Yuliya Yurchenko and Paul Jay discuss national identity, sovereignty, and the war in Ukraine. Yurchenko is an activist for the Ukraine Solidarity Campaign and an academic at the University of Greenwich. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWAod432lZA
VICTORY AND HATRED OF THE ENEMY
BY Zakhar Popovych of Social Movement To survive, Ukraine has no choice but to win a military victory. Victory over Russia, which is seriously affected by fascism. Russian workers can still prevent the worst-case scenario for their country by challenging Putinism. Whether this will be possible also depends on the mood in Ukraine, namely on … Continue reading VICTORY AND HATRED OF THE ENEMY
War and Resistance Report No. 5
Marko Bojcun Smoke rises above Azovstal Iron and Steel Works in the southern port city of Mariupol Are we now looking at a long war of attrition? American Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin made a surprise visit to Kyiv on 19 April. Blinken announced a marked increase in US weapons … Continue reading War and Resistance Report No. 5
A Marshall plan for Ukraine?
By michael roberts The Great Recession of 2008-9 was a turning point for the US global strategy. Up to then, the general aim was to ‘engage’ important economic powers like Russia and China. Throughout the 1990s onwards, the US government pressed for the opening-up of their economies to multi-nationals and banks from the ‘West’. These … Continue reading A Marshall plan for Ukraine?
Evasions on the Left over Ukraine
By Conor Kostick Independent Left Ireland Mariupol. Ukraine. Wars are not light topics that can be dispensed of with simple formulas. I, for one, cannot imagine how the success of Russia would further the cause of democracy and socialism around the world. If you do, then say so, openly, so it can be debated in public. But … Continue reading Evasions on the Left over Ukraine
An appeal by mayors and local government officials in the UK
End the kidnapping, imprisonment and violence against mayors, local government representatives in Ukraine Enerhodar, 20 March. Protest against the abduction of the deputy mayor, Ivan Samoidiuk We, elected mayors and other local government representatives, condemn the reign of terror in areas of Ukraine occupied by the Russian army. We demand an end to the use … Continue reading An appeal by mayors and local government officials in the UK
ON THE CURRENT STATE OF NEGOTIATIONS
Report onthe War, No.2 by Marko Bojcun The Ukrainian negotiating position Russia and Ukraine have set out their respective conditions and demands for ending the war and sent their representatives into direct negotiations in Istanbul. On 29 March Volodymyr Zelensky declared that Ukraine was ready to become a neutral state, belonging to no military bloc, … Continue reading ON THE CURRENT STATE OF NEGOTIATIONS
ON THE CURRENT STATE OF THE WAR
War and Resistance: Weekly Report by Marko Bojcun Four weeks into the invasion of Ukraine the advance of Russia’s ground forces has been halted by a determined resistance. Russia’s air force has been unable to take control of the airspace over Ukraine. Ukraine’s air force is still attacking Russian planes and helicopters and its ground … Continue reading ON THE CURRENT STATE OF THE WAR
end the addiction to fossil fuel‑ support the ukrainian resistance
alan thornett offers a detailed discussion of the situation in Ukraine and the need for a rapid global transition away from fossil fuels. End the addiction to fossil fuel. For a rapid (and global) transition to renewable energy. Support the Ukrainian resistance. Putin’s merciless invasion of Ukraine – which is his next step in the restoration … Continue reading end the addiction to fossil fuel‑ support the ukrainian resistance
РУКИ ПРОЧЬ ОТ УКРАИНЫ! ЗА СОЛИДАРНОСТЬ ПРОТИВ ВОЙНЫ!
Заявление Международной сети Глобального института труда Начавшееся 24 февраля 2022 года полномасштабное вторжение российских войск на территорию Украины развязало кровопролитную войну в центре Европы. Гибнут не только военные с обеих сторон, но и мирные жители, жизнь людей, на землю которых пришла война, превращается в кошмар. В этих условиях профсоюзы и другие организации трудящихся не могут … Continue reading РУКИ ПРОЧЬ ОТ УКРАИНЫ! ЗА СОЛИДАРНОСТЬ ПРОТИВ ВОЙНЫ!