Volodymyr Ishchenko
Volodymyr Ishchenko is a sociologist studying social protests in Ukraine. He is the deputy director of the Center for Social and Labor Research, a member of the editorial board of Commons: Journal for Social Criticism and LeftEast web-magazine, and a lecturer at the Department of Sociology in the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy
Articles by this author (6)
- Why Russia’s Political Capitalists Went to War – and How the War Could End Their Rule
- Russia’s War on Ukraine: Imperial Ideology or Class Interest?
- On the Possible Banning of the Communist Party of Ukraine and Its Meaning for Democracy and the Left
- A Ukrainian Sociologist Explains Why Everything You Know About Ukraine Is Probably Wrong
- Maidan, the Right-Wing and Violence in Protest Events Analysis
- Ukrainians Are Far From Unified on NATO. Let Them Decide for Themselves
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