ukrainesolidaritycampaign Christopher Ford

Ukraine’s history of struggle

By Christopher Ford Ukrainian demonstration in Kyiv in 1917 Christopher Ford looks at the Ukrainian socialist tradition  The rediscovery of the Ukrainian socialist tradition is a key part of building solidarity with today’s Ukrainian freedom struggles. Ukraine’s vernacular left suffered not only extermination under Stalin and Hitler but a long succession of retrogressive approaches to the … Continue reading Ukraine’s history of struggle

ukrainesolidaritycampaign John-Paul Himka

Ukraine’s Socialist Heritage

By John-Paul Himka May Day in the then Austrian ruled West Ukrainian city of Lviv, ealry 1900's. Putin’s Russia is raining destruction down on the citizens and infrastructure of Ukraine, supposedly in the name of the “denazification” of the country. The Russian president and his propaganda machine have been greatly exaggerating the strength of neofascist … Continue reading Ukraine’s Socialist Heritage