Borotba on Zakharchenko assassination: ‘This cannot break our will to resist’

Unable to win in open battle – they attack from behind! Statement of Borotba (Struggle) September 1, 2018 The tragic news from Donetsk plunged millions of people around the world into shock. The killing of one of the key figures of the resistance, which began in 2014, is a powerful blow to the entire anti-fascist […]

Workers across Russia protest plan to raise retirement age

By Greg Butterfield, Workers World This summer, across the vast breadth of the world’s largest country by area, from huge cities to small towns, workers young and old have taken to the streets to protest a plan by the capitalist government of the Russian Federation to raise the retirement age. The government’s plan would, step by […]

Mass actions held in Moscow, St. Petersburg against raising retirement age

Moscow: The people against the ‘pension reform’ More than 1,500 people took part in an authorized rally on July 18 against raising the retirement age in Sokolniki Park in Moscow. The paddock in Sokolniki Park was the only place where the city authorities would allow people to hold a rally against raising the retirement age. […]

Moscow: Communists to honor 125th birthday of Mayakovsky

On July 19, the Communists of Moscow will celebrate the 125th anniversary of the birth of the poet of the Soviet proletarian revolution, Vladimir Mayakovsky. Time and place of the action: 19.00 h, Mayakovsky Square. Organizers of the event: Labor Russia, United Communist Party, Russian Communist Workers’ Party Source Translated by Greg Butterfield

Moscow: Join July 18 rally against raising retirement age

The People Oppose Raising the Retirement Age: Rally in Moscow On July 18, 2018, there will be a protest rally in Moscow against raising the retirement age. The action will take place in Sokolniki Park. A permit was secured from city officials. Participants will gather at 18.30, with the rally beginning at 19.00. The rally […]

Brussels protest against Ukraine’s accession to NATO

On July 7, an anti-war demonstration called “Make the World Great Again” took place in Brussels, Belgium, and on July 8, a “No to War, No to NATO” counter summit. Both events were directed against the arrival of U.S. President Donald Trump at the NATO summit, which will be held on July 11-12, the correspondent […]

Donetsk communist youth honor resident of Volgograd Region

Gift from Makeyevka Komsomol presented to resident of Volgograd Region The only case of bestowing the Award of Honor of the Leninist Young Communist League of the Donetsk People’s Republic to a resident of Russia occurred in the Volgograd region. In February 2018, Anton Saenko, first secretary of the Makeyevka City Committee of the Komsomol […]

Protests declare: All Russia is against raising retirement age!

Translator’s note: In late June and early July, protests swept Russia in opposition to a so-called pension reform plan announced by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. In several steps, the Russian government’s plan would raise the retirement age for women to 63 by 2034 and for men to 65 by 2028. Many of the protests have […]

Moldova: New call for mass protests against regime of oligarch Plahotniuc

Chisinau court declared the mandate of Andrei Nestase illegal June 19: A Chisinau court refused to recognize the legality of the election for the Mayor of Chisinau and, accordingly, the mandate of opposition candidate Andrei Nastase. The decision was announced at about 10 pm by the judge of the Central Court of Chisinau, Rodica Berdilă, […]

Russia: New Communist Movement unites with United Communist Party

June 19: We live in a period of sharp aggravation of the contradictions of capitalist society, both nationally and internationally. The proletariat, organizationally and ideologically disorganized, cannot yet meet the challenges of the time — increasing exploitation, rising retirement age, growth of taxes and prices, threat of imperialist wars, and intensification of repression. Now more […]