Image used to call for a boycott of Russian films Some people are calling for an academic boycott of Russia. Solidarity opposes this call. We are for workers’ boycotts which hit Putin and the oligarchs close to him. We are for them even if (as we’ll see) their impact is moral and symbolic. The fate of Ukraine will be decided by the vigour of Ukraine’s resistance and of the anti-Putin movement in Russia, and actions which harass Putin and help that movement contribute.
Image used to call for a boycott of Russian films Some people are calling for an academic boycott of Russia. Solidarity opposes this call. We are for workers’ boycotts which hit Putin and the oligarchs close to him. We are for them even if (as we’ll see) their impact is moral and symbolic. The fate of Ukraine will be decided by the vigour of Ukraine’s resistance and of the anti-Putin movement in Russia, and actions which harass Putin and help that movement contribute.
Barry Finger is a frequent contributor to US socialist journals, a former shop steward and activist with the Public Employees Federation. In this review essay he urges the left to face up to the real.