Left March 2015 on May Day in Moscow

Notice was filed on April 16 at 8:00 at the headquarters of the Moscow City Government for the Left March on May 1, 2015.

The applicants notified authorities of their intention to hold a march on the Ring Boulevard with a gathering place on May 1 at 1 p.m. at the Nikitsky Boulevard, march along Nikitsky Boulevard and Tverskomu Boulevard, with a rally in Novopushkinsky Square.

The main purpose of the Left March on International Workers’ Day is to defend the legitimate rights and freedoms of Russian citizens, demand the right to jobs, support the growing resistance in fraternal Ukraine to rising fascism, and support self-determination and self-government by the workers of Donbass and around the world. The organizers emphasize their opposition to any kind of dictatorship and oppression of working people, including on ethnic and religious grounds, and have consistently advocated for prisoners of conscience, persecuted for political reasons for defending the legitimate rights the people.

The following organizations announced their participation: United Communist Party (OKP), The Other Russia, Left Front, Moscow City Movement, Kolomna Bush, Labor Russia, Interregional Union of Communists (IOC), Russian Communist Workers’ Party (RKRP), Union of Communist Youth (SCM), Workers’ Union of Moscow, Russian Communist Youth League (RKSM), Committee to Protect the Rights of Citizens (KZPG), Interregional Transport Workers ‘ Union (MPRA), Moscow Hostels Movement (HOME), Protection trade union, Migrant Workers’ Union and others.