Russia

Xmas 1914: When rank and file imposed truce during imperialist war

The “Christmas Truce of 1914” was a short-lived, unofficial lull in combat between two antagonistic rival forces, determined to exercise…

December 16, 2014

Humanitarian crisis in Donbass as Washington-Kiev threatens to escalate war

Thirteen. That’s the average daily death toll in the Ukrainian government’s war against the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics since…

November 29, 2014

New York protest says, ‘Odessa, Donbass, we are with you’

A sudden cold snap and whipping winds couldn’t keep fired-up activists from protesting at the U.S. military recruitment center in…

November 7, 2014

Ukraine communists ‘face to face with 21st century fascism’

Interview with Borotba leader Victor Shapinov, Part 1 Simferopol, Crimea — On Sept. 22, Workers World conducted an extensive interview…

October 21, 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

Forum on Ukraine repression and resistance

Berkeley, Calif. -- As part of an international tour of a photo-documentary chronicle of the war in Ukraine and the…

October 13, 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