ukrainesolidaritycampaign Stephen Velychenko

Communists Opposed to National Liberation

Ukraine’s Bolsheviks (1917-1923) by Stephen Velychenko 'Long Live the Central Ukrainian Rada' Ukrainian soldiers in 1917 Background. At least 5.7 million of tsarist Ukraine’s population in 1917 were classfied as urban. Declared Russians were approximately 10% of the total population, 33% of the urban population, 43% of the population in the eight largest cities, and … Continue reading Communists Opposed to National Liberation

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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

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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