Olena Slobodyan The recent statements of Minister of Social Policy Oksana Zholnovych about "destroying everything social" and "taking Ukrainians out of their comfort zone" have caused significant public outcry and a wave of criticism. Yet this is not the first time that officials directly involved in social policy have publicly taken anti-social stances. What does … Continue reading The anti-social ferocity of Ukrainian neo-liberals
A Memoir of Soviet Ukraine, 1983: Part I
John-Paul Himka A Soviet-era postcard of the Lviv bus terminal. I spent the first half of 1983 in Soviet Ukraine, in Lviv mainly but also in Kyiv. I had just married Chrystia Chomiak two months previously, and off we went to Ukraine on a research trip organized by the International Research and Exchanges Board. For … Continue reading A Memoir of Soviet Ukraine, 1983: Part I
DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH STRIKE AT VEOLIA
CALLS FOR END TO BUSINESS IN RUSSIA UKRAINE SOLIDARITY AT A PICKET LINE IN NOTTINGHAMSHIRE On 29 September protests were held in London, Kyiv and in Nottinghamshire in solidarity with workers on strike at Veolia and in protest at the ongoing business operations by this company in Russia. The day before the protest at the … Continue reading DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH STRIKE AT VEOLIA
СОЛІДАРНІСТЬ З ПРАЦІВНИКАМИ, ЯКІ СТРАЙКУЮТЬ НА ВЕОЛІЯ
Веолія: Покінчимо з низькими зарплатами у Великій Британії - припинимо бізнес-операції в Росії Профспілка GMB розпочала кампанію страйку в Ноттінгемширі через низьку заробітну плату в суперечці з транснаціональною компанією Veolia, яка досі працює в Росії. Веолія Велика Британія отримує прибутки від послуг з переробки та утилізації відходів за державними контрактами з багатьма місцевими органами влади, … Continue reading СОЛІДАРНІСТЬ З ПРАЦІВНИКАМИ, ЯКІ СТРАЙКУЮТЬ НА ВЕОЛІЯ
stand with ukraine: tuc backs their right to resist russian aggression
The TUC, writes fred leplat, has voted overwhelmingly to back Ukraine's right to self-defence against Russia's invasion. This stance aligns the British labour movement with the Ukrainian people's struggle for freedom. The TUC congress on 12 September adopted overwhelmingly a motion in solidarity with the people Ukraine in their war of liberation from Putin’s invasion of their country. … Continue reading stand with ukraine: tuc backs their right to resist russian aggression
SOLIDARITY WITH WORKERS ON STRIKE AT VEOLIA
Veolia: End Low Pay in UK – End Business Operations in Russia GMB union has launched a campaign of strike action in Nottinghamshire over low pay in a dispute with Veolia, a transnational company that still operates in Russia. Veolia UK are making profits from recycling and waste services with public funded contracts in many … Continue reading SOLIDARITY WITH WORKERS ON STRIKE AT VEOLIA
URGENT APPEAL FOR MEDICAL AID
The Free Trade Union of Medical Workers of Ukraine The Free Trade Union of Medical Workers of Ukraine is appealing to the trade union movement for urgent aid. Free Trade Union of Medical Workers of Ukraine - VPMPU are appealing for aid for a hospital in a mining region of Western Ukraine which is facing … Continue reading URGENT APPEAL FOR MEDICAL AID
PUTIN AND HIS RUSSIA ARE NOT FASCIST
By Stephen Velychenko Comments on Ilya Budraitskis: “Putinism as New Form of Fascism?” There can be no doubt that as of 2004 Putin, his secret police cronies and associated marginal ideologues like Dugin and Zhirinovsky, had created an authoritarian dictatorship in Russia. Some like Budraitskis characterize this regime as fascist. If this characterization was applicable before … Continue reading PUTIN AND HIS RUSSIA ARE NOT FASCIST
THE FAREWELL OF GERMAN UNION LEFTISTS FROM INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY
Chris Zeller In England, Wales and Scotland, there is notable solidarity from the unions with the Ukrainian resistance against the Russian occupation troops. John McDonnell MP, former Treasury Chancellor leading the Labour Party at the time of Jeremy Corbyn, is an active spokesman for the Ukraine Solidarity Campaign [1]. In France, all relevant unions have … Continue reading THE FAREWELL OF GERMAN UNION LEFTISTS FROM INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY
Stop the War has exposed how hollow it now is. It should disband
By Andrew Fisher Stop the War has marginalised itself and alienated the vast majority of the Ukrainian population in the UK Ukrainians and supporters held a demo outside the Stop the War AGM. Those holding onto the Stop the War banner no longer speak for the many who flocked to it two decades ago (Photo … Continue reading Stop the War has exposed how hollow it now is. It should disband
Ukraine Solidarity Campaign (Кампанія Солідарності з Україною) 