5 Articles About Ukraine: Nonviolent Ukrainian Resistance, Big Oil's War Profiteering, Anti-War Protests, Human Rights-Based Solutions, And a Dispatch from Irpin
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Ukraine’s Secret Weapon May Prove to Be Civilian Resistance
Unarmed Ukrainians changing road signs, blocking tanks and confronting the Russian military are showing their bravery and strategic brilliance.
By Daniel Hunter
History shows that successful resistance against a militarily stronger opponent often requires a wide variety of resistance, including from those who are unarmed — a role that is often given less attention, both by the mainstream media and by maniacal power-obsessed opponents.
Yet, even as Putin’s swift invasion of Ukraine has left a lot of shock, Ukrainians are showing what unarmed people can do to resist, too.
Read More: https://wagingnonviolence.org/2022/02/ukraine-secret-weapon-civilian-resistance/
REPORT: American Oil Company CEOs Caught Profiting from War in Ukraine
“The CEOs of these companies have been caught cashing in on war,” said Lukas Ross, Program Manager at Friends of the Earth.
By FOE
New analysis released today by Friends of the Earth and BailoutWatchshows that Big Oil CEOs have sold millions of dollars worth of shares, profiting a combined total of almost $99 million, in the weeks since President Biden said that he was “convinced” Russia would invade Ukraine. The report comes as President Biden warned the oil industry and its Wall Street backers this week against “exploiting” the crisis in Ukraine.
Read More: https://foe.org/news/oil-company-ceos-profiting-from-war/
Mass Anti-War Protests Held Across Europe as Russia's Assault Continues
In addition to protests in Berlin and London, people also took to the streets Sunday in occupied Ukrainian cities and in Moscow, despite the threat of arrest.
By Jake Johnson
Tens of thousands of people took to the streets to join anti-war demonstrations across Europe on Sunday as Russia continued its deadly assault on Ukraine, bombarding major cities and intensifying a humanitarian crisis that is having reverberating effects worldwide.
Human Rights and Putin’s Invasion of Ukraine: An Alternative Proposal
Human rights advocates can do more to speak the language of economy, security, and energy. Preserving peace, protecting people and facing up to bullies successfully may depend on it.
By Koldo Kasla
Without denying the significance of international criminal law, I believe Putin’s attack calls for a more nuanced consideration of deterrence and incentives for all actors involved, and by that I do not simply mean Russia and Ukraine, but the rest of Europe and the wider international community as well. Responding to Putin’s aggression requires a broader human rights strategy that accounts for existing power relationships, and attempts to steer the balance in the direction of peace and justice.
Holding On in Irpin
For the moment, the Ukrainians are winning by simply not losing.
By Tim Judah
Watching the exodus from Irpin gave me flashbacks to the first days of the war in eastern Bosnia in 1992, when tens of thousands were in flight. And now, thirty years later in a modern European state, thousands are in flight again from a small city, lugging small suitcases, carrying pets and children, their relatives in wheelchairs or struggling breathlessly on crutches. By March 9 more than two million were reported to have fled Ukraine…
Read more: https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2022/04/07/holding-on-in-irpin-ukraine-judah/