An open letter to UK Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy

Ukraine Solidarity Campaign has sent the following to UK Deputy Prime Minister and Labour MP for Tottenham David Lammy. Dear David, On 13 April you tweeted a photo with US Vice President JD Vance, saying: “Great to catch up with my friend @JDVance today in DC following his talks in Pakistan. “It is vital that … Continue reading An open letter to UK Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy

For Your Freedom and Ours: Ukrainians and East Europeans Join 500,000 March against Far‑Right Hate

Half a million people filled the streets of central London in one of the largest anti‑far‑right demonstrations Britain has seen in many years. A festival of solidarity stretching from Park Lane to Whitehall, by the time the front of the march reached Whitehall, the back was still only just leaving the starting point. The Together Alliance demonstration … Continue reading For Your Freedom and Ours: Ukrainians and East Europeans Join 500,000 March against Far‑Right Hate

Eastern European Bloc Against the Far Right – March with us in London on 28 March

On 28 March, Eastern European organisations and allies will join forces with other communities, to march together in unity and strength against the far right.  We will march to highlight the place of Eastern European migrants in the fight against the racist, anti-migrant, anti-worker and anti-tenant agenda of Reform UK, and against the government’s shameful … Continue reading Eastern European Bloc Against the Far Right – March with us in London on 28 March

Against the US National Security Strategy – for a Europe of solidarity

By Rui Palma (USC steering committee member) I've just finished reading the new National Security Strategy of the US, released last week... and it is a full-blown colonialist enterprise, that reeks of fascism, with a sprinkle of conspiracy theories here and there. Every single European citizen, and everyone who cares about human rights, the rights … Continue reading Against the US National Security Strategy – for a Europe of solidarity

Covering for Farage and Putin? Nathan Gill’s barrister spouts pro-Russian narrative at Old Bailey

By Sacha Ismail One striking aspect of the 21st November sentencing hearing for Nathan Gill, the former Reform UK Wales leader convicted of taking bribes to make pro-Russian propaganda in the European Parliament, has not been reported on. In his arguments to the court before the judge handed down the sentence, Gill’s defence barrister Peter Wright … Continue reading Covering for Farage and Putin? Nathan Gill’s barrister spouts pro-Russian narrative at Old Bailey

Mick Antoniw MS on the Nathan Gill sentencing, Reform UK and Russia

By Mick Antoniw, Welsh Senedd member for Pontypridd, former Counsel General for Wales and Ukraine Solidarity Campaign committee member I attended the Nathan Gill sentencing hearing at the Old Bailey on 21 November. Why? It was clear that having pleaded guilty to eight charges of bribery he was going to be given a long prison … Continue reading Mick Antoniw MS on the Nathan Gill sentencing, Reform UK and Russia

“What about Farage?” Ukraine supporters demonstrate at sentencing of Reform UK’s Nathan Gill

Supporters of Ukraine Solidarity Campaign and Ukrainian organisations Vsesvit and Campaign for Ukraine demonstrated outside the Old Bailey (Central Criminal Court) in London on 21 November as Nathan Gill, former Reform UK leader in Wales, arrived for sentencing. In September, after months of investigations during which he insisted he was innocent, Gill finally pleaded guilty … Continue reading “What about Farage?” Ukraine supporters demonstrate at sentencing of Reform UK’s Nathan Gill

Nathan Gill, Reform and the Price of Putin’s Praise

Patriotism for Sale: The UK Far Right’s Russian Connection • Join the protest at Reform UK headquarters in London, Tuesday 28 October Last month it was reported that former Reform leader for Wales, Nathan Gill, had admitted taking bribes to make statements in favour of Russia while being a Member of the European Parliament.  Gill … Continue reading Nathan Gill, Reform and the Price of Putin’s Praise