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The Story of Maidan: Part 11 — Maidan goes to war
When the tourists go home, we’ll see action With the dictator law from 16 January Maidan enters Phase 2 — where we see violence and calm until 17 February From Independence Square to the battleground / January 19/20/21 “I don’t know anything and I believe nothing. The only thing I know is that the thickness of the wallet and…
The Story of Maidan: Part 10— The empire strikes back
Regular police unit between Maidan an the Parliament in February 2014 After Maidan had fortified in end of December 2013, there was a calm before the storm. In the beginning of 2014 the Ukrainian authorities escalated the crisis to a civil war in miniature. “Maidan demonstrates elements of anarchic communism in its organization: no money circulates,…
The Story of Maidan: Part 9— How Utopia looks like
The big metal christmas tree on Maidan in December 2013 We take a look around Maidan and what life on the square was like. In Chapter 7 -First Clashes in November we saw how violence was carried from the state to the protesters in early Maidan. A satirical time-table of a maidan-activist, repeating all the silly…
The Story of Maidan: Part 8 — Walk of millions
Barricades on Maidan. Post office in the background We follow the walk of (sort of) millions and the violence of December 11 and 12 while in the previous Chapter 7 — First clashes on Maidan we saw, how tensions rise in Kyiv. A court ruling bans public meetings with more than three people. December 1st saw more…
The Story of Maidan: Part 6— A song called Revolution Ukraine
Artisto sings Revolution Ukraine on Maidan stage in December 2013 Now we look at the arrival of Artisto, rapper of the unofficial Maidan anthem Revolution Ukraine while in the previous chapter 5 — EuroMaidan ist born we have seen how it all started. “Revolution Ukraine” goes Kyiv 29 year old Rostyslav Hrytak has waited for this moment for a…
The Story of Maidan: Part 5 — EuroMaidan is born
Maidan in December 2013 Now we take a look on how the EuroMaidan movement started with a call by a journalist after Yanukovych denied signing the Associate Agreement. In the previous Chapter 4 — Match in a tinderbox — the Associative Agreement, we have seen what kind of a deal president Yanukovich didn’t want to sign. It all startes on…
The Story of Maidan: Part 4 — Match in a tinderbox — the Associative Agreement
New Years Eve 2013/2014 on Maidan “Ukrainians learned that their country really does lie on a fault line between two civilizations […] as a country lying between the civilization of institutions and of the rule of law, as epitomized by the European Union; and the civilization of arbitrary rule, as embodied by the Russian president, Vladimir Putin.”…
The Story of Maidan: Part 3 — Repeating History and a dictator on the rise
President Victor Yanukovich in a satirical drawing shown on Maidan in February 2014 In this chapter we look at how Ukraine repeated it’s mistakes twice with the Orange Revolution and Maidan and see, how Yanukovich rose from small scale criminal to large scale criminal. If you have missed chapter 2 — Paths to Revolution, click here. 2004/2013: If…
The Story of Maidan: Part 2 — Paths to Revolution
In Chapter 2 we look at the factors that prepared the grounds for Revolution. In part 1 — Revolution of Dignity we have seen a summary of what Maidan was or might have been. “Ukrainians have a disastrously weak state. But we have a huge reserve of patriotism and aspiration for freedom. I can imagine a Ukrainian…
The Story of Maidan: Part 1 — Revolution of Dignity
On Maidan in December 2013 History was faster than the author. In the middle of writing a book on Maidan, Ukraine went to war in 2014. Many of the people I had met on Maidan Nezalezhnosti between December 2013 and February 2014 had gone to the front and where in a different reality. Euromaidan was over….