1/ Today Karl Marx died. I'm the last person to idealize Marx, but I found more interesting to look at:

How did Marx treat Ukraine and Russia? What was his positions on peace negotiation and "compromises"?

And lets see, how different "Tankies" are from Marx 2/ In 1853 Russia started a war against the Ottomans Marx is angry on passivity of Western forces, and under such dissatisfaction writes about how "Western powers" "Answers to the acts of the [Russian] Autocrat are not cannons, but notes". The full quote is in the next tweet.

"People of Ukraine!
With your strength, will, and word, the Free People's Republic of Ukraine came to be on earth. The old dream of your parents, fighters for the freedom and rights of workers, came true" — 4th Universal of Ukrainian Central Rada, 22th Jan 1918. "We, the Ukrainian Central Rada, did everything to prevent this fratricidal war between two neighboring nations, but the Petrograd Government continues to wage a bloody struggle against our People and the Republic..."

Revolution 1917 was full of history of enslaved nations fighting for their freedom. That is Zeki Velidi Togan, a Bashkir socialist-revolutionary. For short time, joined bolsheviks, but then experiencing their imperialism, fought them, was one of the organizer of Basmachi movement In 1920s he participated in conference of Revolutionary-Socialist parties together with german socialist Liebknecht, Russian-jewish left socialist-revolutionary Isaac Steinberg & UA Socialist-Revolutionary Mykyta Shapoval. Together they formed a faction in Vienna International

1/ OTD the last leader of #UPA, Vasyl Kuk was born. Kuk led the reformist democratic wing of #OUN

He was:

☑️ Supporter of Free, democratic, inclusive #UA
☑️ Of strong minority rights
☑️ Anti-fascist
☑️ Firm believer in "workers ownership of means of production" via stocks 2/ In 1944, as the reaction to conservatism of totalitarian wing of OUN and Volyn massacre — one of the most horrible act done by Ukrainians — created People's Liberational Revolutionary organization — organization to fight for classless, inclusive Ukraine.

1/ November 7th 1917 in Petrograd violent coup brought to power one of the worst regimes of XX century — established first totalitarian dictatorship. What followed — colonization, mass repressions against workers & peasants & complete destruction of democratic & left mov. in RU 2/ Bolshevism & Leninism brought to world "totalitarian socialism" as a new mainstream in left-wing movement. Internationally, it found its main enemy not in fascist, anti-democratic or capitalist forces, but in democratic socialists. It became first inquisition against Left-wing

1/ Today is 170 anniversary of Mykhailo Pavlyk — Ukrainian writer, feminist activist, democratic socialist and co-founder of first UA political party — Radical Party.

He was advocate of humane socialism, separation of state & religion, women's liberation & later, UA independence 2/ Mykhailo Pavlyk most famous in spreading legacy of Ukrainian democratic socialist & federalist (Drahomanov's philosophy in some regard was very similiar to confederalist Murray Bookchin now) Mykhailo Drahomanov. Drahomanov brought to UA left idea of...

1/ "...And the Ukrainian people do not want peace, but want a fight against the rapists and killers. The Ukrainian people do not believe in the illusions of peace with Soviet Russia that the peoples of Europe have, who did not experience Bolshevik rule...





2/ The government of the Ukrainian People's Republic and the heroic Ukrainian army are fighting against the Bolsheviks, being isolated from the whole world, not recognized by states and peoples, without any help..."

1/ Kagarlitsky and Girkin

Liberals, Left and Nationalists a few days have hysteria around two RU nationalists, and in fact partners, on the Left - Kagarlitsky and on the Right - Girkin. Big part of the left just ready to self-gaslight itself so much to accept Kagarlitsky... 2/ ...As a person who changed and now is "anti-war", ignoring his consistent pro-Russian views and philosophy justified completely in the concept of "Russian geopolitcal interests", coming from Samir Amir and others conceptions of multipolarity, his Russian chauvinism and so on.

1/ Lviv is one of the few Ukrainian cities really appreciating its history. On the streets of the city you can see monuments and signs everywhere to famous socialists and national heroes, as well as more controversial ones; monuments of lawyers, doctors and so on. 2/ The city values a lot their fight for indepdence and civil rights. You can see especially monuments to famous members of Ukrainian People’s Labour party, the rulling party of Western Ukrainian People’s Republic, and heroes who died fighting for it

1/ Bahryaniy was not only a talanted writer, but a social and national activist, political thinker and politician. In diaspora, he was one of the brightest progressive and social-democratic politician Ukraine had. 2/ Together with Ukrainian left and democratic activists, he found and headed Ukrainian Revolutionary-Democratic party. A party, that most closely resembled Ukrainian Socialist Revolutionary Party — with its orientation on labourers as a whole.

1\ Чому я соціаліст?

Багато людей, що підписалися на мене, могли бачити в моєму профілі опис "демократичний соціаліст", що це значить? Для українців бачити слово соцціалізм зазвичай як мінімум викликає відразу або травмуючі асоціації. На першотравень вирішив написати тред. 2\ Чудово сутність демократичного соціалізму описує український дисидент, автор програми партії Демократичного соціалізму і державної незалежності України Юрій Бадзьо як те, що: " заперечує негативний історичним досвід соціалістичної ідеї, антидемократизм "реального соціалізму"..

1/ 26 April 1939 famous Ukrainian socialist dissident Leonid Plyuach was born — a Ukrainian from Kirgiz SSR who always fought for national rights, independent UA and socialism. He was a mathematician, who saw all the absurdity of Soviet science and totalitarian oppression. 2/ Being born in Kirgiz SSR he very soon learned how Russians discriminated against non-RU people. In Kirgiz, UA were in national hierarchy a lot higher than ‚locals’, and were actively russified. Getting to Ukraine helped him to understand how segregated USSR was.

1/ Great and thoughtful article of anarchist, who monitored far-right violence before the full-scale invasion as a part of project „Marker”

rosalux.de/en/news/id/500… 2/ Ukrainian society is very united, at least on the surface. It’s very tired. It is very traumatized, but it is ready to go on fighting and not ready to make any concessions. The readiness to resist further, no matter what, is the public consensus

1\ On February 23th 1918, bolshevik forces killed the first President of Crimea, poet, mufti, a democrat, a socialist and an ardent fighter for rights of Crimean Tatar nations, Noman Çelebicihan

The day of his death is still comemorated as a tragedy for Crimean Tatar people. 2\ “On the Crimean peninsula there are many beautiful roses and flowers of different colors and shades. Each of these roses and flowers has a special beauty of its own and a pleasant aroma inherent in it...

1\ Було вперше опублікувано важливий в історії українського лівого дисиденства документ "Проект програми партії демократичного соціалізму і незалежності України" Юрія Бадзьо.

Програма показує можливу альтернативу розвитку, а також дає унікальний аналіз.

krytyka.com/ua/articles/sp… 2\ "Чи переможе соціалістична революція над компартією?" - таке питання задавав Бадзьо у 1988, за рік до публікації програми, де він опише бачення лівого проекту, України самоврядної, демократичної, ліберальної і соціалістичної.

\1 For Ukrainian left, as well as for every other Ukrainian, it was a hard year. But it was also year of heroism, hard work and unity. A thread about 2022 for Ukrainian left 2\ War shook the plans of our activism in Social Rukh, and forced us to develop new ways of work, we opened humanitarian and international directions of our work, diverting our resources as activists to organize in new spheres for us. Our activists also went to TDF and army.

1/ On the 13th of December, Kurultai of crimean-tatar people declared the creation of a Crimean Democratic Republic. It was a left-democratic muslim republic, and a first muslim state to give voting rights to women and declare equality between nations, languages and cultures. 2/ Republic’s leading party was «Milliy Fırqa» — „a people’s party”. In its program party agitated for socialization of industry and land, on the principle „one owns as much land as can work by himself without employers”

As promised, posts about history of Ukrainian left-wing, a thread.

And starting from person, who usually is called "the first Ukrainian socialist", Drahomanov 1\18 2\18 Drahomanov (1841-1895) — was the most influential thinker in Ukrainian political circles, person actively participating in international socialist discussions, influencer on works of Max Webber, Marx, Engels and others.

1/ Ideological fundamentalism on the level of early CPSU, with competence on the similar level, with the same methodical books, rulling officials from Zelensky party building «developed neoliberalism» the same way that Brezhnev and Sherbytskyi were building «developed socialism» 2/ Destruction of worker’s rights and security with 1) deregulation of social funds and workplace safety 2) withdraw from tripartisme principle and abandoning of state regulation of labour relations 3) cut to security of mobilized people 4) new precarious working conditions

1/ The peak of incompetence of the government in social sphere

"The position of the head of the soc. com. of the Rada, G. Tretyakova is that the sanatorium-resort industry is not needed, because she herself has never taken sick leave or been treated in sanatoriums in her life." 2/ And in general, "sanatoriums are Soviet debauchery ", said Tretyakova"

As my friend @bracketsarrows sarcastically put it:

"almost all economists in the world say that Ukraine needs a progressive taxation. it’s good that we express our sovereignity and do not succumb to these Western provocations:)"

A 🧵 about Ukraine’s economic policy in war 1/8 2/8 A flat income tax of 18% and the same 18% corporate tax now forced to finance all of expenditures: on army, social
security, housing, wages etc.

Limiting taxation, not highering was the concensus of UA politicians as reaction.