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    Making sense of Russia's invasion of Ukraine
    Making sense of Russia's invasion of Ukraine
    Making sense of Russia's invasion of Ukraine
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    Making sense of Russia's invasion of Ukraine

    By Paul Le Blanc

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    In this small book, Paul Le Blanc tries to 'make sense of the Russian invasion of Ukraine'. His starting point is for a victory for Ukrainian self-determination and opposition to imperialism in all its forms.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherResistance Books
    Release dateNov 15, 2023
    ISBN9781872242064
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      Making sense of Russia's invasion of Ukraine - Paul Le Blanc

      Making sense of Russia's invasion of Ukraine

      Making sense of Russia's invasion of Ukraine

      Making sense of Russia's invasion of Ukraine

      Paul Le Blanc

      Resistance Books

      Making sense of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

      Paul Le Blanc

      Cover design by Adam Di Chiara

      Published 2023

      Resistance Books, London

      [email protected]

      www.resistancebooks.org

      ISBN: 978-1-872242-05-7 (print)

      ISBN: 978-1-872242-06-4 (e-book)

      An earlier version of Making sense of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was first published October 2023 online at https://links.org.au/making-sense-russias-invasion-ukraine.

      Paul Le Blanc is Emeritus Professor of History at La Roche University (USA) and author of internationally acclaimed works on the labour and socialist movements, including Lenin and the Revolutionary Party, From Marx to Gramsci, Leon Trotsky, and Lenin: Responding to Catastrophe, Forging Revolution. On the editorial board of the Verso Books edition of The Complete Works of Rosa Luxemburg, he is co-editor of the second and fifth volumes.

      Contents

      1 Preface

      2 What mistaken friends say – and where they are right

      3 Imperialism and illusion

      4 Which side are you on?

      5 Views of Russian and Ukrainian socialists

      6 Lessons from history on self-determination

      7 Where the weapons come from

      8 Notes

      9 Chronology of events

      10 Ukrainian and solidarity organisations

      Acknowledgements

      I want to thank the following for their assistance in helping/compelling me to think through what is presented here: Jorge Altamira; Ilya Budraitskis; Ana Cristina Carvalhaes; Michael Drohan; Russ Fedorka; Federico Fuentes; Ginny Hildebrand; Harvey Holtz; Flo Menezes; Hanna Perekhoda; Ashley Smith; Mike Taber; Thomas Twiss.  These friends and comrades don’t necessarily agree with all that I say here (just as they, very much, don’t all agree with each other).

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      Preface

      A momentous development is drawing my attention away from the unfolding climate catastrophe on which I have been riveted.  The Russian invasion of Ukraine is a major factor fragmenting the left-wing forces which I have hoped would become a major force in the revolutionary struggle for climate justice and human survival.  Recently I have met Russians and Ukrainians, and others from Brazil, from Argentina, and from the United States, all making it clear to me that I can’t avoid dealing with this issue.  I will attempt to do three things:

      Review what some on the left assert either in favor of the Russian invasion of the Ukraine or against the Ukrainian response.

      Review Russian and Ukrainian realties and aspects of the war between them.

      Touch on essential aspects of Ukrainian resistance to the Russian invasion (including where the weapons come from).

      In the footnotes I will offer sources that have influenced my analysis, and which I believe may be useful for those seeking to make sense of these realities.  But I owe it to readers to indicate my own position at the outset.  This is my bottom-line. 

      I favor the defeat of Putin’s invasion and victory for Ukrainian self-determination.

      I oppose imperialism in all its forms – including Putin’s invasion, including NATO.

      I oppose capitalism and favor its replacement with the genuine political and economic democracy of socialism everywhere: the United States, the Ukraine, Russia etc.

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      What mistaken friends say – and where they are right

      Some people on the left,

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