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so ««. CANADA'S NEWSPAPER FOR UKRAINIAN STUDENTS ' 93 - , , . , , -- "", .- . , 3-4 , , , , , , . 590 , 360 ' -, 220, (1 — 140), ,230 . , - , ? () '.[ 1988 . , ,, .: ' Canadian Ukrainian Immigrant . Aid Society 120 Runnymede Rd. Toronto, Ontario M6S 2Y3 lei. (416)767-4595 I January - February, 1989 Vol.21 No. 104 r INSIDE . • • • Editorial Pg.2 | 1 Letters Pg.2 KGB Pg3 1 Rambling Mind Pg.3 SUSK Pg.4 Pg.5 | Pg.6 j In Bush Pg.9 j the Division Pg.10 | Ukrainians Pg.ll Pg.12 ! Krysa Choral Pg.12 | STUDENT 620 SPADINA AVE SECOND CLASS MAE- TORONTO. ONTARIO REGISTRATION #7606 MSS 2H4 -L All signed letters of reasonable length which comply with Canadian libel and slander laws will be printed unedited (save for purposes of clarity) in this column We will not print anonymous fetters, but it tor personal reasons contributors wish to withhold their names or use a 93 Ukrainians from Poland have been expelled from the pseudonym, this can be arranged. In all cases however we require both a genuine signature and return address. temporary camps where they were living, and are being threatened with deportation from Austria. They sought refuge in Austria this summer while More Makhno where the on a trip to celebrate Makhnovites operated, one which could boast a broad, the Millenium in titled Rome. The total number of Ukrainians in Nestor Makhno: Lc Cosaque popular base and that was conduced Austria and West Germany aspiring to emigrate May I first congratulate you on a de Anarchic (Millau, France, to another 1982). by an ideology which, contrary to country has reached nearly 590. very fine special issue of STUDENT. There, the Of this number 220 are reader will find many popular belief, was not alien to The being sponsored by the Canadian government, the reminiscences of past editors of misconceptions surrounding the Ukrainians (such outstanding government agreed to STUDENT were especially a extend sponsorship only after a great highly Makhnovite movement effectively personages as Mychailo Drahomanov deal of lobbying was carried out by the Canadian Ukrainian stimulating read. What exciting and challenged. For instance, the book and Mykhailo Pavlyk espoused Immigrant Aid Society (CUIAS). invigorating times they appeared to reveals the source Another 140 are being of the oft-repeated anarchism as the ultimate goal for sponsored by CUIAS. have lived through during that sorry caricature of Makhno as a Ukrainian society). Just as there Unfortunately this decade of the 1970s. leaves roughly 230 Ukrainians with pitiful drunk during his years in were Ukrainian socialists, no sponsorship. The ninety which Another feature that caught exile, are being deported are my as depicted in the last caption conservatives and liberals who now not allowed to live in the special attention was the article and comic and camps Austria has picture in the cartoon strip. advocated an independent Ukrainian established for such occasions but are living strip on Nestor Makhno. This is very Separating in the care of myth from fact, Skidra state following socialist, various church missions and groups. They are allowed to timely^ for 1989 marks the centenary ably demonstrates how the real, conservative or liberal principles, so live like this for only a short time and must leave shortly for of the birth of this still somewhat "sober" Makhno continued to too were there Ukrainian anarchists their homes in Poland. As well Austria is threatening controversial and obscure figure struggle to (he in exile, "the pen replacing calling for a libertarian Ukrainian deport more Ukrainians if sponsorships arc was born not found soon. on October 27, 1889). the sabre'" producing an array of society. Although CUIAS is sponsoring 140 of these Ukrainians Since Roman Semenowycz wrote his writings, some of which have At the height of the movement in they not do have the necessary funds to sponsor all of the article for STUDENT in 1972, our recently been translated into French 1919, the extended area of Ukrainians refugees. Response from the community knowledge of the under has Makhnovite the heading: Nestor Makhno, Makhnovite influence encompassed been positive but unfortunately a lot more support movement (Makhnovshchina) La luttrc is has contre 1'Etat et autre ecrits a territory which corresponds needed. to Besides contributing money to CUIAS, significantly been enhanced. (Can-are, the It is Italy, 1984). nearly one third of the present Ukrainian Canadian community can apply pressure on the curious that the first major scholarly Other topics, such as the Ukrainian SSR. It was defeated government to sponsor additional Ukrainians. work to be published in english on Zaporozhian Cossack heritage in the under very suspicious circumstances. However, what is really needed is a concerted effort by any of the leading figures of the Makhnovite region, the participation For instance, the famine of 1921, the whole Ukrainian Canadian community. All Ukrainian Ukrainian Revolution, was of not a women in the movement, which swept through southern Canadians, as well as all Ukrainian book on Canadian organizations Petliura, Skoropadsky or Makhno's relationship with Petliura Ukraine, was felt most severely in should get involved in the plight of the Ukrainians. Hmshevsky, but one on Makhno. (not as venomous as previously the Huliai Pole region, the Ukrainian Canadians must band together, to coordinate their Conversely there has not been a assumed) and other contenders for traditional stronghold of the efforts, to ensure that these people will be able to arrive single book published in the West on power in Ukraine, his impact on the Makhnovite movement. Historian safely in a friendly country. Makhno in the Ukrainian language, international anarchists abroad, Roman Serbyn suggests that this The plight of these Ukrainians has already reached a few while in the Soviet Union successive among them Ukrainians in North famine was a organizations. kind of dress rehearsal The Ukrainian Students* Club at the regimes have consistently denounced America, are discussed. In short, one for the even University more terrible one of of Toronto has decided to give CUIAS a sum of his movement. can no longer pass a serious 1933. If so, then a legitimate money and to sponsor one of the Ukrainians in Austria. The For those who wish to understand commentary on the Makhnovite question can be raised as to whether U of T USC has the funds is this in a financial position do this peculiar episode in Modern movement without having consulted the Bolsheviks deliberately starved due to several successful events. A lack of funds at other Ukrainian history, may I recommend Skidra's study first. the Makhnovite movement, clubs should be no the last deterrent for Ukrainian students to aid the very solid and detailed study by This movement was not simply of of the major resistance movements the Ukrainians in Austria, most of Alexandre whom are students Skidra, a French citizen the jaquerie type, characterised by themselves. A committed effort by different clubs, who traces his roots and the to the region aimless or limited aspirations, but Letter Con't Pg. 8 Editorial Con't Pg.8 SUBSCRIBE! DON'T BE DISAPPOINTED! 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NAME STUDENT enjoys ADDRESS Special Subscriber Status with ZZZ. the Canadian University Press (CUP), but really CITY / docs not enjoy PROVINCE ZZ.ZZ anything. COUNTRY POSTAL CODE STUDENT, JANUARY-FEBRUARY, 1989, PAGE 2 Yes, comrades, we can now say that the openness engendered by glasnost is really serious. UKRAIINA magazine recently published 1.25 million wallet-sized pocket calendars featuring a The question of the internment of Ukrainian lobbying has proven to be ineffective in the past so young woman in a markedly unsocialist pose - standing Canadians braless has become topical these days. Articles in the UCC has set up an Information Bureau in Ottawa in a wet blouse revealing some of Ukraine's hithertoo neglected the Globe & Mail and other Canadian newspapers to handle all of its lobbying efforts. At the meeting beauty and bounty. calendars The have become a big hit with have pointed out this long forgotten and ignored with the Multiculturalism minister about this case, the young Ukrainian males in Ihe West, who have taken to carrying occurrence. Officials from the Ukrainian Canadian Information Bureau was not represented. Does the them in their shirt pockets, doubtlessly fulfilling the dreams of Committee (UCC) have had meetings with the UCC national executive not trust the Information their parents, who for years have been imploring them to "keep Minister of Multiculturalism where the question of Bureau to handle this issue or does it want to reserve Ukraine close to your hearts." redress and We await further revelations, of compensation has been raised. all of the lobbying "glory" to itself? Or is it the result this and other kinds, with bated breath.