Serious socio-economic contradictions laid the ground for the current war. Often, the war is reduced to one of ‘competing nationalisms’, flattening the class contradictions that gave rise to destructive nationalisms. For a more progressive vision of national development, there needs to be a clear program for resolving these social contradictions. First of all, they need to be understood, rather than the usual practice of presenting one side as representing Good and the other Evil.
Class contradictions and the war in Ukraine
Class contradictions and the war in Ukraine
Class contradictions and the war in Ukraine
Serious socio-economic contradictions laid the ground for the current war. Often, the war is reduced to one of ‘competing nationalisms’, flattening the class contradictions that gave rise to destructive nationalisms. For a more progressive vision of national development, there needs to be a clear program for resolving these social contradictions. First of all, they need to be understood, rather than the usual practice of presenting one side as representing Good and the other Evil.