[LAF] Some useful stuff on Russia-Georgia

[Ed McArthur]

Non of the links seem to work
 
all of this shows that stated and state sponsored bodies like NATO the UN and the EU 
cannot be trusted to act  for the best of reasons( so the Greens and other so called progressives who supported the bombing of Serbia in 1999 should be ashamed of themselves as should those  who supported the USSR and China  because of their so called  support for liberation struggles  when all they wanted to do was like the US  set up client states
 
Apparently under International law (in theory)  ALL peoples have the right to self determination not just those under colonial rule  or occupation
So Kosova, South Ossetian   Chechnya  Tibet  and Scotland for example all have the SAME right to ceed from the nation states of which they are supposed to be part
 
Anarchist of course would oppose the state formed from another state  but 
individual self determination  is more likely if  you have lots of smaller states with limited jurisdiction and the possibility to escape from one to the other.,  after all  if State B gives me asylum just to spite state A from the point of view of my personal safety it makes no difference  and if I then run into trouble with state B(Because I am certainly not going to show my gratitude by supporting them if they do something  I oppose) I want to be able to escape to state C
Ed



 
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--- On Tue, 8/19/08, Echo of Freedom <EchoOfFreedom at riseup.net> wrote:

From: Echo of Freedom <EchoOfFreedom at riseup.net>
Subject: [LAF] Some useful stuff on Russia-Georgia
To: "List - London Anarchist Forum" <laf at lists.aktivix.org>
Date: Tuesday, August 19, 2008, 9:33 AM

Russia-Georgia: Behind the war on South Ossetia
http://links. org.au/node/ 577August 16, 2008 -- On August 7, after a week of border clashes,
Georgia's pro-Western President Mikheil Saakashvili launched a military
attack against South Ossetia. South Ossetia, while internationally
recognised as part of Georgia, has been predominantly under the control
of a pro-independence administration since Georgia separated from the
former Soviet Union in 1991. Since a 1992 ceasefire, the South Ossetian
statelet has been protected by Russian peacekeepers. Within 24 hours,
Georgian troops had taken the South Ossetian capital, Tskhinvali, after
destroying much of it with artillary. More than 30,000 refugees (out of
a population of 70,000) fled across the border to the Republic of North
Ossetia-Alania, which is part of the Russian Federation. Using this, and
the killing of 20 Russian peacekeepers, as pretexts, Russia intervened
in full force: bombing targets throughout Georgia, driving the Georgians
out of South Ossetia (including territory not previously held by the
South Ossetian administration) and crossing into Georgia-proper to take
the town of Gori.

* Read more <http://links. org.au/node/ 577>

Boris Kagarlitsky on the Russia-Georgia conflict & video
<http://links. org.au/node/ 576>

August 14, 2008 -- Georgia has resolutely condemned Russia's actions in
Chechnya. Russia has severely criticised NATO actions towards Serbia.
Later on the Georgian authorities tried to do the same thing in South
Ossetia as the Russian authorities had done in Chechnya. Moscow decided
to treat Georgia in the same way as NATO had treated Serbia. Bad habits
are contagious.

* Read more <http://links. org.au/node/ 576>

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