Myths and reality about the Ukraine war
A Ukrainian flag in the streets of Mitte, Berlin’s central borough. Photo by Felipe Tofani/Wikimedia Commons. A few words about myself by way of introduction. Until recently, I taught politics…
David Mandel
Next to starting a war, the worst thing is to keep it going
Soldiers from the 53rd Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Ground Forces, currently deployed in Sievierodonetsk and Lysychansk. Photo courtesy the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine/Twitter. The complex nature of the…
Understanding Alexei Navalny
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny marches on Tverskaya Street, Moscow, March 26, 2017. Photo by Evgeny Feldman/Wikimedia Commons. To understand Aleksei Naval’nyi’s significance for Russia, one needs some idea of…
They Dared: The Legacy of the October Revolution
Soviet poster dedicated to the 5th anniversary of the October Revolution and IV Congress of the Communist International A hundred years later, the question of the historical legacy of the…
Understanding the civil war in Ukraine
The Ukrainian conflict, like most political phenomena, is multi-dimensional and highly complex. As such, it calls for a holistic – dialectical, if you wish – approach. But to judge by…
Ukraine Between ‘Popular Uprising for Democracy’ and ‘Fascist Putsch’
This article was originally published in The Bullet on March 12, 2014. Let’s begin with Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s version. One can think what one likes about deposed Ukrainian President…