Over one-hundred people packed out a meeting to hear Marko Bojcun and Gabriel Levy speak on the crisis in Ukraine:http://www.mondediplofriends.org.uk/content/20140527-power-and-conflict-ukraine
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?
Euromaidan and a Program for the Left
Euromaidan’s popularity has nothing to do with Ukrainians finding the question of free trade with the European Union so significant that it emboldened them to survive sleepless nights on the square. The country’s socioeconomic problems, which are much more acute than those of its neighbors to the East and West, gave the protest its meaning. … Continue reading Euromaidan and a Program for the Left
