do you also have a phobia of Ukrainian nationalism?

russia weaponised the idea of indigenous nationalism. time to reclaim it.

here what’s in store for you this week:

• Understanding Ukrainian nationalism and patriotism through decolonisation: why celebrating Bandera has little to do with the man and everything with resisting russian colonialism;

• Why Ukrainian nationalism is a clear case of post-colonial nationalism;

• The overlap between colonialism and foreign objectifying of Ukrainian women;

• How russia appropriated colonised cuisines and called them ‘russian.’

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Russian Colonialism 101 is the first newsletter to shed light on Russian colonialism and is part of the Volya Hub network. What is happening to Ukraine has happened many times before, and the rest of the world has been conditioned to overlook or misdiagnose it. This isn’t history. It’s how you stop being shocked by what was always predictable.

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