by Kostyantyn Maleoniuk A second phase of the medical reforms has begun in Ukraine in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. The reform will cut off some hospitals from funding and in no way improve the situation of others. The main object of the reform is to divert the scant state funding to private medical … Continue reading REFORM DURING THE PLAGUE. WHY MEDICAL STAFF ARE AGAINST THE REFORMS OF THE HEALTH SYSTEM
УХВАЛА ХХІІІ З’ЇЗДУ СОЦІАЛ-ДЕМОКРАТИЧНОЇ ПАРТІЇ УКРАЇНИ
1 лютого 2020, Київ Україна знову робить вибір. Чверть сторіччя тому вона була однією з провідних країн Європи і світу. Але пішла по шляху неолібералізму. Соціал-демократична партія України попереджала про хибність і небезпеку такого вибору, опиралася йому усіма своїми силами. Але тодішня влада і її основа – олігархічні клани продавили цей вибір. Обраний шлях позбавив … Continue reading УХВАЛА ХХІІІ З’ЇЗДУ СОЦІАЛ-ДЕМОКРАТИЧНОЇ ПАРТІЇ УКРАЇНИ
Ukrainian social democrats on the struggle between progress and reaction today
Published below is a key Resolution of the 23rd Congress of the Social Democratic Party of Ukraine (Соціал-Демократична Партія України). This comes at crucial moment in Ukraine of a major struggle over the attempt by the government to impose a new Labour Law, a struggle which SDPU describe as between the progressive and reactionary forces … Continue reading Ukrainian social democrats on the struggle between progress and reaction today
The Ukrainian Marxist Critique of Russian Communist Rule in Ukraine, 1918-1925
Review of Stephen Velychenko, Painting Imperialism and Nationalism Red: The Ukrainian Marxist Critique of Russian Communist Rule in Ukraine 1918-1925. University of Toronto Press, Buffalo and London, 2015. 277 pp. Stephen Velychenko adapts for the title of his book the Indian ex-communist Manadbendra Roy’s observation in 1951 that “Communism in Asia is essentially nationalism painted … Continue reading The Ukrainian Marxist Critique of Russian Communist Rule in Ukraine, 1918-1925
THE CONFEDERATION OF FREE TRADE UNIONS OF UKRAINE DECLARATION ON THE ATTACK ON SOCIAL AND WORKER RIGHTS
The Confederation of Free Trade Unions of Ukraine (KVPU) continues to oppose the legislative attempts to radically narrow the labor and social rights of citizens and undermine the role of trade unions in protection workers' interests in Ukraine, that will negatively affect the socio-economic and democratic development in Ukraine; lead to social instability and mass migration … Continue reading THE CONFEDERATION OF FREE TRADE UNIONS OF UKRAINE DECLARATION ON THE ATTACK ON SOCIAL AND WORKER RIGHTS
Ukraine’s government puts oligarchs and multinationals ahead of its own people
International Trade Union Confederation Protests New Labour Laws To: Mr Volodymyr Zelensky President of Ukraine Mr Dmytro Razumkov Chairman, Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Mr Oleksiy Honcharuk Prime Minister of Ukraine Mr Tymofiy Mylovanov Minister for Development of Economy, Trade and Agriculture of Ukraine Ms Yulia Sokolovska Minister of Social Policy of Ukraine Dear Sirs and … Continue reading Ukraine’s government puts oligarchs and multinationals ahead of its own people
European education unions in solidarity with Ukrainian workers
For more than a month Ukrainian trade union have been struggling against the changes proposed by the Government to the legislation on employment rights, trade unions, social insurance and social dialogue. Trade union organisations around the world have offered their support to workers in Ukraine. Published here is a statement by the European Trade Union … Continue reading European education unions in solidarity with Ukrainian workers
Wave of Anger – mass trade union protest in Ukraine
Kyiv protesters on 30 January: “A Red Card for the Government’s Law On Labour No. 2708” A report from the Kyiv organization Social Movement about the growing opposition to the government’s attempt to satisfy the demands of domestic and foreign owned big business for a cheaper and more pliant Ukrainian labour force. No less than … Continue reading Wave of Anger – mass trade union protest in Ukraine
UKRAINIAN UNIONS UNITE AGAINST ANTI-WORKER LAWS
ALL-UKRAINIAN TRADE UNION FORUM IN KYIV On January 16, representatives of more than 60 thousand primary trade union organisations from all over Ukraine, delegated by 7 million members of trade unions, came to Kyiv to take part in the Trade Union Forum. Representatives of workers from of sectors of the national economy have sent a … Continue reading UKRAINIAN UNIONS UNITE AGAINST ANTI-WORKER LAWS
Auschwitz 75th Anniversary: A memoir by Roman Rosdolsky
Seventy-five years ago Auschwitz was liberated– the first to enter the camp was a battalion led by the Major Anatoliy Shapiro, a Jewish Ukrainian of the Red Army’s, First Ukrainian Front. To mark the Anniversary we republish the memoir of the respected scholar Roman Rosdolsky first published in the Ukrainian émigré socialist journal Oborona in … Continue reading Auschwitz 75th Anniversary: A memoir by Roman Rosdolsky
Ukraine Solidarity Campaign (Кампанія Солідарності з Україною) 