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Bradley James as Arthur Pendragon

Toby Finn Regbo as Francis Valois

This article traces the tragedy of the Ukrainian working class. It began in the late 1980s, as the Donbas miners struck en masse for a better life. After more than thirty years, the tragedy culminates with the barbaric destruction of life on a mass scale. 

The text, available below as a 60-page PDF, examines events that occurred inbetween. Ukraine’s independence brought about the emergence of regional and sectoral “clans” within the capitalist class, some of which had close links to the economy of the Russian Federation. In politics, the competition of these clans took the form of vying for lucrative positions that allowed access to state resources. The national question – in part, for historical reasons – became part of this struggle and was used as an instrument of mobilization by the political projects of the oligarchs. While the power of the clans acted as a brake on economic development, their rivalry was the basis for political instability. The latter culminated in 2013–2014 with the Euromaidan, the emergence of self-proclaimed “republics” in the Donbas, as well as the beginning of a military conflict with Russia.

Files:

Karmína - The Tragedy of the Ukrainian Working Class.pdf  (681.01 KB)

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Well, I already answered for Claire, but have some more; some of these are specific to individual AU’s:

Ballad for Dead Friends - Dashboard Confessional

All the King’s Horses - Karmina

Coming Home Pt. II - Skylar Grey

The Change - Evanescence

Say Goodbye - Krewella

Haunting - Halsey

Nobody’s Home - Avril Lavigne

Fallen Angel - OBS (Three Days Grace Cover)

Prom Queen - Molly Kate Kestner

Going Under - Evanescence

How It Ends - Beth Crowley

Narcissistic Cannibal - EarlyRise

Astronomical - Svrcina

Krexie (what no this isn’t entirely taken from my cagemates playlist... which is also 83 songs long so I’m not putting the entire thing on here)

The Last to Fall - Starset

Cancer - My Chemical Romance (and also the Twenty-One Pilots and Halocene covers)

The Light Behind Your Eyes - My Chemical Romance

Stay Frosty Royal Milk Tea - Fall Out Boy (this one is pretty specific to my old Mordred!Douxie theory)

Keep Holding On - Avril Lavigne

Creep - Diego Luna

Alone Together - Fall Out Boy

I Love You Too Much - Diego Luna

Can’t Help Falling In Love with You - Diego Luna

The Apology Song - Diego Luna

Far Too Young to Die - Panic! At the Disco

Ocean Eyes - American Avenue

Empty With You - The Used

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