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Two years of murderous imperialist scramble over Ukraine

By Walter Chambers The brutal killing of Russia’s leading oppositionist, Alexey Navalny in an Arctic penal colony near to the town of Salekhard has, on the eve of the Second Anniversary of Putin’s horrific invasion of Ukraine dominated the world media. Incidentally

Mar 10, 2024

News & Analysis

Irish troops to train Ukrainian army – a further erosion of military neutrality

By Conor Payne Last month it was revealed that the Defence Forces is providing weapons training and training in military tactics to the Ukrainian military. This is despite Tánaiste Micheál Martin’s public statement that the training Irish troops supplied to the Ukrainian

Sep 12, 2023

Anti-war·World News

New Cold War: US Cold War interests trump rights of Ukraine

U.S. Secretly Prepares to Accept Russian Annexation of Ukrainian Regions By Walter Chambers, International Socialist Alternative As a further stage in the New Cold War opens up with the threat of new war in Africa after the coup in Niger, new information

Aug 31, 2023

Anti-war·Featured Articles·World News

Is there a way out of the Russia-Ukraine War?

By Walter Chambers, International Socialist Alternative Any end to the war in Ukraine seems as far off as ever while the huge human, social and economic costs continue to mount, not just in Ukraine itself but across the world. In Ukraine, six

Jun 19, 2023

Anti-war·Featured Articles·World News

One year of war: Russian offensive begins as Ukraine war escalates

By Tom Crean, International Executive of International Socialist Alternative The horrific war in Ukraine, which began nearly a year ago, is by far the biggest on the European landmass since World War II. Total casualties, both dead and wounded, number in the

Feb 23, 2023

Anti-war·World News

War in Ukraine: 10 Months of war that shook the world

Christmas Eve, 24 December, marks 10 months since Putin’s Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine. For the people of Ukraine, it has meant hell on earth, currently a dark, cold winter with constant missile attacks. There is no sign that the fighting

Dec 22, 2022

Anti-war·World News

Ukraine: A Turning point in the war?

By Per-Ake Westerlund, International Socialist Alternative That the Ukrainian army could retake the key city of Izium in just a few days, drive Russian troops out of the entire Kharkiv region, and put pressure on the front in the Donbass was not

Sep 23, 2022

Anti-war·World News

War in Ukraine: What can the labour movement do?

By Eric Byl, first published in ‘Lutte Socialiste’/’De Linkse Socialist’, monthly papers of PSL/LSP (our sister organisation in Belgium At least 9,000 Ukrainian and 15,000 Russian soldiers have reportedly been killed. Tens of thousands of civilians have been killed or wounded. Fourteen

Sep 3, 2022

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Sabina Higgins runs afoul of establishment war-mongers

By Michael O’Brien A letter by Sabina Higgins, wife of President Higgins, to The Irish Times on 27 July, concerning the war in Ukraine, has been seized upon for attack by various Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael politicians and other pro-capitalist establishment

Aug 9, 2022

Anti-war·Featured Articles·Uncategorized·World News

War and its consequences: Five months after the invasion of Ukraine

Editorial statement from issue 8 of Socialist World, the theoretical journal of the International Socialist Alternative War in Ukraine is now entering its six month. Entire cities such as Mariupol and Severodonetsk have been annihilated. Thousands of civilians and tens of thousands

Aug 4, 2022

Ukraine

Two years of murderous imperialist scramble over Ukraine

Irish troops to train Ukrainian army – a further erosion of military neutrality

New Cold War: US Cold War interests trump rights of Ukraine

Is there a way out of the Russia-Ukraine War?

One year of war: Russian offensive begins as Ukraine war escalates

War in Ukraine: 10 Months of war that shook the world

Ukraine: A Turning point in the war?

War in Ukraine: What can the labour movement do?

Sabina Higgins runs afoul of establishment war-mongers

War and its consequences: Five months after the invasion of Ukraine

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