The agony of Ukraine: Anatoli Kuznetsov’s Babi Yar
One of the many incredible things about the book Babi Yar, by Anatoli Kuznetsov, is that it exists at all – that its writer survived the experiences he describes, that […]
Category Archives: Ukraine
Chinese Bolsheviks in the Russian revolution – and an old slander that echoes down the generations
A friend who is of Ukrainian ancestry, and who supports the right of Ukraine to be free from the boot of Russian militarism, as I do, recently shared with me […]
Facebook slanders and threats – an echo of politics in Ukraine
Having fought under the banner of communism for my entire adult life, I must say that it is not often that I get branded as an apologist for fascism. But […]
The tragedy in Odessa
The tragedy in Odessa and the inexorable logic towards fratricidal war in Ukraine – a discussion Reprinted below is a statement entitled “No-one wants to die” by Ilya Budraitskis, published in […]
Trotsky and Ukrainian independence
“The Ukrainian question, which many governments and many “socialists” and even “communists” have tried to forget or to relegate to the deep strongbox of history, has once again been placed […]
