The ISL and Vernyk’s trade union are actively encouraging their members to join the Territorial Defense Forces of Ukraine, the official umbrella for hundreds of paramilitary detachments that are now playing a major role in fighting the Russian army on behalf of NATO and the Ukrainian state.
For revolutionary internationalists, the determining question is not “who fired the first shot,” but rather what is the general character of a given war and the social forces behind it.
The insanity defense that a criminal defendant can be not guilty of a crime by reason of insanity is probably the criminal law’s most controversial defense. It has long reflected the moral sense that society has a duty not to punish those who cannot comprehend their crimes, but it has also led to the acquittals of some of the most famous murderers, or would-be murderers, in history. Keen to know more? Let's dive in.