Re: The German "Open Letter" on Ukraine

2022-05-18 Thread Andreas Broeckmann
Here's my two cents worth, as a contribution to the debate; I concur with most of Alex's description of the German scenario, and would like to point out two things - but really just as footnotes: German "Russo-philia" has many names; there were ties between the monarchies at least since the

Re: "fossil fascism" (was: The German "Open Letter" on Ukraine)

2022-05-18 Thread Felix Stalder
On 18.05.22 10:04, Alex Text wrote: In this context he also speaks of Putinism as a variation of what Andreas Malm and the Zetkin Collective has called "fossil fascism" (while Malm do not consider the case of the Russian Federation at all). For a review of Malm's book "White Skin, Black

Re: The German "Open Letter" on Ukraine

2022-05-18 Thread Michael Goldhaber
“A ceasefire as soon as possible, A compromise both sides can accept” Brian and everyone, The German open letter offers the simple solution to the Ukraine crisis of “A ceasefire as soon as possible, A compromise both sides can accept,” as if the road to this were somehow easy to see and