Кампнія Солідарності з Україною – The Ukraine Solidarity Campaign seeks to organise solidarity and provide information in support of the Ukrainian labour movement

Ukrainian Elections…

UKRAINIAN ELECTIONS: A VOICE OF LABOUR

Elections to the Ukrainian parliament will be held on 21 July, once again various oligarchic candidates will compete. This time however in the industrial city of Kryvyi Rih there will…

Deportation, genocide, and Russia’s war against Crimean Tatars

18 May 201918 May 2019

Deportation of the Crimean Tatars. A painting by Crimean Tatar artist Rustem Eminov On May 18, Ukraine marks the anniversary of the deportation of Crimean Tatars from Crimea that took…

MAY DAY IN UKRAINE DEMANDS END TO POVERTY WAGES

The biggest action on Mayday in Ukraine this year - 500 local workers, trade union members and young left activists from march in Kryviy Rih, centre of iron ore mining…

Ukrainian Elections

People are very tired of the neoliberal mainstream

29 Apr 201929 Apr 2019

What will happen now in Ukraine after the Presidential election? Christopher Ford organiser of the Ukraine Solidarity Campaign interviewed Vitaliy Dudin an activist of the NGO 'Social Movement' and leading…

UKRAINIAN ELECTIONS: THE CRISIS OF REPRESENTATION AND RECONFIGURATION OF OLIGARCHIC POWER.

22 Apr 201928 Apr 2019

Interview with Yuliya Yurchenko The elections in Ukraine have come a shock and will have an impact not only in Ukraine and East Europe but globally. What does this mean…

Ukrainian Elections

President-Elect Zelenskiy and Multiple Questions Still Unanswered

22 Apr 201922 Apr 2019

Halya Coynash , republished from Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group On 21 April Ukraine voted in fair and democratic elections to elect a new President, ousting the current President Petro…

Ukrainian Elections

Ukraine election: Voters protest the oligarchic system

Analysis of the Ukrainian Social Democracy The Ukrainian comedian Volodymyr Zelensky has won a run-off election to become the country's next president by a landslide, exit polls suggest. Sitting president…

KVPU

UKRAINIAN railways workers DEMAND JUSTICE

On 19th March members of the Free Trade Union of Railway workers of Ukraine (VPZU) picketed the central office of the PJSC "Ukrzaliznytsia" (Ukrainian railways). The VPZU demanded to raise…

National Question

Lenin’s Theory of the National Question and its Contradictions

5 Mar 20196 Mar 2019

The era of global capitalism did not bring an end to nations and nationalism; indeed our current period has very much seen a return of the national question. Movements for…

Crimea

The Political Repression of the Radical Left in Russian Occupied Crimea

25 Feb 201925 Feb 2019

Armed Searches, Abduction and Arrests in Russian-occupied Crimea Russia’s annexation of Crimea was purportedly an exercise in free political expression, a watershed moment in history when a historic part of…

Crimea

Crimean left activist arrested, drugged and charged with ‘extremism’

25 Feb 201925 Feb 2019

Valery Bolshakov, Chairman of the Workers’ Union of Sevastopol outside the 'court' in Sevastopol on 22.02.2019 Photo Krym.org The ‘trial’ is continuing in Russian-occupied Crimea of Valery Bolshakov, a left-wing…

History of the Ukrainian Revolution…

BOROTBISM

29 Jan 201929 Jan 2019

The Classic History Of The Ukrainian Revolution The 1954 classic study of the Ukrainian Revolution, Borotbism by Ivan Maistrenko has just been republished in a new edition. It was one…

Woman Workers Hunger Strike in Donetsk Region

Dear Colleagues!On behalf of the Independent Trade Union of Miners of Ukraine, I want to share the update information about female employees hunger strike in Donetsk region. In the Donetsk region,…

Russian Anti-Fascists

Russian anti-fascists under attack: Solidarity demo

16 Jan 201916 Jan 2019

Russian anti-fascists and anarchists are being arrested, framed and tortured in a brutal wave of repression which has put eleven Russian anti-fascists behind bars, facing obviously fabricated charges which could…

History of Ukraine…

Ukraine in the Second World War

1 Jan 20191 Jan 2019

Events in Ukraine during World War Two have come to feature greatly in analysis and commentary since the Russo-Ukraine war began in 2014. The Kremlin has revived Stalinist narratives of…

Moscow assault on Ukraine access to Sea of Azov

Russian fighter jets fly over Kerch bridge with Russian tanker blocking access to Sea of Azov during assault on, seizure of three Ukrainian naval boats and their 24 crew members…

MARTIAL LAW AND LABOUR RIGHTS IN UKRAINE

Tensions continue to mount following the attack by Russia on Ukrainian navy ships on the Sea of Azov on 25 November. The Kremlin announced on Monday that it was sending…

SPDU

MARTIAL LAW, RUSSIAN AGGRESSION AND DEMOCRACY

17 Dec 201817 Dec 2018

Published below is a statement of the Social Democratic Party of Ukraine ( Соціал-Демократична Партія України ) in response to the Russian aggression in the Sea of Azov and deceleration of…

Ukrainian Miners…

Miners Continue Underground Protest in Ukraine

The Confederation of Free Trade Unions of Ukraine (KVPU) has called for solidarity with their members who are on strike and protesting underground at the mine Kapustin in Luhansk Oblast.…

DNR…

Putin Aide promises Donbas Proxies higher ‘pay’ & help with ‘elections’

25 Oct 201825 Oct 2018

So much for Moscow’s claim that the events in Donbas are a ‘civil war’ in Ukraine that Russia is not a party to. On 10 October the Russian state news…

C14…

Neo-Nazi C14 vigilantes appear to work with Kyiv police in latest ‘purge’ of Roma

Members of the neo-Nazi C14 movement, together with the ‘Kyiv Municipal Watch’ civic organization which is led by C14 activist Serhiy Bondar, have carried out another raid, driving Roma citizens…

Ukrainian Trade Unons…

MASS PROTEST OF TRADE UNIONS IN UKRAINE

23 Oct 201823 Oct 2018

Mass Demonstration in Kyiv and Strikes in Donbas The U.N International Day for the Eradication of Poverty (October 17) was marked in Ukraine by a massive demonstration of trade unionists…

Denis Gorbach…

Entrepreneurs of political violence: the varied interests and strategies of the far-right in Ukraine

For Ukraine's far right, violence has become a source of influence and power DENYS GORBACH The recent wave of anti-Roma pogroms in Ukraine has spawned a new series of texts on…

ArcelorMittal Kryviy Rih…

ArcelorMittal Dispute: Despite Shenanigans in Court the Struggle Continues

30 Aug 201830 Aug 2018

Ukrainian Trade Unions Need Solidarity The struggle of the Ukrainian trade unions with the global corporation ArcelorMittal continues despite a day of farce and delay in an ongoing court case…

ArcelorMittal Kryviy Rih…

Protests start at ArcelorMittal offices to back Ukrainian workers

24 Aug 201824 Aug 2018

Supporters of the Ukraine Solidarity Campaign held protests in support of Ukrainian trade unions at the London and Newport offices of ArcelorMittal, the global steel corporation. They were first of…

Oleg Sentsov…

European Socialists Demand the Release of Sentsov

Socialists in the European Parliament have been at the forefront in calling for the release of Ukrainian political prisoner Oleg Sentsov. The award winning filmmaker is serving a 20-year sentence…

Oleg Sentsov…

Oleh Sentsov, Olexander Kolchenko and the meaning of solidarity

As filmmaker Oleh Sentsov continues his hunger strike to release all Ukrainian political prisoners, it’s worth thinking about how to expand the field of solidarity. Ukrainian socialist and trade unionist ZAKHAR…

History of Ukraine…

Ukraine’s little known memory war

30 Jul 201830 Jul 2018

How Russian propaganda whipped up allegations of anti-Semitism in Ukraine during the country's 2014 protests — and why that makes it more difficult to talk about anti-Semitism in Ukraine today.…

ArcelorMittal Kryviy Rih…

Labour MP Calls for Solidarity in Ukrainian Union Struggle with Arcelor

20 Jun 201821 Jun 2018

Court Blocks Talks– Labour MP Calls for Solidarity The major struggle of the Ukrainian trade unions with the global steel corporation Arcelor Mittal for a living wage and safety at…

ArcelorMittal Kryviy Rih…

How workers in Ukraine’s steel industry are fighting for wages, rights and democracy

A major struggle of workers at the global corporation ArcelorMittal plant in Kryvyi Rih in southern Ukraine has been underway. The company has only just secured a rotten Ukrainian court…

Oleh Sentsov…

Why Ukrainian film director Oleg Sentsov is on hunger strike

Imprisoned in the Russian Far North, Oleg Sentsov is holding a hunger strike to force the release of 64 Ukrainian political prisoners. Free Sentsov. Free the Hostages of Kremlin Saturday June…

Ireland and Ukraine…

CONFERENCE IRELAND UKRAINE AND EMPIRE

28 May 201828 May 2018

CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT IRELAND UKRAINE AND EMPIRE COLONIALISM DEPENDENCE CONFLICT 1800-2017 DESCRIPTION Vladimir Putin’s 2014 invasion of Ukraine started a war at Europe’s eastern extreme, 15 years after a war at…

PAS EN NOTRE NOM …

Texte écrit à l’occasion de la rencontre, à Commentry, vieux foyer du mouvement ouvrier en France, de militants français et d’une militante ukrainienne originaire de Donetzk. Le président français s’est…

John McDonnell MP…

McDonnell sets out Labour’s Plan to take on the Russian Oligarchs

26 May 201826 May 2018

The UK Labour Party's Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell has presented a robust six point plan to take on the Russian oligarchs. McDonnell has supported the Ukraine Solidarity Campaign in backing…

Arcelor Mettal…

Ukraine: ArcelorMittal workers wildcat Strike for safety and living wage

Workers at the railway workshop at the ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih steel plant have begun industrial action against unsafe working conditions and low wages. On 16 May, the workers of the…

Uncategorized…

THE APOLOGISTS FOR PUTIN AND RETROGRESSION ON THE LEFT

The regime in Russia is ultra-conservative; it defends a reactionary oligarchic capitalism and promotes Russian chauvinism. It is an enemy of the Labour Movement. Yet the Russo-Ukraine War, Russia's role…

Secret Police Order Bosses to Spy on the Ukrainian Unions

The Confederation of Independent Trade Unions (KVPU) has published shocking new information that the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has ordered management to spy on the activities of the independent miners…

May Day 2018…

Ukraine: May Day March against the Oligarchs

Workers and trade unionists demand decent work and decent pay on 1 May in Kryvyi Rih 1 травня. Кривий Ріг - 1 May Kryvyi Rih A pioneering May Day celebration…

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A Lesson from post-war Ukrainian Socialists for Today

18 Apr 201818 Apr 2018

Neither Washington nor Moscow The role of Russian imperialism in support of the dictatorship of Bashar al-Assad and increasing rivalry with the UK, USA and western powers has posed a…

ArcelorMittal Kryviy Rih…

United Front for a Decent Life

As part of our ongoing support for the campaign of workers at Arcelor Mittal Kryvyi Rih we republish an article from the local paper of the Federation of Trade Unions…

Arcelor Mettal…

Ukrainian Socialist Eyewitness Report of Arcelormittal Workers’ Struggle

9 Apr 20189 Apr 2018

The ArcelorMittal Workers Overcomes Pressure From The Bosses and are Preparing A Strike Workers of the metallurgical giant ArcelorMittal in Ukraine are preparing for a strike On March 27, a…

ArcelorMittal Kryviy Rih…

AMKR workers decided to start collective labour dispute.

We republish below a short news report by the RKD (‘workers committee of Dnepropetrovsk’) on the growing dispute in Krryvyi Rih. AMKR workers decided to start collective labour dispute. At…

ArcelorMittal Kryviy Rih…

Unions Unite in Major Struggle with Global Giant AcellorMittal

4 Apr 20184 Apr 2018

APPEAL FOR INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY A major dispute is developing in the industrial city if Kryviy Rih in South East Ukraine. Trade Unions from both federations, the Confederation of Free Trade…

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Ukraine: women organise in the war zone

3 Apr 20183 Apr 2018

East Ukraine: March for women's rights About 100 women took part in a “march for women’s rights” in Lisichansk, close to the front line between Ukraine and the Russian-supported separatist “republic” in…

Jeremy Corbyn…

TORY LIARS: CORBYN AND THE LABOUR LEFT OPPOSED THE EAST EUROPEAN REGIMES

IN DEFENCE THE LABOUR LEFT AND EAST EUROPEAN SOLIDARITY Following a series of press lies against British Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn linking him to Czechoslovakian communist intelligence, the International Trade…

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Striking back at McMafia in Ukraine

25 Feb 201825 Feb 2018

Yuliya Yurchenko unravels the complexities of transnational capital in Ukraine. Ukrainians of all ages and walks of life demonstrated astonishing courage and perseverance in opposition to corruption and misrule during…

INGULSKA MINE…

Major Victory for the 94 Ukrainian Miners facing court for protesting

The Independent Trade Union of Miners of Ukraine has secured a major victory for the 94 miner facing court proceedings. The miners at the uranium mine “Ingulska” were facing court…

Interview: Leading Ukrainian Human Rights Activist Volodymyr Chemerys

5 Feb 20185 Feb 2018

ON THE SITUATION IN UKRAINE AND DANGER AND ILLEGALITY OF THE 'NATIONAL MILITIA’S' Volodymyr Chemerys is a leading human rights activist in Ukraine. He was a member of the Verkhovna Rada…

Danger of the far right: Who created the new “National Brigades” and for what?

On 4 February a small but courageous protest took place in Poshtova Square in Kyiv in protest against the new militia force created by the AZOV movement. This follows a…

Ukrainian Far-Right…

Dangerous Turn With New Far Right Militia in Partnership with Ukraine Police’s

30 Jan 201830 Jan 2018

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWvm2O1TgAw In a new dangerous turn 600 members of a new self-proclaimed National Guard ( Національні Дружини ) marched through the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on 28 January. Comprised of ex-members of…