UK-based internationalist labour movement campaign in support of Ukraine + its labour movement. Founded 2014. Russia out! Victory to Ukraine! #SolidarityWillWin
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Join us at the Russian embassy in London on 8 July to demand freedom for Ukrainian prisoners of war in Russia - soldiers, but also civilians.
That includes the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant workers detained after hundreds refused to sign forced contracts from the occupiers.
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From today's demonstration
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Ukraine supporters on today's London demonstration for a ceasefire in Gaza and Lebanon
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Organised supporters of Ukraine joined the demonstration for a ceasefire in Gaza in London today
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We take no joy criticising a young left-wing UK political figure who has often spoken up for workers' rights and progressive causes. But these barely coherent comments from Zarah Sultana on Ukraine sum up much of what is wrong with her wing of the left ๐งต
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From today's Gaza ceasefire demo in London
"From Ukraine to Palestine, occupation is a crime"
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Simultaneously absurd and shameful. "Stop the War" never misses an opportunity to blame Ukraine and alibi Russian imperialism
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Greta Thunberg is a strong supporter of Ukraine against Russian imperialism. We appreciate the support she sent today to Ukraine and its workers' movement
@GretaThunberg #StandWithUkraine
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From our friend Tanya Vyhovsky (on left):
"The global dialogue and policy leadership conference brought leaders together from across the globe. We found solidarity in action and solidarity from ukraine to Palestine - we know that occupation is a crime..."
More below.
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We owe it to Ukrainians to be faithful in our support.
Hear Slavoj ลฝiลพek's message and join us tomorrow at 1:30 pm in London and across the country in solidarity with the Ukrainian people โ๐บ๐ฆ
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At today's demonstration in London
From Ukraine to Palestine, occupation is a crime
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It's come to our attention some idiots are circulating nonsense regarding the flag of the NGPU miners' union at our rally on Tuesday. The flag in question does not in fact feature a sun dial or any other Nazi symbolism. That's a coal cutter - as this is the mineworkers' union.
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We urge advocates for the ๐บ๐ฆ and ๐ต๐ธ causes to avoid arguments which downplay the war crimes being committed against the other. Yes, W. powers are inconsistent + hypocritical. But the crimes of the ๐ท๐บ and ๐ฎ๐ฑ regimes are both grave and undoubtedly take inspiration from each other.
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Organised supporters of Ukraine on today's Gaza ceasefire demo in London
#GazaUnderAttack #Gaza #Ukraine #StandWithUkraine
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We think UCU members should be outraged that the STW motion, calling in a few words with little explanation for an end to UK arming Ukraine, was passed. We look forward to working with the growing network of pro-Ukraine UCU members to push back, while organising active solidarity
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From Palestine protest in Toronto, Canada. 2001 is the year Ukraine and Palestine established full diplomatic relations. Unlike the UK Ukraine recognises Palestine as an independent state
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"The labour movement has a proud tradition of internationalism - of workers standing with oppressed people around the world. Ukraine didn't choose to enter this conflict - it was forced to by an invader, a dictator who openly says it shouldn't exist."
- @NadiaWhittomeMP
#TUC23
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Very welcome news today that
@unitetheunion has agreed to support Motion C21 'Solidarity with Ukraine' at #TUC23. Thank you Unite.
All unions must side with Ukraine and its workers against Russian fascism
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On the protest held outside the Holodomor Museum in Kyiv yesterday - Ukrainians showing solidarity with Palestinians, and linking what is happening in Gaza to the genocide-by-famine inflicted on Ukraine in the 30s
Well done comrades for this very symbolically important action!
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EMERGENCY DEMO AT THE US EMBASSY IN LONDON
Stop Putin - stop Trump
Stand by Ukraine
Europe wake up!
5.30-7pm, Wednesday 5 March
33 Nine Elms Lane, SW11 7US (Vauxhall)
Called by USC, Ukrainian organisations + John McDonnell MP
More soon / info@ukrainesolidaritycampaign.org
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Since Sunday UK trade unionists and socialists supporting Ukraine have - because we won huge majority support at TUC Congress #TUC23 - been subjected to appalling online abuse.
Of many shocking things, this is the worst: claims the Ukrainian miners' union flag is a Nazi flag. ๐งต
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Let's nail this. Ukraine has not banned trade unions. Zelensky's right-wing, neoliberal government has attacked unions, same as ours in the UK (and Russia - much worse).
Both Ukraine's union federations, KVPU + FPU, are alive and kicking and both support the war of self-defence.
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On today's Ukraine solidarity demonstration in London
"From Ukraine to Palestine, occupation is a crime"
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Join us at the Russian embassy on 22 February - with a coalition of Ukrainian community + UK labour movt organisations.
As the 3rd anniversary of the full-scale invasion nears we say: RUSSIAN TROOPS OUT! SOLIDARITY WITH UKRAINE
(Ukrainian poster below)
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You regular reminder that @GretaThunberg is also a vocal supporter of Ukraine
(Here with us at the occupied GKN factory in Campi Bisenzio, near Florence, last month)
๐ฃ๏ธ"I am here to support the fight for democracy and freedom of the Georgian people, who have been standing up time and time again against the repression they are facing from the state," climate activist @GretaThunberg said, joining the rally in #Tbilisi.
#GEOElections2024
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"To all those who provide cover for Putinโs invasion of Ukraine by chanting 'NATO, NATO, NATO'... You must take responsibility for the people tortured to death, women raped, children dead of pneumonia because they couldnโt leave their cold, dank cellar."
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The reality is that Sultana and co are not actually very interested in workers' rights and struggles in Ukraine. Talking about Zelensky's anti-worker policies is just a way of expressing their hostility to Ukraine's rights.
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As Sultana and co know very well, it is perfectly possible to support a people's struggle for national freedom while opposing the govt or political leadership currently at the head of that struggle. They do not apply this here for a simple reason - they do not support Ukraine.
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... since we are connected to Ukraine's unions and have been actively involved in helping them fight these policies.
We don't recall EVER receiving ANY help with this campaigning from Sultana (unlike many other left-wing Labour MPs).
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"Left" arguments about the war killing working-class Russians and working-class Ukrainians are absurd. That's true in almost every war under capitalism. It is not adequate for assessing the politics of a given war.
To stop the killing: Russia out of Ukraine! Defeat the invasion!
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As part of this hostility to Ukraine, we get a pro forma acknowledgement that Putin is a "dictator", a "gangster" - immediately followed by the attack on Zelensky, as if the two regimes are the same and also as if which of them rules in Ukraine is a matter of indifference.
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Those who fail to see the affinity and connection between Russia's assault on Ukraine and Israel's on the Palestinians are myopic
The starvation must stop.
The war of annihilation must stop.
A comprehensive deal must be reached, now.
I was honored to speak at yesterdayโs weekly protest in the city of Rosh Pina, where hundreds gathered to keep fighting for a better, safer, and more just future, FOR EVERYONE.
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Baloch human rights activist @Aomar_karim, who has joined our demonstrations in London recently, has sent us a fantastic video promoting our event tomorrow + linking Ukraine to the cause of his people and their fight for self-determination. Thank you Aomar!
Free #MahrangBaloch!
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The US (and Israel) vote with Russia, Belarus, North Korea etc against Ukraine. Draw lessons!
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How was Momentum's position on Ukraine decided?
You also appear to ignore the bit where Mick Lynch says "I think Ukraine has the right to defend itself, and they should be assisted".
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The idea that the only beneficiaries of Ukrainians resisting invasion are Western arms companies is absurd and shameful. It is another way of saying, again, that whether Ukraine maintains its independence or is subjugated and crushed is a matter of indifference...
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To justify this, Sultana laughably equates Western powers sending weapons to Israel and UAE (given its role in Sudan) to sending weapons to Ukraine to defend itself.
So is she an absolutely pacifist now? Sending weapons is wrong / to be opposed in all circumstances?
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The programme of the Nouveau Front Populaire, the left alliance that has just emerged in first place in France's national assembly elections, says:
"We reaffirm our unconditional support for Ukraine in the face of Putin's aggression, and full respect for its borders."
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"From #Ukraine to #Palestine - occupation is a crime"
Comrades on today's demonstration in London for a ceasefire in #Gaza
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Message from @IanLaveryMP, former mineworker and @NMineworkers member, sending greetings to #TUC23 and calling for "maximum support" for Ukraine and its working class and unions. Ian has been to Ukraine and has strong links with miners' unions there.
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"Iย understand that the bitter reality isย this: you will not fight alongside us.
"And weย will fightย โ ย even without you."
An anarchist feminist who grew up in Russia but lives in Ukraine addresses Zarah Sultana
syg.ma/@media-resistance-groโฆ
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First up - yes, Zelensky is no friend of Ukraine's working class in the sense that his government pursues right-wing, neoliberal, anti-worker economic policies.
Unlike Zarah Sultana, we actually know something about this...
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Yesterday "International Ukraine Anti-Fascist Solidarity" mobilised 6 people in London and 2 in Glasgow for anti-Ukraine protests. We were there to challenge them.
Obviously the organisers are Stalinists. But these "anti-fascists" appear to be connected to the far right too.๐งต
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Of course Sultana is not a pacifist. She is using this kind of argument because it is convenient for opposing aid to Ukraine.
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The programme of the new left electoral alliance in France says:
"We reaffirm our unconditional support for Ukraine in the face of Putin's aggression, and full respect for its borders."
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UK TUC Congress has passed motion C21 'Solidarity with Ukraine' by an absolutely overwhelming majority. Please spread the word.
Text below + at: congress.tuc.org.uk/c21-soliโฆ
Want to build on this? Come to our meeting tonight, 6pm: nitter.app/UkraineSol/status/1697โฆ
#TUC23 #StandWithUkraine
TUC Congress (10-13 Sept, Liverpool) #TUC23 will discuss Ukraine. Our fringe meeting will hear from a remarkable panel of Ukrainian and UK labour movt speakers.
6pm, Tuesday 12 Sept - Quaker Meeting House, 22 School Ln, L1 3BT
Delegates/observers *and* local supporters welcome
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Many UCU members have been getting in touch about working together to fight the "Stop the War" position passed at Congress and organising practical solidarity. If you're UCU (or any other union, or indeed none) get in touch: message on here or info@ukrainesolidaritycampaign.org
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Humanitarian solidarity from Ukraine to the people of Palestine.
๐ต๐ธ #Palestine received 1,000 tons of wheat flour under the "#GrainFromUkraine" humanitarian programmeย
This shipment is the first of three deliveries intended for Palestine from #Ukraine under the initiative. It will help support over 101,000 Palestinian families for a month ๐พ
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This statement signed by a larger number of feminists from Ukraine and many other countries explains very clearly what is wrong with the one you cite.
commons.com.ua/en/right-resiโฆ
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This is a gathering of Stalinists, campists and mindless pacifists - as well as no doubt some decent people going along with very stupid arguments - similar to the Stop the War Coalition in the UK, who participated.
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Erm, why isn't Russia mentioned?
The war has already led to hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians being killed and injured.
Reckless military escalation will only prolong the war and deepen Ukrainians' suffering.
The Government must embark on serious attempts to achieve a negotiated peace.
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... the idea that therefore oppressed people should lie down and be crushed, saying "We want to defend ourselves but not with weapons" or "We want to defend ourselves, and need weapons, but we won't take them from the only source actually available at the moment" is absurd.
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Putin, Assad - etc! - propagandist Clare Daly has lost her seat in the European Parliament (from Ireland)
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"I was shocked to read this amendment to a motion entitled 'Solidarity with Ukraine' - because it shows zero solidarity with Ukraine."
Listen to National Education Union conference delegate @JanineBooth's powerful speech about Stop the War supporters' attempt to "delete all" ๐งต
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The left was wrong to call for weapons for the Spanish Republic in the civil war? It should have opposed Soviet & Chinese arms for Vietnam against the US? Should have opposed Indian arms for the Bangladeshi liberation struggle against Pakistan?
To pick a few of many examples...
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We are a leftwing campaign and some of our supporters will vote Green tomorrow (many will vote Labour).
We welcome the Green Party's established and continuing (in its manifesto) support for Ukraine.
What a shame this video recapitulates a Putinite theme.๐งต
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#Zelensky is a neoliberal capitalist politician, who we oppose. 100% solidarity with him and Ukraine against the MAGA scum!
Good to see him stand up to Trump, not kowtow like Starmer.
#StandWithUkraine
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...the reality is that the "Stop the War" left goes out of its way to find the miniscule numbers of Ukrainians who agree with their views while refusing to engage with Ukraine's actual labour movt and left, because they know UA's activists bitterly oppose the positions they hold.
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Solidarity with LGBT people and LGBT rights campaigners in Ukraine!
๐บ๐ฆ๐Clash in Kyiv โ Police Crack Down on Anti-LGBT Protesters
Tensions flared outside the Zhovten cinema, where Ukraineโs first queer film festival Sunny Bunny is taking place today.
The festival sparked controversy after many pointed out it coincides with Easter โ a timing some called inappropriate.
Dozens of young men claiming to defend โtraditional valuesโ gathered at the venue and clashed with police.
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We've been reporting on UK trade union conferences - overwhelmingly a success for pro-Ukraine positions.
A less positive report - the AGM of rail & transport union RMT tied 27-27 on a motion calling for an end to military aid for UA, and it passed on the chair's casting vote๐งต
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This is a good example of the blossoming of pro-Russian propaganda and disinformation seen on social media this week - pushing the shameful lie that in World War 2 "Russia" was uniquely anti-fascist while Ukrainians were pro-fascist.
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This Minister has a pretty poor grasp of history. What exactly was Ukraine doing marching on VE Day? The Soviet Union lost 20 million to the Nazis. The Red Army broke the back of Hitler's armies. (All too many Ukrainians joined the Waffen SS).
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#GretaThunberg supporting Ukraine at the occupied GKN factory in Florence last October
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Thanks to journalist and filmmaker @CaolanRob, a strong voice for solidarity with Ukraine, for this great video explaining the issues and promoting our demonstration on 22 February.
More on demonstration:
Join us at the Russian embassy on 22 February - with a coalition of Ukrainian community + UK labour movt organisations.
As the 3rd anniversary of the full-scale invasion nears we say: RUSSIAN TROOPS OUT! SOLIDARITY WITH UKRAINE
(Ukrainian poster below)
#StandWithUkraine
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If you are a UCU member, organisation or group bothered about your Congress passing a "Stop the War" motion opposing military aid for Ukraine, please get in touch. We'll be helping organise push back against this alongside practical solidarity.
info@ukrainesolidaritycampaign.org
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A crisp example of utterly irrational tankie nonsense and how it betrays anti-imperialism and socialism as well as democracy
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Before some headed to the Russian anti-war demo at the embassy, dozens of pro-Ukraine activists protested at the "Stop the War" demo, against Putin's war and for arming Ukraine. We caused quite a stir!
"Self-defence is no offence! Arm, arm, arm Ukraine!"
#StandWithUkraine๏ธ
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"From Ukraine to Palestine, occupation is a crime" - Ukrainians at May Day demonstration in Belgium
#MayDay #MayDay2025 #Ukraine #StandWithUkraine #Palestine #StandWithPalestine
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What a load of right-wing nonsense posing as "anti-war".
We oppose NATO. But NATO isn't waging war in #Ukraine. Ukraine is fighting for its life vs a brutal war of oppression by its giant neighbour + historical oppressor, Russia.
What happened to anti-imperialism?
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This is astonishing stuff - including in a list of oppressed groups two major imperialist states, moreover ones which oppress the other groups mentioned
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Update from #UCUCongress #UCU23 : unfortunately delegates passed both the NEC motion "Solidarity with Ukraine" and, narrowly, the Stop the War-initiated one, unamended. The NEC motion passed by a large margin, despite opposition; the STW one 130-121-37
p5 ucu.org.uk/media/13804/Congrโฆ
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In addition to their utter indifference (at best) to Ukraine's national rights, neither speaker can bring themselves to even condemn in passing what Russia has done to Ukraine and Ukrainians.
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$61 billion aid is a relief to millions of Ukrainians. Months of obstruction by the far right in EU and US is a warning. If they gain greater influence they can stop aid entirely. The Labour Movement must help Ukraine get the weapons to win and turn the tide against the far right
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"We want peace, more than anything - but a just peace, without occupiers in our country"
Before TUC Congress next week in Liverpool, Ivanna Khrapko of the Federation of Trade Unions of Ukraine (FPU) @IvannaFPU appeals for strong solidarity with Ukraine + its labour movement.
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The capitalist arms industry does benefit from wars. Wherever possible socialists oppose war as a means of resolving disputes; and we certainly oppose profit-making from it (which is why for instance the left has called for public ownership of the arms industry).
BUT...
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The image on the flag, which Stalinists and conspiracy theorists online are claiming is a Nazi "black sun", is a coal-cutting device - this being the miners' trade union!
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The fact that these people want to slander Ukrainian trade unionists as Nazis really tells you all you need to know about their disgusting politics and activities.
They are doing this because they are losing. Class solidarity and internationalism will win.
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Novara Media gives Abby Martin a platform to nod to criticising Russia before rolling out its talking points on Ukraine.
We call on Novara to invite on a Ukrainian socialist. How about @ahatanhel, who knows a bit about the war from his excellent writing and from having fought?
On Gaza, Ukraine and working at Russia Today.
@AyoCaesar talks to @AbbyMartin
Watch Now ๐บ ๐๐
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A thread with some critical comments on what Sultana says:
We take no joy criticising a young left-wing UK political figure who has often spoken up for workers' rights and progressive causes. But these barely coherent comments from Zarah Sultana on Ukraine sum up much of what is wrong with her wing of the left ๐งต
instagram.com/reel/DQT62ysjFโฆ
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Many UCU members are angry that, while passing a pro-Ukraine motion, their Congress also narrowly passed a Stop the War motion calling for no arms for Ukraine.
We'll be organising push back. We also urge UCU members to support this important initiative.
crowdfunder.co.uk/p/ukrainiaโฆ
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