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# The Week in 1 Minute: Ukraine, finance and a loss of values – March 3 – 9 on openDemocracy
- URL: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/week-in-1-minute-ukraine-finance-and-loss-of-values-march-3-9-on-opendemocracy/
- Published: 2014-03-09T00:03:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-04-23T01:37:15.000Z
- Description: All eyes are on Crimea. Anatol Lieven warns the US to hold back, while Paul Rogers sets out how Ukraine is a trap for the west. We look at the formation of Putin's ideology, and pick apart his claim to be 'protecting Russian speakers'.
- Author: openDemocracy Supporters
- Tags: The Week in 1 Minute, #Migrated, #en, #Import 2026-04-09 17:46, #appended-excerpt

Anton Shekhovtsov [responds](http://cts.vresp.com/c/?openDemocracy/060a260bc4/7262321cfa/e8fca03d12&ref=opendemocracy.net) to Cas Mudde on [Ukraine’s far right](http://cts.vresp.com/c/?openDemocracy/060a260bc4/7262321cfa/fd976df8a1&ref=opendemocracy.net), and goes on to argue that there are [two urgent pressure points](http://cts.vresp.com/c/?openDemocracy/060a260bc4/7262321cfa/037dc88ea0&ref=opendemocracy.net): Crimea and possible economic collapse. Meanwhile, we are reminded not forget the [Tatars in Crimea](http://cts.vresp.com/c/?openDemocracy/060a260bc4/7262321cfa/84411e0807&ref=opendemocracy.net), or the [ongoing Euromaidan presence](http://cts.vresp.com/c/?openDemocracy/060a260bc4/7262321cfa/34e529e2fd&ref=opendemocracy.net) as focus shifts away from the [non-violent victory in Kiev](http://cts.vresp.com/c/?openDemocracy/060a260bc4/7262321cfa/b1f4ac074b&ref=opendemocracy.net).  
  
Former Green Party leader Caroline Lucas tracks the latest [attack on England's NHS](http://cts.vresp.com/c/?openDemocracy/060a260bc4/7262321cfa/d41b5b75bb&ref=opendemocracy.net). We [hear](http://cts.vresp.com/c/?openDemocracy/060a260bc4/7262321cfa/4c62122162&ref=opendemocracy.net) how the **UK’s floods were used to blame environmentalists**, while the deployment of the army [shows their changing role](http://cts.vresp.com/c/?openDemocracy/060a260bc4/7262321cfa/042dc52624&ref=opendemocracy.net) as Vron Ware explains. In the US, Bill McKibben [struggles](http://cts.vresp.com/c/?openDemocracy/060a260bc4/7262321cfa/e0744a0975&ref=opendemocracy.net) with his role as a green movement ‘leader’, and climate change is [a crucial issue](http://cts.vresp.com/c/?openDemocracy/060a260bc4/7262321cfa/efb5af8e1c&ref=opendemocracy.net) for the European elections.  
  
Didier Bigo [writes](http://cts.vresp.com/c/?openDemocracy/060a260bc4/7262321cfa/33cfadc01e&ref=opendemocracy.net) on the **resistance of the many against the surveillance state**, and a [porn addict tells us](http://cts.vresp.com/c/?openDemocracy/060a260bc4/7262321cfa/74e61ff3c7&ref=opendemocracy.net) why he switched off. Meanwhile, Jennifer Radloff explores [cyberfeminism in Africa](http://cts.vresp.com/c/?openDemocracy/060a260bc4/7262321cfa/ca06da3b3f&ref=opendemocracy.net), part of collaboration with the journal [*Feminist Africa*](http://cts.vresp.com/c/?openDemocracy/060a260bc4/7262321cfa/158ed8e252&ref=opendemocracy.net).  
  
The BBC is [losing its values](http://cts.vresp.com/c/?openDemocracy/060a260bc4/7262321cfa/a2fac85849&ref=opendemocracy.net), says Julian Petley, and a similar loss of direction is [afflicting British education](http://cts.vresp.com/c/?openDemocracy/060a260bc4/7262321cfa/35e50e825d&ref=opendemocracy.net). **Why write academic papers** [at all](http://cts.vresp.com/c/?openDemocracy/060a260bc4/7262321cfa/3d63d1c9f3&ref=opendemocracy.net)?  
  
We publish [an extract](http://cts.vresp.com/c/?openDemocracy/060a260bc4/7262321cfa/de30ff341a&ref=opendemocracy.net) from Ann Pettifor's book **‘Just Money’,** [a guide](http://cts.vresp.com/c/?openDemocracy/060a260bc4/7262321cfa/c66d20a2d2&ref=opendemocracy.net) to the **sharing economy**, and a journey through the [history of the IMF](http://cts.vresp.com/c/?openDemocracy/060a260bc4/7262321cfa/ecbeab4166&ref=opendemocracy.net) to its current soporific state. Economic growth in Columbia has led to a [return to social banditry](http://cts.vresp.com/c/?openDemocracy/060a260bc4/7262321cfa/a807f83a88&ref=opendemocracy.net). In Britain, Clare Sambrook exposes [the staggering profits](http://cts.vresp.com/c/?openDemocracy/060a260bc4/7262321cfa/e9adb60e42&ref=opendemocracy.net) made through immigration lock-ups, while Jenny Allsopp [reports from Weymouth](http://cts.vresp.com/c/?openDemocracy/060a260bc4/7262321cfa/7cd68bbd48&ref=opendemocracy.net), where one is about to open.  
  
As *oD 50.50* covers International Women's Day, Ruth Rosen explains why such a commemoration [remains important](http://cts.vresp.com/c/?openDemocracy/060a260bc4/7262321cfa/d1f8a1fe2c&ref=opendemocracy.net). Deniz Kandiyoti [explores](http://cts.vresp.com/c/?openDemocracy/060a260bc4/7262321cfa/7b41df8e0c&ref=opendemocracy.net) the **impact of youth-led activism on gender politics**. Next week, the [Commission on the Status of Women](http://cts.vresp.com/c/?openDemocracy/060a260bc4/7262321cfa/b53c10d814&ref=opendemocracy.net) offers a chance to assess progress on women's rights. But IWD is not only about equal rights, but also the diverse achievements of the women’s movement, including in peace building, which is [often neglected](http://cts.vresp.com/c/?openDemocracy/060a260bc4/7262321cfa/31b8c642fa&ref=opendemocracy.net).  
  
Our *openGlobalRights* project [asks](http://cts.vresp.com/c/?openDemocracy/060a260bc4/7262321cfa/689953304b&ref=opendemocracy.net) how **human rights actors should respond to global social unrest**. Aaron Edwards [emphasizes the need](http://cts.vresp.com/c/?openDemocracy/060a260bc4/7262321cfa/bede0d7f94&ref=opendemocracy.net) to approach the Yemen in context, while [China’s hold on Africa](http://cts.vresp.com/c/?openDemocracy/060a260bc4/7262321cfa/d23d843a9e&ref=opendemocracy.net) pushes aside the human rights agenda.  
  
Also, don’t miss Guy Standing's [defence](http://cts.vresp.com/c/?openDemocracy/060a260bc4/7262321cfa/3cf1785c53&ref=opendemocracy.net) of his conception of a new dangerous class, the precariat, and a sharp portrait of [Matteo Renzi](http://cts.vresp.com/c/?openDemocracy/060a260bc4/7262321cfa/10cddd7de8&ref=opendemocracy.net) and the **'fake revolution' in Italy**.  
  
  
**Links not to miss:**

- [The Inverse of Oversight](http://cts.vresp.com/c/?openDemocracy/060a260bc4/7262321cfa/2cc9b9ca4a&ref=opendemocracy.net): CIA spies on Congress, *The Intercept*
- [LSD is rediscovered for therapy](http://cts.vresp.com/c/?openDemocracy/060a260bc4/7262321cfa/809d18dba9/%5Fr=1&ref=opendemocracy.net), *New York Times*
- [Far left surge to outnumber Liberals](http://cts.vresp.com/c/?openDemocracy/060a260bc4/7262321cfa/bbab75d180&ref=opendemocracy.net) in European elections, *EU Observer*

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All eyes are on Crimea**.** Anatol Lieven [warns](http://cts.vresp.com/c/?openDemocracy/060a260bc4/7262321cfa/1a2c294e12&ref=opendemocracy.net) the US to hold back, while Paul Rogers [sets out](http://cts.vresp.com/c/?openDemocracy/060a260bc4/7262321cfa/e2b25aaba8&ref=opendemocracy.net) how **Ukraine is a trap for the west**. We look at the formation of [Putin's ideology](http://cts.vresp.com/c/?openDemocracy/060a260bc4/7262321cfa/2aca4d4b37&ref=opendemocracy.net), and [pick apart](http://cts.vresp.com/c/?openDemocracy/060a260bc4/7262321cfa/3cca92a03a&ref=opendemocracy.net) his claim to be 'protecting Russian speakers'.