Reply To: Russian Tensions

“Albeit, an individual author rather than an organisation’s statement, this anarchist anti-war statement makes a number of valid points that many of us can recognise, although the potential actions of the anti-war movement are optimistically inflated.

https://libcom.org/article/british-anarchism-succumbs-war-fever”
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That’s a very good article, Alan. I note also its criticism of the suggestion put forward by PGB here that socialists (or anarchists) should organise to defend themselves independently of the Ukrainian state to militarily resist Russian imperialism. In practice that would not happen. These groups would simply be absorbed into the command structure of the Ukrainian military and end up fighting for the self-same deluded nationalist cause of the latter

We often attack those naive romantic Leftists who want to overthrow the modern capitalist state by violent means as engaging in a suicidal fantasy. It’s the same when confronting an invading army. It’s sheer stupidity to put your life at risk and for no good purpose whatsoever. Better to become a refugee or stay if you must but drop the heroics. Who cares what tacky piece of cloth called a flag you end up living under anyway? Better alive than dead