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By *Roger Annis*
March 18, 2014 – /Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal/ --
Two distinct views on the left have emerged to describe the political
upheaval that has shaken Ukraine and Crimea in recent months. On
February 21, the government of President Victor Yanukovych was
overthrown and replaced by a pro-western government in which extreme
rightists have a prominent place.
One view describes the political intervention of the US and other NATO
countries in favour of regime change as playing a decisive role. So much
so that the mass protests against the Yanukovych government are denied
any popular and social legitimacy. Russia’s role in events is viewed
uncritically.
An opposing view posits that two more-or-less equal imperialist camps
are jockeying for domination and control—the US, Europe, Canada and
their NATO military alliance on one side, and Russia on the other. Both
sides are equally condemned. Curiously, this view is also giving short
shrift to examining the precise goals and achievements of the protest
movement of Ukrainians that rocked the country for months.
Full article at http://links.org.au/node/3767
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