RFH Ep. 80 Interview With Ukranian Socialist

The co-hosts welcome Maksym Shumakov, a young activist and leading member of the Ukrainian democratic-socialist organization Sotsialnyi Rukh (Social Movement). Maksym answers a wide range of questions. Topics include: life in Ukraine today; how to support Ukraine’s fight for national self-determination; how the war has given rise to new forms of social organization and new multiethnic, multicultural Ukrainian identity; why Sotsialnyi Rukh calls for “complete victory and security for Ukraine”; and why it criticizes international left for being ”helpless and disoriented” in the face of Russian aggression in Ukraine? After the invaders are repelled, what social struggles lie ahead in Ukraine? Current-events segment: Falsified evidence and other travesties in scholarly journals, with special emphasis on microbiologist-whistleblower Elizabeth Bik’s recent essay.