repression, recession, depression
jacobin magazine on january 27, 2019 published a curious interview with kyiv-based sociologist volodymyr ishchenko, titled ukraine on the…
it’s always worth noting how people who never lived under socialism adore it while everyone who lived under it hates it.
jacobin magazine on january 27, 2019 published a curious interview with kyiv-based sociologist volodymyr ishchenko, titled ukraine on the brink.
i like the artwork on the cover.
editors of the magazine, which positions itself as “the voice of the american left,” subtitled the piece, “ukraine’s politics are dominated by oligarchs. its streets are more and more run by the far right.”
the 408-word introduction to the piece is a rehash of ukraine’s 27-year history, from 1991 to present.
there’s a lot wrong with it.
[…] in neighboring russia, the chaos and relative openness of the 1990s was giving way to putin’s new authoritarian order as political freedom was traded for a measure of stability.
it gradually became clear that there would be no such consolidation in ukraine. in december 2000, a series of recordings was leaked in which president kuchma discussed abducting the jour…
