This week Howie was joined by Denys Pilash. Denys is a political scientist at Kyiv National University, an activist with the Ukrainian democratic socialist organization Social Movement (Sotsialniy Rukh), and on the editorial board of Commons: Journal of Social Criticism. Articles by Denys: Denys Pilash, "What socialists are doing in Ukraine," Workers Liberty, May 22, 2022, https://www.workersliberty.org/story/2022-05-17/what-socialists-are-doing-ukraine Denys Pilash, "The Tsar is naked,” Links, October 21, 2022, https://links.org.au/ukraine-tsar-naked-interview-sotsialnyi-rukh-social-movement-activist-denis-pilash Denys Pilash and others, "Support Ukrainian Resistance and Disempower Fossil Capital,” Against the Current, November-December 2022, https://againstthecurrent.org/support-ukrainian-resistance-and-disempower-fossil-capital/ Denys Pilash interview, "Russia will only negotiate if it suffers some defeats,” Green Left, November 3, 2022, https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/ukrainian-socialist-denys-pilash-russia-will-only-negotiate-if-it-suffers-some-defeats Denys Pilash and Denys Gorbach, "We need a peoples' solidarity with Ukraine and against war, not the fake solidarity of governments,” Commons, March 11, 2023, https://commons.com.ua/en/we-need-peoples-solidarity-ukraine/ Denys Pilash interview, "Ukraine’s Left Fights for a Future Free from Domination by Russian Tanks & Western Banks,” Democracy Now!, May 25, 2023, https://www.democracynow.org/2023/5/25/is_russia_ukraine_war_expanding Streamed on 4/20/24 Watch the video at: https://youtube.com/live/FF-DIvIVeuU Green Socialist Notes is a weekly livestream/podcast hosted by 2020 Green Party/Socialist Party presidential nominee, Howie Hawkins.  Started as a weekly campaign livestream in the spring of 2020, the streams have continued post elections and are now under the umbrella of the Green Socialist Organizing Project, which grew out of the 2020 presidential campaign.  Green Socialist Notes seeks to provide both an independent Green Socialist perspective, as well as link listeners up with opportunities to get involved in building a real people-powered movement in their communities. Green Socialist Notes Podcast Every Saturday at 3:00 PM EDT on Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, and Twitch. Every Monday at 7:00 AM EDT on most major podcast outlets. Music by Gumbo le Funque Intro: She Taught Us Outro: #PowerLoveFreedom