A SYMPOSIUM OF UKRAINIAN SOCIALISTS AND TRADE UNIONISTS On 16th December 2015, the District Administrative Court of Kyiv agreed to the request of the Minister of Justice to ban the Communist Party of Ukraine (KPU) from being able to officially operate or participate in elections. The move has been condemned by Amnesty International and the … Continue reading THE BANNING OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF UKRAINE
Ukrainian Rail Workers Joint Problems
A group of Lviv railway workers visited Melitopol in Zaporizhya oblast. The guests from Western Ukraine shared their working experience with colleagues at the locomotive depot Melitopol Dnieper railway station and workers of Melitopol. The delegation were activists of the Free Trade Union of Railway Workers Ukraine (VPZU) from Skladachi Train Station in Lviv Vladimir … Continue reading Ukrainian Rail Workers Joint Problems
Ukraine’s Decommunisation Law hammered by Venice Commission for violating democratic standards
Halya Coynash, Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group One of the four controversial ‘decommunisation’ laws adopted in April 2015 has been scrutinized and seriously criticized by European constitutional law experts who say that it does not meet European standards. Much as predicted the joint interim opinion from the Council of Europe’s Venice Commission and OSCE/ODIHR found that … Continue reading Ukraine’s Decommunisation Law hammered by Venice Commission for violating democratic standards
Communist Party Outlawed
The Stalinist Communist Party of Ukraine ( KPU) has been banned, published here is a report by Halya Coynash of the respected Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group. The Kyiv District Administrative Court has banned Ukraine’s Communist Party in a move likely to be found in violation of the European Convention on Human Rights to which … Continue reading Communist Party Outlawed
Is the right to peaceful Assembly in Ukraine endangered
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine registered draft bill #3587 “On the guarantee of peaceful assembly” on 7 December 2015. The authors of the draft law are thirteen people’s deputies from various political parties and representatives of human rights organisations. The declared goals are very “lofty” – the provision of legal guarantees for reinforcing Article 39 … Continue reading Is the right to peaceful Assembly in Ukraine endangered
Tatars block supplies to Crimea, cause shortages of food, necessities
BY NAOMI CRAINE Working people in Moscow-occupied Crimea have faced growing shortages of food and other necessities from a blockade on the Ukrainian side of the peninsula’s border initiated by Crimean Tatars there. The effects were greatly magnified when explosions on Nov. 20 and 21 cut electricity for most of Crimea’s 2 million residents. The … Continue reading Tatars block supplies to Crimea, cause shortages of food, necessities
KRYVIY RIH WORKERS BEGIN MAJOR STRUGGLE WITH THE OLIGARCH ABRAMOVICH
APPEAL FOR SOLIDARITY On 27 November the workers at the Kryviy Rih iron ore company Sukha Balka announced the beginning of a struggle against the owner of the mine – the Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich. The miners are convinced that the owner is deliberately destroying the mine. They are preparing to call a strike. In … Continue reading KRYVIY RIH WORKERS BEGIN MAJOR STRUGGLE WITH THE OLIGARCH ABRAMOVICH
MINERS STAND TOGETHER STATEMENT BY THE NUM
The NUM is disturbed by the smears against our union regarding our approach to the conflict in Ukraine.
NUM Solidarity message from miners’ in the Ukraine:
I The NUM have received the following message from miners' in the Ukraine: " Dear Friends and Colleagues, Everybody from PRUP and I greatly appreciate your support in our current difficult times. DTEK management also extended its appreciation to you and thanked you for finding time and visit the Ukraine and West Donbas to shared … Continue reading NUM Solidarity message from miners’ in the Ukraine:
RECIPES OF CURBING THE CRISIS
Review of an international conference Vitaly Dudin, Denis Pilash Translated by Lesia Bidochko and Anton Pechenkin On the day of the October Revolution, November 7, left-wing academics and activists in Kyiv proved their ability to carry out socially critical activities of international level. The renowned Kyiv Polytechnic Institute (KPI) hosted researchers from Ukraine, France, Great … Continue reading RECIPES OF CURBING THE CRISIS
Ukraine Solidarity Campaign (Кампанія Солідарності з Україною) 