The President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko signed four laws, including "On the condemnation of Communist and National Socialist (Nazi) totalitarian regimes in Ukraine and prohibition of advocacy of their symbolism." They have not yet been implemented and sent for further “analysis”. Ukraine Solidarity Campaign has spoke with different activists on the these laws which have … Continue reading On the “condemnation of Communist and National Socialist (Nazi) regimes in Ukraine”
Ukraine’s employment law reforms threaten workers’ rights
Vitaliy Dudin The oligarchs have joined forces to railroad a new labour code that strips Ukrainian workers of their already modest rights. Neoliberal modernisation in Ukraine is nothing new. The processes and forces pushing it forward long predate the ousting of Viktor Yanukovych last February. But since the events of 2014, this process has been … Continue reading Ukraine’s employment law reforms threaten workers’ rights
United in Homophobic Bigotry: Right Sector echoes Russian anti-LGBT line
Kyiv Pride march 2013 On the eve of a planned Equality March through Kyiv, the leader and other members of the Ukrainian ultra-nationalist Right Sector party have come out with anti-LGBT and anti-western statements identical to those regularly churned out by their ideological opponents in Russia. The homophobic utterances and call for the march … Continue reading United in Homophobic Bigotry: Right Sector echoes Russian anti-LGBT line
The Fallacy of ‘Novorossiya’s’ ‘Leftist’ Friends
Labour Movement Must Oppose Restoring a Tsarist Colony in Ukraine Imagine a campaign to support the abolition of Zimbabwe and restoration of the white colony of Rhodesia; it would be reactionary. Yet that is precisely what is happening on the European left as regards Ukraine. A section of the left, especially from the Stalinist tradition … Continue reading The Fallacy of ‘Novorossiya’s’ ‘Leftist’ Friends
The ‘fear of Maidan’ and anti-revolutionary politics in Putin’s Russia
Ilya Budraitskis of the Russian Socialist Movement and Ukrainian socialist Volodymyr Ischenko of the journal Spilna speaking at the recent conference in Sofia about the Ukraine crisis and left perspectives .
President signs dangerously flawed ‘decommunization’ laws
Halya Coynash Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group President Poroshenko has signed highly contentious laws one of which effectively criminalizes public expression of views held by many Ukrainians. The assurance given that a bill will be tabled to rectify some of the problems appears to refer to only one of the laws and begs the question … Continue reading President signs dangerously flawed ‘decommunization’ laws
ASLEF CONFERENCE DECLARES SOLIDARITY WITH UKRAINIAN RAILWORKERS
ASLEF AFFILIATES TO UKRAINE SOLIDARITY CAMPAIGN The train drivers union - Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen (ASLEF), has decided to affiliate to the Ukraine Solidarity Campaign. Delegates assembled in Southend for ASLEF’s Annual Assembly of Delegates received a message of solidarity from their sister union the Free Trade Union of Railway Workers of Ukraine … Continue reading ASLEF CONFERENCE DECLARES SOLIDARITY WITH UKRAINIAN RAILWORKERS
ITUC appeals to President Poroshenko in support of Ukrainian Miners
Sharon Burrow General Secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation has written to the President of Ukraine protesting at the failure to engage with the Ukrainian miners trades unions who are in a major dispute against pit closures. This is an important step in building international solidarity with the miners struggle. Dear Mr President, It is with deep … Continue reading ITUC appeals to President Poroshenko in support of Ukrainian Miners
What is required now from the European left on the Ukrainian question:
Andriy Ischenko is a leading socialist and trade union activist in the city of Odessa, he is active in the intiative towards forming a new left party in Ukraine. A number of activists in the UK have had the privilege of discussing with him the situation in Ukraine, and the crisis of the European left, … Continue reading What is required now from the European left on the Ukrainian question:
Miners Unions Open Letter to President of Ukraine
The Ukrainian Miners are engaged in a dispute for the survival of their industry. As part of their ongoing campaign to stop pit closures the Independent Trade Union of Miners (NGPU) has issued an open letter. Petro Poroshenko President of Ukraine Arsenyi Yatseniuk Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodynyr Groisman Head of Verkhovna Rada of … Continue reading Miners Unions Open Letter to President of Ukraine
Ukraine Solidarity Campaign (Кампанія Солідарності з Україною) 