PCS national executive members and conference delegates promoting the 1 June 2025 protest in London for release of the Ukrainian children abducted by Russia We wanted to share this motion passed at the August 2025 summer gathering of PCS Independent Left (IL), a network organising within civil service trade union PCS that has been heavily … Continue reading PCS Independent Left motion on Ukraine solidarity
Bombed cities, freezing homes — a call to trade unions to stand with Ukraine
Statement of Youth Council of the Federation of Trade Unions of Ukraine No electricity. No heating. No water. Children trying to sleep fully dressed under several blankets. Hospitals running on generators - until the fuel runs out. Phones dying. Internet barely holding. This is not a natural disaster or a technical failure. This is deliberate. … Continue reading Bombed cities, freezing homes — a call to trade unions to stand with Ukraine
“Solidarity with all those who struggle for freedom from Gaza to Ukraine, Myanmar to Sudan, Minneapolis to Leeds!”
The following statement was sent to activists in Leeds who organised a recent protest in solidarity with the struggle in Minneapolis and against Trump's regime, from Kieran Knutson, a Minneapolis trade unionist and socialist. (Photo above: comrades at the protest in Leeds including, on the left, our chair Natalie Kopytko.) Kieran is also very active … Continue reading “Solidarity with all those who struggle for freedom from Gaza to Ukraine, Myanmar to Sudan, Minneapolis to Leeds!”
Ukrainian leaders in UK call for Kemi Badenoch to sack David Wolfson, Russian assets to be used to aid Ukraine
Protest at Conservative Party headquarters about Wolfson / Abramovich, 7 January 2026 On 6 January 2026 The Times published the following letter from 14 leading Ukrainian community activists in the UK, representing a wide range of organisations. Sir, We are deeply concerned by the increasing political and legal indulgence of sanctioned Russian oligarchs in the … Continue reading Ukrainian leaders in UK call for Kemi Badenoch to sack David Wolfson, Russian assets to be used to aid Ukraine
Money talks: Abramovich, the Tory peer and the Trump adviser
For years, dirty Russian money has swirled around London Oligarchs seeking to spend, hide and launder money extracted from the Russian state during the turbulent collapse of the Soviet Union found its way to Londongrad – reappearing as art collections, opulent city mansions and country houses, and political donations. Eyerolls greeted questions as to why … Continue reading Money talks: Abramovich, the Tory peer and the Trump adviser
Tory shadow cabinet member representing Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich
PRESS RELEASE — UKRAINE SOLIDARITY CAMPAIGN The Ukraine Solidarity Campaign (USC) condemns the revelation that Lord Wolfson KC, a senior Conservative peer and Shadow Attorney General, is now representing sanctioned Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich in his appeal over billions in frozen assets. This revelation comes as Ukrainians are being killed daily by Russia’s war of … Continue reading Tory shadow cabinet member representing Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich
Ukraine solidarity motion to Green Party of England & Wales 2026 Spring conference
Ukraine solidarity activists in the Green Party of England and Wales, organised in the Green Ukraine Solidarity network, have put together the following motion to its upcoming Spring conference (28 March 2026, online). It is proposed by British-Ukrainian climate activist and GPEW member Viktoriya Ball and co-proposed by 56 others. The Green Party's Standing Orders committee … Continue reading Ukraine solidarity motion to Green Party of England & Wales 2026 Spring conference
Interview with US socialist politician Tanya Vyhovsky: Why socialists must support Ukraine
In November US socialist and Ukraine solidarity activist John Reimann interviewed socialist Vermont State Senator Tanya Vyhovsky (whom many of those reading this will have seen speak in the the UK, Belgium or Ukraine). You can watch the interview as a video on John's Oaklandsocialist blog here. Thanks to him for allowing us to republish … Continue reading Interview with US socialist politician Tanya Vyhovsky: Why socialists must support Ukraine
Against the US National Security Strategy – for a Europe of solidarity
By Rui Palma (USC steering committee member) I've just finished reading the new National Security Strategy of the US, released last week... and it is a full-blown colonialist enterprise, that reeks of fascism, with a sprinkle of conspiracy theories here and there. Every single European citizen, and everyone who cares about human rights, the rights … Continue reading Against the US National Security Strategy – for a Europe of solidarity
STANDING FIRM FOR UKRAINE: USC AGM UNITES AGAINST AUTHORITARIANISM AND FASCISM
Declaration of the Ukraine Solidarity Campaign 2025 conference On 6 December, the Ukraine Solidarity Campaign held its Annual General Meeting in London, bringing together activists and trade unionists from across the UK. Delegates joined us from USC Scotland, the South Wales National Union of Mineworkers, and from our affiliated unions — GMB, UNITE, UNISON, UCU, … Continue reading STANDING FIRM FOR UKRAINE: USC AGM UNITES AGAINST AUTHORITARIANISM AND FASCISM
Ukraine Solidarity Campaign (Кампанія Солідарності з Україною) 