Marko Bojcun Editor’s note: We are publishing below from the Historical Materialism blog - the Introduction to the new book in the Historical Materialism series - The Workers’ Movement and the National Question in Ukraine 1897-1918 by Marko Bojcun: https://brill.com/view/title/21251 Bojcun explores the social-democratic workers’ movement in the Ukrainian provinces of the Russian Empire, focused on the Ukrainian, … Continue reading The Workers’ Movement and the National Question in Ukraine 1897-1918 – Introduction
The Workers’ Movement and the National Question in Ukraine 1897-1918
NEW BOOK BY MARKO BOJCUN We are pleased to announce the publication of an exciting new book on the revolutionary period of Ukraine by Marko Bojcun - The Workers’ Movement and the National Question in Ukraine 1897-1918 published by BRILL as part of the Historical Materialism Book Series. Bojcun explores the social democratic workers’ movement … Continue reading The Workers’ Movement and the National Question in Ukraine 1897-1918
Towards a Political Economy of Ukraine
We are pleased to announce the publication of an exciting new book by the veteran Ukrainian socialist Marko Bojcun - Towards a Political Economy of Ukraine Selected Essays 1990–2015. Part of the Ukrainian Voices series by ibidem Verlag. The essays in this book explore the major developments, both domestic and international, that shaped the first … Continue reading Towards a Political Economy of Ukraine
The Ukrainian Marxist Critique of Russian Communist Rule in Ukraine, 1918-1925
Review of Stephen Velychenko, Painting Imperialism and Nationalism Red: The Ukrainian Marxist Critique of Russian Communist Rule in Ukraine 1918-1925. University of Toronto Press, Buffalo and London, 2015. 277 pp. Stephen Velychenko adapts for the title of his book the Indian ex-communist Manadbendra Roy’s observation in 1951 that “Communism in Asia is essentially nationalism painted … Continue reading The Ukrainian Marxist Critique of Russian Communist Rule in Ukraine, 1918-1925
Ukraine, Peace, oligarchs and big power manoeuvres
Capitulation NO! - Protester against the peace plan. A new peace plan has been floated to end the Russo-Ukraine War begun in 2014. But at what price? Ten thousand have protested in Kyiv against what some are calling a capitulation. Ukrainian socialist scholar Marko Bojcun assesses what is happening. Thoughts about a possible peace agreement … Continue reading Ukraine, Peace, oligarchs and big power manoeuvres
BOROTBISM
The 1954 classic study of the Ukrainian Revolution, Borotbism by Ivan Maistrenko has just been republished in a new edition. It was one of the first significant accounts of the revolution in English.
The Workers Movement and the National Question in Ukraine 1880-1920
Bojcun’s study presents the workers’ movement in Ukraine against the backdrop of the development of capitalism in the Russian Empire, the emergence of Jewish, Russian and Ukrainian social democratic parties, the 1905 Revolution, the First World War, the 1917 Revolution and the Civil war.
The Challenges of Russian Imperialism Today ?
Ukraine Solidarity Campaign supporters participated in a successful conference organised by Socialist Resistance on ‘Imperialism, Globalisation And Climate Change’ on 26th September where Professor Marko Bojcun spoke on the question of Russian Imperialism today. Also speaking at this session of the conference was the French socialist Catherine Samary on ‘socialists' attitudes to Russian expansionism’ who … Continue reading The Challenges of Russian Imperialism Today ?
MINSK II: LAND FOR A CEASEFIRE, BUT NOT FOR PEACE
By Marko Bojcun Observer Ukraine The “Package of measures to implement the Minsk Accords” (see the full text in Russianhttp://www.pravda.com.ua/articles/2015/02/12/7058327/ ) agreed in Minsk on 12 February contains thirteen clauses and an explanatory note. Let’s go through them one by one and ask ourselves what they mean. An immediate and comprehensive ceasefire beginning at 00h … Continue reading MINSK II: LAND FOR A CEASEFIRE, BUT NOT FOR PEACE
UKRAINE: RETURN OF THE OLIGARCHS: THE OCTOBER PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS
Marko Bojcun Observer Ukraine The results of the elections on 26 October to the Verkhovna Rada (parliament) clearly show a return to the status quo ante, to the time of secure oligarchic rule before the Maidan. The Ukrainian ruling class continues on its course to reinforce its control over the state rather than to democratise and … Continue reading UKRAINE: RETURN OF THE OLIGARCHS: THE OCTOBER PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS
Ukraine Solidarity Campaign (Кампанія Солідарності з Україною) 