Imperialist War

The current conditions of imperialist war have linked the fate of the Palestinian people and the working classes of the Middle East more than ever before. This makes it necessary for the labourers of the region to wage a common struggle against capitalism. It is impossible to move forward without the participation of the Palestinian people as well as the Israeli workers and labourers in this struggle. Peace and freedom, which are the greatest aspirations of both peoples and the peoples of the whole region, can only be possible through such a struggle.

We often emphasise that today's world is a world of crises and wars. But it is also a world of revolts and revolutions. As the history of the modern world shows, such deep crises and large-scale wars are also the seedbeds of revolts and revolutions. A host of mass struggles and revolts since the beginning of 2000s has already shown clues of this. Taking advantage of the pandemic, the rulers created an atmosphere of fear, which is now beginning to dissipate. The painful consequences of the war are being felt by more and more people on a world scale.

On 24 February Russia launched war against Ukraine. What must be underlined in the first place is that this is an imperialist war and it forms a new link in the Third World War. The long term accumulated tension in the Ukrainian fault line by imperialist rivalry has now violently ruptured. Although it is true that the US imperialism and NATO have been using Ukraine as a tool to limit Russia’s sphere of influence and weaken it in the ongoing imperialist rivalry, and playing a provocative role, this does not change the fact that Russia has started an imperialist war! It is not acceptable from the standpoint of Marxism to produce arguments to justify Russia’s imperialist policies and invasive operations while standing up against those of the USA! Revolutionary Marxists call on the working class in all countries that are parties of the war for standing up against this unjust and imperialist war!

The trade unions cannot be surrendered into the hands of the bureaucrats, particularly at such a crucial time. The unions can undertake very important functions when there is a wave of struggles that rises from the rank and file of the working class. Look at the deep discontent that is simmering among the rank and file of the workers' unions. Listen to the voice of militant workers and shop stewards who are try to give a fighting lead in the various union branches. Forward to the class struggle against the imperialist war! No room for pessimism; mobilise in the struggle against the imperialist war and this condemned capitalist order!