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 […]

Alexei Mozgovoi interview: ‘In this war there will be no victory’

Interview by Orhan Dzhemal April 9, Alchevsk: The famous Donbass militia leader Alexei Mozgovoi is now part of the People’s Militia (army) of the Lugansk People’s Republic (LPR). Despite this official position, today he is one of the main critics of the LPR leadership. Orhan Dzhemal: I am very interested in the political situation in […]

Ukraine Antifascists Speak: booklet now online

Ukraine Antifascists Speak: Interviews with Union Borotba (Struggle) By Greg Butterfield 60 pages, published Nov. 2014 Booklet available free to read or download in PDF format Contents:Meet BorotbaSvetlana Licht: ‘Never forget who your class enemy is’Alexei Albu: Leader recounts Odessa resistance, May 2 massacreVictor Shapinov five-part interviewPart 1: Ukraine communists ‘face to face with 21st […]

After murders in Kiev, junta official ‘advises’ opponents surrender to avoid assassination

In Kiev, journalist Oles Buzina, who recently left his post as chief editor of the newspaper “Today,” was shot dead in front of his house. This was reported by advisor to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, Deputy Anton Gerashchenko. Murdered opposition journalist Oles Buzina “On Degtyarevskaya St. near house No. 58, notorious journalist […]

After 5 months, Moldovan political prisoners transferred to house arrest

Chișinău, April 14: After five months detention, political prisoners Pavel Grygorchuk and Mikhail Amerberg will be transferred to house arrest. At its meeting of April 14, the court considered a motion by the defense to change the measure of restraint for political prisoners Pavel Grygorchuk and Michael Amerberg. As a result, the court sided with […]

Ukraine junta bans communism, honors fascism

By Greg Butterfield Just days before the Pentagon is set to begin training troops from Ukraine’s National Guard, including the notorious Azov Battalion, Kiev’s parliament voted 254-0 on April 10 to ban “communist propaganda,” symbols, and anything deemed as “glorification” of Soviet history. The same day, the parliament, known at the Verkhovna Rada, put its […]

International Solidarity Forum May 8 in Lugansk

Invitation to the International Solidarity Forum: “Anti-fascism, Internationalism and Solidarity” We, participants in the Forum of Communist, Socialist, Workers’, Environmental and Anti-fascist Forces, whounite our efforts to support the post-war reconstruction of Lugansk on socialist principles in theeconomic, social and political spheres of life, believe that we are now at a turning point that will determine […]

Mortal combat Antimaidan: Interview with Vlad Wojciechowski

Creator of the website 2May.org, political prisoner and communist Vladislav Wojciechowski gave an exclusive interview to Free Press correspondent Dmitry Ogneevu about the protests in Odessa, the events of May 2, and his arrest. We publish it in full: I’ve known Vlad Wojciechowski for several years. Once upon a time, before the Maidan, which split […]

Unity Statement of Left Forces of Lugansk People’s Republic

Forum of Communist, Socialist, Workers’, Environmental and Anti-fascist Forces of Lugansk We, the participants in the Forum, note that the outbreak of war a year ago pushed the residents of Lugansk to the brink of survival, and plunged the region into chaos and destruction. Many of our compatriots have died or lost loved ones, some […]

Borotba responds to ban: ‘Promote communist ideology in Ukraine with a vengeance’

April 9, 2015: In Ukraine, a law was adopted prohibiting “propaganda of Communist ideology.” The criminal code carries a punishment from 5 to 10 years in prison, and the possible confiscation of property. Today’s decision by the Verkhovna Rada to ban communist ideology is the same logical and inevitable result of the victory of Euromaidan […]