Some Readings on the Ukraine Invasion and Its Background
Historians for Peace and Democracy is united in its strong condemnation of the Russian invasion and ongoing warfare against the government and people of Ukraine. As this crisis unfolds, there are diverse perspectives on the causes of the conflict, and the future role of the United States in addressing the war. The following list of articles reflects some of that complexity. The list was compiled by Carolyn “Rusti” Eisenberg and Jim O'Brien with help from Mara Dodge.
Simon Pirani, “The Russian Statelets in the Donbas Are No 'People's Republics, Jacobin, posted March 2
New Republic, posted March 2
Peter Beinart, “Between Iraq and Ukraine: Progressive Foreign Policy in a Multipolar World,” Substack, posted March 1
Patrick Cockburn, “Putin Has Gambled Everything on His Snap-Invasion of Ukraine, Now His Political Survival in Russia Is in Doubt,” Counterpunch, posted February 28
Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J.S. Davies, “How the US Started a New Cold War with Russia, and Left Ukraine to Fight It,” Common Dreams, posted February 28
Scott Reynolds Nelson, “Wheat and Deep Ports: The Long History of Putin's Invasion of Ukraine,” History News Network, posted February 27
Feminist Antiwar Resistance, “Russia's Feminists Are in the Steets Protesting Putin's War,” Jacobin, posted February 27
Timothy Snyder, “Putin's Claim to Rid Ukraine of Nazis Is Especially Absurd Given Its History,” The Conversation, posted February 26
Phyllis Bennis, “Respond to Putin's Illegal Invasion of Ukraine with Diplomacy, Not War,” Foreign Policy in Focus, posted February 25
Tony Wood, “Why Didn't They Stop It,” London Review of Books, posted February 24
Patricia Claus, “The History of Donbass' Donetsk and Luhansk Regions,” Greek Reporter, posted February 22