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An in-depth interview on the historical and political-economic context of the Ukraine crisis with Ukrainian sociologist Volodymyr Ishchenko.
Read Volodymyr's work:
truthout.org/articles/ukrainians-are-far-from-unified-on-nato-let-them-decide-for-themselves/
ponarseurasia.org/how-maidan-revolutions-reproduce-and-intensify-the-post-soviet-crisis-of-political-representation/
lefteast.org/ukraine-in-the-vicious-circle-of-the-post-soviet-crisis-of-hegemony/
lefteast.org/contradictions-post-soviet-ukraine-failure-ukraine-new-left/
Tony Wood on Russia: thedigradio.com/podcast/russia-beyond-putin-with-tony-wood/
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