Luhansk miners occupy pit and defy security forces

Since 5th of June mineworkers in the occupied Luhansk region Ukraine have been occupying the ‘Komsomolska’ mine in Antracyt (town in “Luhansk People’s Republic”). Fighting for their right to get two-month salary owed them. The miners have encountered harsh repressions from the occupation authorities. We publish below a report from the blog People and Nature.  An … Continue reading Luhansk miners occupy pit and defy security forces

Solidarnosc Miners’ Statement in Solidarity With the NUM – 1984

On 17 June the Underground Provisional Co-ordinating Committee of Solidarity miners issued an unequivocal statement in solidarity with the British miners in their great struggle for jobs. The Co-ordinating Committee statement was read out at 10 a.m. on Sunday 17 June by the Solidarity underground radio station in Upper Silesia, Poland's main coal-mining region. The … Continue reading Solidarnosc Miners’ Statement in Solidarity With the NUM – 1984