Notes on the war from Kyiv -- a conversation with Taras Bilous Resistance Volunteers in Ukraine “If leftists continue to blame NATO for the Russian invasion, they only show that they have not grasped the changed situation,” says Taras Bilous. The editor of the left-wing Ukrainian magazine Commons wrote a letter to the left in the West shortly after … Continue reading The Left in the West Must Rethink
UKRAINE: NO TO PARTITION! YES TO REUNIFICATION!
By Marko Bojcun There is an icreasing danger that Russia will try to get Ukraine to strike a deal to stop the fighting – to offer peace in exchange for a partition of Ukraine that permanently concedes to Russia what it now holds militarily: Crimea, Donbas and a lot, if not all. of the land … Continue reading UKRAINE: NO TO PARTITION! YES TO REUNIFICATION!
Open the Borders: Let Ukrainian Refugees in Now
TUESDAY, 15 MARCH 2022 AT 17:00 Home Office Marsham Street London More than 1 million people have now left Ukraine seeking safety from Russia’s brutal invasion. Solidarity is urgently needed! The UK must open the borders to all who flee Russia’s war in Ukraine seeking safety – not just family members of British citizens. Waive … Continue reading Open the Borders: Let Ukrainian Refugees in Now
PROTEST AT GAZPROM
THURSDAY AT 16:00 Gazprom 20 Triton Street London NW1 3BF Protest at Gazprom! For renewable energy, not Russian oil and gas! On 10 March Insulate Britain and other climate activists will be demonstrating outside the London offices of Russian state energy company Gazprom. The Ukraine Solidarity Campaign will be joining them. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine … Continue reading PROTEST AT GAZPROM
The Last War of Putin’s Reich
Appeal of Ukrainian Socialists to the Socialists and Workers of the World Debris litter Freedom Squarel in Kharkiv, Ukraine. SERGEY BOBOK/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES Early in the morning of February 24, Russia unleashed a full-scale war against Ukraine. The 200,000-strong Russian army launched an offensive from the north, east and south, bombing dozens of Ukrainian towns … Continue reading The Last War of Putin’s Reich
“Putin’s War is an Imperialist Adventure” –
Statement by Independent Left (Ireland) Independent Left condemns the Russian invasion of Ukraine; Putin’s war is an imperialist adventure. We support the demand for complete withdrawal of Russian forces from all of Ukraine. We support the right of the Ukrainian people to resist the Russian invasion by all means necessary – armed and civil resistance. We … Continue reading “Putin’s War is an Imperialist Adventure” –
Federation of Trade Unions of Ukraine
Urgent Appeal For Aid Dear Brothers and Sisters, On 24 February, Russia started large-scale attacks on Ukraine along the entire length of the common border and from the territory of Belarus. Long range missiles are striking settlements all over Ukraine, including residential buildings, kindergartens, maternity hospitals and educational institutions. Tanks are advancing on Ukrainian towns … Continue reading Federation of Trade Unions of Ukraine
US-plaining is not enough. To the Western left, on your and our mistakes
Volodymyr Artiukh Here in the post-Soviet world, we learned a lot from you. By ‘we’ I mean atomized or loosely organized communist, democratic socialist, left anarchist, feminist scholars, and activists from Kyiv, Lviv, Minsk, Moscow, Saint-Petersburg, and other places that are plunging into the horrors of war and police violence. After our own Marxist tradition … Continue reading US-plaining is not enough. To the Western left, on your and our mistakes
UKRAINE: CALL FOR FINANCIAL AID
Соціальний рух Social Movement Dear comrades from all over the world! Ukraine is suffering from the most devastating war since 1945 on our soil. If you want to help volunteers please send us financial aid on the following accounts of 'Sotsyalnyi Rukh'. 1. Multicurrency bank account: Beneficiary: Yuliya Yurchenko IBAN: GB86HBUK40142801446495 BIC/SWIFT: HBUKGB4121W Name of … Continue reading UKRAINE: CALL FOR FINANCIAL AID
a memorandum on the radical anti‑imperialist position regarding the war in ukrain
gilbert achcar writes that the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian people has thrown into disarray the whole spectrum of reactionary admirers of Vladimir Putin The Russian invasion of Ukraine is the second defining moment of the New Cold War in which the world has been plunged since the turn of the century as a result of … Continue reading a memorandum on the radical anti‑imperialist position regarding the war in ukrain
Ukraine Solidarity Campaign (Кампанія Солідарності з Україною) 