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Odessa: neo-Nazis attack commemoration of city’s Liberation

April 10 marks the anniversary of Odessa’s liberation from Nazism during World War 2. This year, neo-Nazi thugs from the Right Sector, Svoboda, Automaidan and the Maidan Self-Defence attacked those who wanted to commemorate the event and destroyed the Memorial … Continue reading

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UK government whitewashes the fascist Bandera cult in Ukraine

The UK government through its Embassy in Kiev is funding a so-called ‘Peace-building school’ in Ukraine. As the following video reveals, the so-called ‘peace building’ that British tax payers are paying for  consists of sanitising and glorifying the historical role … Continue reading

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Early Day Motion in the British parliament against Ukrainian Communist Party ban

Four members of the British parliament, two Labour and two SNP, have tabled an Early Day Motion to raise concerns about the banning of the Ukrainian Communist Party. The motion calls on the UK government to raise the issue with the … Continue reading

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Ukraine bans Communist Party

As a culmination of a campaign of legal harassment and physical attacks which started with the victory of the Maidan movement in February 2014, on December 16, the District Administrative Court of Kiev banned the Communist Party of Ukraine.

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Rivne: Local head of Trade Union Federation attacked by fascist thugs

On December 8 a group of “Maidan activists”, including members of the far right UNSO organisation (Ukrainian National Self Defence) attacked the local head of the Trade Union Federation in Rivne, Mykola Shershun, and forced him into a rubbish container. 

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Anti-fascist campaigners protest Parubiy’s visit to London

Anti-fascist campaigners protested the visit of far right Ukrainian politician Andriy Parubiy to London on Friday, October 23. Parubiy meet with a number of MPs (Conservative, Labour and SNP) and spoke at a public meeting during a visit paid by the … Continue reading

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Western media coverage of the crisis in Ukraine comes in for sharp criticism at public meeting in London

The role of the Western media in reporting the turmoil in Ukraine over the past two years was under the spotlight at a meeting organised by Solidarity with the Antifascist Resistance in Ukraine at the Marx Memorial Library in central … Continue reading

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Babi Yar holocaust site vandalised by Nazis for the 6th time this year

On September 13, the first day of the Jewish new year celebration, a group of nazis desecrated the memorial to over 33,000 Jews killed in 1941 over two days at the Babi Yar ravine in Kiev. Jewish organisations complained about the passivity … Continue reading

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Letter to Labour leadership candidates on Ukraine

The Solidarity with Antifascist Resistance in Ukraine campaign has sent the following letter to Labour leadership candidates asking them about their views. We will publish any responses that we receive.

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Communist Andrei Sokolov held in captivity by Ukrainian courts

Our comrade, communist Andrei Sokolov, is already in his 8th month as a political prisoner of the Ukrainian junta. His trial continues. He is accused of “forming a terrorist organization” (art. 258-3 of the Ukrainian Criminal Code, 8 to 15). 

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