Moldova: Political prisoner Grigory Petrenko at risk of tuberculosis infection

November 10: Grigory Petrenko, former parliamentary deputy, leader of the opposition party Red Bloc, and current political prisoner jailed in Penitentiary No. 13 following a peaceful protest in front of the General Prosecutor’s Office in Chisinau, Moldova, was exposed to the risk of contracting tuberculosis in prison. Grigory Petrenko in court. This information was confirmed […]

Moldova’s gov’t hikes electricity rates 37%, keeps protest leaders in jail

November 9: Starting today, electricity will cost 2.16 – 2.23 leu* per kilowatt in Moldova. One of the political forces which first rose against the tariff increase was the party Our Home is Moldova (Red Bloc), headed by Grigory Petrenko. Many people from all over the country who opposed a tariff increase joined in organized […]

Solidarity messages to WWP from communists of Donbass, Ukraine & Moldova

Solidarity messages to Workers World Party National Conference in New York, November 7-8, 2015 From the Volunteer Communist Detachment of the Ghost Brigade Dear comrades! The soldiers of the Communist Detachment of the Ghost Brigade of Alexei Mozgovoi send you warmest greetings from the front, where we are continuing our struggle against resurgent European neo-Nazism. […]

WWP stands with Novorossiya, antifascists in Ukraine & Moldova

Remarks by Greg Butterfield at the Workers World Party National Conference in New York, Nov. 7, 2015. On Nov. 6, the U.S.-dominated NATO alliance completed its largest-ever military exercises, Trident Juncture. These massive war games, involving 30 countries, were planned well ahead of the current escalation in Syria. In fact, Trident Juncture is all about […]

U.S. activists demand freedom for Petrenko Group prisoners in Moldova

In New York City November 7-8, activists from across the United States expressed their solidarity with Red Bloc leader Grigory Petrenko and the other anti-oligarchy political prisoners in Moldova. Photos by Greg Butterfield The national conference of Workers World Party, meeting at the site of the historic Audobon Ballroom, where the great African American revolutionary […]

Boston school bus drivers in solidarity with Moscow tram workers

Team Solidarity – Boston School Bus Drivers of United Steelworkers Local 8751 stand in solidarity with the independent trade union at Bauman tram depot in Moscow. Reinstate Yuri Dashkov! Hands off the independent trade union! Photos by Greg Butterfield For 2 years the Boston School Bus Drivers have been fighting to reinstate four leaders who […]

‘We will build a people’s socialist Novorossiya’: Alexei Mozgovoi, Nov. 7, 2014

‘Do not fear to shout loudly about joyful things’ Speech by Ghost Brigade Commander Alexei Mozgovoi at the celebration of October Revolution on November 7, 2014, in Alchevsk, Lugansk People’s Republic. Good morning! You have a celebration today, haven’t you? Do not fear to shout loudly about joyful things. Our enemies and foes don’t fear […]

Bulgarian Communists: ‘October Revolution created the conditions for true independence’

Dear friends! The Union of Communists in Bulgaria and the Movement “Che Guevara” greet you on the great holiday — the Day of the Great October Socialist Revolution! The world’s first socialist revolution saved millions of people from extermination, allowing dozens of nations to unite in one socialist fist and liquidate the feudal remnants of […]

Lugansk Communists honor 98th anniversary of Great October Socialist Revolution

Dear comrades! On behalf of the Lugansk Communists, anti-fascists, workers, socialists and left-wing forces, we salute and congratulate you on the 98th anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution. The revolutionary achievements in Russia and the former Soviet Union, and their contribution to the development of the world communist movement, cannot be overstated. In practice, […]

Defying junta, Borotba marches in Kiev on Day of Liberation from fascism

Although banned, activists of Borotba (Struggle) in Kiev, Ukraine, took part in the march and rally in honor of the Day of Liberation of Kiev from the fascist invaders on November 6. “Today, on the 72nd anniversary of the liberation of the hero-city of Kiev from the fascist invaders, the city is again under […]