Russia's invasion of Ukraine has sent waves of fear across Europe - even more so across the East of the continent. In this episode, we speak to Maciej Baron about Poland’s response to the conflict, what the Polish left would like our Western comrades to understand, and what demands we should be organising around. Maciej Baron is a Pole who lives in the UK. He is a member of the Razem party and runs a page in Polish on imperialism. He is also a founder of the Good Praxis - a digital studio based in London and one of 7000 registered cooperative businesses in the UK.
This episode was recorded on 6 March 2022 and is hosted and produced by Ana Oppenheim and Ewa Pospieszynska.
Key Resources:
A letter to the Western Left from Kyiv
Enough with the struggle of superpowers. Voices from Central and Eastern Europe
Further resources:
Data on internally displaced Ukrainians
Data on the number of refugees fleeing from Ukraine
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