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Yanis Varoufakis: The US is no ally of the Left – in Ukraine or anywhere

OPINION: Anthony Barnett is wrong – Russia’s invasion does not make America into a defender of democracy

Yanis Varoufakis: The US is no ally of the Left – in Ukraine or anywhere
The Ukraine war must end, but is US influence on the conflict benign?
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Anthony Barnett, a friend, comrade and collaborator, just published an article in openDemocracy, a splendid and much loved source of progressive ideas and material, to which he alerted me in a mail reading: “Dear Yanis, we disagree but in solidarity!”

Since Anthony’s article mentions me, along with Jeremy Corbyn, here I am, responding in the spirit of solidarity, affection and goodwill.

Anthony’s article was in response to a petition I gladly co-signed that, in the face of a New Cold War and a collapsing climate, called for an immediate end to the war in Ukraine, for the aversion of another war over Taiwan, for the de-escalation of the New Cold War engulfing, primarily, the United States and China, and, lastly, for a genuine global Green New Deal.