Year highlights

With less than a month before the Russian invasion of Ukraine marks its first anniversary, and following months of indecision, German and US governments have announced that they will send a handful of tanks to Ukrainian forces. By Daniel Sugasti Berlin pledged to “quickly” send some 14 Leopard 2A6 tanks. This armored vehicle, manufactured by […]

The International Labour Network of Solidarity and Struggle will host an online conference, “Workers’ Aid to Ukraine,” with and trade unionists from the industrial city of Kryvyi Rih on December 17. [I] At this conference, activists and trade unionists from around the world will have the opportunity to hear a live account of the situation […]

The advance of Ukrainian troops in the Kharkov region presupposes a major reversal of Putin’s war, the quick and “easy” occupation by “special forces” and mercenaries has been defeated. Putin’s response: to impose a fake referendum under the boots and rifles of the occupying troops and to decree forced conscription in Russia! It is a […]

The Ukrainian resistance – its armed forces and territorial defenses, the latter concealed by the bourgeois press – achieved what seemed impossible: to force the Russian troops to retreat from the capital Kyiv and Kharkiv, the second-largest city of the country, and to concentrate in the Southeast. To win the war, the Ukrainians need heavy […]

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine enters its fourth month. The heroic Ukrainian resistance thwarted Putin’s initial plans: a withering attack that in a few days would conquer the capital, Kyiv, and replace the Ukrainian government with one subservient to the Kremlin’s dictates. By Daniel Sugasti In the first hours of the invasion, Putin publicly urged the […]

The IWL-FI is developing a robust international campaign in support of the Ukrainian resistance against Putin’s invasion. We have promoted various united solidarity activities, a fundraising campaign and, together with the workers’ organizations of the International Labour Network of Solidarity and Struggle (ILNSS, http://laboursolidarity.org), we were part of the Convoy of Workers’ Aid to the […]

CSP-Conlutas is part of the Convoy of Support to the Ukrainian Resistance and arrived in in Lviv last Friday (4/29). The initiative is part of the International Trade Union Network of Solidarity and Struggles. Since their arrival, the activists have met with trade unionists and activists from several countries such as France, Italy, Poland, Lithuania […]

Last February 24th, the Russian army invaded Ukraine by order of Vladimir Putin’s regime, which, having military superiority, expected to win a quick victory. It was met, however, with heroic resistance from the Ukrainian people. By IWL-FI The war continues, despite the extreme cruelty of the tactics used by the Russian troops against the civilian […]

Between April and May, the Workers Convoy to Ukraine of the International Trade Union Network of Solidarity and Struggles will strengthen class resistance in the country against the Russian invasion. By: CSP-Conlutas The initiative aims to carry forward our class support in a closer and more concrete way, with representations of the entities that make […]

The extremely brutal invasion of Ukraine by the Russian army has caused devastation and the deaths of many people. But the Ukrainian people are fighting back and preventing a victory of the Russian forces. If Ukrainian workers are fully supported and armed with the help of the mobilisations and demands of workers internationally, it is […]

The aggression of the Russian government daily claims thousands of Ukrainian lives, while the hardships of the working people and the harassment of the invading troops multiply. While most of the well-to-do sectors of society have taken refuge abroad or in other regions far from the occupied or combat zones, the working class finds itself […]

Recent events reaffirm that we are living in the epoch of imperialist decadence. Lenin predicted that this would be an epoch of catastrophes and conflicts, wars and revolutions. In fact, the pandemic caused millions of deaths, with social and military conflicts in a large part of the globe, the increase in the economic crisis led […]

In a recent interview, Yuri Petrovich Samoilov, chairman of the Krivoy Rog Independent Miners’ Union, Dniepropetrovsk region, Ukraine, denounces the fierce aggression they are suffering from the Russian army, tells how Ukrainian workers are actively fighting in what he calls the “war for the independence of Ukraine” and how trade unions are participating. [1]

We call on a big international campaign of support and solidarity with the Ukrainian resistance, for the defeat of the invasion of the Russian army! No to NATO! The government of Vladimir Putin unleashed an invasion of the Russian army into Ukraine. With methods of extreme cruelty, it attacks and destroys cities, including “targets” such […]