Crocodile tears for Sentsov and Kol’chenko

The silence about hundreds of criminal cases against oppositionists in Ukraine is the height of hypocrisy By Victor Shapinov August 28: The crocodile tears of the liberal and left-liberal public after the verdict against Oleg Sentsov and Alexander Kol’chenko are in stark contrast to the determined silence of this same group about the fate of […]

Zaporozhye: Monument to victims of fascism set ablaze

Neo-Nazi vandals desecrated a memorial to the victims of fascism in Zaporozhye. After covering it with tires, they set fire to the monument. Such events are common during the past year-and-a-half in Ukraine. After the coup, the oligarchs and nationalists unleashed a wave of barbarism; the official state policy of pandering to nationalism creates fertile ground for […]

Marxism and the war in Donbass

By Victor ShapinovUnion Borotba (Struggle) Borotba is often criticized for supporting the Donbass people’s republics, for the fact that our comrades fight in the militia and assist the peaceful nation-building in Lugansk (LC) and Donetsk (DNR). This criticism is heard not only from those former leftists who succumbed to nationalist fervor and supported first Maidan, […]

Moldova: People’s Mobilization Against Oligarchs called for Sept. 6 in Chisinau

August 26: A people’s mobilization has been called for Sept. 6 at the Academy of Sciences in Chisinau. This was announced during a press conference by one of the organizers of the civil protest of Liberty Township, leader of the Red Bloc (Our House – Moldova), former parliamentary deputy Grigory Petrenko. According to the politician, […]

Odessa: Three anti-fascist prisoners transferred to house arrest

On August 27, the Malinovsky Court of Odessa decided to release from detention and place under house arrest three activists of the Kulikovo Field accused on charges of rioting on May 2, 2014. Photos: Timer-Odessa.net According to the court, Pavel Kovshov, Vladislav Ilnitsky and Alexander Dzyubenko will be freed from jail. In making this decision, […]

Trial of Ukrainian political prisoner A. Bondarchuk

On August 28, 2015, at 12:00 in the Darnytskyi District Court of Kiev (Sevastopolskaya, 7/13), a court hearing will be held in the case of Alexander Vasilievich Bondarchuk, editor-in-chief of Working Class and people’s deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of the 3rd and 4th convocations from the Communist Party. At this session, the court plans […]

Video: Freedom for political prisoners in Ukraine!

PLEASE SHARE WIDELY! This 10-minute video highlights the plight of leftist activists imprisoned, tortured and disappeared by the far-right junta in Kiev, Ukraine, backed by the U.S. government. It is important that we begin building solidarity with these comrades in the West. For more info and updates:Union Borotba (Struggle)http://Borotba.suRed Star Over Donbasshttp://RedStarOverDonbass.blogspot.comSlideshow created by Maria M.Translation by Greg […]

Moldova: Red Bloc activists hold subbotnik at Leuseni anti-fascist memorial

August 24: Members of the party “Our Home is Moldova” (Red Bloc) and their supporters held a Saturday subbotnik* August 22 at the at the memorial tank and monument in Leuseni. The memorial complex, which consists of the grave of the Unknown Soldier, a monument of fortified trenches and a tank in Leuseni, has long […]

Donbass residents rally as Ukraine regime prepares new military assault

By Greg Butterfield, Workers World Despite overnight shelling in the city, and faced with the imminent threat of a new military offensive by Ukrainian troops, thousands of people in Donetsk city rallied August 24 to demand that the Kiev regime headed by President Peter Poroshenko stop the war against the independent Donetsk and Lugansk People’s […]

Donetsk antiwar rally marks Ukraine’s ‘Dependence Day’

By Denis Grigoryuk Photos by Koshkin and Karaleva On August 24, the Ukrainian state celebrates “Independence Day*.” In Donetsk, for the second year, this “holiday” was not marked, but today the people of the Donetsk People’s Republic came to a rally entitled “Dependence Day of Ukraine.” On Facebook, various users and groups, sent a wave […]