*Does international solidarity end at the borders of Ukraine?* a workshop by Resistance Connections UA (@resist_UAde) as part of the Critical Orientation Weeks at the HU. Hedwig-Dohm-Haus, Ziegelstraße 5, 10117 Berlin 17.10.2024 at 18:00 (6pm)
On 24.02.2022, Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The consequences for the society of Ukraine have been tragic. Millions have become poorer, millions have been displaced, and millions more have left the country, with 70,000 settling in Berlin.
Since then, the lives of many Ukrainian leftists have also changed radically. Whether they fled the war, went to serve in the army or are simply living under the constant threat, leftists in Ukraine continue their work. They are struggling for dignified conditions for hospital staff in Lviv, for student housing in Kyiv, for decent pay for steel workers in Kryvyi Rih, against fascists in Odesa, to aid women among internally displaced people; the list goes on.
Both German media and Ukrainian state media ignore these struggles, giving an impression that Ukraine is a monolith at war. While Ukraine is united in resisting occupation, it is still a society of social classes. The German Left mostly conforms to this ignorance about Ukraine, and therefore we see relatively few words or acts of solidarity with these struggles. The ongoing transformation of Ukraine into a neoliberal laboratory state at the periphery of western capitalism, means that working people are under pressure from cutbacks, blackouts, and corruption - while fighting against Russia for survival. Ukrainians are tired.
The German Left is missing out on providing needed support for its natural allies in Ukraine, and thereby abandoning workers in Ukraine to both Russian atrocities and western capital.
In this workshop we will learn about social struggles in Ukraine. We will hear from activists from key left organisations such as Social Movement, Solidarity Collectives, Direct Action, as well as journalists who have documented developments over the last decade.
Come to share your experiences and thoughts with us!
*Does international solidarity end at the borders of Ukraine?* a workshop by Resistance Connections UA (@resist_UAde) as part of the Critical Orientation Weeks at the HU. Hedwig-Dohm-Haus, Ziegelstraße 5, 10117 Berlin 17.10.2024 at 18:00 (6pm)
On 24.02.2022, Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The consequences for the society of Ukraine have been tragic. Millions have become poorer, millions have been displaced, and millions more have left the country, with 70,000 settling in Berlin.
Since then, the lives of many Ukrainian leftists have also changed radically. Whether they fled the war, went to serve in the army or are simply living under the constant threat, leftists in Ukraine continue their work. They are struggling for dignified conditions for hospital staff in Lviv, for student housing in Kyiv, for decent pay for steel workers in Kryvyi Rih, against fascists in Odesa, to aid women among internally displaced people; the list goes on.
Both German media and Ukrainian state media ignore these struggles, giving an impression that Ukraine is a monolith at war. While Ukraine is united in resisting occupation, it is still a society of social classes. The German Left mostly conforms to this ignorance about Ukraine, and therefore we see relatively few words or acts of solidarity with these struggles. The ongoing transformation of Ukraine into a neoliberal laboratory state at the periphery of western capitalism, means that working people are under pressure from cutbacks, blackouts, and corruption - while fighting against Russia for survival. Ukrainians are tired.
The German Left is missing out on providing needed support for its natural allies in Ukraine, and thereby abandoning workers in Ukraine to both Russian atrocities and western capital.
In this workshop we will learn about social struggles in Ukraine. We will hear from activists from key left organisations such as Social Movement, Solidarity Collectives, Direct Action, as well as journalists who have documented developments over the last decade.
Come to share your experiences and thoughts with us!
You may recall that, back when Facebook started changing WhatsApp’s terms of service, a number of news outlets reported on, and even recommended, switching to Telegram. Pavel Durov even said that users should delete WhatsApp “unless you are cool with all of your photos and messages becoming public one day.” But Telegram can’t be described as a more-secure version of WhatsApp. "The inflation fire was already hot and now with war-driven inflation added to the mix, it will grow even hotter, setting off a scramble by the world’s central banks to pull back their stimulus earlier than expected," Chris Rupkey, chief economist at FWDBONDS, wrote in an email. "A spike in inflation rates has preceded economic recessions historically and this time prices have soared to levels that once again pose a threat to growth." What distinguishes the app from competitors is its use of what's known as channels: Public or private feeds of photos and videos that can be set up by one person or an organization. The channels have become popular with on-the-ground journalists, aid workers and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who broadcasts on a Telegram channel. The channels can be followed by an unlimited number of people. Unlike Facebook, Twitter and other popular social networks, there is no advertising on Telegram and the flow of information is not driven by an algorithm. These entities are reportedly operating nine Telegram channels with more than five million subscribers to whom they were making recommendations on selected listed scrips. Such recommendations induced the investors to deal in the said scrips, thereby creating artificial volume and price rise. The company maintains that it cannot act against individual or group chats, which are “private amongst their participants,” but it will respond to requests in relation to sticker sets, channels and bots which are publicly available. During the invasion of Ukraine, Pavel Durov has wrestled with this issue a lot more prominently than he has before. Channels like Donbass Insider and Bellum Acta, as reported by Foreign Policy, started pumping out pro-Russian propaganda as the invasion began. So much so that the Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council issued a statement labeling which accounts are Russian-backed. Ukrainian officials, in potential violation of the Geneva Convention, have shared imagery of dead and captured Russian soldiers on the platform.
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