re: Ukraine Revolution live stream

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Jennifer Carroll, Americal anthropologist living in Kyiv, describes what happened on the evening of February 19. Many stunning photos and stories.

"Things that happened on Maidan this evening

–city hall is overwhelmed with people (including several clergymen) who are bringing food and medical supplies.

–the middle-aged woman who collected our food donations from us gave us a large package filled with packets of black pepper and allspice. She said(barked really) “Devushka! When you go around this way, you will see a group of men preparing molotov cocktails. You must take this to them.”

–the same woman then tried to give one of the self defense volunteers (a man in full flack jacket and helmet, weapons and body armor) one of the mandarins we had brought. He had a sandwich in one hand and a soda in the other. “you need vitamin C!” she said. He said “naw, both my hands are full, I don’t want it.” The woman huffed at him in offense and grabbed the collar of his sweatshirt. he was in a hoodie and the hood was up. She stuffed an orange violently into his hood until it sat securely in his collar. “You must eat it! You need your health!” The self defense volunteer laughed and pulled away like he was a child being tickled.

–People from all over Kyiv in all kinds of cars (Kia, Jeep, Lexus, Daiwoo) are driving up to the barricades to deliver piles and piles of tires to add to the fire. Mostly women are carrying the tires towards the front.

–Cobble stones are being ripped up all across Independence square and broken into smaller pieces so that they can be thrown. Women in heels and fur coats can be seen digging up the stones. Even a man i a wheel chair with no legs was there breaking stones with an ax."

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