Salvage Live: Russia, Ukraine, Imperialism & how the left should respond.

Join Salvage and Haymarket Books for a discussion of the war in Ukraine and how the international left should respond. ———————————————————————————————— We are joined by the Russian socialist and anti-war activist Ilya Matveev—co-founder of —and Ukrainian sociologist Voldoymyr Ishchenko, for a special edition of Salvage Live on the war in Ukraine. How did we get to this crisis? What might the future hold? How secure is Putin? Does this mark the passing of unipolar American hegemony, or not, and how should we understand imperialism today? As rival blocs spread carnage, socialist internationalism once again issues an urgent call to save the world from the flames. ———————————————————————————————— Speakers: Ilya Matveev is a researcher and lecturer based in St Petersburg, Russia. He is a founding editor of and a member of the research group Public Sociology Laboratory. Volodymyr Ishchenko is a sociologist based in Kyiv. He has published articles and i