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The French writer Jacques Sapir provides some very welcome respite by way of analysis of Ukraine compared to the drivel of the likes of the NPA and Fourth International. There is much to be challenged in Sapir's proposed solutions to the war in Ukraine. Some are downright delusional, such as his proposal for a UN peacekeeping force headed by India and South Africa, and, with respect to NATO, his proposal that the imperialist alliance either bring Russia into its fold or be replaced by a new, Europe-wide military alliance to include Russia. But regardless, his view of the fundamental causes and dynamics of the Ukraine war as well as the possible solutions are a breath of fresh air and indisputable. " We must state again here that the behavior on the terrain of some of the Kiev forces amounts to war crimes." "The solution of a 'simple' federalism, which would have been possible in March or April 2014 is today dead. The violence of the Kiev forces and the thousands of dead of Donetsk and Lugansk have made it impossible. We must meditate on this fact: what would have been possible at the beginning of the conflict, without the disproportionate usage of violence of which the Kiev forces made themselves guilty, is no longer possible now." Full article: Moscow, Munich and Minsk, by Jacques Sapir, Feb. 9, 2015. _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com