UKRAINE PEACE APPEAL

TOWARDS A MORE INFORMED SOLIDARITY - FROM UKRAINIAN CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANISATIONSTO PACIFIST AND PEACEBUILDING MOVEMENTS WORLDWIDE 1. We, Ukrainian civil society activists, feminists, peacebuilders, mediators, dialogue facilitators, human rights defenders and academics, recognise that a growing strategic divergence worldwide has led to certain voices, on the left and right and amongst pacifists to argue for an end … Continue reading UKRAINE PEACE APPEAL

STAND WITH UKRAINE – A message to UCU Congress Delegates

UCU Congress 2023 Invasion and war On 24th February 2022 Russia invaded Ukraine in a continuation of the war that began when Russia annexed Crimea in 2014.  This was a violation of Ukrainian sovereignty and a denial of the right of Ukraine to exist as a nation.  It was a project to overthrow the existing … Continue reading STAND WITH UKRAINE – A message to UCU Congress Delegates

CIVIL SERVICE UNION CONFERENCE VOTES TO STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH UKRAINE

The Public and Commercia Services Union Annual Conference voted overwhelmingly to condemns the continuing Russian invasion of Ukraine and confirms its solidarity with the Ukrainian people and trade unions.   The Public and Commercia Services Union Annual Conference voted overwhelmingly to condemns the continuing Russian invasion of Ukraine and confirms its solidarity with the Ukrainian … Continue reading CIVIL SERVICE UNION CONFERENCE VOTES TO STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH UKRAINE

National Education Union UKRAINE SOLIDARITY & SCHOOLS SUPPORT

We republish below information on an initiative in the National Education Union to build solidarity with Ukrianian teachers. This NEU members initiative is focused here on support for the affiliated union of the Federation of Trade Unions of Ukraine it is important to recognise the need to extend solidarity to all teachers unions including the … Continue reading National Education Union UKRAINE SOLIDARITY & SCHOOLS SUPPORT

Democratic Developments in Nineteenth-Century Ukraine

John-Paul Himka I estimate that in 1815 about 90 percent of those who used the Ukrainian language in their daily life were enserfed peasants. They were also the only ones who retained and continued to creatively develop traditional folkways. The Ukrainian elite in the Russian empire – mainly descendents of the former cossack officer class … Continue reading Democratic Developments in Nineteenth-Century Ukraine

Victory in this war is vital to the freedom not just of the Ukrainian people but to that of the entire region and beyond.

Help the The Cooper Andrews Memorial Fund On 19 April 2023, African-American volunteer was killed in the fighting at Bakhmut. He was a leftist activist,  in Cleveland OH. A man of action he had served in the Marines and fought with the Kurdish YPG against ISIS Syria. With the start of the full-scale Russian invasion, … Continue reading Victory in this war is vital to the freedom not just of the Ukrainian people but to that of the entire region and beyond.

UCU Congress Online Fringe Meeting

Ukraine Solidarity Campaign Trade union conferences are debating what attitude unions should take on the war in Ukraine and what solidarity we can offer to our fellow workers in Ukraine and to Russian war resisters.  The Scottish TUC recently adopted a robust policy to stand in solidarity with Ukraine.  See: STUC Stands in Solidarity with Ukraine … Continue reading UCU Congress Online Fringe Meeting

ASLEF: Генеральний секретар британської профспілки машинісьтів відповів на безпідставні звинувачення міністра

Мік Вілан, генеральний секретар ASLEF зустріч з українськими воїнами в Києві, лютий 2022. Mick Whelan General Secretary of ASLEF (far left) in Kyiv, February 2022 meeting Ukrainian soldiers Мік Вілан, генеральний секретар британської профспілки машиністів ASLEF, відповів на безпідставні закижи міністра транспорту Великої Британії, що ASLEF не солідарна з Україною. Мік Вілан, генеральний секретар британської … Continue reading ASLEF: Генеральний секретар британської профспілки машинісьтів відповів на безпідставні звинувачення міністра