THE CRISIS IN RUSSIA - YouTube Last Saturday, Russia was shaken by the armed mutiny of 25,000 mercenary soldiers led by Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of the private militia the Wagner Group. Having captured the city of Rostov-on-Don, occupied military installations in Voronezh, and marched to within 200 kilometres of Moscow, they abruptly turned back. How did a maverick private army accumulate … [Read more...]
The disastrous state of the Russian army, a faithful reflection of the perversions of the dying Putinism
by Yorgos Mitralias Why is Putin now "massively" bombing Ukrainian cities? Why is he sending his missiles against their infrastructures and populations? Why is he massacring civilians? Simply because he has already lost the war! Because his army can't break the resistance of the Ukrainians. Or rather, because his army is retreating, accumulating defeats, demoralized and in … [Read more...]
THE ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF THE WAR IN UKRAINE – 20 MAR 22
THE ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF THE WAR IN UKRAINE - 20 MAR 22 - YouTube Discussion introduced by Michael Roberts (Author of The Long Depression: Marxism and the Global Crisis of Capitalism and of the blog The Next Recession). The economic war between the US-led NATO group and Russia is hotting up alongside the real war in Ukraine itself. In response to the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, the US … [Read more...]
WAR IN THE UKRAINE
WAR IN UKRAINE 27th FEB 2022 - YouTube As the hostilities start in Ukraine, we present an open forum to discuss what attitude socialists should take to the war. Recorded 27th February 2022 … [Read more...]
The Russian Protest Movement
THE RUSSIAN PROTEST MOVEMENT - Hanna Danilovich speaks about the protests that have erupted where tens of thousands have defied police in street demonstrations throughout Russia. The Putin regime has used deadly poisons and brutal repression to try to nullify opponents of the state. How stable is its rule? Is this the beginning of its downfall? What is the programme of Navalny? Hear … [Read more...]
The Russian Revolution 101
The year 2019 marks the 101 year following the 7th November 1917 Revolution in Russia. Although over a century ago these events impact upon us still today, throwing out an echo that reverberates throughout the world. In this article, written for the 100 year the anniversay of these events, Roger Silverman talks about how the Russian revolution remains a constant spectre at the feast of the … [Read more...]
A Stand Against Russian Autocracy
In this article Roger Silverman writes about the events that began in 2012 when three courageous women defied Russia's dictator Putin in a daring public demonstration, and were subsequently jailed. Their stand belonged to a proud Russian tradition of defiance by artists and writers of successive autocratic regimes, first under the Tsars and later under Stalin's tyranny and the rule of his … [Read more...]