Sad News from the Bakhmut Front – Volunteer fighters killed in action

Eternal Memory and Glory to the Fallen Heroes! The following reports have been published by the Колективи Солідарності and Соціальний рух in Ukraine on the recent loss of a number of volunteer fighters in the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the battle for Bakhmut in the Donbas region.     This is a text that is … Continue reading Sad News from the Bakhmut Front – Volunteer fighters killed in action

UKRAINE: LESSONS FROM HISTORY FOR TODAY’S FREEDOM STRUGGLES

Speaker: JOHN-PAUL HIMKA The Ukraine Solidarity Campaign is hosting a memorial meeting for our comrade Marko Bojcun who died recently.  Our guest speaker is the historian John Paul-Himka who is author of  a range of important works on Ukrainian history.   Come and join us for the evening. The meeting will joined by on-line speakers:Denys Pilash … Continue reading UKRAINE: LESSONS FROM HISTORY FOR TODAY’S FREEDOM STRUGGLES

STUC STAND BY UKRAINE REJECT THE FAKE ‘PEACE’ COMPOSITE

Scottish Trades Union Congress 2023 The half dozen templated motions on Ukraine submitted to this year’s STUC congress, (17th-19th April, Dundee) have been amalgamated into a single composite , to be discussed on the Wednesday morning of the congress. Masquerading as pseudo-pacifist ‘peace proposals’, the composite is riddled with factual inaccuracies, political misrepresentations and empty … Continue reading STUC STAND BY UKRAINE REJECT THE FAKE ‘PEACE’ COMPOSITE

FREE MAKSYM BUTKEVYCH!

On 10 March, 2023, a kangaroo court in the Russian-occupied Ukrainian region of Luhansk sentenced POW Maksym Butkevych, a lifelong Ukrainian human rights activist from the Left, to thirteen years in a high-security prison. Maksym Butkevych was among thousands of peaceful Ukrainians who volunteered for the Armed Forces of Ukraine immediately after Russia’s full-scale invasion … Continue reading FREE MAKSYM BUTKEVYCH!

Solidarity, decency, socialism: in memory of Marko Bojcun

Denys Pilash On March 11th 2023 our friend and comrade of Commons, known political economist, political scientist, labour movement historian and an activist of left-wing movements and solidarity with Ukraine, Marco Bojcun, passed away. He played an important role in keeping the flame of the Ukrainian left alive and in giving it, through emigrants and dissidents, … Continue reading Solidarity, decency, socialism: in memory of Marko Bojcun