Ukraine: next crackdown on opposition media

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Igor Guzhva again under attack
by Sergei Kiritchuk
Tue, 06/27/2017
Ukrainian authorities are strengthening pressure on the a few remaining oppositional media and certain journalists who still dare to criticize the Kiev government policy or publish investigations about the corruption schemes of Ukrainian officials.

On June 22th, two dozen men from Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) stormed the office of the main oppositional media Strana.ua.

Its editor-in-chief one of Igor Guzhva was arrested in Kiev and sent to a temporary detention center. As he reported, their work was blocked while “a search is ongoing at the agency for a falsification”. The deputy chief editor Svetlana Kryukova reported the details of the seizure. According to her, the news-room was occupied by the employees of SBU.

We will not allow Kiev to silence May 2 massacre in Odessa!

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Free Alexander Kushnarev!
Union Borotba (Struggle)
Fri, 02/24/2017
Gennady and Alexander Kushnarev
Appeal to left and anti-fascist organizations in Europe and worldwide on the arrest of Alexander Kushnarev

Yesterday a flagrant event happened in Odessa – agents of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) arrested Alexander Kushnarev, the father of anti-fascist Gennady Kushnarev, who was slain on May 2, 2014. 

He is accused of organizing the kidnapping of Verkhovna Rada Deputy Alexei Goncharenko, who was photographed posing with Gennady’s body on May 2.

Alexander Kushnarev, like the other relatives of the dead, is a major obstacle to the Ukrainian government, which is trying to cover up the massacre that occurred on May 2, 2014, in Odessa. 

The historic NO of the Italian people

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Declaration by National Council of the People's Liberation Movement Program 101 (P101)
Thu, 01/19/2017
The triumph of NO in the referendum ballot box represents the extraordinary victory of a people who knew how to say No to the attack on democracy, No to the requests of the oligarchs, both internal and external to the country, No to the incessant campaign of the media, No to the blackmail of fear. It is an historical event, which marks the beginning of a new phase with great possibilities of change.

2. The demand for alternative

After decades of passivity, we are seeing the first stirrings of a deep social awakening. The crisis has dug into the minds and hearts of millions of people. This is still a shapeless feeling, primordial for some aspects, but precisely for this reason, potentially disruptive. What can we say for sure - it has clearly manifested in this intense election campaign - is that it is developing a new political request, that of a true political and social alternative.

3. A class vote

Ukraine pro-Nazi health minister accused

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US citizen refused to disclose her medical diploma
by Sergei Kirichuk
Thu, 01/19/2017
Ullyana Suprun
Another political scandal is rocking Ukraine.

The new healthcare minister Ullyana Suprun - a US citizen from the pro-Nazi diaspora (who came to support Maidan and was appointed as a minister) - is being accused by Ukrainian doctors of ‘reforms’ that may have caused numerous deaths of Ukrainian patients.

Recently she has been accused also of total professional incompetence and the absence of the required medical education. Being summoned to the Parliament hearings, she refused to show her diploma stating that “it’s confidential information”. Now her scandalous behaviour is interpreted as “disrespect to the Parliament”.

13 workers of a coal mine shoot down in Afghanistan

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by Left Radical of Afghanistan (LRA)
Wed, 01/11/2017
13 workers of a coal mine shoot down in Afghanistan
On January 6th 2017, 13 workers of a coal mine in Baghlan province of Afghanistan were killed by armed men of Daesh or Taliban while they were on the way to their homes. The workers neither affiliated to any political tendency nor government.

This is not the first time that the workers are targeted by Daesh and Taliban because of working in under government or foreign troops control areas. In some cases Daesh hunts the workers because of their believes and religious affiliation. Shiite minority in Afghanistan are recognized non-Muslim by Daesh and thus legalize their annihilation by any means and any time.

Odessa: manhunt on democratic activist Oleg Efimov

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Authorities and Right Sector hand in hand terrorising opposition
by Alexey Albu, former Odessa Regional Council Deputy in exile
Sun, 01/08/2017
Oleg Efimov
Odessa: Defend courageous Oleg Efimov from fascist threats!

Urgent! The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) handed over personal data on a political opponent to the neo-Nazis!

In Odessa, the neo-Nazis from the Right Sector began harassing retired officer Oleg Efimov, who brought flowers to the Russian Consulate in memory of those who died in the recent plane crash.

Snowden leaks: NSA worked on a strategy against the Anti-Imperialist Camp

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2004 Internal Seminar: Anti-Imperialist Camp on the fine line between political activism and terrorism
by Wilhelm Langthaler
Sat, 01/07/2017
In early 2014, Glenn Greenwald and other politically concerned journalists with www.theintercept.com published documents leaked by the whistle-blower Edward Snowden and helped Snowden to escape persecution by the US authorities. Last month, they published secret NSA documents dating back to 2004 that show high-level NSA deliberations how to fight the Anti-Imperialist Camp. At the time, we led a global campaign to support the Iraqi resistance against the US occupation of Iraq, which we compared to the guerrilla struggle against Nazi occupation forces in Europe.

Let’s briefly recall the political context of 2004: the US government believed they could “export democracy” to Iraq, but in fact US occupation troops in Iraq faced a growing wave of resistance that had deep popular roots.

How the EU destroys Ukraine’s forests

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by Sergei Kirichuk
Thu, 12/08/2016
Vanishing forest karpathians
In 2015 Ukraine introduced a 10-year moratorium on the export of unprocessed timber. The decision was immediately met by harsh criticism from the EU officials. The EU argues the ban on exporting roundwood from Ukraine violates the trade part of the Association Agreement (signed by Ukraine).

And after the enormous pressure and blackmailing, the EU finally reached its aim, while caring not so much about Ukraine’s nature. On November 24, the President of The European Commission Jan-Claude Juncker stated that in coming weeks Ukraine is set to cancel the timber export ban and president Poroshenko is ready to submit the corresponding bill to the parliament. Jean-Claude Juncker, the President of the European Commission, linked fulfillment of this condition will allow EU to release EUR 600 million macro-financial assistance.

Referendum in Italy: flares of popular revolt

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Interview with Leonardo Mazzei, a leader of the leftist no-Euro forces
by Wilhelm Langthaler
Sun, 11/06/2016
Leonardo Mazzei
Leonardo Mazzei is one of the spokespersons of Programma101, an incipient political organisation which has developed from the “Leftist Co-ordination against the Euro”. (The name refers to a desktop PC developed by Olivetti and released as the first of its kind in 1965 which did, however, not enjoy commercial success. Thus, P101 stands for the home-grown development potentials of Italy.) In the 1990ies Mazzei used to be leading member of Rifondazione Comunista. Today he is regularly authoring for sollevazione.blogspot.com and antimperialista.it.

Why is the upcoming referendum so important?

A clear break with the Euro regime is required

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For a wide alliance of democratic, social and popular forces to be prepare for the clash with the EU
by Wilhelm Langthaler
Fri, 11/04/2016
By means of the Euro regime the capitalist oligarchies of the European Union are inflicting the worst social disaster on the popular classes. The waves of attacks are carried out in an uneven way affecting first of all the peripheries which in some places are suffering more than during the great depression of the 1930ies. Enforcing mass impoverishment has been requiring a substantial curb on democratic rights and especially the dismantlement of national sovereignty by the Brussels supra-national bureaucracy.

Popular resentment, unease and also resistance is, however, rapidly growing. The subaltern strata eventually start to search for means to end the relentless attacks by the elites. They turn against globalisation. In order to restore social justice and democratic participation the popular masses envisage the return to national sovereignty. The Brexit vote was a heavy popular blow against the ruling elites both the British ones as well as those of the EU. New such acts of disobedience, rebellion and explosion are in preparation and can happen soon in a range of countries.

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