What the Left’s fight for worker rights in Ukraine and Russia has in common, and what it does not

By Jeremy Morris It is understandable and right that all the focus of left solidarity should be on Ukraine right now and for the foreseeable future. However, it is useful for left activists in the West to have some awareness of the situation before the invasion and now in Russia. So in this piece I … Continue reading What the Left’s fight for worker rights in Ukraine and Russia has in common, and what it does not

Monday, March 7: Putin’s War on Ukraine: History, Analysis, Solidarity

An Internationalism from Below forum Monday, March 7: Putin’s War on Ukraine: History, Analysis, Solidarity An Internationalism from Below forum By: newpoliticsMarch 1, 2022 FacebookTwitterEmail [PDF][Print] Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/1278349039240536 tweet: https://twitter.com/IntlFromBelow/status/1498719448315965445 REGISTER through Eventbrite to receive a link to the live stream the day of the event. This event will be recorded and live captioning will be provided. … Continue reading Monday, March 7: Putin’s War on Ukraine: History, Analysis, Solidarity

“Jewish pogroms in Ukraine” that we all missed

BY Halya Coynash Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group Russia’s Foreign Ministry is again aware of ‘pogroms’ that experienced researchers of anti-Semitism and xenophobia in Ukraine and human rights groups would seem to have not noticed. The ministry’s keeping the details to itself however The BBC Russian Service reports that Konstantin Dolgov, the Russian Foreign Ministry’s Human … Continue reading “Jewish pogroms in Ukraine” that we all missed

Russian woman charged with ‘treason’ for reporting soldiers sent to Ukraine

 Halya Coynash Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group After months in which the Russian authorities have tried to conceal information about Russian soldiers fighting and dying in Ukraine, a Smolensk mother of seven is in detention facing charges of treason for trying to divulge this ‘state secret’. Svetlana Davydova is in the Lefortovo Prison in Moscow facing … Continue reading Russian woman charged with ‘treason’ for reporting soldiers sent to Ukraine