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Birthed in torment: From Ukrainian Modernity to post-capitalism

So even right now, as history is shaking and vibrating, we cannot say that the old is dying, but neither the new is able to be born. The current “status quo” is not a dying old tsar, but rather the body sewn from the clothes that went through necrosis long ago and implants that simulate the signs of life, i.e. what once were the progressive ideas, integrated by the reactionary ideology. It’s these Frankensteins of modernity that are Russian “anti-fascism”, Chinese “socialism”, capitalism “with a human face”.

But even though the abhorred reactionary ideologies refuse to die, the large-scale Russian invasion and the impressive Ukrainian resistance have become historic events. Events that remind us of the vitality of history, its plasticity that any one of us can influence. Vitality and plurality of actors are two inseparable features of the Ukrainian resistance, since besides the vertical command structure, helmed by a strong leader, it is being nourished by the sophisticated grassroots networks. Volunteer fighters, millions of volunteers within and outside of Ukraine, thousands of cyber-activists.

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