Widsitsch

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The citizens' movement Vidsich (or simply Vidsich , Ukr. Відсіч - "resistance") is a Ukrainian citizen movement, in response to the regime of Viktor Yanukovych emerged and the anti-Ukrainian trends associated with it. Members of earlier resistance movements (Revolution on Granite, the Ukraine Without Kuchma Movement , Citizens Committee For Truth ! , Citizens Campaign Pora! Etc.) and their supporters took part in the founding of Widsitsch .

Principles of movement

Widich activists during the campaign to protect the Ukrainian language (Kiev, 2010)
Widich activists during the action against information control in Ukraine (Kiev, 2010)
  • Nonviolence. Nonviolent resistance is used as the most effective method of struggle (not to be confused with pacifism).
  • Lack of formal guides and rotation. Every action or campaign has its coordinators, but the movement as a whole does not have a single leader to direct from above; all decisions are made through debates between activists. The cells have equal rights and communication between them takes place on an equal footing.
  • Openness. There are no secrets from the outside world with “Widsitsch”. Widsitsch protects certain information from dissemination (such as passwords or personal information of the activists). But information about the position and activity of the movement is available to everyone.
  • Non-partisanship. The citizens' movement Widsitsch does not work for any political force. Members of a party can be von Widsitsch activists, but at Widsitsch they do not represent the interests of their parties.
  • Consensus principle . It is to seek solutions that everyone agrees to.
  • Willingness to make sacrifices. Nobody can benefit from their participation in Widsitsch, for example from the fruits of the movement. Rather, all von Widsitsch activists have to sacrifice something for the common cause (time, effort, money, etc.).
  • Copyleft . Everyone does what he is ready to do and does not ask for anything for himself. Everything that an activist does at Widsitsch does not become his property, but that of Widsitsch and human civilization. Nobody has the right to demand recognition or privileges for what they have done.

Actions and protests

Widich activists during a protest (Kiev, 2010)

From March to December 2010, the Citizens' Movement Widsitsch participated in over 100 events (mainly street actions and warning strikes, hearings, discussions) in six Ukrainian cities, both independently and in cooperation with other organizations.

These include: participation in the Antytabatscnij campaign , a solidarity campaign to protect the Kharkiv Gorky Park, against the stay of the Russian Black Sea Fleet on Ukrainian territory, protection of Ukrainian cinema rights, against censorship and for the protection of freedom of expression, in memory of the victims of the Holodomor , Action Easter together (by students from the east and south of Ukraine in the families of their colleagues in Lviv ), against the persecution of historians and changes in historiography, for the popularization of state symbols, in memory of the 66th anniversary of the deportation of the Crimean Tatars , against police arbitrariness ( no police state campaign ), organization of protests against the tax code, campaign against law number 2450 (it provided clear restrictions on freedom at peaceful gatherings), campaign “deal with the matter and not with your tongue!”, campaign against neglect of education , campaign “ Don't buy r Russian goods! “ (Boycott of Russian goods in response to the export trade blockade by the Russian side), participation in the Euromaidan (including the coordination of student strikes in Kiev) and others.

Web links

Commons : Category: Vidsich  - Album with pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Protests against plans to limit civil liberties in Ukraine ( Memento of March 22, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ^ Protest against draft law on languages ​​held in Kyiv
  3. ↑ The students were protesting against the degradation of education ( Memento of March 22, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  4. ^ Ukrainian Week: The draft law on education actively promoted by the government will make colleges and universities completely dependent on the Education Ministry
  5. ^ Lviv students protest against educational policy
  6. ↑ Блокування університетів: як воно відбувається і до чого приводить? ( Memento from December 14, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Тарас Саламанюк. Корреспондент. December 6, 2013
  7. ↑ Українські студенти підтримали Євромайдан. У Києві та регіонах - страйки ( Memento from January 27, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) - NEWSru.ua, 26 листопада 2013
  8. ↑ Активісти Євромайдану вчора пікетували "Епіцентр" на Воскресенці. ФОТО ( Memento of November 7, 2017 in the Internet Archive ). Ні корупції. 3rd February 2014
  9. ↑ На третій барикаді. Як тендітна дівчина керує "Нічною вартою" (спецпроект Механізм Майдану) . Тексти. January 13, 2014