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SOLIDARITY WITH THE GMB STRIKES AT BEITH MUNITIONS DEPOT

Stand with those who are standing by Ukraine! The Ukraine Solidarity Campaign Scotland joined GMB union members in a show of solidarity it their strike at the Defence Equipment and Support) depot in Beith this week. Workers at a munitions depot in Ayrshire are campaigning against the appalling low wages being paid to the workers. … Continue reading SOLIDARITY WITH THE GMB STRIKES AT BEITH MUNITIONS DEPOT

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SOLIDARITY AID DELIVERED TO RESCUE SQUAD IN DONBAS

Aid organised by the Ukraine Solidarity Campaign has reached NGPU miners’ union rescue workers helping victims of Russian bombing In May the Ukraine Solidarity Campaign received an appeal for help from the Independent Trade Union of Mineworkers of Ukraine (NPGU) of the 10th Mining Rescue Squad in the Donetsk region.   The Mining Rescue Service … Continue reading SOLIDARITY AID DELIVERED TO RESCUE SQUAD IN DONBAS

ukrainesolidaritycampaign Viktoriya Ball

Ecocidal corporations lining up to profit from Ukraine’s reconstruction spells deeper environmental disaster

By Viktoriya Ball A shameful lack of Ukrainian civil society involved in Ukraine’s recovery planning means disaster capitalism going unchecked. When we talk about rebuilding our country, Ukrainians envisage a place where communities and environment thrive, free from the shackles of Russia’s political influence and oligarchy. For me as a Ukrainian girl who grew up … Continue reading Ecocidal corporations lining up to profit from Ukraine’s reconstruction spells deeper environmental disaster

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Our close friend, comrade and editor of “Commons” Oleksandr Kravchuk died

Editorial board of Commons We lost our close friend, comrade and colleague Oleksandr Kravchuk, an economist and Commons editorial team member. For years, he has been a permanent editor and the soul of our journal. Oleksandr (Sasha) was into hiking in the mountains, dancing and playing volleyball; it always seemed that he had more health … Continue reading Our close friend, comrade and editor of “Commons” Oleksandr Kravchuk died

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Campaign Aid Delivered to Resistance and Rescue Squad in Ukraine

Petro Tulei (right) Deputy Chair of KVPU, along with Olesia Briazgunova International Secretary delivering our vehicel to 80th Brigade The Ukraine Solidarity Campaign has recently visited Ukraine to deliver aid and meet with sections of the labour movement. On 2nd July members of Campaign Coordinating Committee, Sacha Ismail (Trade Union Liaison officer) and Christopher Ford … Continue reading Campaign Aid Delivered to Resistance and Rescue Squad in Ukraine

ukrainesolidaritycampaign John-Paul Himka

The Ukrainian Nation in the Time of Lenin, Hitler, and Stalin

John-Paul Himka As many other nations, Ukrainians hoped to use the disintegration of the imperial order in the aftermath of World War I to establish their own state. Although Finns, Estonians, Latvians, Lithuanians, and Poles managed that task, and other East European nations formed federations (Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia), Ukraine failed to gain independence. But there … Continue reading The Ukrainian Nation in the Time of Lenin, Hitler, and Stalin

ukrainesolidaritycampaign Mike Davies

Another Ukraine is possible Conference

International Conference - Ukrainian activists call for a just reconstruction that puts people before private profit, reports Mike Davis Behind the flag of the Independent Trade Union of Mineworkers of Ukraine. Centre - Oksana Holota of KVPU and John Moloney Assistant General Secretary of the PCS aturday 17th June saw almost 100 activists gather in London … Continue reading Another Ukraine is possible Conference