{"id":37426,"date":"2022-03-01T15:33:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-01T14:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive2.bakonline.org\/prospections\/articles-and-analysis-of-the-invasion\/"},"modified":"2022-03-17T15:26:01","modified_gmt":"2022-03-17T14:26:01","slug":"stand-with-ukraine-makeshift-reading-list","status":"publish","type":"prospection","link":"https:\/\/archive2.bakonline.org\/nl\/prospections\/stand-with-ukraine-makeshift-reading-list\/","title":{"rendered":"STAND WITH UKRAINE: A MAKESHIFT READING LIST"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What follows is a makeshift reading (and listening) list of what we believe are relevant articles and interviews that give historic context on the invasion of Ukraine and how <em>we <\/em>at BAK\u2014and a broader international left opposing this and all wars\u2014can express solidarity and exert political pressure right now. While all texts radically oppose the war, there are also differences in the propositions they engage with as to how to emerge from this horror. Links are provided chronologically in descending order:<\/p>\n<p>\u2014Taras Bilous, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/commons.com.ua\/en\/vijna-v-ukrayini-ta-globalnij-pivden\/?fbclid=IwAR1BxLxGOippOW1mOxEahYjPhUIuQ4LQPnFrUbB0bvgJGGXnGU5b6G7DFG4\">The war in Ukraine and the Global South<\/a>,\u201d <em>Commons<\/em>, 14 March 2022.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014Emanuele Braga, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/instituteofradicalimagination.org\/2022\/03\/09\/militant-mutualism-and-the-exit-from-empire\/?fbclid=IwAR3cZW_cQj0lnKbbErN1Pe2m2Di9KVMClWeVa45WIugOvnz0ALuB3XCCdyo\">Militant Mutualism and the Exit of Empire<\/a>,\u201d <em>Institute of Radical Imagination<\/em>, 10 March 2022.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014Keti Chukhrov, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.e-flux.com\/notes\/454934\/the-nato-conundrum?fbclid=IwAR0Zb4Y9LCtG_XgYPKhrYd-kxtIMpmrSvlAe8rvYXGOIb1oLZhbhWo428Mg\">The NATO Conundrum<\/a>, <em>e-flux Notes<\/em>, 10 March 2022.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014Gal Kirn, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/lefteast.org\/against-war-in-ukraine-and-new-imperialism-a-letter-of-solidarity-with-the-oppressed\/?fbclid=IwAR3jTc0BLy9o_uZFt4PyO6uK7kd1_tzmDaQ8n5zLu8Pomqrvy_10Oc9DR4w\">Against war in Ukraine and the New Imperialism: A Letter of Solidarity with the Oppressed<\/a>,\u201d LeftEast, 10 March 2022.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014Volodymyr Artiukh, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jacobinmag.com\/2022\/03\/ukraine-socialist-interview-russian-invasion-war-putin-nato-imperialism?fbclid=IwAR2-wWp0OUYlnSHNrCRYVlgR9gd8CcRX0GiNbKcacNGWr0Vkh8d7QSxXePQ\">A Ukrainian Socialist Explains Why the Russian Invasion Shouldn\u2019t Have Been a Surprise<\/a>,\u201d <em>Jacobin<\/em>, 9 March 2022.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014Daria Badior, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/hyperallergic.com\/716264\/why-we-need-a-post-colonial-lens-to-look-at-ukraine-and-russia\/?fbclid=IwAR0iXZ8HglrxJuTbvPQSmkcp-zDao32f2RnE_omzqdFcvvypORD-psTu5Rg\">Why We Need a Post-Colonial Lens to Look at Ukraine and Russia<\/a>,\u201d <em>Hyperallergic<\/em>, 9 March 2022.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014Oleksiy Radynski, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.e-flux.com\/journal\/125\/453868\/the-case-against-the-russian-federation\/\">The Case Against the Russian Federation<\/a>,\u201d <em>e-flux<\/em>, 9 March 2022.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurozine.com\/overcome-fear\/\">Overcome fear! An appeal by the Ukrainian journal <em>Prostory<\/em><\/a>,\u201d <em>Eurozine<\/em>, 9 March 2022.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newframe.com\/long-read-a-means-to-render-our-lives-believable\/?fbclid=IwAR2jXXEyuheRw0ee83jEW-ty8WjV8ApQdCc4sOoV1UbjiQEpc24w3_yKdI4\">Long Read | A means to render our lives believable<\/a>,\u201d&nbsp; <em>New Frame<\/em>, 8 March 2022.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014Polina Godz, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/jacobinmag.com\/2022\/03\/ukraine-kharkiv-global-antiwar-movement-russia-putin-invasion\/?fbclid=IwAR00Tlds1KIexHBXqh0My1qY_xYl5xCcSYOrMDE3_JZWwEb6XgQkxkunHR0\">Ukraine Needs a Global Antiwar Movement<\/a>,\u201d <em>Jacobin<\/em>, 6 March 2022.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014Oleksiy Radynski in conversation with Witold Mrozek, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.berliner-zeitung.de\/wochenende\/fuer-putin-ist-die-existenz-des-ukrainischen-staates-unertraeglich-li.215216?fbclid=IwAR24LIddnzAXU6JWZgYS0pKoQmM422r_SAqklbf5VwfCH3muNnA3uaaSM10\">Interview: F\u00fcr Putin ist die Existenz des ukrainischen Staates unertr\u00e4glich<\/a>,\u201c <em>Berliner Zeitung<\/em> (originally published in <em>Gazeta Wyborcza<\/em>), 4 March 2022.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014Anatol Lieven \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2022\/mar\/04\/what-would-ukraine-russia-peace-deal-look-like\">It\u2019s time to ask: what would a Ukraine-Russia peace deal look like?<\/a>\u201d <em>Guardian<\/em>, 4 March 2022.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014Vasyl Cherepanyn and Timothy Snyder, moderated by Marta Kuzma,&nbsp; \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/reees.macmillan.yale.edu\/humanity-dialogues-1-tyranny-artists-and-agency-ukraine-now\">The Humanity Dialogues: #1 TYRANNY, ARTISTS AND AGENCY: UKRAINE NOW!<\/a>\u201d Yale MacMillan Center, 4 March 2022.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014Jonathan Littell, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2022\/mar\/03\/vladimir-putin-ukraine-war-chechnya\">War brought Vladimir Putin to power in 1999. Now, it must bring him down<\/a>,\u201d <em>Guardian<\/em>, 3 March 2022. Former BAK Fellow 2019\/2020 Oleksiy Radynski (filmmaker, Kyiv) alerted us to this article where writer and filmmaker Jonathan Littell argues that the western sanctions need to target the people who actually enable Putin\u2019s actions so that change can be enforced from within.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u2014Vijay Prashad, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/thetricontinental.org\/newsletterissue\/ukraine\/\">In These Days of Great Tension, Peace Is a Priority: The Ninth Newsletter (2022)<\/a>,\u201d Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research, 3 March 2022.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014Olexii Kuchanskyi, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/transitorywhite.com\/articles\/it-is-not-the-ukrainian-issue#\">It is Not the \u2019Ukrainian Issue<\/a>,\u2019\u201d <em>TransitoryWhite<\/em>, 2 March 2022.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Serhiy Zhadan, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/lithub.com\/youve-got-to-live-somewhere-you-arent-afraid-to-die-contemporary-ukrainian-poetry-from-kharkiv\/\">\u2019You\u2019ve got to live somewhere you aren\u2019t afraid to die.\u2019 Contemporary Ukrainian Poetry From Kharkiv<\/a>,\u201d <em>Literary Hub<\/em>, 2 March 2022.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014Vasyl Cherepanyn, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nrc.nl\/nieuws\/2022\/03\/02\/in-kiev-is-alles-grimmig-en-grijs-het-culturele-leven-is-dood-a4096117\">In Kiev [sic] is alles grimmig en grijs, het culturele leven is dood<\/a>,\u201d <em>NRC Handelsblad<\/em>, 2 March 2022. Vasyl Cherepanyn (director Visual Culture Research Center, Kyiv) talks to NRC after having fled Kyiv to Lviv.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014Volodymyr Artiukh, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/commons.com.ua\/en\/us-plaining-not-enough-on-your-and-our-mistakes\/\">US-plaining is not enough. To the Western left, on your and our mistakes<\/a>,\u201d <em>Commons<\/em>, 1 March 2022.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014Anders Kreuger, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/kunstkritikk.com\/a-necessary-letter\/\">A Necessary Letter<\/a>,\u201d KunstKritikk Nordic Art Review, 28 February 2022.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u2014Jolle Demmers, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.trouw.nl\/opinie\/wapens-sancties-nederland-zou-moeten-aansturen-op-bemiddeling-tussen-rusland-en-oekraine~b1a75032\/?utm_source=link&amp;utm_medium=app&amp;utm_campaign=shared%20content&amp;utm_content=free&amp;referrer=https%3A%2F%2Ft.co%2F\">Wapens? Sancties? Nederland zou moeten aansturen op bemiddeling tussen Rusland en Oekra\u00efne<\/a>,\u201d <em>Trouw<\/em>, 28 February 2022.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014Ivan Krastev, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/02\/27\/opinion\/putin-russia-ukraine-europe.html\">We are all Living in Vladimir Putin\u2019s World Now<\/a>,\u201d <em>The New York Times<\/em>, 27 February 2022.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014Elena Kostyuchenko, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nplusonemag.com\/online-only\/online-only\/exodus-from-ukraine\/\">Exodus from Ukraine: Along the refugee route<\/a>,\u201d <em>n + 1 magazine<\/em> (originally published in <em>Novaya Gazeta<\/em>), 27 February 2022.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014Ilya Budraitskis, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.versobooks.com\/blogs\/5280-should-we-have-seen-this-coming-ilya-budraitskis-on-the-invasion-of-ukraine\">Should We Have Seen This Coming? Ilya Budraitskis on the Invasion of Ukraine<\/a>,\u201d <em>Verso<\/em>, 25 February 2022.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014Taras Bilous, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.opendemocracy.net\/en\/odr\/a-letter-to-the-western-left-from-kyiv\/\">A letter to the Western Left from Kyiv<\/a>,\u201d <em>Open Democracy<\/em>, 25 February 2022.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014Masha Geesen, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/news\/our-columnists\/the-crushing-loss-of-hope-in-ukraine?utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=onsite-share&amp;utm_brand=the-new-yorker&amp;utm_social-type=earned\">The Crushing Loss of Hope in Ukraine<\/a>,\u201d <em>The New Yorker<\/em>, 23 February 2022.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stand With Ukraine: Een Provisorische Leeslijst is een samenstelling van artikelen en interviews waarvan wij denken dat ze relevant zijn en historische context bieden op de aanval op Oekra\u00efnie. Ook geeft het een richtlijn voor hoe wij bij BAK, en als een breder internationaal links dat zich tegen deze en alle oorlogen verzet, solidariteit kunnen uiten en politieke druk kunnen uitoefenen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"focus":[309,184],"prospection_category":[295,179],"class_list":["post-37426","prospection","type-prospection","status-publish","hentry","focus-ukraine-nl","focus-tactical-solidarities","prospection_category-archief","prospection_category-tekst"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.bakonline.org\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/prospection\/37426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.bakonline.org\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/prospection"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.bakonline.org\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/prospection"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.bakonline.org\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.bakonline.org\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37426"}],"version-history":[{"count":36,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.bakonline.org\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/prospection\/37426\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37766,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.bakonline.org\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/prospection\/37426\/revisions\/37766"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.bakonline.org\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"focus","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.bakonline.org\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/focus?post=37426"},{"taxonomy":"prospection_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.bakonline.org\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/prospection_category?post=37426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}