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Over 150 people packed the meeting room in London on June 2 to hear speakers and

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The speakers were Richard Brenner from the campaign, Lindsey German from

Counterfire, Boris Kagarlitsky from the (Institute for globalization studies and social

movements (IGSO), Moscow) who joined via Skype as he had been unable to get a visa,

Andrew Murray from the Communist Party of Britain, Alan Woods from Socialist Appeal

and the International Marxist Tendency and Sergei Kirichuk from the socialist

organisation Borotba in Ukraine who also spoke over a Skype call.

The speakers explained different aspects involved in the crisis in Ukraine, the role of US

and EU imperialism, the recruitment of fascist gangs into the National Guard, how the

conflict is a social and class based one rather than one based on language or ethnicity, the

support of the British government for the Ukrainian authorities, the presence of far right

and openly fascist elements within the Kiev government, the participation of British troops

in joint NATO exercises in Ukraine, the role of the oligarchs, the attacks against the

Communist Party and other left wing organisations (having their offices burnt down and

ransacked, their members persecuted, threats of banning), mutinies in the Ukraine army,

etc. All speakers stressed that support for the anti-fascist resistance did not at all mean

support for Putin.

There was also time for discussion from the floor, including the interventions of two

Ukrainians who supported the Kiev government, one who even argued that the rebels in

Luhansk had bombed the administration building themselves.

Perhaps the most significant intervention from the floor was that of Eddie Dempsey

branch secretary of the RMT Paddington no.1 branch who, on behalf of his branch, called

for a broad based, democratic campaign, rooted in the labour movement that his branch

could affiliate to, and move an emergency resolution to RMT national AGM seeking

national affiliation, in support of the antifascist movement in Ukraine and opposed to the

EU/US/British backed fascist Kiev junta focused on the neutralisation of British

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involvement in NATO military operations in Ukraine, British political and financial

support of the Kiev junta and to publicise accurate information on the situation in Ukraine

to counter the western media whitewash of events and the rise of fascism in Ukraine

Ben Gliniecki gave greetings from the Marxist Student Federation which had helped

secure the venue for the meeting and committed the Federation’s support for the

campaign.

Amongst those presents there were people who had travelled from different parts of the

country, including a representative of the fledging campaign in Bristol which has

organised a picket on Wednesday, June 3.

At the end of the meeting, the aims of the campaign were approved with an overwhelming

vote:

We are against the UK and Western governments’ backing for the far-right regime in

Kiev.

We oppose the planned NATO exercises in Ukraine.

We demand that the killers of 42 people at the House of Trade Unions in Odessa on

May 2nd be brought to justice.

We are against attacks on democratic rights and the repression of left-wing

organisations.

We support the antifascist resistance in Ukraine.

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Lindsey German, Counterfire Andrew Murray, Communist Party of

BritainAlan Woods, International Marxist

Tendency, Socialist Appeal

RMT Paddington n1 branch

representative

Ben Glinieki, Marxist Student

Federation

Jay Blackwood, Bristol campaign

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