Starting in November 2013 mass protests began in Ukraine leading to what became known as the EuroMaidan or the 2014 Ukrainian revolution. It has been argued that Ukraine experienced a revolution in that period, the nature of that revolution has been a matter of some controversy. Or indeed whether there was revolution at all. An … Continue reading Reinterpreting the Ukrainian Revolution of 2014
УКРАИНА: НАЦИОНАЛЬНО-ДЕМОКРАТИЧЕСКАЯ РЕВОЛЮЦИЯ
УКРАИНА: НАЦИОНАЛЬНО-ДЕМОКРАТИЧЕСКАЯ РЕВОЛЮЦИЯ И ПРАВЫЕ РАДИКАЛЫ Олег Дубровский Автор данного текста, опираясь на идейное наследие украинской социал-демократии первой половины XX в., исходит из следующих положений: В составе Российской империи Украина была колонией. В 1917 г. в обстановке Всероссийской социальной революции в Украине началась национально-демократическая революция. По отношению к этой революции и российский большевизм, и российское … Continue reading УКРАИНА: НАЦИОНАЛЬНО-ДЕМОКРАТИЧЕСКАЯ РЕВОЛЮЦИЯ
Maidan and After
What Happened in Ukraine? Sam Friedman[i] Ukraine went through mass mobilizations and a political revolution during November, 2014 – February, 2015. In this it resembles struggles in Tunisia and Egypt since 2010, and as in the Egyptian case, the outcomes of these struggles (to date) have sorely disappointed most of the left in the United … Continue reading Maidan and After
Trade Unions call for their burnt HQ to be a Museum of the Euromaidan
The Federation of Trade Unions of Ukraine (FPU) has called for the House of Trade Unions, which was burned by the Security Police during the Euromaidan protest on 20th February 2014 to become a permanent museum dedicated to the Revolution of Dignity. Ukraine Solidarity Campaign published below a letter sent to us by the FPU … Continue reading Trade Unions call for their burnt HQ to be a Museum of the Euromaidan
The Conflict in Ukraine, and the Russian New Left
Revolutions and their Translators: Maidan, the Conflict in Ukraine, and the Russian New Left by Alexei Yurchak Most accounts of the conflict in Ukraine reproduce the familiar Cold War binary. For the Russian government-controlled TV channels, Maidan (Ukraine’s revolution of the winter 2013–2014) was a fascist coup that overthrew the legitimate government with the US imperialist … Continue reading The Conflict in Ukraine, and the Russian New Left
SYRIZA interview with Denis Pilash of the Left-Opposition
The European Union has started a game that it is not able to finish. It (EU) couldn't predict the reaction of Moscow?People of Ukraine are trapped between Western and Russian imperialism but Ukrainian elite is itself an enough cynical player at this chessboard. And I’m not sure whether the EU started this game on its … Continue reading SYRIZA interview with Denis Pilash of the Left-Opposition
THE REAL FACE OF MAIDAN: STATISTICS FROM PROTESTS THAT CHANGED THE COUNTRY
Results of protests, repressions and concessions monitoring by the Centre for Society ResearchOn July 9th at a press conference in the UNIAN information agency, the Centre for Society Research presented the results of monitoring of protests, repression and concessions, supported by the International Renaissance Foundation and the National Endowment for Democracy, that took place during the … Continue reading THE REAL FACE OF MAIDAN: STATISTICS FROM PROTESTS THAT CHANGED THE COUNTRY
Ukraine: Truths and counter-truths
THE FRONT OF INFORMATION AND MISINFORMATIONSaturday 26 July 2014, by Murray Smith In every war, one of the fronts is that of information and misinformation. In the crisis that Ukraine is going through at present there is a discourse of the Russian state, expressed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, relayed by the political world, broadcast … Continue reading Ukraine: Truths and counter-truths
What really happened in Odessa
an eye-witness accountLeft-Opposition of Ukraine has published an account by an Odessa left activist of the clashes of May 2, 2014 between the supporters of the Maidan and pro-Russian forces, in particular, about the events of the Battle of Kulikovo and burning of the trade union building during which over 40 died. The editors of … Continue reading What really happened in Odessa
Ukraine’s Protest Movement: Is a ‘Left Sector’ Possible?
by Ilya BudraitskisPolitical analysis from Ilya Budraitskis of the Russian Socialist Movement written as he visited Kyiv in the midst of the revolution.Back in mid-December, our estimate of Ukraine’s political crisis as a “revolutionary situation” resulted in a lot of critical reviews. Further, the use of the word “revolution” in the context of Ukraine was … Continue reading Ukraine’s Protest Movement: Is a ‘Left Sector’ Possible?
Кампанія Солідарності з Україною 