On 17 June the Underground Provisional Co-ordinating Committee of Solidarity miners issued an unequivocal statement in solidarity with the British miners in their great struggle for jobs. The Co-ordinating Committee statement was read out at 10 a.m. on Sunday 17 June by the Solidarity underground radio station in Upper Silesia, Poland's main coal-mining region. The … Continue reading Solidarnosc Miners’ Statement in Solidarity With the NUM – 1984
How Stalinism Helped Defeat the Great Miners Strike in 1984-85
This years marks the 30th Anniversary of the end of the Great Miners Strike of 1984-45 in Britain. The issue of the Stalinist regimes in Eastern Europe and became a key question in the strike. The regime of General Jaruzelski had driven the ten million strong independent trade union Solidarity underground in 1981. The Stalinist regime … Continue reading How Stalinism Helped Defeat the Great Miners Strike in 1984-85
Supporting campaign to Free Anti-Fascist Prisoner Alexander Kolchenko
Alexander Kolchenko is a left, social activist and antifascist who is held in captivity by the Russian authorities. Along with renowned film director Oleg Sentsov, he has been kidnapped by the Russian FSB (ex-KGB) and is now detained following the annexation of Ukraine's Crimean peninsula, he is held as a political hostage in Lefortovo jail in … Continue reading Supporting campaign to Free Anti-Fascist Prisoner Alexander Kolchenko
Free Alexander Kolchenko – Ukrainian Anti-Fascist Activist
Alexander Kolchenko is a Crimean left-wing social activist and anti-fascist who is held in captivity by the Russian authorities. Along with other Crimean activists, including Ukrainian film maker Oleg Sentsov champoined by Ken Loah. Koltchenko has been kidnapped by the Russian FSB (ex-KGB) and is now detained as a political hostage in Lefortovo jail in Moscow. He … Continue reading Free Alexander Kolchenko – Ukrainian Anti-Fascist Activist
New Laws on Nazi and Communist Symbols and Ukraine’s History
The Ukraine Solidarity Campaign publishes the following analysis by Halya Coynash of the respected Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group on the controversial new laws on described as 'On condemnation of the Communist and National Socialist totalitarian regimes in Ukraine and banning the promotion of their symbols'. We shall be carrying further exclusive translated analysis from the Labour … Continue reading New Laws on Nazi and Communist Symbols and Ukraine’s History
EMERGENCY CONGRESS OF UKRAINE’S MINERS CALLED TO PREPARE NEXT STEPs
The Ukrainian miners struggle is developing rapidly - with an unprecedented Ukrainian Coal Miners’ Congress which will be held 21-22 April 2015, jointly organised by the Confederation of the Free Trade Unions of Ukraine (KVPU), and the Trade Union of Coal-Mining Industry (PRUP). On April 7th a joint meeting of the organising committee of the … Continue reading EMERGENCY CONGRESS OF UKRAINE’S MINERS CALLED TO PREPARE NEXT STEPs
Ukrainian leftists from west and east unite in condemnation of the politics of hate?
As part of this year’s World Social Forum (WSF), held in Tunis on 24-28 March, there was a public discussion entitled “Dialogue for peace and social justice in Ukraine”. Apart from the “Prague Spring 2 Network” which organised the discussion, participants included activists from Kyiv and Donbas, as well as deputies from the European Parliament, … Continue reading Ukrainian leftists from west and east unite in condemnation of the politics of hate?
STOP THESE BEATINGS OF UKRAINIAN TRADE UNION ACTIVISTS
The Ukraine Solidarity Campaign condemns without reservation the series of vicious attacks on trade union activists that have taken place in Ukraine. On March 25th Oleh Vernik, leader of the independent trade union “Defence of Labour” was attacked by a group of unknown assailants. He remains in hospital. On Tuesday 31st March Vitality Dudin a … Continue reading STOP THESE BEATINGS OF UKRAINIAN TRADE UNION ACTIVISTS
The trade unions in Ukraine need support for independence and democracy – interview with Vasyl Andreyev, president of Building workers Union
Interview conducted by the European Federation of Building and Wood Workers ( EFBWW ) Domenico Pesenti, EFBWW President and Filca-Cisl General Secretary says: "We express our solidarity with the Ukrainian people and workers, and with the Ukrainian trade union movement especially the Construction and Building Materials Industry Workers’ Union of Ukraine PROFBUD, supporting its initiative for a … Continue reading The trade unions in Ukraine need support for independence and democracy – interview with Vasyl Andreyev, president of Building workers Union
Tragic Accounts of Ukraine’s Jewish community:
"We did not want this conflict. We can't believe it has happened." 20/03/2015 By James Libson Chairman of World Jewish Relief I am writing this on the plane back from Istanbul after two moving, profoundly worrying days in Zaparozhye, East Ukraine visiting people and projects supported by WJR. The reason I am flying from Istanbul is … Continue reading Tragic Accounts of Ukraine’s Jewish community:
Ukraine Solidarity Campaign (Кампанія Солідарності з Україною) 