as a political movement with its own ideals.
Against the war by all means?
Today a group of prominent authors and cultural personalities published an open letter to still German chancellor Olaf Scholz, calling him to stop any further delivery of weapons to Ukraine as this can provoke the third world war. This position is not new. In fact, there are a lot of politicians who still believe that their actions can provoke Putin and “force” him into starting the war with NATO countries.