Dmitri Kovalevich: ‘This War Started Eight Years Ago’

Vijay Prashad Ukrainian troops from the fascist Azov Battalion guard men detained at a site of battle with pro-Russian fighters in Mariupol, eastern Ukraine, June 13, 2014. Ukrainian troops attacked pro-Russia separatists that day, driving them out of buildings they had occupied in the city. About 100 soldiers emerged triumphant from the previously rebel-occupied buildings,…

Ukraine: In Conversation with Dmitri Kovalevich

The International Dmitri is a Ukrainian journalist and activist of the banned communist organization ‘Borotba’. The organization was banned in 2014 for active protests against pro-US coup and against legalization of neo-Nazism. It was banned along with the Communist party. It acts illegally in Ukraine and legally in Donbas republics (Donetsk and Lugansk). His organization…

Ukrainian Nationalists’ Long History of Anti-Semitism

Dmitri Kovalevich Babyn (Babi) Yar Holocaust Memorial Center in Kyiv While Ivy League professors equate the Soviet Union with Nazi Germany, the Soviets fought the Nazis and ended violent anti-Jewish pogroms—which now threaten to return. The July 21, 2022, issue of London Review of Books published an essay by Abigail Green reviewing Jeffrey Veidlinger’s books In the Midst…

Ukraine: Zelensky Kidnaps Student Dissidents, Bans Opposition Parties, Shuts Down Independent Media, Commits Egregious War Crimes and Imposes Regressive Labor Laws

Dmitri Kovalevich More Ukrainian Soldiers Continue to Defect as Eastern Ukrainians See Better Future with Russian Federation For more than five months, full-scale hostilities have taken place on the territory of Ukraine. The number of victims is growing every day on both sides of the front line. From the signing of the “Minsk 2” peace…

Urgent Appeal of the Ukrainian Communists of the Organization “Borotba”

2022-03-14 Shocked and very concerned about their fate, the Ukrainian authorities have organized an extensive witch-hunt. Every day in the territories controlled by the Kiev government they detain, capture and torture political activists and civilians who disagree with the policies of the central authorities. People simply disappear and only a few days later, when their…

The Right to Wage War Against Fascist Attack

The International The Soviet flag over the Reichstag, 1945 ‘‘Politics have no relation to morals’’ – Niccolo Machiavelli War is an egregious task. No modern country in world history knows this fact more profoundly than Russia. With all throughout its history fighting against invaders which include Mongol invasion of Kievan Rus’ in the 13th century ,…

Borotba: Fighting Fascism is the Duty of Everyone on the Planet

Borotba Statement by Borotba (Struggle), a revolutionary Marxist organization banned in Ukraine since 2014. Translated for Struggle-La Lucha by Greg Butterfield. May 9 marks the 77th anniversary of the Day of Victory over Nazi Germany. Almost a century separates us from those events. However, right now we see what a colossal impact they continue to…