the_dunk_tank
It's the dunk tank.
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I am talking, of course, about US imperialism, and which it will continue to arm and support fascist paramilitary to brutally slaughter leftists across the world, as it has done so many times over the past century. The only way to end this is to end US imperialism.
This war doesn’t end until either NATO is demilitarized, or Russia is demilitarized. There is no off-ramp from here, a ceasefire will only come when either of the two conditions occur, as trust is already permanently broken:
First, the US refusing Ukraine to negotiate for a ceasefire back in March 2022 made it very clear that they have no intention of suing for peace. There is a reason why Russia transitioned into an attrition war in May 2022 (what they call “Phase 2”), and it is precisely because they have correctly read the responses from the other side. If Russia loses, that means it has economically collapsed, and the chaos as a failed state that ensued.
Second, the Minsk agreements were the ceasefire period, during which Ukraine was re-armed and trained by NATO, and its military is being used against Russia today. This is why there is no longer a solution where the situation goes back to status quo. NATO will just continue to re-arm Ukraine, or worse, give them nuclear weapons as was in Zelensky’s provocative statement in January 2022 anyway. The only way for this to end is the demilitarization of NATO, or if Russia collapses.
I’d start with Lenin’s The Proletariat and the War.