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That duck is treading water, for now at least, and given political exigencies, it may be dead in the water. The parliament in Kiev just voted down even the possibility of holding a referendum. It was voted down due to "security concerns". Makes sense. Can't very well put off a planned military attack, dictated by the terms of the IMF agreement, in order to hold some silly plebiscite. And also, they outlawed the communist party. "What is truly strange and terrible about this looming disaster is that all the leading players already know and agree about what the only solution can be, even if they disagree on the details and the timing: a federal Ukraine with elected regional governments and robust protection for regional interests. This, *not* further separation, is what Moscow is proposing; and this is what the Ukrainian interim president, Olexander Turchynov, has publicly hinted at for the Donbas. Although the rebels in Donetsk and other eastern cities have declared the Donetsk Republic and are now planning an independence referendum on May 11, many easterners, too, have indicated that they want some kind of federalization and not independence or annexation to Russia. As interviews<http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/04/world/europe/behind-the-masks-in-ukraine-many-faces-of-rebellion.html>published in Sunday’s *New York Times* make clear, even some rebel commanders themselves hope to keep Ukraine united." > By Anatol Levien, a long-time observer and writer on Ukraine. > > http://www.nybooks.com/blogs/nyrblog/2014/may/05/ukraine- > only-way-to-peace/ > > > ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu Set your options at: http://greenhouse.economics.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
