From Chartist Magazine
The so-called 28-point plan (drafted in part by the Russian regime and presented by the US) cannot serve as the basis for a just or lasting peace. Ukrainians themselves have condemned it as capitulation. Trump’s proposal would see Russia, backed by the US, treat Ukraine as an ‘asset’ to be divided. This is neocolonial plunder disguised as sovereignty: entrenching occupation, excluding the occupied from governance, blocking any reversal of Russia’s conquests.
The threat to Ukraine and global democracy is deepened by the failure of European states to face the reality of Trump’s deception. Many have accepted the sham that Trump had pivoted against Putin and would act in Ukraine’s interests. In doing so, European leaders have offered excuses and accommodations to Trump’s plans. By accommodating Trump, factions of both capital and labour within European governments have weakened democracy in the face of growing internal threats from fascist and authoritarian forces. They have legitimised a strategy that undermines Ukraine’s sovereignty, emboldens Russia, and delays autonomous European action that could effectively help Ukraine resist and secure a just peace.
Chris Ford is the secretary for the Ukraine Solidarity Campaign.
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