In this lecture & at @FESonline event ahead of #URC2024 I raised vital issues: UA needs a new social contract, human & nature centered recovery, exercise of Constitutional rights & guarantees inc ownership of land & natural resources by the UA people, not foreigner entities.
Building on historicized political economy of wartime Ukraine since 2014, @YPYurchenko's lecture illustrated that the state as an institution must be redefined.
Watch one of this week's most popular IWM YouTube videos here:
https://t.co/lORCzn2dud
Russian "teacher" describes Mariupol as empty and hostile.
The woman deployed to Mariupol to implement forced re-education and Russification says the city feels empty and the local population largely refuses foreign instructors.
Russia probably didn’t intend to hit Romania. But in planning its attacks on Ukraine it doesn’t mind if Romania gets struck once in a while, calculating (correctly, so far) that there will be no price to pay for that.
Half a million Russian soldiers dead - an outrageous crime against Russian society (second to Russia's crimes against Ukraine). Compare to the 60,000 US soldiers killed in Vietnam over a far longer period.
The answer is the same!
https://t.co/jLQlpPNf6B
There's a lot of talk about "left-wing" softness on Russia - and not without reality. But in the UK the trade union movement, with over six million members, has stood firmly and actively with Ukraine, on the initiative of its left wing. Meanwhile the far right supports Russia.
I missed the news that Russia bombed main post office on Khreshchatyk near the Maidan. I guess it blew out the windows of our relatives apartment, but they weren't home at the time luckily.
The bombing is so extensive daily it's hard to even keep track.
@labourlewis The recent soft-pedalling of the UK govt on fossil fuel sanctions shows that, whatever the specific causes, it is wrong to think of it as an adequately strong and consistent supporter of Ukraine. While welcoming support we emphatically need to be placing demands!
@labourlewis Since Clive sent the letter, of course, we have had fresh revelations: "Mandelson vetting warned of ties to senior figures in China, Russia and Israel"
https://t.co/XQ31mbcLoc
@labourlewis "... commitment to providing Ukraine with the support necessary to end Russia’s occupation. Transparency on the issues raised here would contribute meaningfully to that necessary re-orientation."
@labourlewis As well as asking pertinent questions about Mandelson, Clive's letter concludes with absolutely the right political conclusion:
"This moment requires a clear departure from any elements of that typified by Lord Mandelson that may have shaped past approaches, and a renewed..
On 1 May our supporter @labourlewis wrote to Keir Starmer in relation to Peter Mandelson, his links to Russia and any influence he may have had on UK policy in regards to Ukraine.
Full letter in thread below and here: https://t.co/0Y09VC3god