SNV Special Interview: Ukraine Is Fighting A War Of National Self-Determination

Recorded (1/6/2023) and Uploaded (1/12/2023) In this Special we speak with Aaron Amaral, a member of the Tempest Collective and Editorial Manager of the Tempest website (https://www.tempestmag.org/) who is also involved with the Ukraine Solidarity Network – U.S (here is their most recent statement: https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/01/11/solidarity-with-ukraine/) who says in this interview that Ukraine is fighting "a war of national self-determination" and the most important thing for socialists to do right now is "build solidaristic ties" with the people of Ukraine. I first saw Aaron speak as part of an International Debate: War in Ukraine – How should socialists respond? which you can find here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zf4PVpxdkrU Links discussed in this special: Address by the President of the Russian Federation Vladamir Putin (February 21, Kremlin, Moscow): http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/transcripts/67828 Learn to Think (1938) by Leon Trotsky: https://www.marxists.org/archive/trotsky/1938/05/think.htm Stand! (2019) the musical is available for purchase or rental on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/tguFqtvVluk Painting Imperialism and Nationalism Red: The Ukrainian Marxist Critique of Russian Communist Rule in Ukraine, 1918-1925 by Stephen Velychenko can be purchased on the publishers website here: https://utorontopress.com/9781487548056/painting-imperialism-and-nationalism-red/ Ukraine and the Empire of Capital From Marketisation to Armed Conflict by Yuliya Yurchenko can be purchased from the publishers website here: https://www.plutobooks.com/9780745337371/ukraine-and-the-empire-of-capital/