I am just watching the Owen Jones interview with Ischenko about "the devastating truth of Ukraine and the west." I came back from Ukraine a few weeks ago, where I interviewed many Ukrainian leftists about the war. These are people who are on the frontlines, who are living up close to the threat of

Georgia: One year in the streets. My latest column for Solidarity. www.ericlee.info/blog/georgia...

This New Year and Christmas many houses will play “Carol of the Bells”, a famous Ukrainian composition, not knowing of a beatiful origin of the music from land of Ukraine. The song was popularized abroad by Ukrainian Republican Capella, organized by Ukrainian People’s Republic in 1919.

I've written about Ukraine as an outside observer but I felt this, from a Ukrainian leftist (and current soldier) @vlstarodubtsev.bsky.social was a great contribution regarding the history of Republicanism and Egalitarianism in Ukraine and a perspective unique to a Ukrainian author

Liberal Currents is one of my favorite US journals — I read it regularly. If you are from US, support it.

Die Ukraine steht immens unter Druck. Solidarität ist nötig. Hier ein Beitrag von meinem Freind @vlstarodubtsev.bsky.social über die Revolution 1917 und die erste Republik in der Ukraine.

Imagine needing care… and being denied it. 💔 ➡️ That’s not just unfair. It’s inhuman. ⚖️🏥 #WorldHealthDay

Ukrainian Republicanism. My essay on how forgotten tradition of Shevchenko and Kostomarov could provide insights and modern alternative to neoliberal-oligarchic system open.substack.com/pub/vladysla...

Кацапський дрон збили прямо над центром для диких тварин в Борисполі. Їхня сліпа козуля злякалася, вдарилася і зламала шию. Вона не вижила.

Unraveling Bandera: A leftist point of view My recently written article on the topic of Bandera and UPA. I open a discussion and eagerly waiting your comments or replies. vladyslavstarodubtsev.substack.com/p/unraveling...

It has been immensely inspiring to foster these dialogues with Kavita Krishnan, Yuliya Yurchenko, Gražina Bielousova, Leyla Zuleikha Makhmudova, Taras Bilous, Yuliia Kishchuk, @vlstarodubtsev.bsky.social, Sarah El Bulbeisi, @kassymbekova.bsky.social and many others with @associationruta.bsky.social

I am a proud founding member of @associationruta.bsky.social. RUTA was founded in 2022 in response to Russia‘s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. We are committed to challenging the colonial legacies in scholarship on regions affected by Russian colonialism. Follow us, support us, become a member!

EFA backs Kurdish women in Syria, urging the UN and EU to recognise #DAANES and ensure gender equality and women’s role in Syria’s democratic reconstruction ✊ 🔗 Read the full article: shorturl.at/us7e6

107 year anniversary of IV Universal (document that declared independence of Ukraine and announced bold social reforms) of Ukrainian People’s Republic 1918-2025” 📍Crimea, Ukraine

No to capitulation and fuck Poroshenko.

UA gov. needs to be more often reminded that it failed to comply with Social Charter (Ukraine ratified it in 2006) standards and pursued laws that directly contradict it, and making a severe regress not motivated by the Russia's military agression, but by elitist policies.

Assad Syrian regime was the main hub of RU military operations, resource extractivism and human trafficking for RU military from Middle East and Africa. Fall of Assad regime opens the road to freedom for Syrians, as well as for those, who are oppressed by RU. As poles say: for our and yours freedom

Morning from Kyiv! Drones were not long here. I slept well. We have power at home and rain outside. I had a #warcoffee and am ready to live life. Have a lovely weekend. Today's Ukrainian art: Viktor Zarubin (1866-1928), Before the Storm, 1920s

What could be better and stronger symbol rather than the flag of free nation waving, during biggest victories and greatest tragedies? It always makes emotional to see how people value freedom and their collective rights, and how people are ready to fight for it.

Babe, wake up, new captcha just dropped. ...I can't possibly be in the first million of people to have thought of this.

Reading right now Liberal Socialism by @mattpolprof.bsky.social , the book which surprisingly become for me an openning to Thomas Paine, consider supporting his writing and his careful research into the insights of liberal socialist tradition.

Ahmetzaki Validi Togan, one of the leaders of Bashkir national liberation struggle in 1917, famous socialist, read Hrushevskyi — Ukrainian historian and central person of our liberation struggle, about Ukrainian independence struggle.

Second Russian death sentence for a conversation? Crimean Tatar political prisoner’s health sharply deteriorates

#Myanmar 🇲🇲 BREAKING: ICC prosecutor Karim Khan is seeking an arrest warrant for junta leader Min Aung Hlaing, for the crimes his military committed against the Rohingya people.

Was on Ukrainian premiere of filb by my friend Oz Katerji “Battle for Kyiv” documenting the stories of people with whom Oz spend month from the start of full-scale invasion, documenting evacuation of Irpin and the destruction Russia left in Bucha.

Ukrainians in Petrograd (1917) with transparant. It says «Struggle and be Triumphant» — famous quote from Taras Shevchenko. Underneath it says that it is Party of Ukrainian Socialist Revolutionaries. Ukrainian soldiers took crucial part in February revolution.

1/ Zelensky announces his libertarian “internal resiliency plan”. It is a set of disconnected policies groupped together in a bizzare plan with nothing in common between the points, and sometimes the opposite approaches, and incredibly harmful decisions. List as follows:

1/ Ukrainian Republican vision of Cyril and Methodius Brotherhood Cyril and Methodius Brotherhood was the first Ukrainian political organization founded by Republican revolutionaries such as Shevchenko, Kulish, Kostomarov. Was active during Springtime of Nations (1848)

A painting of Ukrainian sailor, Revolutionary period.

Violence in Syria committed by the Assad regime and its allies Iran and Russia are consistently underreported in Western media. I am a Syrian journalist on the ground trying to fill in the coverage gap, please consider supporting my work: ko-fi.com/faredalmahlool

Those who I followed on twitter, please comment under this post if you found me and I didn’t follow you in return.

Yesterday I interviewed a leader of the 4-month old strike at Evolution Gaming in Georgia. She talked about the reasons for the strike, the importance of international solidarity and much more in this short interview: www.buzzsprout.com/2313632/epis...

Amount of new followers here after Trump elections is quite telling

[2/2] 22nd of January 1919 ZUNR and UNR will unite into one republic which is an another important date for my country. If you found any of this interesting please follow @vlstarodubtsev.bsky.social and check out his telegram channel (it is in Ukrainian but you can translate): t.me/LeftinUkraine

The Russians describing USSR:

1/ It’s certainly emotional to see a split of party that is closest to my heart, @partiarazem.bsky.social And when everyone made final decisions, I believe both groups are made of talanted, capable people that wish and can deliever best for Poland. I know personally how capable & empathic they are

Historically, what surprises me, is that while now we have huge conflicts with Hungarian government, during the revolution (1918) HUN was supportive of UA self-determination on prev. HUN lands. We knew Hungary as the most brutal state, but Republican revolutionaries healed that wound.

I congratulate citizens of Moldova for choosing a democratic path and rejecting both pro-Russian candidate and winning the referendum despite foreign adversaries. Its a good day for democracy

“We are living nation and we will not perish” — writes newspaper of Western Ukrainian radical social democrats, 1919 “Republican”, the name of newspaper, was in legal opposition to center-left West. Ukrainian gov. for its passivity and demanded more radical socialist and national reforms