Sunday, August 17, 2025 - Alaska summit and Ukrainian Revolutionary History
Update: 2025-08-17
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Guest: Vladyslav Starodubtsev
Ukrainian left activist, historian, and soldier Vladyslav Starodubtsev joins us to connect two moments, separated by more than a century, in the fight between Russian power and Ukrainian self-determination. We begin with the Trump–Putin Alaska photo op “summit” -- an attempt to decide Ukraine without Ukraine at the table. Thankfully, a Munich in Alaska was averted, no deal was struck.
Then we turn to the Ukrainian People’s Republic of 1917-1923, born in the revolutionary upheavals of 1905, WWI, and the February 1917 Russian Revolution. Built on grassroots power from peasants, workers, soldiers, and cooperatives, it was a state with sweeping land reform, gender equality, national-personal autonomy for ethnic minorities, and a cooperative economy. It did not last. Its history is tied to the larger story of revolution, civil war and defeat. Starodubtsev traces the through-line from that struggle to today’s resistance: lessons on power, sovereignty, and the future of democracy.
Ukrainian left activist, historian, and soldier Vladyslav Starodubtsev joins us to connect two moments, separated by more than a century, in the fight between Russian power and Ukrainian self-determination. We begin with the Trump–Putin Alaska photo op “summit” -- an attempt to decide Ukraine without Ukraine at the table. Thankfully, a Munich in Alaska was averted, no deal was struck.
Then we turn to the Ukrainian People’s Republic of 1917-1923, born in the revolutionary upheavals of 1905, WWI, and the February 1917 Russian Revolution. Built on grassroots power from peasants, workers, soldiers, and cooperatives, it was a state with sweeping land reform, gender equality, national-personal autonomy for ethnic minorities, and a cooperative economy. It did not last. Its history is tied to the larger story of revolution, civil war and defeat. Starodubtsev traces the through-line from that struggle to today’s resistance: lessons on power, sovereignty, and the future of democracy.
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