an eye-witness accountLeft-Opposition of Ukraine has published an account by an Odessa left activist of the clashes of May 2, 2014 between the supporters of the Maidan and pro-Russian forces, in particular, about the events of the Battle of Kulikovo and burning of the trade union building during which over 40 died. The editors of … Continue reading What really happened in Odessa
Call for unity against Ukrainian-Russian oligarchs
Vitaliy Dudin is a member of the Left Opposition in Kyiv and pro bono lawyer for the independent trade union Zakhyst Pratsi (Defence of Labour). In this interview, given on the eve of Ukraine’s presidential election last month, Dudin says the country’s workers have to unite against the oligarchs in whatever region they live.Recorded in … Continue reading Call for unity against Ukrainian-Russian oligarchs
Euromaidan and a Program for the Left
Euromaidan’s popularity has nothing to do with Ukrainians finding the question of free trade with the European Union so significant that it emboldened them to survive sleepless nights on the square. The country’s socioeconomic problems, which are much more acute than those of its neighbors to the East and West, gave the protest its meaning. … Continue reading Euromaidan and a Program for the Left
Кампанія Солідарності з Україною 