NP: open letter in response to Noam Chomsky's position on Russia's war in Ukraine

[David Morris]

https://twitter.com/dmytrokuleba/status/1528025292425551872?s=21&t=lAAoM0PVmJs_S-s-TgIt3w

*Ukraine, and only Ukraine will define when and how the war ends. We
exercise our right to self-defence under article 51 of the UN Charter
following a brutal armed attack. President @ZelenskyyUa has been clear. We
don’t need anyone else’s land, but we won’t give up on what’s ours.*


https://blogs.berkeley.edu/2022/05/19/open-letter-to-noam-chomsky-and-other-like-minded-intellectuals-on-the-russia-ukraine-war/


Open Letter to Noam Chomsky (and other like-minded intellectuals) on the
Russia-Ukraine war

<https://blogs.berkeley.edu/2022/05/19/open-letter-to-noam-chomsky-and-other-like-minded-intellectuals-on-the-russia-ukraine-war/>

*Pattern #2: Treating Ukraine as an American pawn on a geo-political
chessboard*

Whether willingly or unwillingly, your interviews insinuate that Ukrainians
are fighting with Russians because the U.S. instigated them to do so, that
Euromaidan happened because the U.S. tried to detach Ukraine from the
Russian sphere of influence, etc. Such an attitude denies the agency of
Ukraine and is a slap in the face to millions of Ukrainians who are risking
their lives for the desire to live in a free country. Simply put, have you
considered the possibility that Ukrainians would like to detach from the
Russian sphere of influence due to a history of genocide
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holodomor>, cultural oppression, and
constant denial of the right to self-determination?



<https://blogs.berkeley.edu/2022/05/19/open-letter-to-noam-chomsky-and-other-like-minded-intellectuals-on-the-russia-ukraine-war/>