Ukraine continues persecution of communist Andrei Sokolov

By Ximena Krasnaya Our comrade, communist Andrei Sokolov, has been in a Ukrainian prison for more than a year. The next session of his trial will be held on March 11. He is accused of “creating a terrorist organization” (Art. 258-3 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, for which he may be sentenced to between 8 […]

Stop Facebook censorship of Donbass International News Agency (DONi News)

Solidarity with Novorossiya & Antifascists in Ukraine, a committee of the International Action Center, an anti-war and human rights organization based in the United States, condemns the unwarranted censorship of the Donbass International News Agency (DONi News) page by Facebook. The DONi main page was permanently removed by Facebook on March 7, 2016, without explanation. […]

Capitalist democracy or workers’ power? Lessons of the First Congress of the Communist International

By Greg ButterﬁeldOriginally published in Liberation & Marxism magazine, Winter 1994 Since the collapse of the Soviet Union and much of the socialist camp, social democrats and revisionists in the international workers’ movement contend that the ideas of working-class power and the dictatorship of the proletariat have been discredited. They say world developments have shown that […]

Moldovan regime targets relatives of political prisoners

March 2: Some family members of the Petrenko Group said that the authorities are persecuting them and have initiated criminal cases against them after they attended a court hearing on the case of the political prisoners. According to Vlada Amerberg, spouse of Mikhail Amerberg, she received a summons from the Municipal Prosecutor’s Office “for her […]

Petrenko denounces ‘illegal, shameful’ ruling against Moldovan political prisoners

Petrenko: A dictatorship has been established in Moldova So declared political prisoner Grigory Petrenko on Friday, February 26, after the Riscani Sector Court in Chisinau dismissed as unfounded the request of European guarantors who, being present in the courtroom, demanded the release of the Petrenko Group. Moreover, the court extended the house arrest of all […]

Lugansk: Leftist leaders meet, announce conference plans

On February 26, a regular joint meeting of the leaders of leftist movements of Lugansk was held. The meeting was attended by representatives of organizations including: Left of Lugansk, League of Communists of Lugansk, Lugansk Communists, Lugansk Komsomol, and the Communist Workers’ Organization. In addition to the regular work of planning joint activities by leftist […]

Moldova: Oligarch regime extends house arrest of Petrenko Group

Plahotniuc regime spits in the face of European deputies, extends arrest of Petrenko group On Friday, February 26, the Riscani Sector Court in Chisinau, Moldova, rejected the personal guarantee of European Parliament and PACE members Helmut Scholz, Andrej Hunko and George Lukaydisa, who arrived in Moldova to demand the unconditional release of the Petrenko Group […]

Workers’ Party of Donbass founded in Donetsk

On February 23, 2016, the founding conference of the Workers’ Party of Donbass was held in Donetsk. As a result of the far-right coup in Ukraine, ultra-nationalist and neoliberal politicians came to power, which led to a split in Ukrainian society and the aggravation of class antagonisms. The nationalist policy of aggression and continued market […]

Slavyansk Resistance: Happy Defender of the Fatherland Day!

Slavyansk Resistance Online, along with all long-suffering souls of the hero-cities under occupation by the Ukrainian-nationalist clique, congratulates all residents of Donbass on the 94th anniversary of “February 23 – Defender of the Fatherland Day (the Soviet Army and Navy of the USSR)”! This holiday was established on the proposal of People’s Commissar for Foreign […]

Ghost deputy commander: The hardest part turned out to be the truce

By Anna Shershnev, Novorosinform February 19 – I’ve always wondered how one goes from the vicious cycle of home-work-home-work to challenging a militarily-superior enemy, to becoming the barricade between murderers and women, elders and children. Where is the line that makes the consumer disappear, and the human rise from the couch to go to Donbass? […]