Imprisoned in the Russian Far North, Oleg Sentsov is holding a hunger strike to force the release of 64 Ukrainian political prisoners. Free Sentsov. Free the Hostages of Kremlin Saturday June 2, 13:00–15:00 Downing St, Westminster, London SW1A 2AB Oleg Sentsov, a Ukrainian film director from Simferopol and a political prisoner of the Kremlin, is on Day … Continue reading Why Ukrainian film director Oleg Sentsov is on hunger strike
CONFERENCE IRELAND UKRAINE AND EMPIRE
CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT IRELAND UKRAINE AND EMPIRE COLONIALISM DEPENDENCE CONFLICT 1800-2017 DESCRIPTION Vladimir Putin’s 2014 invasion of Ukraine started a war at Europe’s eastern extreme, 15 years after a war at its western extreme, in Ireland, had ended. The Irish and Ukrainians were ruled by two of the world’s biggest empires. By 1922 both had only … Continue reading CONFERENCE IRELAND UKRAINE AND EMPIRE
PAS EN NOTRE NOM …
Texte écrit à l’occasion de la rencontre, à Commentry, vieux foyer du mouvement ouvrier en France, de militants français et d’une militante ukrainienne originaire de Donetzk. Le président français s’est rendu en Russie, quelques semaines après être allé voir Trump. De même qu’ont été douchées les légendes sur l’influence de « l’homme qui sait parler à … Continue reading PAS EN NOTRE NOM …
McDonnell sets out Labour’s Plan to take on the Russian Oligarchs
The UK Labour Party's Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell has presented a robust six point plan to take on the Russian oligarchs. McDonnell has supported the Ukraine Solidarity Campaign in backing trade unions against the oligarchs, such as the Ukrainian miners struggle with Abramovich. In an important step after events in Salisbury McDonnell called on Labour … Continue reading McDonnell sets out Labour’s Plan to take on the Russian Oligarchs
Ukraine: ArcelorMittal workers wildcat Strike for safety and living wage
Workers at the railway workshop at the ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih steel plant have begun industrial action against unsafe working conditions and low wages. On 16 May, the workers of the ArcelorMittal railway workshop came out in support of the workers of Ukrzaliznytsia, the state-owned Ukraine Railway, who have been on strike to demand the creation of … Continue reading Ukraine: ArcelorMittal workers wildcat Strike for safety and living wage
THE APOLOGISTS FOR PUTIN AND RETROGRESSION ON THE LEFT
The regime in Russia is ultra-conservative; it defends a reactionary oligarchic capitalism and promotes Russian chauvinism. It is an enemy of the Labour Movement. Yet the Russo-Ukraine War, Russia's role in Syria, the Trump-Putin nexus and assassinations in England have all provided growing evidence of a deep retrogression across a section of the Western Left … Continue reading THE APOLOGISTS FOR PUTIN AND RETROGRESSION ON THE LEFT
Secret Police Order Bosses to Spy on the Ukrainian Unions
The Confederation of Independent Trade Unions (KVPU) has published shocking new information that the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has ordered management to spy on the activities of the independent miners union. The KVPU report on this attack on trade union freedoms is published below SBU calls on people to inform on activities of the independent … Continue reading Secret Police Order Bosses to Spy on the Ukrainian Unions
Ukraine: May Day March against the Oligarchs
Workers and trade unionists demand decent work and decent pay on 1 May in Kryvyi Rih 1 травня. Кривий Ріг - 1 May Kryvyi Rih A pioneering May Day celebration was held in the city of Kryvyi Rih, a major industrial centre of Ukraine. Organised by the independent trade unions, miners, steel workers and radical … Continue reading Ukraine: May Day March against the Oligarchs
A Lesson from post-war Ukrainian Socialists for Today
Neither Washington nor Moscow The role of Russian imperialism in support of the dictatorship of Bashar al-Assad and increasing rivalry with the UK, USA and western powers has posed a challenge to the labour movement. Some socialists have fallen into the reactionary trap of supporting one camp against the other, considering Putin’s regime as an … Continue reading A Lesson from post-war Ukrainian Socialists for Today
United Front for a Decent Life
As part of our ongoing support for the campaign of workers at Arcelor Mittal Kryvyi Rih we republish an article from the local paper of the Federation of Trade Unions of Ukraine - Gazeta "Vmeste Profinfo". United Front for a Decent Life On 14 March 2018 the employees of PJSC “Arcelor Mittal Kryvyi Rih” (AMKR) … Continue reading United Front for a Decent Life
Ukraine Solidarity Campaign (Кампанія Солідарності з Україною) 