We must stand against fascism in Ukraine, Syria, Venezuela — and the U.S. too!

By Greg Butterfield As someone who has written extensively on the struggle against fascism in Ukraine, and who has worked to build support for the popular anti-fascist uprising in Donbass / Novorossiya, I cannot remain silent. There is a disturbing trend among some critics of U.S. imperialism on the global scene to give Republican presidential […]

Moldovan regime rebuffs European delegation, extends Petrenko’s arrest another 90 days

Despite the insistence of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and European Parliament deputies, judges of the Riscani district court in Chisinau, Moldova, rejected all requests of defense lawyers and fully granted the request of Prosecutor Nick Shendri for a 90-day extension of preventive arrest for political prisoners Grigory Petrenko, Mikhail Amerberg and […]

Despite repression, Moldova’s Red Bloc will keep fighting

Plahotniuc to the pillory! Since the start of the peaceful anti-oligarchic protests in 2015, launched by the party “Our Home is Moldova” (Red Bloc) and personally by Grigory Petrenko, there has been an explosion of information revealing corruption schemes, networks of cronyism and nepotism in the work of public services and facilities controlled by the […]

Moldova: Court, prosecutor conspire to keep political prisoners behind bars

December 7: All arguments of the Petrenko group’s lawyers were rejected by the judges in the Riscani district court of the capital, who even refused even a demand to immediately begin consideration of the merits of the case against them. Those present at the hearing noted the bias of the judges, who took only the […]

A second front in the battle for Donbass

By Victor Shapinov The economics and politics of the Lugansk People’s Republic (LC) retain the influence of oligarchic clans formed back in Ukrainian times. This creates a serious threat to the state-building of therepublic and to its very existence, and impedes opportunities for the gradual integration of the LC in the common economic space of […]

Statement of Lugansk Communists: ‘Simonenko, stop scoffing at the party!’

On November 27, 2015, the Presidium of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine (KPU) decided to dismiss First Secretary of the Lugansk Regional Committee of the Communist Party Spiridon Kilinkarov, and to propose to the Central Committee plenum to dissolve the Lugansk Regional Committee and remove from membership all members of the […]

Lawyer: Moldovan regime mocks political prisoners by delaying trial

The court hearing which was to begin considering the merits of the case of the political prisoners from the Petrenko Group on Tuesday, November 24, was postponed because representatives of the Department of Penitentiary Institutions (DPI) failed to bring the prisoners to court. Call for supporters to rally in solidarity with Petrenko Group political prisoners […]

Alexey Albu: Russia needs reliable allies in Turkey

By Mikhail Ryabov November 24: In Turkey, Russia stepped on the same rake as in Ukraine, believes former Odessa Regional Council Deputy Alexey Albu, representative of the left-wing movement Borotba. According to him, “Betting on the Kemalists was a big mistake.” “In relations with Turkey, Russia stepped on the same rake as in Ukraine. Remember […]

Sergei Kirichuk: Capitalism laid the basis for civil war in Ukraine

By Ulrich Heyden November 20, 2015: Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, under enormous pressure from the ultra-nationalists who were part of the Maidan movement, is now pursuing a criminal investigation against them. Sergei Kirichuk, coordinator of the Ukrainian left organization Borotba (Struggle), explains the background. The interview was conducted by Ulrich Heyden in Berlin. Sergei Kirichuk […]

Six months since death of Ghost Brigade Commander Mozgovoi

By Alexey Markov, political commissarGhost Brigade Volunteer Communist Detachment November 23: Six months have passed since the tragic death of our commander, Alexei Borisovich Mozgovoi. We do not forget and will not forgive anyone. Source Translated by Greg Butterfield