Thread by @DavidNorthWSWS

The essential causes and interests of wars are, at first, not apparent. They are concealed by an avalanche of propaganda. But, sooner or later, the real and more profound causes and significance of the conflict emerge. 1/ #warukraine

In this case, and with considerable speed, the essential nature of this war is being revealed. #Ukraine is only the initial physical battleground in what is, in essence and fact, a war between NATO and Russia. 2/

The non-membership of Ukraine in #NATO is, and has been for several years, a fiction. Already substantially armed and with weapons pouring in, Ukraine is the frontline in a war aimed at regime change in Moscow and the complete subordination of Russia to NATO. 3/

As is usually the case, the middle class - led by battalions of impressionable (and, in some cases, politically sinister) academics - are swept up by the propaganda. They give little thought to the long-term consequences of the anti-Russia campaign being conducted by NATO. 4/

The middle class "pseudoleft" seems to have forgotten about all the wars waged over the last 30 years. The millions left starving in Afghanistan, the thousands of migrants who have drowned in the Mediterranean, are no longer of any concern. 5/

Yesterday, the Bundestag in Berlin repealed all remaining restraints on German militarism that have been in place since 1945. Military spending is being massively increased. This should be a cause for concern. 6/

But learned professors on both sides of the Atlantic no longer remember that Germany waged savage wars against Russia/Soviet Union twice in the 20 century. Between 1941 and 1945 the Nazi regime, allied with fascist Ukrainian nationalists, killed 30 million Soviet citizens. 7/

The escalation of this war threatens mankind with a catastrophe. There must be a new mass anti-war movement, based on the international working class. Read the statement posted on the World Socialist Web Site: 8/8
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