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
Rally at Parliament underscores UK labour movement support for Ukraine
Sacha Ismail reports on the 4 March Ukraine solidarity rally at the UK Parliament. Republished, with thanks, from Chartist. Photo above: at the end of the rally, demanding the release of Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant workers detained by Russia We were late starting, thanks to the queues to get through security at the UK Parliament’s … Continue reading Rally at Parliament underscores UK labour movement support for Ukraine
Occupation is not peace! Russian troops out! Rally at Parliament (4 March)
Four years on from Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Ukrainians are living in bombed cities and freezing homes, but their resistance is unbowed. The UK workers' movement stands in solidarity. Ukraine Solidarity Campaign and John McDonnell MP are hosting a rally and discussion on 4 March. Join us at Parliament to show solidarity with the … Continue reading Occupation is not peace! Russian troops out! Rally at Parliament (4 March)
Video: How Can Labour Help Ukraine Win Meeting at Labour Party Conference
In case you missed our powerful fringe event on Ukraine in Liverpool last week at the end of Labour Party Conference you can watch it here. With Alena Ivanova Christopher Ford Alex Sobel MP, Tessa Millican (Chair of Open Labour) Simon Wheeler (Assistant Gen Sec ASLEF) Stephen Doughty MP & two Ukrainian speakers inc the … Continue reading Video: How Can Labour Help Ukraine Win Meeting at Labour Party Conference
UKRAINE MUST WIN! VOTE FOR THE NUM MOTION AT LABOUR PARTY CONFERENCE 2022
The Labour Party Annual Conference starts on Sunday 25 in Liverpool. The conference takes place as the Ukrainian people are fighting for their freedom from Russian Imperialism. The National Union of Mineworkers, which is affiliated to the Ukraine Solidarity Campaign, has submitted a motion to the Labour Party Conference on Ukraine. It sets out a … Continue reading UKRAINE MUST WIN! VOTE FOR THE NUM MOTION AT LABOUR PARTY CONFERENCE 2022
LABOUR AND DEMOCRACY IN THE AGE OF GEOPOLITICAL ANXIETY
BY GREGORY SCHWARTZ The year 2022 began with an outburst of protests in Zhanaozen, in the western Kazakh region of Mangistau known as the centre of the country’s lucrative oil extraction and processing industry. It was precisely here that a decade earlier, in December 2011, police opened fire, killing 17 and injuring more than 100 striking workers demanding … Continue reading LABOUR AND DEMOCRACY IN THE AGE OF GEOPOLITICAL ANXIETY
Ukraine Solidarity Campaign (Кампанія Солідарності з Україною) 