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@ahatanhel
Apr 28, 2023 • 11 tweets • 4 min read • Read on X
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On April 19, 2023, the Russian anarchist Dmitry Petrov a.k.a Ilya Leshiy, died in the battle near Bakhmut.

He fought in the Ukrainian army against Russian imperial aggression. His death was confirmed yesterday. 1/9 Image
Dmitry was a PhD in history, an anthropologist and worked at the Institute for African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

He visited Kurdistan, co-authored a few books, and co-hosted the Hevale research and media project about Rojava. 2/9
hevale.nihilist.li/about_english/ Image
Dmitry participated in the anarchist movement for many years. He defended the environment, workers' rights, and fought against developers. As an anti-fascist, he fought neo-Nazis on the Moscow streets. 3/9 Image
Leshiy was an anarchist, but he was friendly and cooperative with socialists, participated in our campaign to cancel Ukraine's foreign debt, and wrote several articles about Rojava for the Commons journal. 4/9
commons.com.ua/ru/authors/pet… Image
Dmitry participated in the protests in Bolotnaya in Russia 2011, Maidan in Ukraine 2014, and protests in Belarus 2020.

Due to the threat of arrest in Russia, he moved to Ukraine several years ago but continued to participate in the Russian anarchist movement. 5/9
On the first day of the invasion, Leshiy joined an attempt to create an anarchist unit in the Ukrainian army.

He took part in the battles near Svatovo and Kreminna, and died during an attempted counter-attack near Bakhmut. 6/9

I spoke with Dmitry only a few times, but from the first day of acquaintance, he made the best impression on me — a sincere, honest, friendly, modest person.

Only after his death, I and many other Ukrainian leftists learned about what he did in Russia. 7/9
Dmitry was a true internationalist and revolutionary and boldly opposed chauvinism.

He hoped that the Ukrainian resistance would help the Russians and Belarusians overthrow their dictatorships. He died for the freedom of the peoples of Ukraine and Russia. 8/9 Image
Dmitry was a co-founder of the Combat Organization of Anarcho-Communists (BOAK), which sabotaged railway infrastructure in Russia since the start of the invasion.

He send his last word to them for publication in case he died. 9/9
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May 28, 2023
On May 22, Ukrainian anthropologist and my friend Evgeny Osievsky died near Bakhmut.

He planned to go to Vanuatu in the field, to write a dissertation, but because of the Russian invasion, he ended up at the front instead. 1/7 Image
Evgeny was a very bright and kind person and had a great sense of humor.

We called his pieces gonzo-anthropology. He began by going to Krishnaites, Scientologists, neo-pagans etc. for months, immersed himself in the community and then wrote fascinating long-reads about them. 2/7 Image
Evgeny was also a supporter of the @SocRuch.
In this photo from 2021, we are in front of the court after winning a case against the police. We were detained at the anti-fascist rally on January 19 in memory of Markelov and Baburova and accused of violating the quarantine. 3/7 Image
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Feb 24, 2023
On the morning of February 24 last year, I packed my things and went to Kyiv to the place where we, a group of leftist and anarchist activists, had agreed in advance to meet if the war started.

But first, I met my friend from Severodonetsk near the Kyiv railway station. 1/3
A day before the invasion, his friend from Donetsk city called and told him to leave Severodonetsk immediately, because the invasion would begin soon. He left in the evening, and when Russia started firing missiles, he was traveling on a train. 2/3
When we met, he asked did I planned to stay in Kyiv if it was occupied. I said yes, and then he asked did I understood that the Russians would kill anyone who can resist, and anyone they suspect of it.

He understood what would happen before the world knew about Bucha. 3/3
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Jan 18, 2023
Yesterday was the anniversary of the death of Varlam Shalamov, a Soviet left-wing dissident who spent many years in Gulag.

One of my friends posted a quote from Shalamov's text, "What I learned in the camp." /1
There were the following words:

"I understood that a person keeps a feeling of anger last of all. A hungry person has only enough strength for anger, and is indifferent to the rest."

Thank God I was never in a concentration camp. But I think I understand Shalamov's words. /2
Over the past year, I've had periods of emotional exhaustion where I couldn't write anything. And the only thing that helped to overcome apathy was anger. /3
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Dec 16, 2022
If you follow the Ukrainian left - @SocRuch and @commonscomua, you might have paid attention to our illustrations.

These are the works of Katya Gritseva. She is from Mariupol, from a working-class family, studied in Kharkiv, but fled to Lviv when the invasion began.
She joined us last year and revolutionized our style.

I'm very glad that she found us. We also became an important community for she (at least that's what she says in this interview about her work)

justseeds.org/interview-with…
Here is also her interview about student activism
newpol.org/we-must-rebuil…
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Dec 13, 2022
This is another text from the DSA IC on the Russian invasion of Ukraine, in which there is not a single critical word about Russia. On the contrary, there is an attempt to downplay Russia's brutality.

But I don't see the point of writing a response to this, because…
Perhaps the best response to this @GerardDalbon's text is the article by his colleague from @dsa_intl_comm

I hope that more and more DSA members will follow this example and publicly condemn campism.

newpol.org/deconstructing…
By the way, Dalbon is trying to fend off accusations of supporting Russia, but he looks unconvinced after he invited Vijay Prashad to their event, who does not even hide that he supports Russia.

oaklandsocialist.com/2022/11/19/kav…
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Dec 2, 2022
@After__History wrote a thread in response to my thread about tankies and the Holodomor.

Well, I was waiting for someone to write something more serious. Here is my response. A long thread 🧵/1
@After__History refers to a book by Davies & Wheatcroft's, which has been criticized by many authors.

Even Mark Tauger, quoted in his following tweet, criticized their harvest estimates. /2
jstor.org/stable/20451271
By the way, to call their book “the most detailed research” is to reproduce the superiority of Western academics to (semi-)peripheral scholars. I think the left should undermine these academic hierarchies. /3
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