Alexey Albu: Ukrainian deputies’ votes do more harm than their salary increases

By Ilya Murom Leaders of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, against the background of increasing electricity tariffs for the population of the country, have decided to increase their own salaries by several times. How can the growth of deputies’ salaries be justified against the backdrop of the impoverishment of the Ukrainian population? Searching for an […]

89 years ago: Construction of Soviet Dnieper Hydroelectric Dam began

By Union Borotba (Struggle) Today in history: March 15, 1927, on the banks of the Dnieper River a red flag was planted with the inscription “Dnieper started!” Construction of the V.I. Lenin Dnieper Hydroelectric Dam (Dneproges) began — the first such hydroelectric power station in Europe. The implementation of such a project is simply unthinkable […]

Moldova: Prosecution witnesses refute case against Petrenko Group

March 14: Prosecution witnesses who were questioned on Monday, March 14, as part of a new hearing in the case of the political prisoners, destroyed the prosecutors’ version of the threat supposedly presented by Grigory Petrenko and other protesters arrested on September 6, 2015, for taking part in anti-oligarchy protests in front of the General […]

Moscow: Protest against modern-day fascism from Latvia to Ukraine

Fascism shall not pass!“Riga – Kiev – Nuremberg”Wednesday, March 16 at 16.00Rally at the Embassy of Latvia in Moscow (Str. Chaplygin, 3)against the march of SS Legionnaires in Riga #‎ОКП‬ ‪#‎СКМ‬ ‪#‎НЕТ_ФАШИЗМУ‬ On Wednesday, March 16, 2016, at 16.00, in front of the Latvian Embassy in Moscow (str. Chaplygin, 3), a rally will be held […]

‘Reject Association Agreement with Ukraine’: Lugansk communists’ appeal

Appeal to all political forces and activists of the Netherlands in connection with the upcoming referendum on approval of the Association Agreement between Ukraine and the European Union March 14, 2016 We, the Communists of the Lugansk People’s Republic, appeal to all residents, political parties, social organizations and movements of the Netherlands, who are actively […]

Donetsk: Memorial rally for Kharkov antifascists

On March 13, activists of the Communist Union of Donbass (KOD) held a rally in honor of Artem Zhudov and Alexei Sharov , anti-fascist comrades who fell in Kharkov in 2014. The KOD raised the red flag and portraits of the dead guys at the monument to Artem in Donetsk, in solidarity with the anti-fascist […]

Hundreds in New York protest U.S. wars from Syria to Ukraine

Report by Greg Butterfield for Communist Union of Donbass On March 13, several hundred people gathered in New York City for a rally and march against U.S. wars around the world, marking the 13th anniversary of the war against Iraq. The “Day of Peace and Solidarity” was initiated by the United National Antiwar Coalition and […]

Komsomol joins campaign for school libraries in Lugansk

March 11: The Komsomol of Lugansk will take an active part in the campaign “Books in the Service of Peace,” which began throughout the whole territory of the Lugansk People’s Republic. The goal of this campaign is to collect fiction, which will be donated to the school libraries of the Republic. This was reported by […]

Ukraine: Communists remain in prison after ‘evidence’ against them thrown out

Dniprodzerzhynsk, Ukraine, March 10: Communists Sergei Timofeev and Denis Tkachenko have languished in jail since the autumn of 2014. They were indiscriminately accused of disseminating separatist printed materials and possession of explosives. Evidence was falsified to accuse innocent people. Ukrainian political prisoners Denis Tkachenko and Sergei Timofeev in court March 11. Recently, in the course of […]

Donetsk communists: ‘Shevchenko was not a nationalist’

On March 9 in Donetsk, the Communist Union of Donbass and Workers’ Party of Donbass held a rally in honor of the birth of Ukrainian poet TG Shevchenko, under the slogan “Shevchenko was not a nationalist.” Activists remembered the poet’s verses devoted to problems of social inequality, militarism and national oppression. Photos: Communist Union of […]