Volodymyr Ishchenko and his smear campaign
Volodymyr Ishchenko is a Ukrainian left-wing sociologist enjoying some popularity among the western leftists.
Volodymyr Ishchenko is a Ukrainian left-wing sociologist enjoying some popularity among the western leftists.
National identity can not be measured and defined in any way, but ideological.
The current government, that is established through the efforts of the Maidan, is not able to modernize Ukraine even by the capitalist development way.
The grassroots fraction of Maidan did not fulfill its revolutionary tasks, being unable to go beyond the demands “to change power” and the repetition of the bourgeois-democratic ideology. Not that “intellectuals” were drowning their sorrows, while the people vainly exercised their minds, secretly praying for help.
The political reason for the fall of the power of the Yanukovych «family» was the breaching of obligations by the authorities to the classes. Parliament adopts a budget, keeping in mind the criticism and the wishes of groups of influence. The government secretly steals, but does not kill the poor. The authorities can ignore or press the protest, but torture and murder in relation to the dissenters should not be used. In January 2014, the government violated all these rules and lost «legitimacy» in the eyes of the people.
This guest post, outlining the current political situation in Ukraine, is by DENIS from the Autonomous Workers Union of Ukraine. It is based on a talk he gave at the Anarchist Book Fair in London on 18 October
From this moment on Maidan started to have a dual character: a revolutionary movement (of people) and a counter-revolutionary movement of forces of oligarchs and imperialists…
What is the essential character of the protest and occupation movement that started in Independence Maidan in Kiev, which ultimately led to the downfall of President Viktor F. Yanukovych regime?