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A villager surveys his home wrecked by shelling in Semyonovka
Ukraine army in Kramatorsk.
Anti-privatisation protest during United Left Coalition's campaign.
Far-right militia parade openly in Kyiv.
US Republican and Democrat politicians on the stage at the Maidan Square.
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By Viktor Shapinov, translated from the Ukrainian website Liva (The Left), translated by Renfrey Clarke for Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal
June 13, 2014 -- The social and class origins of the Ukrainian crisis have not been well researched. Attention has been focused mainly on the political side of events, and their socio-economic basis has been allowed to drop from sight. What were the class forces behind the overthrow of the Yanukovich regime, the installing of a new regime in Kiev, and the rise of the anti-Maidan and of the movement in the south-east?