СОЛІДАРНІСТЬ УКРАЇНИ КАМПАНІЯ

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

4 Jun 2018

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

29 May 2018

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…

France…

PAS EN NOTRE NOM …

27 May 2018

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

23 May 2018

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

19 May 2018

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…

KVPU…

Secret Police Order Bosses to Spy on the Ukrainian Unions

15 May 2018

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

3 May 2018

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…

Uncategorized…

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

15 Apr 2018

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.

7 Apr 2018

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…

Uncategorized…

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

27 Feb 2018

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…

Uncategorized…

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

21 Feb 2018

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…

Azov…

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…

Azov…

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

4 Feb 2018

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…

History of Ukraine…

THE NATIONAL QUESTION IN UKRAINE

29 Jan 201829 Jan 2018

AN OUTLINE OF THE COLONIAL HISTORY OF UKRAINE Victory Haynes (Jarko Koshiw) Whilst the Russo-Ukraine war has faded from the headlines recent years have seen a surge in interest in…

Ukraine and the Empire of Capital…

BOOK LAUNCH VIDEO |UKRAINE AND THE EMPIRE OF CAPITAL

25 Jan 201825 Jan 2018

BOOK LAUNCH VIDEO |UKRAINE AND THE EMPIRE OF CAPITAL From Marketisation to Armed Conflict https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUkSUgd-BoE&t=1374s The Ukraine Solidarity Campaign held a successful meeting to discuss the exciting new book by…

C14…

C14 NEO NAZI’S ATTACK KYIV REMEMBRANCE EVENT FOR MURDERED JOURNALISTS

21 Jan 201821 Jan 2018

In another worrying turn the Kyiv based Neo-Nazi organisation C14 in open collusion with the Police, has disrupted the remembrance event for two murdered journalists and beat up an…

Ukrainian Revolution Anniversary…

Original Socialist Labour reports of the Ukrainian Revolution 1919-1920

10 Jan 201810 Jan 2018

Out of print for 100 years As part of our ongoing marking of the 100th Anniversary of the Ukrainian Revolution 1917-1921, we republish below a series of original articles from…

Marko Bojcun…

The Workers Movement and the National Question in Ukraine 1880-1920

29 Dec 201729 Dec 2017

The first of two volumes of Marko Bojcun’s The Workers Movement and the National Question in Ukraine 1880-1920 has appeared in Ukrainian translation. It is available as a PDF free…

NGPU…

Велика Британія: Парламентарі вимагають справедливості щодо 94-х гірників “Інгульської”

29 Dec 201729 Dec 2017

Шановнний Редакторе, Звертаю Вашу увагу на вчорашний відгук в Лондоні на судовий процес проти гірників у Кіровограді. З повагою, Марко Бойцун Учасник Української Кампанії Солідарності в Лондоні Джерело наступного тексту:…

INGULSKA MINE…

Labour MPs Demands Justice for the 94 Miners facing the Court in Ukraine

20 Dec 201720 Dec 2017

The call for Justice for the 94 Ukrainian miners has been raised in the UK Parliament by Labour MP's. Clive Lewis, a leading Labour member of the UK Parliament has…

NGPU…

Independent Miners union is facing pressure in the fight for rights

19 Dec 2017

The Independent Trade Union of Miners of Ukraine (NGPU) reports that union members are placed under pressure and have their labour rights violated at mines owned by Evraz Sukha Balka…

Miners Trial…

94 UKRAINIAN MINERS ON TRIAL FOR UNION PROTEST

18 Dec 201719 Dec 2017

URGENT APPEAL FOR SOLIDARITY: Ukrainian miners of the uranium mine "Ingulska" (Kirovohrad region), who were protesting for a wage increase, are facing prosecution for holding a protest underground after their shift…

FPU…

UKRAINIAN MINERS: BRIEFING ON THE CURRENT SITUATION IN PARLIAMENT

5 Nov 2017

The Ukraine Solidarity Campaign held a successful briefing on the current situation in Ukraine in Parliament on Tuesday 24th October hosted by Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell. The key speaker was…

Ukrainian Far-Right…

CONTACT YOUR MP BACK EDM 462

1 Nov 20171 Nov 2017

REPORTING OF UKRAINE BY THE BBC STOP NEO NAZI HATE CRIME John Cryer MP, the Chair of the Parliamentary Labour Party has joined calls for action against the far-right terror…

Ukrainian Far-Right…

PARLIAMENTARY LABOUR PARTY CHAIR CALLS FOR ACTION ON BBC REPORTING OF NEO-NAZI TERROR GROUP IN UKRAINE

31 Oct 201731 Oct 2017

John Cryer MP, the Chair of the Parliamentary Labour Party has joined calls for action against the far-right terror group C14 active in Kyiv, Ukraine. In an Early Day Motion…

Human Rights in Ukraine…

Stop Repression of the Ukrainian Left Activists in Lviv

23 Oct 201723 Oct 2017

Recently an appeal was issued for a call for new new popular left organisation based on Ukraine's vernacular socialist traditions - its author was Maxim Osadchuk a leading activists of the Autonomous Resistance…

Labour Code…

Ukrainian Unions Protest to ILO at new attack on workers rights

23 Oct 2017

The Confederation of Free Trade Unions of Ukraine (KVPU) has sent the following submission in protest at the draft Labor code of Ukraine which violates the international labour standards to…

KVPU…

MINERS PROTESTS IN EAST AND WEST UKRAINE

11 Oct 2017

MINERS PROTESTS IN EAST AND WEST UKRAINE Ukraine Solidarity Campaign has received fresh reports from the Confederation of Free Trade Unions of Ukraine (KVPU) of miners protests in both Western…

Russian Imperialism…

Why leftists can’t support Novorossia?

7 Oct 20177 Oct 2017

Why leftists can’t support Novorossia? АВТОР: ШИШОВ · Leftists are, by definition, people who a) agnize the cleavage of society into classes and b) stand for the interests of the…

Ukrainian Labour Movement…

Healthcare workers’ mass protest in Kyiv

24 Sep 20177 Oct 2017

No to destruction of Ukrainian healthcare On 19 September, healthcare workers organised a mass protest in Kyiv in which more than 1,500 people took part. Among their basic demands are…

EuroMaidan…

УКРАИНА: НАЦИОНАЛЬНО-ДЕМОКРАТИЧЕСКАЯ РЕВОЛЮЦИЯ

4 Sep 20174 Sep 2017

УКРАИНА: НАЦИОНАЛЬНО-ДЕМОКРАТИЧЕСКАЯ РЕВОЛЮЦИЯ И ПРАВЫЕ РАДИКАЛЫ Олег Дубровский Автор данного текста, опираясь на идейное наследие украинской социал-демократии первой половины XX в., исходит из следующих положений: В составе Российской империи Украина…

ITUC…

UKRAINE AMONG WORST COUNTRIES FOR WORKERS

2 Sep 20172 Sep 2017

Ukraine has been ranked among world’s worst countries for workers The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), the global confederation of national trade union centres, has published its annual Global Rights…

Centenary of Ukrainian Revolution…

A Revolutionary Classic: On the Current Situation in Ukraine

12 Aug 201712 Aug 2017

A Revolutionary Classic: On the Current Situation in Ukraine One of the most important and influential books published during the revolutionary period was the До хвилі - On the Current Situation:…

Crimean Tatars…

Crimean Tatars – The Nation Stalin Deported

9 Aug 20179 Aug 2017

The Crimean Tatars faced deportation from the peninsula under Stalin in 1944. Today, they are facing a new policy of persecution. The Crimean Tatars have existed as a community for over…

Centenary of the Ukrainian Revolution…

RECONSIDERING THE UKRAINIAN REVOLUTION

30 Jul 201731 Jul 2017

As part of our series of articles to mark the Centenary of the Ukrainian Revolution the Ukraine Solidarity Campaign is pleased publish for the first time this essay by the…

Ukrainian Far-Right…

BBC LEGITIMISING NEO-NAZI HATE CRIMES IN UKRAINE

22 Jul 201723 Jul 2017

If the BBC carried a report portraying Neo-Nazi’s engaged in hate crime in London as lovable rogues turned to a good cause there would be outrage. Yet that is what…

NGPU…

MASS STRIKES AND OCCUPATIONS BY UKRAINIAN MINERS

11 May 2017

URGENT APPEAL FOR SOLIDARITY Ukrainian miners are engaged mass action in the city of Kryvyi Rih with strikes, occupations and a a hunger strike of 400 miners underground in the…

Alexander Kolchenko…

STEP UP THE CAMPAIGN TO FREE KOLCHENKO AND FREE SENTSOV

28 Aug 201528 Aug 2015

NO RETURN TO STALINIST SHOW TRIALS IN RUSSIA The decision on 25th August by a military court in Russia to sentence the Ukrainian film director Oleh Sentsov to 20 years…