Elections to the Ukrainian parliament will be held on 21 July, once again various oligarchic candidates will compete. This time however in the industrial city of Kryvyi Rih there will be candidate standing in an effort to give a voice to Ukrainian labour. Vitaliy Dudin is prominent solicitor representing trade unions who has campaigned for … Continue reading UKRAINIAN ELECTIONS: A VOICE OF LABOUR
Deportation, genocide, and Russia’s war against Crimean Tatars
Deportation of the Crimean Tatars. A painting by Crimean Tatar artist Rustem Eminov On May 18, Ukraine marks the anniversary of the deportation of Crimean Tatars from Crimea that took place in 1944. The forced eviction was ordered by Joseph Stalin, who called it punishment for collaboration with the Nazi occupation regime during 1942–1943. This … Continue reading Deportation, genocide, and Russia’s war against Crimean Tatars
MAY DAY IN UKRAINE DEMANDS END TO POVERTY WAGES
The biggest action on Mayday in Ukraine this year - 500 local workers, trade union members and young left activists from march in Kryviy Rih, centre of iron ore mining and steel making. The workers and activists demanded a wage increase of up to € 1,000 for workers and and decent working conditions. They noted that … Continue reading MAY DAY IN UKRAINE DEMANDS END TO POVERTY WAGES
People are very tired of the neoliberal mainstream
What will happen now in Ukraine after the Presidential election? Christopher Ford organiser of the Ukraine Solidarity Campaign interviewed Vitaliy Dudin an activist of the NGO 'Social Movement' and leading trade union solicitor in Ukraine. What does the election of Zelensky as President of Ukraine represent? People are very tired of the neoliberal mainstream. Of … Continue reading People are very tired of the neoliberal mainstream
UKRAINIAN ELECTIONS: THE CRISIS OF REPRESENTATION AND RECONFIGURATION OF OLIGARCHIC POWER.
Interview with Yuliya Yurchenko The elections in Ukraine have come a shock and will have an impact not only in Ukraine and East Europe but globally. What does this mean and how did it happen? In order to help understand these dramatic events Christopher Ford organiser of the Ukraine Solidarity Campaign interviewed leading Ukraine specialist … Continue reading UKRAINIAN ELECTIONS: THE CRISIS OF REPRESENTATION AND RECONFIGURATION OF OLIGARCHIC POWER.
President-Elect Zelenskiy and Multiple Questions Still Unanswered
Halya Coynash , republished from Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group On 21 April Ukraine voted in fair and democratic elections to elect a new President, ousting the current President Petro Poroshenko. President-Elect Volodymyr Zelenskiy appears to have received a record number of votes, although what almost three quarters of the population voted for remains largely … Continue reading President-Elect Zelenskiy and Multiple Questions Still Unanswered
Ukraine election: Voters protest the oligarchic system
Analysis of the Ukrainian Social Democracy The Ukrainian comedian Volodymyr Zelensky has won a run-off election to become the country's next president by a landslide, exit polls suggest. Sitting president president Petro Poroshenko has already conceded defeat. Ukraine now faces a new reality and the biggest turning point since the popular rebellion EuroMaidan toppled the … Continue reading Ukraine election: Voters protest the oligarchic system
UKRAINIAN railways workers DEMAND JUSTICE
On 19th March members of the Free Trade Union of Railway workers of Ukraine (VPZU) picketed the central office of the PJSC "Ukrzaliznytsia" (Ukrainian railways). The VPZU demanded to raise wages, improve medical services, restore social and pension guarantees, and do not cut jobs. Also, trade unionists required efficient social dialogue. After the protest action, … Continue reading UKRAINIAN railways workers DEMAND JUSTICE
Lenin’s Theory of the National Question and its Contradictions
The ideas of the leader of Russian Social Democracy, Vladimir Lenin remain influential among the radical left to this day. Yet rarely considered are the views of those Marxists from among the majority oppressed nations of the Russian Empire. Republished here is an analysis of Lenin’s theory of the national question by the Ukrainian Marxist Andriy Karpenko
The Political Repression of the Radical Left in Russian Occupied Crimea
Armed Searches, Abduction and Arrests in Russian-occupied Crimea Russia’s annexation of Crimea was purportedly an exercise in free political expression, a watershed moment in history when a historic part of Russia returned to the motherland against the backdrop of a fascist putsch in Ukraine. Indeed, Crimea’s “reunification” (in Kremlin lingo) with Russia was sold, at … Continue reading The Political Repression of the Radical Left in Russian Occupied Crimea
Ukraine Solidarity Campaign (Кампанія Солідарності з Україною) 