We are anarchists and therefore we are not very keen on the idea of supporting
state armies and defending arbitrary borders. We prefer forms of struggle otherthan military. With this reminder, we consider that despite the high-profileincidents surrounding UFOs/spy balloons in North American airspace, we are a longway from the sounds of bombs and airborne warning sirens resounding in Ukrainiancities. . We will be careful not to play manager and recommend any type ofapproach or engagement to fellow anarchists in Ukraine, Russia or Belarus. Wesupport the resistance to imperialist aggressions and we are in solidarity withthe struggles against capitalism and the various forms of oppression. However, werefuse to fall into one-dimensional anti-imperialism, no offense to some usefulidiots in the Kremlin or the White House.All parts refer to the memory of the Second World WarPutin's regime is trying to get on the right side of history by replaying theGreat Patriotic War with epithets like ukronazis that are far from nuanced.On the other hand, the war in Ukraine brings out the traumas of the Second WorldWar among Europeans. Thus, on French TV sets, all people who express doubts ornuances about military and financial support for the Ukrainian state arecategorized as part of the Munich camp (referring to the Munich agreement signedwith Hitler ) or even worse as a pro-Russian fifth column.The information transmitted by the media is strongly marked by the agenda of theAtlanticists. The bias for the war and the Ukrainian state is obvious, even goingso far as to take over from the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense without too muchverification and compensation. In Canada, there is little room for debate, if anyin the political class around the sending of arms to Ukraine and militaryintelligence despite the significant risks of escalation and generalconflagration. Expressing this reluctance does not make us pro-Russians. Wesimply do not share the militarist propaganda that portrays engagement in war asone side as a constructive means of supporting populations.In the end, war only benefits gun sellers. Workers and the popular classes haveno interest in seeing a new arms race or the tipping into a "war economy" whichwill inevitably lead to a displacement of a significant part of the budgets forthe financing of public services. and various social programs towards nationaldefense budgets.In a text titled Anarchist Antimilitarism and Myths About the War in Ukraine,Czech anarchists write: "...they manipulate us into making false partisandecisions in favor of one or other of the belligerents. It's the real fog of wartrying to blind us to what should be the obvious: the bosses on both sides areour enemies because the workers on both sides suffer and die waiting for ourclass solidarity. in action.»Azov Neo-Nazis versus Wagner Neo-NazisThe importance of the far right in Ukraine should not be trivialized. We believeit is a mistake to analyze the strength of these groups solely on the basis oftheir political representation and electoral results. The Maidan Revolution hasallowed the emergence of far-right and neo-Nazi groups such as Right Sector,Svoboda or the Azov regiment (integrated into the National Guard of Ukraine sinceSeptember 2014) which we have discussed on this blog since 2014 . The far rightrepresents a real force in the streets and on the front line. Nevertheless, thepresence of neo-Nazis and neo-fascists in Ukraine is not the reason why we do nottake the side of the Ukrainian state and nationalists. This state is detestablebecause first and foremost it is: corrupt, authoritarian, draconian and in thepay of the Ukrainian oligarchs and we have nothing to gain as a class by takingsides for the least worst of the two.For years, anarchists and workers have been fighting by different means inUkraine against the state, its justice and the development of far-rightorganizations in Ukraine. Today, their cities are bombed, their family, theirfriends are threatened by Putin's armies. Several anarchists have thereforedecided to get involved in the field by mutual aid, aid to refugees or even bytaking up arms in the territorial defense forces for lack of anything better. Themain task of revolutionary militants is not to judge the population from theheight of their ideological and intellectual tower, but to meet people, to puttheir ideas into practice in action and to establish themselves socially as apopular force, a counter-power, proposing its own social alternatives. Unlikespeeches, action is never without contradiction, but to quote Fred Hampton:"Words are beautiful, but action is supreme". There is no point in hiding behindthe apparent defects of a situation or a context, without taking action it isunthinkable to change the situation and advance our ideas. Some should keep alittle embarrassment before putting the entire Ukrainian population in the campof supporters of Azov or other extreme right groups.If Putin tries to replay the Great Patriotic War or the fight against fascism inhis war propaganda in order to find an ideological and historical justificationfor his invasion, in fact his regime does not hesitate to mobilize the mostreactionary currents in Russia (the Orthodox Church, ultra-nationalists, Nazbols,neo-Eurasians, etc.) to throw them into battle.Alexander Dougin founder of the National-Bolshevik Party, the National-BolshevikFront and the Eurasian Party is today an ideologue of the regime. He wrote: "Thenotions of tradition, religion and pre-modernity already offer us an undoubtedlywider spectrum of alternatives. If we reject the laws of modernity such asprogress, development, equality, justice, freedom, nationalism, and all thisheritage of three centuries of philosophy and political history, then there is achoice . And there is actually a very large choice. That's what I said. This istraditional society.»He wrote a book called Osnovy Geopolitiky (1997, Treatise on geopolitics) whichmet with great success in Russian political and military circles. In this book,the ideologue proposes: "to make sure to introduce geopolitical disorder into theinternal activities of the United States, by encouraging all forms of ethnic andracial conflict, by supporting dissident, extremist, racist and sectarianmovements to destabilize the country. ([invasion of Ukraine]Putin's ideologicalmotivations)This is what Yevgeny Viktorovitch Prigojine will strive to do with his trollfarms and the Wagner force.It was in 2014, in the Donbass, that the Wagner group, a mercenary force that hasno legal existence, was born. The group's founder and military commander isDmitri Utkin, a former lieutenant colonel in the Spetsnaz until 2013 (Russianspecial force), who does not hide his far-right affiliation by sporting Nazitattoos. In addition, the force bears the nom de guerre of Utkin, or Wagner inhonor of Adolf Hitler's favorite composer.All wars are hatefulRussia's invasion of Ukraine is illegal under international law like the 2003American and British invasion and occupation of Iraq. The abuses committed byPutin's armies and his auxiliaries, the Azov regiment since 2014, the Georgianlegion and other Ukrainian units are as reprehensible as those committed by theoccupying forces in Afghanistan and Iraq (notably in the prison of Abu Ghraib).Palestine is still under IDF occupation. Israel, that great friend of the West,continues to illegally build settlements in occupied territory and impose anapartheid regime on the Palestinian people. The atrocities committed in Syria,Yemen, Darfur, Libya, have not garnered the same media attention and support asthe present war in Ukraine.And that's not counting the colonial history and neo-colonialism of Westerners.We continue to affirm and declare: Against wars and empires, let us imposeinternational solidarity between peoples, workers, women and all the oppressed! by Emma Goldman Collectivehttp://ucl-saguenay.blogspot.com/2023/02/invasion-de-lukraine-ni-poutine-ni-otan.html_________________________________________A - I N F O S N E W S S E R V I C EBy, For, and About AnarchistsSend news reports to A-infos-en mailing listA-infos-en@ainfos.ca
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