The Russian left doesn’t just belong to the past. It can use the surge around Alexey Navalny to grow a new independent movement.
This year, the Russian anti-corruption and opposition politician Alexey Navalny initiated nationwide protest rallies in eighty cities on March 26 and more than one (...)
Note from the LeftEast editors: The rallies that took place in Russia on June 12 under the slogan “We Demand Answers” are the first political event of the summer of 2017. Translated kindly from the original Russian on OpenLeft.ru by Emma Claire Foley.
Anti-corruption protests took place in (...)
Russia’s new wave of protest poses a question for those riding it: what kind of movement are they building?
Today, when dozens of Russian citizens are still being held at police stations , the Investigative Committee is falsifying new criminal cases against protesters , and protest leader (...)
Two weeks after Russia’s anti-corruption protests, activists and participants are still being tried, arrested and intimidated across the country.
We [Open Democracy] continue our partnership with OVD-Info, an NGO that monitors politically-motivated arrests in Russia. Every Friday, we’ll bring (...)
Introduction
On March 26th, people in many Russian cities participated in rallies connected to the recent anti-corruption investigation by Alexey Navalny’s Anti-corruption Foundation. One could say that these were the most numerous street protests of the past few years. In contrast to the (...)
Who are today’s leftists? What’s the problem with liberals and patriots? What are the political goals of the left and how to achieve them? Do leftists want to bring back the USSR?/ dekulakize everybody?/ abolish the difference between the smart and the stupid? What does one need to read/ watch to (...)
The Ukrainian “new left” discussed the idea of creating a democratic party of labour on the basis of the political party “Socialist Ukraine”. Following this a Steering Committee was set up.
On September 6-7, 2014 a conference “The war in Ukraine and policies of the Left,” was held in the Ukrainian (...)
These are notes on the conference The Left and the Maidan (Kiev, April 12, 2014). The conference heard different, often quite opposite, opinions. The text does not presume to fully cover the conference discussions; rather, it is a number of subjective conclusions of the author that reflect his (...)
We publish below the statement of the Left Opposition collective in Ukraine on the war in the east and the steps it believes are needed to bring it to a halt. Posted originally in Ukrainian by gaslo-info on 15 June 2014.
It is necessary above all to protect the inhabitants of populated (...)
Note from the LeftEast editors: A gathering of leftist activists from Ukraine, Russia, and Belorussia that took place in Minks, June 7-8, issued the following resolution.
We, the participants of the meeting of activists from left and Marxist groups and organizations from Belarus, Russia, and (...)
A note from the editorial board of LeftEast: In the view of LeftEast editors, this manifesto, while representing a minoritarian position within the Ukrainian left, is a very serious and considered document that deserves a wide audience. We are posting it to add nuance to the positions (...)
Half of the people arrested in the Bolotnaya Case are Left activists. “Open Left” spoke with one of them after he was freed in the recent amnesty.
Aleksandra Markova: How did you get involved with the Left movement?
Vladimir Akimenkov: I’ve long been interested in politics, I read a lot on the (...)
A year and a half has passed since the beginning of the political case that has become synonymous with police arbitrariness and the denial of citizens’ rights in today’s Russia. Dozens of people have been or may soon be imprisoned in a country that is now preparing to showcase its prosperity and (...)
For the past two decades, the political class of Slovenia has been congratulating itself for undertaking the most successful transition from socialism to a market economy in Eastern and South-Eastern Europe. But this success story has also brought about the dismantling of the welfare state and (...)
A very important strike, organized by an independent trade union, has started in St. Petersburg.
The strike started at 22:45, October 15. The night shift stopped production. Strikers are going to stay at the plant territory until their claims are met.
The results of the strike may affect the (...)
On Tuesday, October 1, Moscow’s Basmanny District Court extended until February 6, 2014, the arrest of Alexei Gaskarov, whom police investigators suspect of involvement in the “mass riots” on Bolotnaya Square on May 6, 2012. Gaskarov has been charged with violating Article 212, Section 2 (...)
We, the participants of the 30th Revolutionary Youth International Camp of the Fourth International, are aware of the huge political repressions of militants who took part in the democratic protests in Russia. We are well-informed about almost 30 innocent people who are subject of political (...)
Alexei Gaskarov, Civic Activist, Opposition Coordinating Council Member, and Anti-Fascist, to Remain in Police Custody until October 6.
Photo by Yevgeny Feldman for Novaya Gazeta
“Phones on vibrate mode, keep your comments to yourself. Young woman, don’t talk to him!” a bailiff interrupts a (...)
Alexei Gaskarov, a Russian social activist and economist, was arrested in Moscow on April 27, 2013. Gaskarov first became known to the broader public both in Russia and abroad in 2010, as one of the “Khimki hostages,” when he was arrested the day after a grassroots protest action in the Moscow (...)
Free Alexey Gaskarov !
As you may know, association gaskarov.info launched an appeal to an International Solidarity Action Week, June 17–23. Meanwhile you can help signing a petition in solidarity with Alexei Gaskarov and political prisoners of May 6 in Russia.
You will find the petition here. (...)
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