Columbia DSA Stands in Staunch Opposition to War in Ukraine

The Columbia chapter of Democratic Socialists of America stands in solidarity with the people of Ukraine as they suffer the horrific consequences of Russia's illegal and immoral invasion. We also stand in solidarity with the working people in Russia whose lives will be grievously affected by the actions of their oligarchic leadership. Finally, we stand in solidarity with working people the world over, including in the United States, who struggle for a future free from the degradations of capital and empire.

We look to one of the great anti-war socialists of American history for insight, Eugene V. Debs, during his famous Canton Speech (1918): “In all the history of the world, the people never had a voice in declaring war .. the working class who fight the battles, the working class who make the sacrifices, the working class who shed the blood, the working class who furnish the corpses, the working class have never yet had a voice in declaring war. The working class have never yet had a voice in making peace. It is the ruling class that does both.”. It is with this understanding, and these convictions that we, Columbia DSA declare– No war in Ukraine! No war but class war!