DEM VOLKE DIENEN

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.

Last week, a rally and a demonstration against the imperialist war in Ukraine took place in Berlin Wedding.

The activities for the Women's Struggle Day began this year with an evening demonstration.

The EU summit taking place today in Versailles is discussing, among other things, how an energy supply without reliance on Russian resources could be achieved. Around 40% of gas supplies currently come from Russia, which is to be drastically reduced - around two-thirds less gas is to be procured from Russia this year.

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

Propaganda "against fascism" on Russian (left) and Ukrainian (right) side

Dead soldiers, destroyed war machinery, the media in Ukraine, Germany and Europe are full of it. Numbers of losses of the enemy on the whole and individual documentations of victims on their own side. They describe in detail how many tanks and airplanes they have destroyed, how many soldiers of the enemy have fallen, but they are silent about their own losses, or at least they say that they are very small. Of course, every side does this in war, they just want to demoralize the enemy. The empathy for one's own cause is awakened by showing cruel pictures of the damage to the civilian population, how children and families or the soldiers of one's own people die and suffer.

In these times, i.e. the times of war, the media are naturally full of war propaganda. On Ukrainian TV channels we see military exercises or war operations of Ukrainian military with sophisticated weapons and pictures of wrecks and scrap of Russian war machines. Captured Russian soldiers talking about their tasks, orders and actions, in which they "openly" admit that they should kill civilians and children, because these are, as they say, fascists and children of fascists. People evacuated and wounded soldiers telling about their "heroic deeds". Strategic successes are touted, such as the death of General Vitali Gerrasimov of the 41st Russian Army, which is not confirmed by the Russian side. On almost every Ukrainian news portal is listed how much war machines of the Russian Army were destroyed and how many soldiers of the Russian Army were killed. On the other side, the Russian media, we see footage of Russians and Ukrainians from "liberated territories" showing gratitude to the Russian Army "which freed them from fascism". Alleged Ukraine secret attack plans on Donbass coming to light. And how much they tremble in Europe when they hear that Russia is turning off the gas tap.

Data on the number of fallen soldiers and destroyed war equipment on the Russian side

We must not be misled by their propaganda, it does not serve to educate us, but to obscure our view. All this propaganda only serves the warmongers of all sides to divide us, and above all to hate us brothers and sisters so much that we forget all our bonds and justified hate of our oppressors, and leave it easy for them to maintain their rule and exploit us to live and die for their interests. But we have nothing to gain from their wars; we do not want to kill our brothers and sisters. Their armies serve the oppression and suffering of the peoples and the proletariat. They realize that if we fight side by side against them, they have no chance, and therefore, and in order to fight their opponents, they want to stir us up against each other. We don't want to die for them and their interests. If we fight, only for the Red Flag!

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.