the Voice of
The Communist League of Revolutionary Workers–Internationalist
“The emancipation of the working class will only be achieved by the working class itself.”
— Karl Marx
the Voice of
The Communist League of Revolutionary Workers–Internationalist
“The emancipation of the working class will only be achieved by the working class itself.”
— Karl Marx
Aug 18, 2025
Last Friday, Trump and Putin met in Alaska with pomp and extravagance: rolling red carpets, a gauntlet of warplanes, a military flyover, and a short ride in the heavily armored presidential limousine, called “The Beast,” complementing the pretentiousness of this meeting.
This fanfare did last no more than 2 or 3 hours, depending on who reports. Know-it-all media claim that this was a “short” meeting. Nobody knows what was discussed or achieved by this meeting, besides expressing usual pleasantries and banalities.
Was the war in Ukraine discussed beyond already known commonalities? Maybe or maybe not! According to the White House, the three-on-three meeting only included top foreign affairs officials/advisors in addition to Trump and Putin. Heads of armies or defense departments were not there. So, the talks may have gone beyond Ukraine, and included trade and business relations or world affairs, as some in the media speculated. Or maybe not!
But one thing is sure: the war in Ukraine goes on, recently killing or maiming more than 1,000 Ukrainians and Russians, soldiers and civilians, mostly working-class people.
It is also certain that billionaires and oligarchs, represented by these two, Trump and Putin, will get richer through deals negotiated behind closed doors.
As long as the rich are the ones doing the negotiating and the working class is doing the dying, such wars, in Ukraine or elsewhere, will go on with no end.