What Lenin teaches anti-imperialists about Ukraine

Today's debate over imperialism in the Russo-Ukrainian war directly echoes one of Lenin's most ferocious debates with Karl Kautsky.

Bust of Lenin (with translation) at the Teatralna metro station in Kyiv, Ukraine. Photo credit Jacopo Romei. Licensed under Creative Commons 2.0.

I probably should have written this article three months ago, but I honestly didn’t expect the left discourse on the Russo-Ukrainian war to be infected with so much confusion. A socialist understanding of imper…