Thread by @DavidNorthWSWS

The risk of nuclear war is greater than at any time since 1945. Not even the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 - which, it should be recalled, was triggered by Kennedy's refusal to allow Soviet missiles in the Western Hemisphere - posed as great a danger. 1/ #UkraineRussianWar #NATO

Sixty years ago, even in the midst of a major confrontation, both the US and Soviet governments were seeking to negotiate a way out of the crisis and avoid war. Not so today: both US/NATO and the Putin government are acting with a staggering level of recklessness. 2/

Having been backed into a corner by the relentless expansion of NATO, Putin's desperate invasion has played into the hands of US and European imperialism. US strategists often boasted about plans to turn Ukraine into "Russia's Afghanistan." 3/

But the logic of military escalation, combined with hysterical anti-Russia propaganda, threatens to turn the rapidly developing war between US/NATO and Russia into civilization's graveyard. 4/

Utilizing their vast propaganda resources, the US and European media have incited a frenzy within substantial sections of the affluent middle class. The protests that have developed in response to the invasion of Ukraine are anti-Russian, not anti-war. 5/

Genuine anti-war protests do not call for a #NoFlyZoneOverUkraine that could trigger a nuclear confrontation. They do not applaud and call for massive increases in military budgets. They do not forget he war crimes committed by the governments of their own countries. 6/

Opposition to war does not consist in calling for assassinations of the leaders of the "enemy" country, nor with hailing the military exploits of fascistic forces with a long history of genocidal crimes. 7/

An anti-war movement must be built through the mobilization of the working class against not only the Putin government but also the US/NATO alliance, which seeks to utilize this war to advance its global interests. 8/

Read and circulate the statement of the World Socialist Web Site: "Oppose the Putin government’s invasion of Ukraine and US-NATO warmongering! For the unity of Russian and Ukrainian workers!" 9/9
wsws.org/en/articles/20…