The Threat of Nuclear War—of World War 3—Is Real, and Is Growing More Likely by the Day

Last week we wrote that “The war in Ukraine has escalated to a perilous new phase. The danger of nuclear exchanges is greater, and more explicitly stated, than ever by political leaders on both sides of the war—Russia on one side; on the other, Ukraine, backed by the U.S. and NATO.” In just the past week, this conflict has gotten significantly more dangerous. There are mounting threats—including threatening to use nuclear weapons, ground offensives, and accelerating military maneuvers on both sides. (For more analysis of this, go to “Escalating Confrontations, Intensifying Threats: Biden/Putin Faceoff Brings World to the Threshold of Nuclear War.”)

An Imperialist Showdown, NOT “Good Guys vs. Bad Guys”

Ukraine is not a battleground between democracy and autocracy, it is a conflict zone of imperialist rivalry between Russian imperialism and U.S. and Western imperialism. Both are fighting to impose their will on the other, to advance the interests of their empire at the expense of the other—and at the cost of tens of thousands of lives lost, with the looming threat of crushing and incinerating millions more. (For more analysis and history of this situation, including several articles by Bob Avakian [BA], go to revcom.us’s  The War in Ukraine: A Resource Page).

The Democratic Party Is a Machine of Massive War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity

The Democrats are not the “party of peace”—their entire record is one of bloody war crimes and crimes against humanity. They have demonstrated over and over again they have no hesitation at all when it comes to killing millions of people in the interests of the U.S. empire. The Democrats are the party of nuclear bombs dropped on densely populated cities … the party of napalm—jellied gasoline that burns to the bone dropped on children … the party of drone strikes on wedding parties. And now, under Democratic Party leadership, this country is bringing the world to the brink of nuclear war. It’s way past time for people to stop being a tail on the Democratic donkey!

This Whole Dynamic Must Be Urgently, Radically Changed—in the Interests of Humanity, Not of Rival and Contending Imperialists

People can’t stand by passively and hope for the best—they need to be challenged with, and think deeply about, the truth of these words by Bob Avakian, BA, and they need to actively raise the slogans below this article everywhere they can:

All this emphasizes why it is vitally important for the masses of people, in this country, and other countries aligned with it, as well as in Russia—for people everywhere—to finally and fully wake up now, recognize the real, and profoundly heavy, stakes involved, and act in accordance with our actual interests—the interests of all of humanity: demanding that this war in Ukraine, and the involvement (direct and indirect) of the imperialists on both sides in this war, be STOPPED, before it not only causes even greater suffering for the people of Ukraine but possibly escalates into a far more terrible conflict which causes massive destruction and death, on a whole other level, and even possibly poses a threat to the very existence of humanity itself.

NO U.S./NATO WAR WITH RUSSIA! NO WORLD WAR 3! 
IT’S THIS SYSTEM, NOT HUMANITY, THAT NEEDS TO BECOME EXTINCT!

WE DON’T ACCEPT THEIR FUTURE—
IT’S TIME TO GET ORGANIZED FOR A REAL REVOLUTION