A lot of international attention to the German Die Linke now as they are rising in the polls. It's important that since the split from BSW they should probably be much more regarded as a progressive (radical) left such as Podemos or Green Left rathern than traditional populist left such as Dutch SP.
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Old GDR communist roots still alive.
And please explain their official argument that NATO is partly responsible for the Russian war on Ukraine!
How is this not strong pro-Putin?
Have you read their positions on this page?
https://www.die-linke.de/themen/frieden/ukraine-krieg/
I most definitely don't agree with all of them, but if that's "strong pro-Putin", what is Wagenknecht doing?
But your source is rather proving my point. This narrative about a ‘fair peace’ and diplomacy is just another way of saying that Putin should win.
Should Churchill have spoken about a ‘fair peace’ with Hitler?
It doesn't justify invading Ukraine but obviously it mattered that suddenly NATO was right at Russia's border. I was definitely an escalation.
Ukraine did not form an alliance with the US.
NATO had no troops there.
Ukraine even offered neutrality.
US (unless ruled by a reckless dictator) would not have invaded Mexico.
https://www.die-linke.de/themen/frieden/ukraine-krieg/
“NATO policy after the Cold War led to growing tensions with Russia…”
They don’t want to support Ukraine with weapons (… offer all options to Putin etc etc)
This is pure Putin-speak.