Tag: Ukraine
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Ukraine’s Practical Sabotage of the Minsk Accords
For several weeks and until very recently, Western media have sounded the alarm about a threatened Russian invasion of Ukraine. The stationing of Russian troops on Ukraine’s border, now ended, … Keep reading »
Contradictions of Post-Soviet Ukraine and the New Left
Ukraine ended the 1980s as one of the most advanced parts of the Soviet super-power with a developed machine-building industry. Thirty years later, Ukraine’s major economic indicators are on a … Keep reading »
Ukraine: An Election for the Oligarchs
Volodymyr Ishchenko on hopes and prospects for Ukraine’s political future. Keep reading »
Nuclear Precipice: Ukraine, Russia, and patterns of U.S. Hegemony
What is the background of the ethnic conflict in Ukraine? Can the Ukraine situation lead to a Russia/U.S. confrontation involving nuclear weapons? According to the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, the world is again at a precipice with threats of nuclear war. Watch video »
Ukraine’s European Discourse Does Not Correspond to Reality
Interview with Volodymyr Ishchenko Volodymyr Ishchenko is a sociologist studying social protests in Ukraine. He is the deputy director of the Center for Social and Labour Research, a member of the … Keep reading »
The Maidan Uprising and Civil War in the Ukraine
Toronto — 2 November 2014. Questions for the Left with Volodymyr Ishchenko Last year’s events marked not only a turning point in Ukraine’s history. It also posed a number of difficult … Watch video »
Understanding the Civil War in Ukraine
The Ukrainian conflict, like most political phenomena, is multi-dimensional and highly complex. As such, it calls for a holistic – dialectical, if you wish – approach. But to judge by … Keep reading »
Stop the War in the Ukraine!
Antiwar Appeal of Left Forces in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus On June 7-8 a conference of antiwar left forces from Russia, Ukraine and Belarus was held in Minsk. Its purpose was … Keep reading »
Ukraine: New President Escalates Austerity, Civil War
Popular Resistance Deepens The newly elected president of western Ukraine is deepening the disastrous course to civil war of his interim predecessor. Within hours of his election on May 25, Petro … Keep reading »
Rather the Useful Idiot: Ukraine in Turmoil
The images from Odessa were truly horrific. Burnt corpses, a strangled pregnant woman, people jumping out of windows to their deaths. Yet perhaps the most disturbing of them all was … Keep reading »
Popular Rebellion Deepens in Eastern and Southern Ukraine
NATO and the Kiev Government Step Up Attacks A political crisis over the future of Ukraine has exploded in the past two months. It’s being driven by the longstanding efforts of … Keep reading »
Ukraine — Diplomacy Is the Only Way
The following is the text from a speech delivered on March 13, 2014 by Gregor Gysi, a prominent member of the German Left Party (Die Linke). As the chairman of … Keep reading »