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Be Like Nina

Ukrainian healthcare workers demand justice The unwillingness of the oligarchic authorities to provide the necessary funds to protect people’s health under the pandemic has driven healthcare workers to the streets.  On the initiative of the newly created movement for health care entitled “Bud’ yak Nina” (Be like Nina (#BeLikeNina)), on 16 December activist hospital nurses … Continue reading Be Like Nina

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VICTORY AGAINST VICTIMISATION OF TRANSPORT UNION ACTIVIST

By Christopher Ford Nataliya Prystynsky VPZU representative Nataliya Prystynsky an activist of the Free Trade Union of Railway Workers of Ukraine (VPZU) has won a significant victory against her victimisation and union busting efforts by the employers.   Nataliya who is a trolley bus driver at the Kurenivsky depot of KP Kyivpastrans company, has been subject … Continue reading VICTORY AGAINST VICTIMISATION OF TRANSPORT UNION ACTIVIST

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Ukrainian health workers challenge low pay and poor conditions

Health workers in Ukraine have been protesting against the poor conditions and low wages. We republish the following by Hanna Sokolova from the Open Democracy site. It took only 24 hours for Nina Kozlovska’s post to go viral. “One night I came home from work, opened Facebook and wrote everything that was in my soul: … Continue reading Ukrainian health workers challenge low pay and poor conditions

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UKRAINIAN MINERS VICTORY BLOCKED IN COURT BATTLE

On October 15, 2020, the underground miners' protest at the public company "Kryvbaszalizrudkom"(KZRK) finished with the signing of an agreement. Miners' families and comrades in solidarity all over the world breathed a sigh of relief. However, the hopes to quickly solve the dispute turned out false — the KZRK administration took the protesters to court. … Continue reading UKRAINIAN MINERS VICTORY BLOCKED IN COURT BATTLE

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Truth, Lies and the Morning Star on the death of Aleksey Markov

Aleksey Markov, commander of the "Prizrak" battalion, was killed in the occupied area of the Luhansk region of Ukraine on Saturday 24 October.   The Morning Star has reported his death with the headline “Tributes paid after death of Ghost Brigade commander Alexey Markov in Donbass accident”.  The article by Steve Sweeney (25 October, 2020) hailed … Continue reading Truth, Lies and the Morning Star on the death of Aleksey Markov

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MCDONNELL AND CORBYN CALL FOR SOLIDARITY WITH BELARUS FREEDOM STRUGGLE

Support John McDonnell’s Early Day Motion 850 on Belarus John McDonnell MP, a leading socialist Member of Parliament and former Labour Shadow Chancellor has lodged an Early Day Motion in Parliament calling for “international solidarity with the people of Belarus in their struggle for freedom and democracy”.  McDonnell has welcomed the demands of the trade … Continue reading MCDONNELL AND CORBYN CALL FOR SOLIDARITY WITH BELARUS FREEDOM STRUGGLE

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AGAINST THE ANTI-SOCIAL DICTATORSHIP IN BELARUS

Statement of Solidarity by the Social Movement - Ukraine The bloody repression by the Belarusian government of the protests against the rigged elections shook the world. It is noteworthy that these protests were not organised by the “old” opposition (from the traditional parties), nor by the “new” opposition (former loyalists of the Lukashenka regime), nor … Continue reading AGAINST THE ANTI-SOCIAL DICTATORSHIP IN BELARUS

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Partisans or Workers? Figures of Belarusian Protest and Their Prospects

by Volodymyr Artiukh This is an updated and revised version of the article that first appeared in Russian in Commons: Journal of Social Critique republished from Left East website:  http://www.criticatac.ro              These week’s protests in Belarus have clearly overcome their initial electoral focus and morphed into an expanding dissident movement of urban middle class and workers. In … Continue reading Partisans or Workers? Figures of Belarusian Protest and Their Prospects