Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières
, by LYNCH Lily
At a breakfast discussion at Davos in January 2023, the BlackRock CEO Larry Fink said that Ukraine’s postwar recovery could become “a beacon to the rest of the world about the power of capitalism”. The scene could have been a parody of Russian propaganda: the head of an American asset firm (…)
, by LE TRÉHONDAT Patrick
“During the days of February ... the Ukrainian soldiers of the Petrograd garrison were the first to side with the revolution, because we had suffered enough from the persecution of Ukrainians under the old regime”, a Ukrainian soldier stationed in the Russian capital later declared. N He was one (…)
, by Feminist Workshop, LE TRÉHONDAT Patrick
In this month of August, we are celebrating exactly two and a half years since our Feminist Workshop opened its first shelter for internally displaced women. At the start of the invasion, we opened three shelters. Two of them stayed open for six months. Today, we would like to announce some (…)
, by PRESTON Keith
In the end of July 2024 an anarchist member of Ukrainian armed forces shared their thoughts with Takku as follows.
My name is Ljosha. I lived in Sweden before the war, but I came to Ukraine after Russia launched its full-scale invasion. Together with my comrades, I wanted to develop anarchist (…)
, by KARETNIKOVA Tetiana Hnativa , LE TRÉHONDAT Patrick, SHUMAKOV Maksym, VASYLETS Ihor
Interview with the activist Tetiana Hnativa Karetnikova for Trudova Halychyna by Ihor Vasylets and Maksym Shumakov - Translation Patrick Le Tréhondat
On 24 June, the miners’ wives and children went to the premises of the Chervonohrad town administration. The women demanded payment of six (…)
, by PIRANI Simon
Russian authorities in occupied areas of Ukraine have intensified attacks on Ukrainian identity by confiscating people’s homes en masse, labour activists report.
The property grabs come on top of a campaign of terror by security forces to encourage peope to inform on each other, legal (…)
, by KISHCHUK Yuliia, MOHAMMAD Rita Adel
Since October 7th, there have been a number of interviews and articles regarding Israelis of Ukrainian descent. However, the voices of Ukrainians of Palestinian descent are noticeably absent from the dominant Ukrainian news.
We spoke with Rita Adel about her ongoing effort to navigate trauma (…)
, by ELLIOTT Larry
Kyiv shouldn’t have to fight ‘shameless bondholders’ as repayment deadline nears, say campaigners
Campaigners are urging Britain’s new Labour government to prevent Ukraine being sued in the UK courts if the country defaults on its debts to private creditors.
Debt Justice said a two-year (…)
, by ARIA, Global Witness
Global Witness and ARIA research reveals the steel giant’s Indian joint venture bought three cargoes from Russian-owned firms in late 2023, including one whose parent company has since been sanctioned by the US.
Mauro Longobardo, CEO of ArcelorMittal’s Ukraine steelmaking plant, stands in (…)
, by TKALICH Olena
During the last few years, there have been two major shakeups in the Ukrainian healthcare system: COVID-19 and the full-scale Russian invasion. Both of these events have increased the demand for healthcare medical staff, as has increased the real risk to their lives. And yet, the majority of (…)
, by KITRAL Alexander, LE TRÉHONDAT Patrick
Alexander Kitral is a journalist for the Commons website. His investigative social journalism gives a voice to the voiceless in war-torn Ukraine. However, he does not lapse into pessimism and highlights positive experiences where the exploited and the dominated find their own ways of solving (…)
As the Ukrainian population is predominantly peasant, land reform was at the heart of the economic policy of the Ukrainian People’s Republic. The debate which took place opposed the ideas of global socialization and those of the distribution of land into small farms. The latter option meant that (…)
, by JOHNSON Mark
(...) That is why the Bolsheviks began to oppose the parliament democracy and put forward the slogan: “All power to the Soviets of workers and Soldiers’ Deputies”, which were elected based on non-universal, unequal, non-secret, and often not directly electoral rights; the population showed (…)
, by MAMONOVA Natalia, ZAMURUYEVA Iryna
What is the state of agriculture during wartime in Ukraine? What effects does the land reform have on the future of the country? And what a socially and ecologically just approach to postwar recovery of agriculture can look like?
We discuss these and other questions with Dr. Natalia Mamonova – (…)
, by Be Like Nina, LE TRÉHONDAT Patrick
Be Like Nina union has just published a new statement setting out, among other things, its union strategy and objectives, as well as its most recent victories.
The mission of Be Like Nina is to protect the rights of nurses, nursing staff, doctors and all health professionals who face (…)
, by JÓŹWIAK Ignacy
A brief report from the medical workers’ conference held on 10 may 2024 in Kyiv, Ukraine.
A brief report from the medical workers’ conference held on 10 may 2024 in Kyiv, Ukraine.
The conference was organized by the “Be Like Nina” Medical Movement and date of the conference was related to (…)
, by Collective / Multiple signers
This appeal to workers and activists abroad comes from Ukrainian trade union activists and leaders in Kryvih Rih, as well as supports of various civil society initiatives. It is not an official appeal from any trade union. But it expresses very well the mood and wishes of many Ukrainian trade (…)
, by Be Like Nina
Round table organised by Be like Nina.
On 10 May, to mark Nurses’ Day, a round table organised by Be like Nina medical movement was held in Kyiv. It was an opportunity for military and civilian doctors to share their problems and their visions of how to solve them.
For example, a hospital (…)
, by GIL Inès
Even as the war rages, workers continue to clock in at the ArcelorMittal plant in Kryvyi Rih, in central Ukraine. For the last two years, the whole of Ukrainian society has mobilised to support the war effort and maintain economic activity. The poster, symbolising the unity of workers, soldiers (…)
, by PETROV Valerii, SELYSHCHEVA Daria, SHAHEEN Adib
“The point of view depends on where you stand,” – says Adib Shaheen, an activist and writer of Palestinian-Ukrainian origin who was forced to settle in England since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine by Russian troops. With these words, he criticizes the limited views of people (…)
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