Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières
, by PILASH Denis
Our friend and comrade Marko Bojcun, a political economist, researcher of labour history, activist of leftist movements and solidarity with Ukraine, has passed away. It would not be an exaggeration to say that Marko Bojcun played a crucial role in keeping the fire of the Ukrainian left alive (...)
, by ROWLEY Thomas
UK MPs John McDonnell, Nadia Whittome and Clive Lewis join Ukrainian solidarity event with international activists in London
Ukraine must not only defeat Russian aggression but resist neoliberal economic reforms if it is to thrive, British MPs told an international audience on Saturday. (...)
, by BBC
Ukrainian soldier, human rights activist and former BBC journalist Maksym Butkevych was sentenced to 13 years in prison in an ’LPR court’.
In the summer of 2022, Maksym Butkevych, who fought in eastern Ukraine as part of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, was taken prisoner by Russia.
Maksym’s (...)
, by TALAVER Sasha
«The woman behind the wheel is the driver,» says the propaganda of the Moscow region transport.
From the poster, a stern, old-fashioned cold wave-laden woman behind the wheel looks into the distance. The nostalgic font, heavily associated with the USSR, Rodchenko’s iconography, the tone of voice (...)
, by BAKER Michael, GULENOK Olenka, KOSTROVA Bri
Michael Baker spoke with Olenka Gulenok and Kateryna (Bri) Kostrova, two activists from the Ukrainian socialist organisation Sotsialny Rukh (Social Movement), about how the war is affecting the struggle for women’s liberation in Ukraine, and how the international feminist movement can help. (...)
, by Bilkis, LE TREHONDAT Patrick
The members of the feminist group Bilkis in Lviv like to cycle and when the military situation and the weather allow it, they organise rides.
Founded 3 years ago in Kharkiv, Bilkis found refuge in Lviv due to the war. Since 24 February, Bilkis has changed its range of activities to meet the (...)
, by SMITH Ashley, STARODUBTSEV Vladislav
Ashley Smith of the Tempest Collective interviews Vladyslav Starodubstev on the one-year anniversary of the war about the struggle for internationalist solidarity in Ukraine and Palestine.
The end of February marked the one-year anniversary of Russia’s imperialist war in Ukraine. Here (...)
, by Russian Socialist Movement (RSD)
What Russian socialists did on the anniversary of the war by The Russian Socialist Movement
Russian socialists have been actively participating in protests against Putin’s war as well as debates with the Western left, urging them to take a firmer stand against aggression and dictatorship. (...)
, by ROWLEY Thomas, SEMCHUK Kateryna
European Union says Ukraine’s reforms must follow international labour standards and social dialogue principles
The European Union has regularly expressed concerns about the radical labour reforms Ukraine has been trying to implement since 2020, openDemocracy can reveal.
The controversial (...)
, by LANDIN Conrad
Moldova is one of the poorest countries in Europe, but wealth is far more evenly distributed than in most. Conrad Landin takes a look at the country and its tormented past.
In the crowded basement of Chișinău’s National Museum of Fine Arts, Soviet-era bronze and aluminium castings by Claudia (...)
, by LabourHub, Ukraine Information Group
Richard Fidler writes The British website Labour Hub, which says it “shares a socialist vision of a radical, transformative Labour Government for the 21st Century,” promotes debate and information of interest to socialists in the Labour Party. It recently published a statement on the Ukraine war (...)
, by PIRANI Simon
Kirill Butylin, one of the first Russians to protest against the war on Ukraine by firebombing a military recruitment centre, today marks his 22nd birthday in pre-trial detention.
Butylin made the protest at the centre in Lukhovitsy, near Moscow, on 28 February last year – three days after the (...)
, by Good Night Imperial Pride
Here is an interview with members of another unit that Good Night Imperial Pride has supported.
We talked to russian anarchists who fight in Armed Forces of Ukraine about the front, life before a full-scale invasion and what it’s like to be a russian in the Ukrainian army. We asked both J and (...)
, by Collective / Multiple signers
One year ago, Russian troops invaded Ukraine and began bombing peaceful cities. Before that, almost 9 years ago, Russia unleashed a war in Donbas and annexed Crimea. Tens of thousands of children and adults have already become victims of this carnage. Millions of people have abandoned their (...)
, by BLANMAILLAND France, KOZLOVA Oksana, VOGEL Jean, WALLEYN Luc, WEYTS Thomas
France Blanmailland, Oksana Kozlova, Jean Vogel, Luc Walleyn, Thomas Weyts are active in the European Network for Solidarity with Ukraine and co-organisers of the National Demonstration in Solidarity with Ukraine on Saturday 25 February (1pm, North Station, Brussels)
Ukraine, Europe and the (...)
, by LIUTOVA Margarita, YUDIN Grigory
Sociologist Grigory Yudin was one of just a few Russian experts who believed in February 2022 that a military clash between Russia and Ukraine was inevitable. In an article published just two days before the invasion, Yudin predicted that a major war loomed in the near future, that Russians (...)
, by KULBACZEWSKA-FIGAT Małgorzata
On 21 February, Yuriy Samoylov, chairman of the Independent Miners’ Trade Union in the city of Kryvyi Rih, visited Warsaw. The meeting hosted by Inicjatywa Pracownicza (Workers’ Initiatve) trade union and by International Labour Network of Solidarity and Struggles, attended by labour activists (...)
, by SCHÄFER Paul
The Russian invasion must prompt the Left to re-think its geopolitical assumptions
There is good reason to doubt whether we have, in fact, entered a “new world” since the start of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine. Nonetheless, 24 February 2022 does mark a historical turning point. It (...)
, by LIASHEVA Aliona, SMITH Ashley
Leftists in Ukraine are simultaneously resisting Russian imperialism and the domestic imposition of neoliberalism.
On the anniversary of Russia’s imperialist invasion of Ukraine, the Ukrainian left faces a dual challenge — resisting Russian military attacks while also fighting against their own (...)
, by POPOVYCH Zakhar, Posle
On the consequences of the Russian invasion, the mistakes of the Western left, and the prospects for peace in Ukraine. An interview with Zakhar Popovich, member of the leftist organization Sotsyalnyi Rukh
A year ago, Russia launched an aggressive full-scale invasion of Ukraine. It is an event (...)
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