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
Maidan, the Right-Wing and Violence in Protest Events Analysis
Russia’s War on Ukraine: Imperial Ideology or Class Interest?
Ukrainians Are Far From Unified on NATO. Let Them Decide for Themselves
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

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