UK trade union movement shifts further towards Ukraine

USC stall at University and College Union (UCU) Congress – May 2025, Liverpool. UCU Congress 2024 voted to back Ukraine and affiliate to USC Update: In July 2025 the biennial policy conference of Unite, the UK's second largest and largest private sector union, passed the Ukraine solidarity policy mentioned below; and in October Unite decided … Continue reading UK trade union movement shifts further towards Ukraine

Briefing for FBU members and conference delegates

The 2025 conference of the UK's Fire Brigades Union (FBU) takes place 20-23 May in Blackpool. A Ukraine solidarity resolution is on the agenda. Below is a briefing we have produced for FBU members. Available as a PDF here. We encourage FBU conference to vote in support of Staffordshire brigade’s resolution on solidarity with Ukraine … Continue reading Briefing for FBU members and conference delegates

Help defend PCS’s pro-Ukraine policy!

UPDATE: PCS conference 2025 ran short of time, and so did not discuss Ukraine. Therefore the union's existing strong policy in support of Ukraine and its workers' movement stands. Working with supporters in PCS, we ran an energetic campaign of publicity and argument; the other side ran no campaign at all; and it was evident … Continue reading Help defend PCS’s pro-Ukraine policy!

STAND AGAINST FASCISM – YESTERDAY AND TODAY 1945 – 2025

VIGIL AT KINDERTRANSPORT MEMORIAL CALLS FOR THE RETURN OF UKRAINE’S ABDUCTED CHILDREN On Wednesday, May 7, a vigil will be held at London’s Kindertransport – The Arrival statue in Liverpool Street Station, demanding the return of Ukraine’s abducted children.Organized by Ukraine Solidarity Campaign, Campaign for Ukraine, and Vsesvit—Ukraine’s solidarity collective—the vigil takes place during the … Continue reading STAND AGAINST FASCISM – YESTERDAY AND TODAY 1945 – 2025

UKRAINE’S STOLEN CHILDREN: A CALL TO ACTION

Build the Demonstration on 1 June - International Childrens Day Ukraine’s Stolen Children: A Crisis That Demands Global SolidarityIn the shadow of war, a devastating humanitarian crisis has been unfolding in Ukraine—one that targets the nation’s most vulnerable. Since Russia’s invasion, Ukrainian children have been at the centre of a calculated genocidal strategy aimed at … Continue reading UKRAINE’S STOLEN CHILDREN: A CALL TO ACTION

Building Global Solidarity with Ukraine

Mike Davis reports on a Brussels based international conference designed to help Ukraine win in the face of US backsliding Almost 200 activists gathered in Brussels on 26-27 March to discuss ways of developing deeper support for the Ukrainian resistance to Russia’s war and occupation. Under the banner: 'No to Partition! Russian troops out!' representatives … Continue reading Building Global Solidarity with Ukraine

Ukraine and The Trump – Putin Axis of Reaction

Based on talk to the Solidarity with Ukraine Conference (Brussels, March 26-27, 2025)Christopher Ford The Trump–Putin Axis is having profound implications not only for Ukraine but for the global order as well. The fact that neither a ceasefire nor peace has been realized is hardly surprising. The primary objective here is not the safeguarding of … Continue reading Ukraine and The Trump – Putin Axis of Reaction