SNV Special Interview: Russian Occupation, Imperialism And Repression

Special Interview Recorded (2/22/2024) and Uploaded (2/29/2024) In this interview I speak with Raphi Rechitsky, who was born in Kharkiv, Ukraine and has lived in Minneapolis for over a decade, he studies refugees and migration in Eastern Europe and in Ukraine especially. During the interview we discuss the Russian artist Jailed for 7 years (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUaOm2_OEPk) after posting stickers opposing the Ukraine war in grocery stores, the ongoing occupation of Ukraine by Russia, and the left resistance in Ukraine. After the interview Raphi Rechitsky sent me the following note and recommended additional content to which I have added links where available to supplement the interview. "Below are some English-language socialist, anarchist, and left of center resources I referred to and a few others on the Russo-Ukrainian war and beyond--from an (non-campist/non-polar) internationalist perspective." Here are the recommendations (with links): Films: 20 Days in Mariupol: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/documentary/20-days-in-mariupol/ Ukraine: Life Under Russia's Attack (2015): https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/documentary/ukraine-life-under-russias-attack/ Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom: https://www.netflix.com/title/80031666 Intercepted (Karpovich, 2024): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt30956212/ I Did Not Want to Make a War Film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tx9yrdjPKQ4 Nine Lives of Nestor Makhno: https://archive.org/details/01.dvdripsvat.en/01_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%85%D0%BD%D0%BE_(2006)_DVDRip-AVC_%5B-%3DDoMiNo%3D-%5D.mkv You can also find more Ukrainian movie content on Takflix: https://takflix.com/en ---- Audio/Podcasts: Ukraine and Palestine: Forbidden Symmetry: https://soundcloud.com/user-752167240/ukraine-palestine-forbidden-symmetry Ukraine and Palestine: Forbidden Symmetry II: https://soundcloud.com/user-752167240/ukraine-palestine-forbidden-symmetry-ii Ukraine and Palestine: Forbidden Symmetry III: https://soundcloud.com/user-752167240/ukraine-palestine-forbidden-symmetry-iii Elephant in the room #48 – Anti-authoritarian left in Ukraine before and during the war: https://a-dresden.org/2023/05/15/elephant-in-the-room-48-anti-authoritarian-left-in-ukraine-before-and-during-the-war/?fbclid=IwAR1TU27mERV2WlP9_EinAbV5rDZTwWke4z5LNJ7Gsp2uDK2eVN-GZAChvc0 ---- Organizations to follow (and donate to): Solidarity Collectives: solidaritycollectives.org Commons: https://commons.com.ua/en/ Simon Pirani on Commons: https://commons.com.ua/en/authors/pirani-sajmon/ Ukraine Solidarity Campaign: https://ukrainesolidaritycampaign.org/ "Social Movement": rev.org.ua/english European Network for Solidarity with Ukraine: https://ukraine-solidarity.eu Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group: khpg.org/en Avtonom: avtonom.org Anarchist Black Cross (Dresden): abcdd.org/en/category/ukraine-en Good Night Imperial Pride: gnip.blackblogs.org --- Who to follow on X: @SolidarityColl1 @ResComUA @VlStarodubtsev @abcbelarus @YPYurchenko @maksymeristavi @steven_seegel @popovaprof @SimonOstrovsky @OKhromeychuk @ChristopherJM @TimothyDSnyder @TetyanaUkrainka @BBCSteveR @dim0kq @terrelljstarr @bartaway @Raphirech @gnimperialpride @AseyevStanislav ---- Books: The Russo-Ukrainian War: the Return of History by Serhii Plokhy: https://www.norton.com/books/9781324051190 Without the State: Self-Organization and Political Activism in Ukraine by Emily Channell-Justice: https://utorontopress.com/9781487509750/without-the-state/ Ukraine and the Empire of Capital: From Marketization to Conflict by Yuliya Yurchenko: https://www.plutobooks.com/9780745337371/ukraine-and-the-empire-of-capital/ In Isolation: Dispatches from Occupied Donbas by Stanislav Aseyev: https://books.huri.harvard.edu/books/in-isolation ----