Right Revolution? Hopes and Perils of the Euromaidan Protests in Ukraine

Anastasiya Ryabchuk

Journal of Contemporary Central and Eastern Europe, 2014, vol. 22, issue 1, 127-134

Abstract: This paper discusses the hopes of Ukrainians who participated in Euromaidan anti-government protests in November–December 2013, in particular resistance to police violence and demands of better living standards associated with utopian visions of “Europe” and “democracy”. It also discusses some of the challenges currently faced by this movement's tolerance of rightwing radicals in its midst as the “lesser evil” in the struggle against the regime. It argues that a truly progressive movement must break with the false dichotomy of “Nazis vs. bandits” and address the pressing socio-economic problems and civil rights violations in the country.

Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1080/0965156X.2013.877268

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