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The war in Ukraine is causing a worldwide shortage of wheat. Here in Germany, too, the prices of bread or pasta have already risen. This is mainly because Russia and Ukraine are two of the biggest exporters of wheat in the world. Russia is the number one exporter with 37.3 million tonnes annually, while Ukraine is in fifth place worldwide with 18.1 million tonnes. Together, the two countries produce a good 25 per cent of the world's wheat.

The comrades of Rote Presse have informed us that issue 48 of the Rote Post is online. Furthermore, they have also informed us that after the latest issue reaches them, they will publish the respective previous issue. The latest updated issue can be found here.

The imperialist war with which Russia invaded Ukraine is a consequence of the plans of the Yankees who, with NATO, have been encircling Russian territory for decades. The inter-imperialist contradiction is thus coming to a head. Ukraine, a country that wanted to join NATO, has now become the battleground on which the conflict between the two superpowers is being played out. In 2008, the NATO summit in Bucharest found Georgia and Ukraine to be attractive candidates for membership. Shortly afterwards, the Caucasus War broke out, in which Russia recognised two independent states on the territory of Georgia, thus eliminating Georgia as a NATO candidate. After the pro-Russia government of Yanukovych was overthrown in 2014 with the support of the FRG and the Yankees in Kiev, and Russia subsequently annexed Crimea, Ukraine set itself the goal of becoming a member of NATO in 2017. This is something that Russia has been trying to prevent ever since.

We publish a collage against the imperialist war published by Communist International.

The International Women's Struggle Day took place in the midst of the events of the imperialist war of aggression in Ukraine, this is also reflected in the activities of the revolutionaries in the Ruhr area.

In Bremerhaven, the Red Women's Committee held a rally in the working class district of Lehe on the 8th of March, the international women's struggle day. The rally was marked by the war that the Russian imperialists unleashed against Ukraine on the 24th of February. With the slogan 'Women to the struggle! Down with the imperialist war!' they clearly positioned themselves against any war waged by the imperialists.

Last weekend, proletarian revolutionaries distributed thousands of leaflets against the war in Ukraine in working class neighbourhoods in Bremerhaven. The leaflets were written in both German and Russian. Leaflets were also posted at bus stops, telephone boxes and other prominent places. The pictures published here were sent to us.

In view of the imperialist war in Ukraine, a large number of protests took place in Essen.  These were directed in against the aggression of the Russian imperialism, in most cases it was swept under the carpet that this war is the result of the inter-imperialist conflict of interests. On one side stands Yankee imperialism together with French, German and British imperialism with the aim of crushing Russian imperialism. On the other side stands Russian imperialism fighting for its semi-colony.