In Search of Europe
On February 28, 2022, Ukraine submitted its application to join the European Union, and already on June 23, the country was granted candidate status. The Russian invasion became a turning point in the process of European integration. Today, the question of belonging to Europe is no longer merely a matter of geography. We must rethink […]
Intersections of the Peripheries
How to resist the gap between the demand for justice and the juridical system? How to defend your right to shape the narratives of war experience? How to deal with militarization and military conflicts’ impact on the climate crisis? How to counteract the disintegration of university as a common good? These questions are fundamental not […]
Dialogues of the Peripheries
Languages English Français Español Português English Humanity is facing unprecedented challenges, primarily the climate crisis and the sixth mass extinction of species. Addressing these threats requires global solidarity; however, recently we have witnessed an exacerbation of inter-imperialist confrontations and armed conflicts across the globe. This primarily affects the residents of places constructed as peripheries […]
Von Ostgalizien uber das ‚rote Wien‘ in die Bundesrepublik. Leben und Werk des sozialistischen Humanisten Leo Kofler
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«The most important movie happening anywhere in the world right now». A conversation with Sashko Protyah
Sashko Protyah is a director and activist from Mariupol and a co-founder of the Freefilmers group of artists and filmmakers. His works explore such themes as memory, othering and alienation. Sashko currently lives in Zaporizhzhia where he supports IDPs and the Ukrainian army as a volunteer. Sashko’s new film My Favorite Job, 2022 tells […]
Reconstruction and Justice in Post-War Ukraine [video]
In times of war, Ukraine goes through tremendous destruction and upheaval. These events catalyze problems giving the “green light” to those reforms that would otherwise cause public resistance. The spiral of debt dependence, economic instability, and environmental challenges of an export-oriented economy, “optimization” of social expenditures, destruction and shortage of housing and infrastructure, reduction of […]
Feuerbach 11, After 1991: Post-soviet trajectories
With the collapse of the Soviet Union, new independent states, including Ukraine, appeared on the world map. These states went out different paths, having numerous similarities though: market transformations, socio-economic crises of varying intensity, and even military conflicts. As part of the annual “Feuerbach 11” conference, we invite you to discuss how the differences and […]
Recipes of curbing the crisis. Review of an international conference
Denys Pilash, Vitalii Dudin On the day of the October Revolution, November 7, left-wing academics and activists in Kyiv proved their ability to carry out socially critical activities of international level. The renowned Kyiv Polytechnic Institute (KPI) hosted researchers from Ukraine, France, Great Britain, Russia, Belgium, Germany, and Greece. The “Economic Crisis or Crisis of Neoliberalism? […]
War in Ukraine and the politics of the left (international conference)
The war in Ukraine and politics of the Left International Conference 6-7 September 2014, Kyiv Organizers: Commons: Journal of Social Criticism, Center for Social and Labor Studies As a result of military operations in Ukraine many industrial and infrastructure facilities have been destroyed. Dozens, if not hundreds thousand people, have lost their jobs, even more […]
CRISIS IN UKRAINE: REVOLUTION OR REACTION?
