Ukraine toilers put up fierce resistance to Putin’s invasion

Vol. 86/No. 10 - March 14, 2022

Unleashing a deadly bombardment on Ukrainian urban centers, the regime of Russian President Vladimir Putin is slaughtering thousands. Overwhelmingly outgunned and outmanned, Ukrainian troops and civilians are mounting courageous and tenacious resistance that has so far prevented Moscow’s forces from…


Defend the independence of Ukraine! Moscow out now!

Get Washington out of Eastern Europe!
Vol. 86/No. 9 - March 7, 2022
Russian tank in Donetsk Feb. 22. Flagrantly violating Ukraine sovereignty, Moscow claims that Ukraine is part of Russia and sends troops, tanks into eastern provinces, surrounds country.

Russian President Vladimir Putin Feb. 21 declared that the Moscow-backed “People’s Republics” of Donetsk and Luhansk set up in Ukraine in 2014 were independent countries and ordered Russian troops to go in as “peacekeepers.” The Kremlin’s invasion is backed by…


Moscow hands off Ukraine!

US troops out of Eastern Europe!
Vol. 86/No. 8 - February 28, 2022
Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Moscow, Feb. 15. Russian rulers have hold over German rulers who increasingly rely on Moscow for natural gas.

Moscow’s military buildup and menacing war exercises in the region threatens Ukrainian sovereignty and independence and pose the potential of a ground war with devastating consequences for working people throughout Europe. Russian President Vladimir Putin is using the German rulers’…


Moscow pushes rulers in Berlin to advance its aims in Europe

Vol. 86/No. 7 - February 21, 2022
Over 5,000 protesters carry Ukrainian national colors in Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, Feb. 5. Behind a banner saying, “Kharkiv is Ukraine,” they demanded an end to Russian threat of aggression only 25 miles from border where tens of thousands of Russian troops with tanks are deployed.

Moscow is using the German capitalist rulers’ deepening dependence on Russian natural gas to squeeze them to stand aside as Moscow advances its interests in Europe and against Ukraine. The Russian rulers’ military encirclement of Ukraine threatens Ukrainian independence and…


‘Militant’ backs Ukraine independence

What is behind the events in Eastern Europe?
Vol. 86/No. 6 - February 14, 2022
Map shows where 130,000 Russian troops are amassed around Ukraine’s borders, posing the danger of war.

A substantial and growing Russian troop mobilization is arrayed today on all sides of Ukraine — from Russia itself,  to occupied Crimea, Belarus and Russian-run Transnistria. This mobilization — and the threat of war on Ukrainian soil — is aimed…


History of the fight for Ukrainian independence

Vol. 86/No. 6 - February 14, 2022

With the threat of Moscow’s troops crossing the border against the people of Ukraine — launching the first serious land war on European soil in decades — class conscious workers worldwide side with the long fight of Ukrainian toilers for…


German rulers pulled between Washington and Moscow

Vol. 86/No. 5 - February 7, 2022

As Washington presses to defend its interests in eastern Europe, claiming to act in defense of Ukrainian sovereignty, deeper divisions have become clear among the rival capitalist rulers in NATO. The head of Germany’s navy, Kay-Achim Schonbach, was forced to…


US, Russian rulers step up confrontation over Ukraine

Vol. 86/No. 5 - February 7, 2022

Talks between the U.S. and Russian governments over Moscow’s continuing troop buildup near its border with Ukraine ended without agreement Jan. 21. Washington opposes Moscow’s threats to Ukraine, claiming to stand against an assault on Ukrainian sovereignty. In fact, the…


DC protest hits Kazakhstan gov’t attacks, Russian troops

Vol. 86/No. 4 - January 31, 2022

Over 150 people joined a Jan. 15 rally outside the White House organized by Free Kazakhs in solidarity with popular strikes and protests demanding political and social rights against the dictatorial government in Kazakhstan. The capitalist rulers there have ruled…


Washington and Moscow spar over military, political power in Ukraine

Vol. 86/No. 4 - January 31, 2022

Talks between the U.S.-led NATO military alliance and the Russian government over Moscow’s troop buildup on its border with Ukraine ended in a deadlock Jan. 13. Washington, no friend of the Ukrainian people, is defending the economic and political interests…