> On Feb 18, 2026, at 14:46, Marv Gandall via groups.io > <[email protected]> wrote: > > we don’t see any parallel between this inter-capitalist war and the 20th > century wars of national liberation against Western imperialism
By this definition, there can be no anti-imperialist struggle against anything but "Western imperialism." But why would you see a "parallel" to Western imperialism: Ukraine was a colony of Russia. Putin is trying to return it to that status. Lenin and others discussed the Great Russian chauvinism that Ukrainians suffered in the Russian Empire. The right to national self determination (for some nations) was supposed to be the remedy. The Russian-Ukrainian war is a war by Ukrainians to preserve their right to self determination from a foreign power. You must have heard the term "prison house of nations" or words to that effect. This term describes the relationship of Russia to Ukraine and the other imprisoned nations in the Russian Empire. Just because the Ukraine invader's enemy is the US, and not a more acceptable imperialist power, is no reason to condemn 40 million people to a re constructed Great Russian prison house of nations. Mark -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#40732): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/40732 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/117833155/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/13617172/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
