Homophobia at the core of Putinism’s ideological positioning: historical dynamics
On opposite sides of the frontline On September 30, 2022, Russian leader Vladimir Putin delivered a speech in the Kremlin’s St. George’s Hall to mark the annexation of four Ukrainian regions. More than eight years earlier, Putin had spoken in the same hall to celebrate his first annexation — that of Crimea. However, the context […]
“We Already Saw That”: European Parliamentarians on the Failure of the Far-Right in Northern Europe
In November 2024, a European delegation visited Ukraine, including MEPs Li Andersson from Finland’s Left Alliance, Jonas Sjöstedt from Sweden’s Left Party, and Catarina Martins from Portugal’s Left Bloc. Their political movements are co-founders of a new political party of the progressive left in the EU — the European Left Alliance for the People and […]
«We Got 20,000 Small-sized Leaflets, and Distributed Them From the Plane»: Dianne Feeley on the Grassroots Past and Present in the U.S.
I met Dianne Feeley in front of Ivan Franko National University of Lviv on 7th of March. There she had to meet — at the invitation of the independent student union — with the students and discuss reproductive rights in the US. I said hello and while shaking her hand I thought to myself surprisedly: […]
Ethiopia’s Ethnic Federalism and the Tigray War: A Dialogue on the Roots of Violence
Last year, we published an interview with social geographer Tekle Weldemichael about the war in Tigray. Shortly after the publication, we received a critical response from our reader Christian Mamo, who grew up in Ethiopia in a Ukrainian-Ethiopian family and worked as a journalist in Kyiv for several years before the Russian invasion. According to […]
The Role of Student Demonstrations in Mobilizing People Against Authoritarian Regimes – The Case of Serbia During Mid 90s and Mid 2020s
The winter of 1996/1997 on the streets of Belgrade was as bitterly cold as this one. Yet, just like 28 years ago, students in Serbia’s capital have once again taken to the streets demanding justice and the rule of law. Using their university buildings as safe spaces, these students step out each day at exactly […]
Democracy in Peril: Georgia’s Choice Amid Global Shifts in Power
Since November 28, a river of people has been flowing ceaselessly down Tbilisi’s central Rustaveli avenue, with diverse streams of protesters marching by day and merging into a powerful rush by night. Since regaining independence in 1991, Georgia has never witnessed such massive mobilization without a political leader helming the movement. Some have attempted to […]
Mounting Socialism on Camel’s Back: An Interview with Sarah Cameron on the Famine in Kazakhstan
Sarah Cameron is an American historian at the University of Maryland. Her research interests include the history of crimes against humanity, environmental issues, and the societies and cultures of Central Asia. In 2018, she published a book about the famine in Kazakhstan (Asharshylyk), The Hungry Steppe: Famine, Violence, and the Making of Soviet Kazakhstan. The […]
Indoctrination From the Cradle. How Israeli Jews Struggle Against the Apartheid Regime
It is the twelfth month since the war between Israel and HAMAS began. So does the ongoing encroachment (demolitions, killings, and evictions of Palestinians from their homes) in the West Bank. Some Israelis are also aware of the situation and are trying to prevent further crimes by spreading information and by being present in the […]
“We Could Not Provide Any Credible Alternatives to NATO”: Interview With Finnish Leftist Henrik Jaakkola
Initially, Left Alliance (Vasemmistoliitto/Vänsterförbundet) was fiercely against Finland joining NATO to the point of making it a condition of your participation in the government. What was the reasoning behind V’s security policy back then? Not only was our party Vasemmistoliitto against Finland joining NATO, but so was also the overwhelming majority of both Finnish citizens […]
Streiks, Gewerkschaften und Arbeiterrate. Die Ratebewegung in Deutschland am Ende des Ersten Weltkrieges
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