Ukraine

by Tempest

The Real News Network, in partnership with Haymarket Books, hosts a panel with Ukrainian and Russian activists and academics.

Posted October 12, 2022 Article

The war and the future of Ukraine and the left movement

by Social Movement Ukraine

A resolution on Putin’s invasion, war, and the future of Ukraine and the left movement passed by Sotsialnyi Rukh/ Social Movement (Ukraine) at its recent September 2022 convention.

Posted October 4, 2022 Article

Did Lenin Сreate Ukraine?

On the Right of Nations to Self-Determination and Marxism

by Grusha Gilaeva

Grusha Gilaeva analyzes the positions of Marx and Lenin on the national question and explains why the Left must support the anti-colonial struggle of Ukraine.

Posted September 29, 2022 Article

War and resistance in Putin’s Russia

An Interview with Ilya Budraitskis

by Ashley Smith

Ashley Smith interviews Ilya Budraitskis on the growing political opposition to Putin’s regime following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and its recent battlefield losses.

Stylized image of a destroyed tank in Ukraine with a bird decal. Background in yellow.

Posted June 24, 2022 Article

Inside the Ukrainian Resistance

Interview with Alona Liasheva and Denys Pilash

by Tempest

Tempest interviews Alona Liasheva and Denys Pilash about the Ukrainian Resistance, the state of war, the dynamics of class struggle and popular consciousness, and the tasks of the international Left in building solidarity with Ukraine.

Posted June 6, 2022 Article

Europe’s energy addiction

by Thomas Hummel

Thomas Hummel provides analyses of the environmental impact caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the ongoing war.

Posted June 3, 2022 Article

Solidarity with the Ukrainian resistance!

by Ashley Smith

Ashley Smith reviews the ongoing Left debates about the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the continuing need to defend Ukrainian resistance as the starting point for rebuilding international solidarity from below.

Posted May 19, 2022 Article

Revolutionary defeatism, yesterday and today

by Simon Hannah

Simon Hannah reviews the varied Left positions in the aftermath of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and how to understand Lenin’s position of “revolutionary defeatism” in the current war.