Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières
On February 24, 2022, when Russia yet again invaded Ukraine, it was already one of the poorest and most indebted countries in Europe, at war since 2014. Its needs and losses have grown exponentially – dislocation of the labour force, infrastructure destruction, ecological damage, etc. This (...)
In August 2022, we interviewed radical Ukrainian band Cios. “We come from Ukraine, from the small town of Khmelnytskyi. In our band we have Punkrat, Dima, Vlad on guitar/vocals, bass, drums respectively. We started in 2011 and last year we celebrated our 10th anniversary. We play punk music and (...)
70% of Ukrainian pensioners receive a pension of less than 116 euros, according to the Ukrainian Deputy Minister for Social Policy (2023). One of the most vulnerable populations, Ukrainian pensioners have been living through an ordeal since 24 February 2022. Destitute, they have to face the (...)
Spilne author Evheny Osievsky became a soldier in the Russo-Ukrainian war. Gwara Media editor-in-chief Olena Myhashko pays her respects to a colleague who put his research aside to go into battle, highlighting the weight of personal bereavement and Ukraine’s ongoing loss.
One year on and I was (...)
Yurii Samoilov is the leader of an independent miners’ union in Kryvyi Rih and an activist of the left-wing organization Social Movement. For years, he has been organizing and supporting workers, especially in the mining and metallurgical sector. As a trade union representative, he joined the (...)
Victims are reluctant to report sexual violence and fear homophobia from Ukrainian authorities
A Ukrainian human rights organisation that monitors anti-LGBT violence across the country has spoken out about the difficulties of tracking suspected war crimes committed by Russian militants.
More (...)
A new report by the US aid agency says when Russia’s war ends reconstruction loans should be spent on businesses and jobs in Ukraine
Ukrainian manufacturers can and should lead reconstruction efforts in the country when Russia’s war ends, new research has concluded.
A white paper published by (...)
Ukraine’s economy has taken a battering from Russia’s invasion, with unemployment high and consumer debt soaring
A perfect storm of job losses, high prices and soaring utility bills caused largely by Russia’s invasion has left millions of ordinary Ukrainians struggling to get by.
Many have (...)
Volodymyr Artiukh on how Russia’s invasion has changed Ukraine and the dim prospects for peace
When Russian president Vladimir Putin announced his misleadingly named “special military operation” in Ukraine on 24 February last year, few analysts in East or West expected Russian victory to be more (...)
I want to start by thanking the author for this nuanced and thought-provoking text. I have found it useful in organizing my own thinking on the subject of morality and immorality of various positions pertaining to the war unleashed by Russia in Ukraine. In what follows I want to offer less of a (...)
In the current Ukrainian context, the demand of society for fairer living conditions and the demand of the people who are ready to promote and defend them is increasingly strong. And experience shows that there are more and more people in Ukraine who put the pursuit of truth and the protection (...)
I estimate that in 1815 about 90 percent of those who used the Ukrainian language in their daily life were enserfed peasants. They were also the only ones who retained and continued to creatively develop traditional folkways. The Ukrainian elite in the Russian empire – mainly descendents of the (...)
One of the paradoxes of the war in Ukraine is that some of us have discovered the existence of an active left and a critical and creative thinking in Ukraine that we have ignored for too many years (and of which the author of these lines is a part). Amongst our revelations, the Commons, journal (...)
In his answers, our activist spoke about the history of the Social Movement and the views of its activists, allies and the vector of further development. He also presented his thoughts on our vision of a socially just post-war reconstruction. The need to help and support Ukrainian refugees in (...)
Russia’s invasion has impacted women in many ways, from pregnancy care to sexual violence as a weapon of war
Warning: This article includes mentions of rape and sexual torture
In order to continue providing maternity care during air raids and bombings, medical staff at the regional maternity (...)
The Labour Start conference ended the day before 1 May. The number of participants exceeded 200. They came from some 30 countries. Here is a partial list: Albania, Armenia, Belarus, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Kyrgyzstan, Lithuania, (...)
Ukraine’s reconstruction cannot be used to justify transforming the economy in favour of oligarchs and corporations
For nearly 15 months, millions of Ukrainians have been living under the threat of missiles that can reach any part of the country at any time.
Russia has engaged in a deliberate (...)
Renfrey Clarke and Dave Holmes argue that Russia is not imperialist because it lacks some of the features usually possessed by an imperialist country. They quote an article by Clarke and Roger Annis, which says:
Russia is not home to an advanced capitalism, or to a broad, prosperous middle (...)
The Ukrainian government says the rich are taking advantage – but poorer people are likely to lose the most
The Ukrainian government is considering raising consumer electricity prices in a move that could exacerbate the financial pressures of Russia’s war on ordinary Ukrainians.
Removing (...)
The Ukrainian LGBTQIA+ community in uniform is angry. The Ukrainian Minister of Defence does not support the draft law No. 9103 on same-sex “partnerships”. Oleksiy Reznikov stated that the bill is contrary to the Constitution. The Ministry of Defence also expressed dissatisfaction with Article 14 (...)
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