International Viewpoint - online socialist magazine

Russian army on the defensive, Ukrainian people on the offensive

NPA-A Ukraine Solidarity Intervention Group — 2026-06-23T15:24:33Z

Russia is continuing its war of attrition against the Ukrainian people, but is struggling to make significant progress on the ground. In response, Kyiv is intensifying its strikes against Russian military infrastructure while civil society continues to keep democratic and social mobilizations alive.

- IVP617 - June 2026 / Russia, Ukraine

Anti-militarism that forgets those under attack is no anti-militarism at all

Collective — 2026-06-17T15:28:08Z

“Against the arms race as a profit-making machine. Against turning a blind eye to Russian imperialism. For a left-wing peace policy that integrates self-defense and social control. No weapons for profit, but weapons for those under attack. Peace means an end to aggression”

- Features / Germany, Ukraine

Two Fronts: How Russia and the Ukrainian State Pressured Civil Society in 2025

Adam Novak — 2026-06-17T15:11:42Z

“This review draws on ZMINA's findings while situating them within the broader picture documented by Ukraine's democratic socialist left — the movements fighting since 2022 on two fronts simultaneously: against Russian recolonisation and against the neoliberal state and far-right at home.”

- Features / Russia, Ukraine

A soldiers' union is formed in Ukraine

Collective — 2026-06-14T18:29:12Z

The Confederation of Free Trade Unions of Ukraine (KVPU) has announced the creation of a new organisation: the All-Ukrainian Union of Combatants, Military Personnel and Veterans.

- News from around the world / Ukraine, Trade unions/workplace organizing

The political economy of Ukraine's war and the politics of a coming bad peace

Adam Novak — 2026-05-29T13:32:13Z

What Moscow expected to be a war of weeks is now into its fifth year. Ukrainian railway workers, miners and energy crews keep the country running under Russian bombardment while Ukraine's oligarchic state will not ask the rich to pay for defence. This article documents the price the Ukrainian working class is paying, the feminised volunteer infrastructure carrying what the state will not, the mass anti-corruption mobilisations, and the stakes of a reconstruction now being designed in donor conferences.

- Features / Economy, Ukraine

Civil society on a dual front in Ukraine

NPA-A Ukraine Solidarity Intervention Group — 2026-05-23T08:48:33Z

Four years of war have not suspended social and political conflicts in Ukraine. Civil society, largely engaged in a war of survival in the face of Russian aggression, continues to fight to defend its rights.

- IVP616 - May 2026 / Ukraine

Internationalism Is Not a Luxury, but a Survival Mechanism

Leila Al-Shami , Oleksandr Kyselov — 2026-05-01T07:16:04Z

The world of yesterday at the abyss: How can a solidary vision be built that does not side with one imperialist camp or another, but rather relies on liberation from below? A conversation with British-Syrian author Leila al-Shami and Ukrainian socialist Oleksandr Kyselov.

- Features / Syria, Ukraine

Against defeatism disguised as radicalism

2026-05-01T07:15:48Z

“Solidarity is not a slogan. It is a material stance. It means choosing a side when no perfect options exist. And today, choosing means standing with those who resist, with those who do not surrender, with those who try to defend their lives and their freedom even within a terrible context.”

- Features / Ukraine, Features

Swedish Dockworkers Against Russia's and Israel's Wars

Artem Tidva, Erik Helgeson — 2026-05-01T07:15:24Z

Ahead of May Day 2022, two months after Russia's full-scale attack on Ukraine, Ukrainian trade unionists called for solidarity with the invaded country. Artem Tidva, a Ukrainian left-winger and labour activist, addressed international unions calling for actions to help stop the Russian war machine.
In Sweden, such action was already underway. In March 2022, Swedish dockers had begun a blockade of Russian ships. This decision, supported by a nationwide vote among the Swedish Dockworkers' (…)

- Features / Sweden, Ukraine, Trade unions/workplace organizing

Call for 8 March demonstration in Kyiv 2026

Sotsialnyi Rukh — 2026-03-07T16:04:27Z

This call was published by Sotsialnyi Rukh on their Facebook page.

- Feminism / Women, Ukraine