Monthly Archives: November 2014

US, Canada and Ukraine vote against UN resolution condemning “glorification of Nazism”

On November 21, the plenary of the Third Committee of the 69 general assembly of the United Nations met and discussed a resolution on Combating glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism and other practices that contribute to fuelling contemporary forms of racism, racial … Continue reading

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Secret agreement about the research into downing of MH17 Malayisian plane remains secret

On August 7th, three weeks after Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 was shot down over East Ukraine, a secret agreement was signed between the Netherlands, Belgium, Australia and Ukraine about the investigation into the disaster. The Dutch Public Prosecution Service was … Continue reading

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Miners in the armies of the people’s republics of Donetsk and Lugansk

We publish here the translation of a very interesting article and interview by Susann Witt-Stahl which appeared in Junge Welt about the participation of mine-workers in the armies of the Donetsk and Lugansk people’s republics. 

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London: Antifascists gather to protest remembrance of Ukrainian war time nazi collaborators

Antifascists gathered in London to counter the call by Ukrainian organisations to commemorate soldiers “fallen in all wars”, including Ukrainian volunteers in the SS Galicia Division, responsible for massacres of Jewish and Polish people in Western Ukraine. 

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Anti Fascists Raise Alarm over Ukrainian Cenotaph March

Morning Star: CAMPAIGNERS raised the alarm yesterday over tomorrow’s planned march by Ukrainian veterans on the Cenotaph, warning that organisers plan to commemorate fascist Waffen SS volunteers.

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[PRESS RELEASE] Why are the Ukrainian SS being allowed to march to the Cenotaph in London on Sunday?

Veterans of Hitler’s SS and their supporters are marching this Sunday, 16 November 2014, to the cenotaph in London, in commemoration, they claim, of Ukraine’s fallen ‘in all wars’. The organisers – the ‘Association of Ukrainians in Great Britain’ and the … Continue reading

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London meeting hears eyewitness account of Odessa massacre

On Tuesday, November 11, a packed meeting at the Marx Memorial Library, heard a number of speakers discuss the current situation in Ukraine after the recent elections and the ceasefire. Amongst the speakers was Alexey Albu, from Borotba, who gave … Continue reading

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October Revolution commemoration attacked by fascist thugs in Kharkov and Melitopol

Rallies called to mark the anniversary of the October Revolution on November 7 were attacked by fascist thugs in different parts of Ukraine. In Kharkov, neo-nazi thugs from the Right Sector and the Maidan Self-Defence attacked the rally. In Melitopol … Continue reading

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Odessa Court bans October Revolution and Makhno commemorations

The Odessa District Administrative Court decided to ban two demonstrations which were supposed to take place on November 7: one marking the 126 anniversary of the birth of Ukrainian anarchist Nestor Makhno and the other to commemorate 97 years since the … Continue reading

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“Patriot of Ukraine” neo-nazi militant appointed as Kiev head of police

Vadim Troyan, deputy commander of the neo-nazi Azov Regiment and active member of the neo-nazi paramilitary organisation Patriot of Ukraine (the paramilitary wing of the Social-Nationalist Assembly) has been appointed by Ukraine Minister of Interior Arsen Avakov as the head … Continue reading

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