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On Saturday, March 20 2022, members of the [[D.C. Young Communist League]] (D.C. YCL), together with the [[Party for Socialism and Liberation]] (PSL), [[Black Alliance for Peace]], and the ][[All-African People’s Revolutionary Party]] gathered in front of the Ukrainian Embassy to protest the arrests of two young communists — Michael and [[Aleksander Kononovich]] of Ukraine. | On Saturday, March 20 2022, members of the [[D.C. Young Communist League]] (D.C. YCL), together with the [[Party for Socialism and Liberation]] (PSL), [[Black Alliance for Peace]], and the ][[All-African People’s Revolutionary Party]] gathered in front of the Ukrainian Embassy to protest the arrests of two young communists — Michael and [[Aleksander Kononovich]] of Ukraine. | ||
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Aaron Booe
Kononovich protest
On Saturday, March 20 2022, members of the D.C. Young Communist League (D.C. YCL), together with the Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL), Black Alliance for Peace, and the ]All-African People’s Revolutionary Party gathered in front of the Ukrainian Embassy to protest the arrests of two young communists — Michael and Aleksander Kononovich of Ukraine.
Mikhail Kononovich, and his brother, Aleksander Kononovich, are activists with the Communist Youth Union of Ukraine. Y At the protest, the D.C. YCL delivered a statement to the embassy, describing the charges levied against the Kononovich brothers, namely that they are Russian spies, as “the latest accusation meant to justify political repression against progressive forces in Ukraine.”
The D.C. YCL statement continued, warning that “as we speak, far-right, ultra-nationalist forces like the Azov Battalion, Right Sector, and Aidar Battalion continue to further entrench themselves into [the Ukrainian] government.”
The recent growth of far-right nationalism represents a grave threat to peace in Ukraine. As the D.C. YCL notes, “no peace in Ukraine will be possible while the multi-national character of its population is not recognized and celebrated,” and further that “the suffocating atmosphere of war-time nationalism” only deprives Ukraine of democracy and equality.
In concluding their statement, the D.C. YCL outlined three demands. The demands are for the immediate release of the Kononovich brothers, a public apology to them and their families, and “an end to the political repression against the Communist Party of Ukraine (KPU) and its youth wing (LKSMU).”
Sean Blackmon of PSL denounced the arrests as “part of a suppression campaign” against progressive forces by the Ukrainian government. Another speech by Aaron Booe of the D.C. YCL celebrated the efforts of the KPU to fight the privatization of agricultural lands and harmful austerity policies. In exchange for a loan from the International Monetary Fund, the Ukraine government has engaged in a massive privatization campaign including the closing of 40 percent of the nation’s public education institutions.[1]