Die Ukraine, Putin und die Rhetorik des Krieges
Putins Vorwand, die Ukraine zu „entnazifizieren“, baut auf der Rhetorik auf, den Gegner als „Faschisten“ zu bezeichnen. Hinter ihr verbirgt sich eine Geschichte, die bis in den Zweiten…
Tag: Ukraine
Chris Hann: The Agony of Ukraine
After nearly two weeks of violent conflict in Ukraine, it is increasingly difficult to stand back and see the bigger picture. The West has lined up behind the…
Resources for Ukrainian Scholars
APLA has compiled a list resources for Ukrainian scholars in an attempt to create a simple, accessible, and comprehensive list of support services and placements for those in…
Der Antisemitismus hinter Putins Forderung nach „Entnazifizierung“ der Ukraine
Putins Ansage, die Ukraine ‘entnazifizieren’ zu wollen, ist offenkundig ein Vorwand für seinen Angriffskrieg. Dennoch sollte man sich diese Rhetorik genauer anzuschauen. Denn in ihr zeigen sich antise…
Elizabeth Cullen Dunn: When Western Anti-Imperialism Supports Imperialism
The invasion of Ukraine has been a shock not just to Eastern Europe, but to the post World War II international order. While the fundamental tenets of postwar…
A Strange Past Returns Strangely
The last time I heard anyone utter the name, Przemysl, I must have been ten or eleven years old. In his thickly Yiddishized English, my maternal grandfather must…
Don Kalb: “Fuck Off” versus “Humiliation”: The Perverse Logic towards War in Europe’s East
Image 1: Czar Vladimir, by BakeNecko. I like the tone and the global historical perspective of David Harvey’s FocaalBlog article. Harvey’s socialist internationalism versus competitive nation-…
Derek Hall: Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine: A Response to David Harvey
David Harvey’s February 25 FocaalBlog post is presented as “An Interim Report” on “Recent Events in the Ukraine”. Harvey’s essay effectively covers some of the core forces that…
#StandWithUkraine
Wir können nicht einfach zur Tagesordnung übergehen. Der hinterhältige und durch nichts zu rechtfertigende Krieg der russischen Regierung gegen die Ukraine geht uns alle an. Der Krieg betrifft…
David Harvey: Remarks on Recent Events in the Ukraine: An Interim Statement
Image 1: Young girl protesting the war in Ukraine, photo by Matti. David Harvey prepared this text for the 2022 American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting. We publish…
Für eine koordinierte, solidarische europäische Aufnahmepolitik von Ukraine-Flüchtlingen. EU „Massenzustrom-Richtlinie“ macht dies unkompliziert möglich
Pressemitteilung des Rats für Migration Die vollständige Pressemitteilung mit Anhängen als PDF Der Krieg gegen die Ukraine hat begonnen. Und Menschen fliehen. Wie viele Flüchtende eine längere militär…
Functional multilingualism and the use of standard languages, by Bo Utas
With a description of the complex linguistic situation that characterized my father’s native village in the Ukraine as a starting point, I will try to demonstrate the multifarious…
Explosive Landscapes
Walls are but the most visible parts of militarized borders. The Berlin Wall did not fall; it was demolished, first by hammer-wielding locals, then by state bulldozers, which…
Trump’s Coup in Venezuela
Last year in our final report on 2018, we closed with this warning: “one of the things we must all look out for then are the prospects of…
The Helsinki Summit: Trying to Turn the Page on the New Cold War
Finally, on Monday, July 16, 2018, the Helsinki Summit bringing together Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump took place, despite shrill demands that it be…
Deborah A. Jones’ “Afterlives & Other Lives: Semiosis and History in 21st Century Ukraine”
Page 99 of my dissertation falls toward the beginning of a monster chapter exploring my rural interlocutors’ fight for land rights, encounters with the legal system, and conceptions…
Agents of Humor?
Students in Russia and Ukraine address global politics through local comedy Kostya, brow wrinkling, ended his call and told the team of rehearsing students, “Vova said he heard…
Economic #Remoteness and the ‘Development’ of Rural Ukraine
Nagorna, a village in Odessa province, Ukraine, has not always been a ‘remote’ place. During Soviet times, it was part of a thriving agricultural district, with the nearby…
Who is Going to Fix the Road to Europe?
Road M15 near Reni, Ukraine in October, 2013. Photo courtesy Simon Schlegel When protests erupted in Ukraine in late November 2013, I was conducting fieldwork in southern Bessarabia,…
Encircling Empire: Report #26 — Reviewing Force Multipliers
This and previous issues have been archived on a dedicated site—please see: ENCIRCLING EMPIRE. For frequent updates, please “like” our Facebook page and/or follow on Twitter. Over the…
Eight Questions and Seven Theses about Force Multipliers
“Force multipliers: Machines which allow a small effort to move a larger load are called force multipliers. Some examples of force multipliers include: a crowbar, wheelbarrow, nutcracker, and…
(New Book) Force Multipliers: The Instrumentalities of Imperialism
From ALERT PRESS: Click here to order a printed copy, or, Click here for the free e-book (pdf) Friends and allies, partners and protégés, extensions and proxies—the vocabulary…
REDUX: Simulacrum Crimea (Anthropoliteia Virtual Roundtable PART 2) #UKRAINE
Today we re-post our conversation with Judith Beyer from a joint virtual roundtable with Anthropoliteia. In her commentary, Judith answers the question: “What has struck you the most,…
Birth, Death, and Fictive Citizenship: Citizenship and Political Agency in War-Torn Ukraine
The Editors of Anthropoliteia would like to welcome Greta Uehling for the latest in our continuing Forum, What’s Going on in Ukraine? As the war in Eastern Ukraine…