INTERNATIONAL UKRAINE ANTI-FASCIST SOLIDARITY

by Thomas Bergman What have you heard about the situation of the Azov Regiment underneath the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol? The Western corporate media may say that they are nothing more than proud, brave nationalists zealously defending their country from foreign invaders. They may echo the contention of the regime in Kyiv that these fighters were valiantly threatening the Russian armed forces behind their lines, engaging in a ‘pinning’ operation to keep Russian forces in Mariupol from being redirected towards the frontlines north of Mariupol. They may deny the ideological origins of the Azov Regiment, obscuring the blatant inflection of National Socialism and modern neo-Nazism in their words and deeds. They may also say that it is a tragedy that these ‘defenders’ of Mariupol have lost their fight to protect their people in Mariupol. Yet this behavior of the Western corporate media is untenable when we consider the real origins and history of the Azov Regiment.  I will show you ho

by Yuriy Gorodnenko The leadership of the Donetsk people’s republic has announced its intention to hold an international trial of Ukrainian war criminals. Since crimes were committed against residents of Donbas, it is the Donetsk people’s republic together with the LNR that are drawing up the charter of an international tribunal. In addition to the Donetsk and Luhansk people’s republics, it is planned that the Russian Federation will also be a participant in this tribunal.      We stress right away that the participation of other countries is not ruled out, but even without them, the future process will be considered international. After all, the participation of three subjects of international law is sufficient. The international legal status of the Donetsk and Luhansk people’s republics was confirmed by a UN Security Council resolution of 17 February 2015. Donetsk and Luhansk will act in the status of an aggrieved party. As for Russia, it is a founding member of the UN and a permanen

by Alexandra Wigreiser a Russian journalist in Mariupol The term ‘a return to peace’ may be a cliché, but it's the simplest way of putting things. Back in April, when it became quieter in Mariupol, the first sign of something approaching normality was the emergence of traders and money changers. Humanitarian aid had already come in, and people were selling unnecessary things to cover their essentials.      Soon, the market opened, and products began to be imported. At the end of that month, lilacs bloomed. A week later, young men had broken off all the branches within reach, for bouquets.      Their smiling girlfriends accepted the flowers and took their beaus by the arm. Every day, there were more and more couples like this strolling between ruined buildings amidst the sound of explosions.      When water became more available, the girls washed and let down their hair, which they had previously hidden under shawls and hats. Their clothes became cleaner, and then more stylish.     

 by G A Zyuganov  Chair of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation In an interview to the British newspaper the Telegraph Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki stated that: “rhe Russian world is a cancer which not only devours a majority of the Russian society but also poses a deadly threat to Europe as well. It’s not sufficient for us to support Ukraine in its military struggle against Russia, we have to uproot this terrible ideology completely.” This is an absolutely disgusting statement demonstrating the depth of hatred the current Polish elite has to Russia. It’s clear that uprooting the ideology of the “Russian World” will be implemented together with the Russian nation as the ideology bearer. Actually it sounds like a call for destruction of our civilisation. This is in full correspondence with what Hitler tried to do, while destroying the Soviet people under the pretext of fighting against communism. It is well known that the Russian world i

International Department of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation Comments on the Article of the International Department of the CC of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) “On the Imperialist War in Ukraine  and the Stance of the CPRF” On 23rd April 2022 the newspaper Rizospastis , the organ of the Communist Party of Greece, carried an article by the International Department of the CC KKE On the Imperialist War in Ukraine and the Stance of the CPRF.”   The article assesses the actions of the CPRF in connection with the special operation Russia is conducting in Ukraine openly accusing the party of having a pro-government, i.e. pro-imperialist position. We categorically disagree with this utilitarian assessment.   The gist of the article is that in the opinion of the Greek comrades, what is taking place in Ukraine is an imperialist war in the interests of the Russian bourgeoisie, and therefore, by supporting the special operation the CPRF is advocating a policy that is “in line

  by James Tweedie The Ukraine is like a bull elephant that’s been shot right in the heart in mid-charge. The beast keeps on bellowing and rampaging around, not yet realising that it’s already dead.      It becomes clearer by the day that the Ukrainian army attempting to occupy the remains of the Donbas republics, newly recognised by Russia just as the West ‘recognised’ its creations of Kosovo and South Sudan, is dead on its feet.      Its navy, air force, artillery, tanks and transportation are destroyed . Its casualties are replaced with boys and old men press-ganged off the streets of Kiev and Lvov, some without proper boots. Its senior officers are fled or dead.      Meanwhile the collective West, dominated as always by the Washington, pours in its hodgepodge of arms that belong in a museum, not on the battlefield. The latest arrivals are the 90 much-vaunted 155mm howitzers donated by the Pentagon — and made in UK, because the US military-industrial complex seemingly can’t produce

by Lucas Leiroz In the West, media outlets are claiming that Russia’s agenda to “denazify” Ukraine is unfounded. At the same time, public opinion in Western countries is totally alienated from the Ukrainian reality, tending to believe only what is reported by the hegemonic media. The result of this is strong disapproval of the Russian attitude based on the lie that there is no trace of Nazism in contemporary Ukraine. In this sense, it is urgent that quality information be disseminated to the Western audience to avoid the proliferation of lies about the Ukrainian reality.      On almost every TV channel and newspaper in the West, Ukrainian Nazism is questioned with the worst possible arguments: Zelensky is Jewish, and the Ukrainian state is democratic. This kind of superficial thinking prevents a detailed analysis of the catastrophic situation in Kiev since the Maidan, when, through a coup d’état, an anti-Russian junta took power and institutionalized a racist and anti-Russian ideology,