Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières
, by VELYCHENKO Stephen
Background.
At least 5.7 million of tsarist Ukraine’s population in 1917 were classfied as urban. Declared Russians were approximately 10% of the total population, 33% of the urban population, 43% of the population in the eight largest cities, and 52 per cent in the four largest cities. Of all (…)
, by RESU-ENSU France
“The arms delivered must protect and prevent new crimes. The French Committee of ENSU-RESU calls for Ukraine to be supplied with aircraft, cannons and tanks, as many as necessary and without delay!
At its General Assembly on 30 September 2023, the French Committee of the European Network foe (…)
, by BUTS Oksana, GU Olenka
Women raising children in Ukraine had been a vulnerable group already before the war. Stuck at the rampless entrance, unable to get inside with a stroller. Denied promotion or fired because of pregnancy. Seen as an unreliable tenant because of the kids. The full-scale war, however, has (…)
, by LE BLANC Paul
A momentous development has drawn my attention away from the unfolding climate catastrophe on which I have been riveted. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is a major factor fragmenting the left-wing forces I hoped would become a major force in the revolutionary struggle for climate justice and human (…)
, by SLOBODYAN Olena
The recent statements of Minister of Social Policy Oksana Zholnovych about “destroying everything social” and “taking Ukrainians out of their comfort zone” have caused significant public outcry and a wave of criticism.
Yet this is not the first time that officials directly involved in social (…)
, by FARBAR Kateryna
With the West’s support for Ukraine under scrutiny, a key figure in Ukraine’s disarmament issues a reminder
The West “closed its doors and promises” to Ukraine after its last nuclear warheads left in 1996, a key negotiator on the country’s international disarmament told openDemocracy.
That (…)
, by BOWDEN Harry, BRASCHAYKO Andrea
Distributing pro-Ukrainian literature, spraying graffiti, vandalising Russian symbols, reporting the movements of the occupiers to the Ukrainian army – this is the story of the Zlaja Mavka, a female resistance movement in Russian-occupied areas of Ukraine.
In the Ukrainian city of Melitopol, (…)
, by SLOBODIAN Olena
Recent statements by Social Policy Minister Oksana Zholnovich about “destroying everything social” and “taking Ukrainians out of their comfort zone” have provoked a major outcry and a wave of criticism. However, this is far from the first time that officials directly involved in social policy (…)
, by FUENTES Federico, JAN Ammar Ali
Ammar Ali Jan is general secretary of the anti-capitalist Haqooq-e-Khalq Party in Pakistan, author of Rule By Fear: Eight Theses Authoritarianism in Pakistan and a historian whose research focuses on Communist thought in colonial Asia. He spoke with Federico Fuentes for LINKS International (…)
, by LEE Eric
As I walked around Kyiv on a beautiful, sunny morning in early September, I noticed the scaffolding in the city’s squares. Statues had been covered up to protect them from bomb damage. Later, I saw a statue with no protection around it– a graffiti-covered memorial to a Red Army general whose (…)
, by BERNABE Rafael
Seeking to navigate in an increasingly unstable and complex international situation, the left should keep three fundamental principles in mind:
-# Consistent anti-imperialism Recognition of the right of peoples to self-determination Support of the struggles of the exploited and the oppressed (…)
, by BOSCO Fabio, BRIAZGUNOVA Olesia, FLETCHER Bill Jr., LAWRENCE Liz
An international panel of labor activists discusses what support for Ukraine’s workers should look like.
What is the role labor unions should play in the Russia-Ukraine War? In a special conversation moderated by Bill Fletcher Jr., former president of the TransAfrica Forum, panelists make the (…)
, by LYSIANSKYI Pavlo
This year, Russia’s elections include shameless ‘votes’ in Donetsk and Luhansk. Here’s how they’re being manipulated
It’s election season in Russia, with gubernatorial, regional council and other local races taking place – and a sham vote in the Russian-occupied territories in southern and (…)
, by STREET Dale
Workers’ Liberty members met with members of Sotsialny Rukh (SR — Social Movement) in Lviv and Kyiv during our visit to Ukraine in August 2023.
SR emerged from the regrouping of (and splits from) the left which took place around the Maidan Revolution of Dignity in late 2013 and early 2014. It (…)
, par LE TRÉHONDAT Patrick, Trudova Halychyna
Trudova Halychyna (Laborious Galicia) sets itself the objective “to shed light on a subject that is today ignored by Ukrainians : the economic, social and cultural situation of Galician workers. So we have to see workers in factories and workshops, construction companies, communal enterprises, (…)
, by Commons, Direct Action/Pryama Diya
Interview with the Direct Action student union
To mark Knowledge Day, Common spoke to activists from the Direct Action student union about the right to education in a country at war. They explain why they decided to relaunch the union, what the obstacles are to protecting students’ rights, (…)
, by Commons, Direct Action/Pryama Diya
On the eve of September 1st, the Day of Knowledge, Commons spoke to activists of the student union Priama Diia about the right to education in a country at war. They explain why they decided to relaunch the union, what obstacles there are to protecting students’ rights, and share their plans and (…)
We publish the contribution of Vladyslav Starodoubtsev which appeared on his page Facebook.
Olena Stepaniv was the first female officer in the history of modern armies. She was a member of the Ukrainian Radical Party, a co-operator and a feminist.
Born into a family of progressive priests, (…)
, by COOPER Luke
Luke Cooper reports on networks of civicness from the frontline of Ukraine’s resistance.
During my recent visit to Kyiv, I finished reading Irmgard Keun’s 1937 novel, After Midnight. The book follows a day in the life of a group of young friends whose attempt to live ‘normal’ lives are (…)
, by LE TRÉHONDAT Patrick
According to a report dated 10 August 2023 by the Ukrainian Health Centre, since the start of the large-scale Russian invasion, more than 1,000 attacks on healthcare infrastructure have been recorded.
The Ukrainian healthcare system - medical staff, medical facilities and other healthcare (…)
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