The UCU has botched its Ukraine policy again

Call for an ‘immediate ceasefire’ is scarcely better than the ‘stop arming Ukraine’ motion that led to resignations a year ago, says Christopher Phelps

Published on
September 3, 2024
Last updated
September 6, 2024
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Reader's comments (1)

I seem to remember that the delegate proposing the ceasefire back in May 2023 made a call for the respective proletariat of Russia and the UK should deal with the oppressive leaderships in their own countries as a contribution to ending the conflict. I don't think by any stretch of anyone's fevered imagination that you could conflate Putin with Sunak. But the delegate seemed intent on confirming to the general public that UCU was going gangbusters in presenting itself as a malign parody of University academics. The very idea of Putin proclaiming 'Bah, ze UCU is fomenting a popular uprising I am powerless to stop. Damn the UCU and it's united membership. They might not be a match for UUK, but they have made short work of the Mighty Kremlin'. Hats off to UCU.

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