Detaining one of the Crimean Tatars who came to seek the whereabouts of Nariman Dzhelyal and four other men who had disappeared after being taken away by the FSB Photo Crimean Solidarity By Halya Coynash of the Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group “What is fear? It is when you are afraid every day that your … Continue reading Crimean Tatars face raids and arrests under Russian occupation
Belarusian activist facing deportation from Ukraine for criticizing the police
Oleksiy Bolenkov in court Human rights defenders are calling for media and public reaction over dangerous attempts to deport a Belarusian activist living permanently in Ukraine and over the highly questionable reasons presented for why the Security Service [SBU] is claiming that Oleksiy Bolenkov [Belarusian: Alyaksei Balyankou] poses “a danger to national security”. The young man, who … Continue reading Belarusian activist facing deportation from Ukraine for criticizing the police
STATEMENT OF THE LEFT RESISTANCE ON REPRESSION IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION.
ЛЕВОЕ СОПРОТИВЛЕНИЕ О РЕПРЕССИИ В РОССИЙСКОЙ ФЕДЕРАЦИИ. Comrades! Since the beginning of 2021 political repression in Russia has become more intense. By the beginning of the summer of 2021 any possibility of open Resistance – for the left, for liberals, and for nationalists – has effectively been liquidated. The country is heading towards totalitarian racism … Continue reading STATEMENT OF THE LEFT RESISTANCE ON REPRESSION IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION.
1941-2021 – OPERATION BARBAROSSA AND UKRAINE
OCCUPATION, COLLABORATION, RESISTANCE? Interview with historian John Paul-Himka SS paramilitaries murder a Jewish mother and child, in 1942, at Ivanhorod, Ukraine. This year marks the 80th anniversary of Operation Barbarossa, Nazi Germany’s invasion of the Soviet Union which commenced on 22 June 1941. The war on the Eastern Front was the largest front of World … Continue reading 1941-2021 – OPERATION BARBAROSSA AND UKRAINE
The Workers’ Movement and the National Question in Ukraine 1897-1918
NEW BOOK BY MARKO BOJCUN We are pleased to announce the publication of an exciting new book on the revolutionary period of Ukraine by Marko Bojcun - The Workers’ Movement and the National Question in Ukraine 1897-1918 published by BRILL as part of the Historical Materialism Book Series. Bojcun explores the social democratic workers’ movement … Continue reading The Workers’ Movement and the National Question in Ukraine 1897-1918
JOHN MCDONNELL MP JOINS CALL TO FREE DARYA POLYUDOVA
Imprisoned Russian Socialist Who Opposed Putin's War Against Ukraine JOHN MCDONNELL MP John McDonnell MP, a leading socialist Member of Parliament and former Labour Party Shadow Chancellor has lodged an Early Day Motion in Parliament calling for the release of Darya Polyudova a prison colony in Russia. McDonnell declares that Polyudova was peacefully exercising her … Continue reading JOHN MCDONNELL MP JOINS CALL TO FREE DARYA POLYUDOVA
FREE DARYA POLYUDOVA RUSSIAN SOCIALIST IMPRISONED FOR SIX YEARS FOR OPPOSING PUTIN AND THE WAR ON UKRAINE Darya Polyudova a Russian socialist activist and leader of the organisation ‘Left Resistance’ has been sentenced to six years in a prison colony by the Western District Military Court in Moscow. The Military Court No. 235 convicted Polyudova … Continue reading
Socialist who exposed Russia’s hypocrisy about Ukraine gets 6-year sentence for social media posts
Darya Polyudova in 2014 with a placard reading Ukraine, we are with you, in court in 2021 (second photo from Grani.ru) By Halya Coynash - republished from Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group A Russian military court has convicted Darya Polyudova of ‘justifying terrorism’ over a reposted photo and text on the social network VKontakte and of ‘public … Continue reading Socialist who exposed Russia’s hypocrisy about Ukraine gets 6-year sentence for social media posts
NO TO CORPORATE DICTATORSHIP! MAY DAY RETURNS TO CITIES IN UKRAINE
«Соціальний рух» The international day of workers' solidarity was marked in the biggest cities of Ukraine, returning it to its social-liberation meaning. The slogan of the rally in Kyiv in front of the parliament’s walls was “No to corporate dictatorship! Decent labour for Ukraine!”. Activists’ are outraged that in addition to the existing employers’ all-powerful … Continue reading NO TO CORPORATE DICTATORSHIP! MAY DAY RETURNS TO CITIES IN UKRAINE
WHAT IS BEHIND GROWING RUSSIA-UKRAINE TENSIONS
Russian Army on the border with Ukraine Tensions have been growing between Russia and Ukraine, what is behind this recent escalation in the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Ukraine Solidarity Campaign spoke with Dr Pete Duncan, a veteran socialist and specialist on Russia who is writing on the relationship between internal change and foreign policy development in the Russian … Continue reading WHAT IS BEHIND GROWING RUSSIA-UKRAINE TENSIONS
Ukraine Solidarity Campaign (Кампанія Солідарності з Україною) 