STATEMENTof the Council of the Federation of Trade Unions of Ukraineto the state authorities concerning obstruction of legal trade union activity and unlawful confiscation of their property On 7 October 2021 participants in the All-Ukrainian trade union protest action put forward a number of requirements, one of which was “hands off the trade union property”. … Continue reading Union Federation Condemns State Attacks on Ukrainian unions
PUTIN IS WAR! PUTIN IS THE GULAG!
Protest demands Freedom for Russian Socialist Igor Kuznitsov On 15th of December, and important protest was held at the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Kyiv calling for the release of the political prisoners in Russia Igor Kuznitsov and Darya Polyudova. Both are socialists who have actively opposed the Kremlin's aggression against Ukraine. The protest … Continue reading PUTIN IS WAR! PUTIN IS THE GULAG!
Forums: Workers and the National Question in Ukraine
Forums and Discussion In September Marko Bojcun’s book, The Workers Movement and the National Question in Ukraine, 1897-1918, was published. A number of forums have been held with discussion and debate on this important history of the Ukrainian Revolution which can be viewed below: The Workers’ Movement and the National Question in Ukraine 1897-1918 Series: Historical … Continue reading Forums: Workers and the National Question in Ukraine
JOHN MCDONNELL MP SLAMS TORY COLLUSION TO ATTACK WORKERS RIGHTS IN UKRAINE
John McDonnell MP John McDonnell MP, former Shadow Chancellor has tabled an Early Day Motion in Parliament condemning the efforts to the British government to introduce legislation attacking workers rights in Ukraine. The leaked plan follows classic Thatcherite anti-union strategies from the 1980’s of introducing attacks by stages which will undermine trade unions and abolish … Continue reading JOHN MCDONNELL MP SLAMS TORY COLLUSION TO ATTACK WORKERS RIGHTS IN UKRAINE
Leaked documents show UK government supports anti-union labour reform Ukraine
Leaked documents show UK government supports anti-union labour reform Ukraine European Public Service Unions reports: These leaked documents show that the UK government via its development aid arm (UK Aid) and the UK embassy in Kiev is funding consultants to assist the Ukrainian Ministry of Economy in selling its neo-liberal market reforms to the Ukrainian people. EPSU … Continue reading Leaked documents show UK government supports anti-union labour reform Ukraine
EXPOSED: BRITISH FOREIGN OFFICE FUNDING ATTACK ON WORKERS’ RIGHTS IN UKRAINE
The British state is directly involved in funding a project to transform laws in Ukraine which will reduce workers rights. Legal changes already condemned by Ukrainian trade unions as contravening the International Labour Organization. Republished below is an article by Thomas Rowley of Open Democracy. Demonstration of the Confederation of Free Trade Unions of Ukraine … Continue reading EXPOSED: BRITISH FOREIGN OFFICE FUNDING ATTACK ON WORKERS’ RIGHTS IN UKRAINE
FREE RUSSIAN SOCIALIST IGOR KUZNETSOV
Journalist and anti-war activists faces five years in prison! On 16 September an activist of the Russian socialist organisation ‘Left Resistance’ Igor Kuznetsov, known on-line as ‘Yaroslav Solntse’, was arrested in Tomsk. Kuznetsov has repeatedly spoken out on-line and at public events against Russian imperialism and the aggression against Ukraine, for the right to self-determination … Continue reading FREE RUSSIAN SOCIALIST IGOR KUZNETSOV
Ukrainian Nationalists and the Holocaust
New Book by John-Paul Himka An important new book by the respected Ukrainian historian John-Paul Himka is now available - Ukrainian Nationalists and the Holocaust, OUN and UPA’s Participation in the Destruction of Ukrainian Jewry, 1941–1944. Published in the Ukrainian Voices series by ibidem Verlag. John-Paul Himka is the author of a number of important … Continue reading Ukrainian Nationalists and the Holocaust
The Workers’ Movement and the National Question in Ukraine 1897-1918 – Introduction
Marko Bojcun Editor’s note: We are publishing below from the Historical Materialism blog - the Introduction to the new book in the Historical Materialism series - The Workers’ Movement and the National Question in Ukraine 1897-1918 by Marko Bojcun: https://brill.com/view/title/21251 Bojcun explores the social-democratic workers’ movement in the Ukrainian provinces of the Russian Empire, focused on the Ukrainian, … Continue reading The Workers’ Movement and the National Question in Ukraine 1897-1918 – Introduction
ITUC concerned about wave of regressive labour laws
The ITUC has written jointly with the ETUC to senior politicians in Ukraine to raise serious concerns about ongoing regressive labour reforms in the country. Several draft laws are being considered by the Verkhovna Rada (the Ukrainian parliament) that are incompatible with international and regional labour standards. This has been confirmed by several reports, including … Continue reading ITUC concerned about wave of regressive labour laws
Ukraine Solidarity Campaign (Кампанія Солідарності з Україною) 