Ivan Dzyuba, Marxist fighter for the sovereignty of Ukraine
Vol. 86/No. 11 - March 21, 2022![Ivan Dzyuba speaks in Kyiv at 1965 premiere of famed film, “Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors.” It celebrated Ukrainian culture, in sharp break with Stalinist orthodoxy. Dzyuba spoke out against arrests of over 100 youth and intellectuals for their anti-Stalinist views and activity.](https://themilitant.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Dzyuba_8611_630-300x214.jpg)
Ivan Dzyuba died Feb. 22 at the age of 90, ironically on the eve of Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. Dzyuba was a literary critic and Marxist who was jailed by the then-Stalinist Soviet government of Ukraine in 1973 for his…