AIS Forum: International appeal to lift the blockade & end hostilities in Donbass

Appeal to Members of Legislative Assemblies, Governments, and Heads of State of the World, and to International Organizations, on the need to facilitate lifting the blockade and ending hostilities in the Donbass We, the participants of the Donbass International Solidarity Forum “Antifascism, Internationalism, Solidarity,” expressing our support for the residents of the Lugansk and Donetsk […]

AIS Forum: Support for and solidarity with residents of Donbass

Statement Support for and solidarity with the residents of Donbass We, the participants of the Donbass International Solidarity Forum “Antifascism, Internationalism, Solidarity,”express our deepest concern for the fate of the inhabitants of the Donetsk and Lugansk regions, caught in the midst of a civil war. Since being unleashed by Ukraine in 2014, fighting with heavy […]

Georgian communists celebrate 70th anniversary of Victory Day

The 70th anniversary of Victory Day was marked clearly and forcefully by the United Communist Party of Georgia. First an automobile caravan was held, starting in Kutaisi, where the Soviet War Memorial was demolished. The caravan included about 100 cars with red flags and portraits of Stalin. Residents of several cities in Georgia greeted the […]

A picture worth more than a thousand words

By Alexey Markov, political commissar, Ghost Brigade Unit 404 May 10: The Italian group Banda Bassotti and more than a hundred people from the Antifascist Caravan of solidarity with the people of Donbass are now returning home. You should have seen how our multilingual choir sang “The Internationale”! 🙂 Source Before their departure, Banda Bassotti […]

Journalist brutalized on Victory Day in Lvov

From Elena Kazakova: May 10: Yesterday in Lvov [Western Ukraine] my friend, journalist Dmitriy Lyashenko, was severely beaten. He has a broken nose and his eye was gouged out. He came out with Elena Boyko [another journalist] to support the veterans in Lviv. Especially since only 23 people dared march! The police want to hush […]

Victory Day in Alchevsk: Photo report by Alexey Markov

By Alexey Markov, political commissar, Ghost Brigade Unit 404 Victory day celebrations! As usual there’s not enough time, therefore, I’ll “be brief”: The men from Banda Bassotti were not timid, and refused to yield to blackmail by the “civil” authorities of Lugansk. Instead, they decided to give one more concert in Alchevsk, immediately after the […]

Donbass International Solidarity Forum draws representatives from 13 countries

Initiated by the Communists of Lugansk, an International Solidarity Forum with residents of Donbass, “Antifascism, Internationalism, Solidarity,” took place on May 8 in Alchevsk. The Forum was attended by 177 delegates representing 31 organizations from 13 countries (Belarus, Great Britain, Germany, Greece, Spain, Italy, Poland, the Russian Federation, the Basque country, Turkey, Ukraine, France and […]

Mozgovoi: Lugansk officials’ threats force cancellation of Alchevsk Victory Day Parade

May 9: Ghost Brigade Commander Alexei Mozgovoi entered into an open confrontation with the authorities of the Lugansk People’s Republic (LC), saying he was threatened with death or arrest over holding a Victory Day Parade in Alchevsk May 9 inconsistent with the government of the republic. “Within half an hour came two ‘courtesy’ offers — […]

Ukraine: Why have they banned Victory Day?

By Union Borotba (Struggle) Starting next year, the official holiday will be May 8, the “Day of Remembrance and Reconciliation,” just like in Europe. What is different other than the date? Look carefully: what’s the point of the renaming, what is to be remembered, and what needs to be reconciled? The official interpretation is the […]

From Baltimore to Donbass: Resisting fascism, imperialism and war

Report submitted for the Donbass International Solidarity Forum “Antifascism, Internationalism, Solidarity,” held on May 8, 2015 in Lugansk People’s Republic. On behalf of the International Action Center in the United States, I want to congratulate the organizers and participants of the International Solidarity Forum on this historic event. We are proud to be part of […]