Do a majority of Ukrainians want Ukraine to stop fighting?

By Sacha Ismail. Reposted from southlondonsocialist.wordpress.com The Stop the War Coalition and its periphery on the UK left are crowing about polling that underlines war-weariness in Ukraine. But closer analysis reinforces what anyone seriously engaged with Ukrainians already knows, that weariness is not the same as willingness to surrender. To state what should be obvious … Continue reading Do a majority of Ukrainians want Ukraine to stop fighting?

Stop the War has exposed how hollow it now is. It should disband

By Andrew Fisher Stop the War has marginalised itself and alienated the vast majority of the Ukrainian population in the UK Ukrainians and supporters held a demo outside the Stop the War AGM. Those holding onto the Stop the War banner no longer speak for the many who flocked to it two decades ago (Photo … Continue reading Stop the War has exposed how hollow it now is. It should disband

Stop the War Coalition hypocrisy on Ukraine & Syria

Peter Tatchell  Two weeks before the Russian invasion of Ukraine, as President Putin massed over 130,000 troops on the country’s borders, Stop the War Coalition (StWC) convened an emergency public meeting ”No war in Ukraine: Stop NATO expansion.” The advance publicity condemned "NATO’s nuclear warmongering and interventionist agenda.” It accused the British and US governments … Continue reading Stop the War Coalition hypocrisy on Ukraine & Syria

Russian-Ukraine: who is the aggressor?

A reply to Stop The War’s Andrew Murray by Paul Mason Russia is pouring military hardware into Crimea and its border with Ukraine “We have nowhere further to retreat,” Vladimir Putin says told his generals today. “Do they really think we’ll sit idly as they create threats against us?” With Russia massing troops on Ukraine’s borders, triggering … Continue reading Russian-Ukraine: who is the aggressor?