Greg Butterfield

‘Justice for Jennifer Laude! U.S. out of Philippines!’

A rainy New York City rush hour didn’t deter over 50 Filipino-American activists, transgender people and supporters, who rallied outside…

October 17, 2014

In Ukraine and Donbass, class contradictions come to the fore

October 8 is the Day of the Heroic Guerrilla, honoring the sacrifice of Latin American communist revolutionary Che Guevara. It…

October 14, 2014

Exiled Ukraine union organizer: ‘Never forget who your class enemy is’

Simferopol, Crimea — Svetlana Licht is a trade union activist and leader of the Marxist Union Borotba (Struggle) of Ukraine.…

October 11, 2014

Mass graves uncovered as retreating neo-Nazis terrorize southeastern Ukraine

Sept. 30 — Four mass graves have been discovered around Nyzhnia Krynka village, near the town of Makeeva in the…

October 2, 2014

A brief encounter with the Kiev junta’s border guards

Simferopol, Crimea -- “You need a valid passport to enter Ukraine. If you are a U.S. citizen, you do not…

October 2, 2014

From exile, anti-fascists organize for imprisoned comrades

Simferopol, Crimea On Sept. 20, the 15th day following a cease-fire agreement brokered by Russia and the Organization for Security…

September 27, 2014

Meet Borotba

Simferopol, Crimea -- Since arriving on Sept. 16, I've been able to spend time with many of the extraordinary Union Borotba…

September 23, 2014

Donbass militias evaluate cease-fire

The popular militias united in the Novorossian Armed Forces of the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics are composed of workers…

September 10, 2014

Donbass People’s Republics: Ceasefire and class struggle

A ceasefire agreement signed in Minsk, Belarus, on Sept. 5, under the auspices of the Trilateral Contact Group, went into…

September 10, 2014

People’s Republics advance in face of Ukraine disarray

Sept. 1 — After a difficult summer when their very existence seemed to hang by a thread, the Union of…

September 3, 2014