Facts not Fakes – Ukrainian books against propaganda

In this video lecture you will hear about several Ukrainian books that show you how to distinguish facts from fakes, and how to fight against propaganda. Volodymyr Yermolenko, writer, journalist, talks about new dissidents, old dissidents, Maidan, Crimea, Donbas, disinformation and truth, in general — about Ukraine as it is, and how to understand this country.

Literature Rights On is a joint project of Mystetskyi Arsenal and the EU funded programme House of Europe. Partners of the project are Creative Europe and the Public Diplomacy Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine.

The list of books

• Chronicle of One Hunger Strike, Oleh Sentsov / The Old Lion Publishing House
• Path of Light. The Story of a Concentration Camp, Stanislav Aseev / The Old Lion Publishing House
• The Street of Involved, Vira Kuryko / Tempora Publishing House
• The Universe behind Barbed Wire, Myroslav Marynovych / Ukrainian Catholic University Publishing House
• O Lord, You will open my lips, Josef Zissels and Iza Khruslinska / Dukh i Litera (Spirit and Letter) Publishing House
• Ukraine’s Maidan, Russia’s War, Mykhailo Vynnytskyi / The Old Lion Publishing House
• The Lost Island, Natalka Humeniuk / The Old Lion Publishing House
• I Mix Your Blood with Coal. Understand the Ukrainian East, Oleksandr Mykhed / Nash Format Publishers
• Re-vision of History: Russian Historical Propaganda and Ukraine / Internews Ukraine, UkraineWorld
• A Nation of Vegetables?, Oksana Moroz / Yakaboo Publising
• This is NOT Propaganda, Peter Pomerantsev / Yakaboo Publising
• Our Others. Stories of Ukrainian Diversity, Olesya Yaremchuk / The Old Lion Publishing House
• Over a Precipice, in Rust, Pavlo Stekh / Tempora Publishing House
• Ukrainian Insider / Ukraïner
• Historical Essays, Ivan Lysiak-Rudnytsky / Dukh i Litera (Spirit and Letter) Publishing House
• Planet Wormwood, Oksana Zabuzhko / Komora Publishing House
• Ukrainian nationalism: Introductory Course for Russians, Kyrylo Halushko / A-BA-BA-HA-LA-MA-HA Publishing House