Resisting the Shock Doctrine: Ukraine, Debt, and Reconstruction

Published: Dec. 20, 2023, noon

b"Join us for a discussion of Ukrainians' struggle to cancel their country's debt as part of the global movement against neoliberalism.\\nThis event took place on May 11, 2023.\\n\\nIn the midst of Russia\\u2019s imperialist war, Ukraine\\u2019s left, unions, and popular movements have struggled to cancel their country\\u2019s debt held by international financial institutions and resist Volodymyr Zelensky\\u2019s neoliberal policies. Already the IMF has attached conditionalities to new loans to Ukraine, setting an ominous precedent for its reconstruction. Join this panel with Yuliya Yurchenko, Eric Toussaint, and Sushovan Dhar to contextualize Ukraine\\u2019s struggle as part of the global movement against neoliberalism. \\n\\u2014\\u2014\\u2014\\u2014\\u2014\\u2014\\u2014\\u2014\\u2014\\u2014\\u2014\\u2014\\u2014\\u2014\\u2014\\u2014\\u2014\\u2014\\u2014\\u2014\\u2014\\u2014\\u2014\\u2014\\u2014\\u2014\\u2014\\u2014\\u2014\\u2014\\u2014\\u2014\\u2014\\u2014\\u2014\\u2014\\u2014\\u2014\\u2014\\u2014\\u2014\\u2014\\u2014\\u2014\\u2014\\u2014\\u2014\\u2014\\n\\nSpeakers:\\n\\nYuliya Yurchenko is a Senior Lecturer in Political Economy at the Department of Economics and International Business and a researcher at the Political Economy, Governance, Finance and Accountability Institute, University of Greenwich, UK. She is the author of Ukraine and the Empire of Capital (Pluto, 2017).\\n\\nEric Toussaint is a historian and political scientist who completed his Ph.D. at the universities of Paris VIII and Li\\xe8ge, is the spokesperson of the Committee for the Abolition of Illegitimate Debt and sits on the Scientific Council of ATTAC France. He is the author of Debt System (Haymarket books, 2019).\\n\\nSushovan Dhar is a political activist and trade unionist based in Kolkata, India. He is involved in the debt cancellation campaign and is the International Council member of the Committee for the Abolition of Illegitimate Debt, a member of the advisory group of South Asia Alliance for Poverty Eradication (SAAPE), and Vice-President of Progressive Plantation Workers Union (PPWU).\\n\\nWatch the live event recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POs2ROgjq4c\\n\\nBuy books from Haymarket: www.haymarketbooks.org\\n\\nFollow us on Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/haymarketbooks"