Crimea

De-occupation of Crimea: Crimean Tatars and the Path toward Decolonization

Mariia Shynkarenko — The Ukrainian state and society need to clearly understand the nature of its relationship with Crimea and the basis for Ukraine’s rule there.

The propaganda war over Crimea’s break from Ukraine

Celebra

Vasily Koltashov and Boris Kagarlitsky: Will Putin abandon eastern Ukraine’s rebels?

Behind the Kiev/NATO war on the people of eastern Ukraine

Market in Luhansk hit by Ukraine government shelling, August 2014.

The following is an edited version of a talk by Roger Annis on August 22, 2014, that was delivered to a session of the Peoples Social Forum that took place in Ottawa from August 21 to 25. Also on the panel was David Mandel, a professor of political science in Montreal and expert in the history of the working class movements in Russia and Ukraine. You can read Mandel's talk, titled "Understanding the civil war in Ukraine", HERE.

Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal has published various left viewpoints on the political situation in Ukraine. These do not necessarily represent the views of the publishers.

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David Mandel: Understanding the conflict in Ukraine