Monthly Archives: June 2015

British transport workers renew support for anti-fascist resistance in Ukraine

Posted on June 24, 2015 by ukraineantifascistsolidarity

TRANSPORT workers threw their weight behind a call for their union RMT to continue its commitment to Solidarity with the Anti-Fascist Resistance in Ukraine (Saru).

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Right Sector fascists occupy Communist Party headquarters in Odessa

Posted on June 23, 2015 by ukraineantifascistsolidarity

On the night of June 13, armed and masked paramilitary thugs from the Right Sector, Automaidan and Maidan Self-Defence occupied the Odessa regional office of the Communist Party of Ukraine (KPU).

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The past informs the present in rebel-held eastern Ukraine

Posted on June 22, 2015 by ukraineantifascistsolidarity

In May EDDIE DEMPSEY joined the people of Alchevsk in their celebration of the 70th anniversary of the defeat of fascism. Here he recounts his emotional experiences (from the Morning Star)

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[VIDEO] SARU Conference and AGM

Posted on June 19, 2015 by ukraineantifascistsolidarity

We publish here the videos of some of the interventions at the Conference and AGM of the Solidarity with the Antifascist Resistance in Ukraine campaign. These are Andrew Murray (Communist Party of Britain), Jorge Martin (International Marxist Tendency) and Davey … Continue reading →

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Commander of Kiev “volunteer battalion” and 7 men arrested on charges of rape and torture

Posted on June 18, 2015 by ukraineantifascistsolidarity

Ruslan Onyshchenko, the commander of the Tornado Volunteer Battalion of the Ukrainian Ministry of Interior and seven of his men were arrested on June 17 accused of rape and torture. In turn, the men accused the Luhansk Oblast police chief … Continue reading →

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Ukraine’s labour reforms threaten workers’ rights

Posted on June 5, 2015 by ukraineantifascistsolidarity

The oligarchs have joined forces to rail-road a new labour code that strips Ukrainian workers of their already modest rights. [VITALY DUDIN 4 June 2015]

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