- Owen Jones still wants you to #standwithukraine Archived Message
Posted by Ian M
on February 26, 2023, 12:36 am
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Retweet from Feb 23rd: https://twitter.com/OwenJones84 from the Ukraine Solidarity campaign, calling for protests against Russia, deepening ties with the Ukrainian 'resistance' and, astonishingly: 'the gifting to Ukraine of all the surplus UK military equipment due to be replaced, especially the 79 Challenger tanks, 170 Scimitar reconnaissance vehicles, all Warrior infantry fighting vehicles, Typhoon fighter aircraft - to help Ukraine win more quickly, with less suffering.' Other signatories include John McDonnell and Paul Mason, among other luminaries (see below), presumably a who's who of the kind of left (sic) that Monbiot sees himself as part of - https://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/thread/1677080264.html. No other wise words from the head prefect on the anniversary of the invasion, as far as I can see. jeers, I ***** https://twitter.com/UkraineSol/status/1628694033525530625 Ukraine Solidarity Campaign @UkraineSol · Feb 23 Tomorrow is one year since Russia's invasion. To #standwithUkraine: • Join protests - we'll repost what's happening in the UK over next few hours. • Sign our solidarity statement initiated by UK Labour MPs, union leaders and social justice activists: http://bit.ly/ukrainesol ***** No other wise words on the conflict one year on... Here's the doc in full: ***** https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdXzrgQs5-iZhAxF8eV8_b4HcaWK3407MVz_Xshv4_8hMn-Zw/viewform Stand with Ukraine - UK solidarity statement and call for protests for the anniversary of Russia’s invasion We are calling for and supporting protests, actions and meetings in solidarity with Ukraine in the last week of February – during the global week of action organised by the European Network for Solidarity with Ukraine and others, marking the anniversary of Russia’s invasion. The casualties of Russia’s war in Ukraine are counted in tens of thousands, the displaced in many millions, the damage in tens of billions of pounds. The invading forces are systematically committing crimes including intentional killing of civilians, rape, destruction of vital infrastructure, and forced displacement and deportations, including of children. Meanwhile the war is transforming Putin’s Russia into an even more violently reactionary and authoritarian regime. A democratic, lasting peace for the peoples of Ukraine and Russia requires the defeat of Russia’s brutal imperialism. We stand with Ukraine’s military resistance to Putin’s war, and with the anti-war resistance in Russia. We demand the immediate withdrawal of all invading troops from the territory of Ukraine to its internationally recognised borders; the right for all refugees and displaced persons to return in conditions of safety; for those responsible for war crimes to be held fully accountable, and for meaningful justice for their victims. We demand governments increase humanitarian aid, and for the gifting to Ukraine of all the surplus UK military equipment due to be replaced, especially the 79 Challenger tanks, 170 Scimitar reconnaissance vehicles, all Warrior infantry fighting vehicles, Typhoon fighter aircraft - to help Ukraine win more quickly, with less suffering. We commit to building renewed and expanded solidarity with Ukraine’s resistance; with Ukraine’s labour movement and left in their fight for independence, to defend workers’ rights, human rights and democracy during the war, and for a more just and democratic post-war reconstruction; and with the anti-war movement and independent labour organisations in Russia. We call for the UK to increase its support and welcome for the victims of this conflict, and to end the hostile environment facing refugees. Please add your name using the form below. Initial signatories: Gary Smith, GMB General Secretary Barbara Plant, GMB President Mick Whelan, ASLEF General Secretary Chris Kitchen, NUM General Secretary Simon Weller, ASLEF Assistant General Secretary John Moloney, PCS Assistant General Secretary (pc) Oksana Holota, Confederation of Free Trade Unions of Ukraine (in UK) Pavlo Holota, Independent Union of Mineworkers of Ukraine (in UK) John McDonnell MP Nadia Whittome MP Clive Lewis MP Rachael Maskell MP Lloyd Russell-Moyle MP Ian Lavery MP Mick Antoniw, Member of the Senedd Paul Sweeney, Member of the Scottish Parliament Alena Ivanova, Sacha Ismail, Chris Ford, Ukraine Solidarity Campaign Paul Mason, writer and campaigner Peter Tatchell, human rights campaigner Yuliya Yurchenko, Sotsialnyi Rukh, Ukraine Solidarity Campaign, UCU activist Matthew Hull, Trade Union Liaison Officer, Green Party of England & Wales (pc) Tessa Milligan, Open Labour Co-Chair Amen Tesfay, Open Labour Co-Chair Mark Boothroyd, Unite and RCN activist, Guys’ and St Thomas’ Zoe Williams, journalist Daniel York Loh, writer, performer, filmmaker Mike Davis, editor, Chartist Julie Ward, Chartist, former Member of the European Parliament Cathy Nugent, Workers’ Liberty Vijay Menezes-Jackson, Chair, National Young Members' Committee, PCS (pc) Vera Horton, Belarusian activist, BelDiasporaTV John-Paul Himka, historian Praveen Kolluguri, Kingston and Surbiton Labour Black Asian and Minority Ethnic officer Councillor Graham Campbell, SNP NEC Black Asian and Minority Ethnic convener Pat Murphy, National Education Union NEC Pete Glover, NEU NEC Peter Duncan, School of Slavonic and East European Studies Zoe Gardner, Another Europe is Possible NC Mary Kaldor, AEIP NC John Palmer, former Guardian European editor, European Policy Centre Political Director, AEIP NC Alan Fraser, Education & Health & Safety Officer, GMB Gregory Schwartz, University of Bristol Taras Fedirko, University of Glasgow Gita Saghal, human rights advocate Mike Phipps, writer, London Gavin Edwards, Walthamstow Labour Party, Unite Community Jim Monaghan, Dublin Roman Werpachowski, Arneberg, Norway Frederick Harry Pitts, University of Exeter Colin Turbett, Isle of Arran, Unison / Common Weal Daniel Nichols, Policy Officer, Romford Labour Party Michael Gallagher, Aldershot Richard Brand, Duisburg Hilary Mandleberg, London Ana Oppenheim, London Stan Crooke, Secretary, Unite Glasgow Not for Profit Sector Branch Vladyslav Starodubtsev, Sotsialnyi Rukh, Kyiv, Ukraine Dave Barter, Secretary, Saddleworth & Lees Labour Party, Oldham Jef Smith, University of Kent David Lister, Brent Central Labour Party, Chartist Editorial Board Pete Radcliff, Beeston, Nottingham Joseph Coote-Cowling, Digital Campaigns Officer, NEC, Socialist Educational Association (SEA) - Labour Party affiliate Robert Borsley, Professor Emeritus, University of Essex Helen Mason, Whitley Bay Tyne and Wear Ada Wordsworth, University of Oxford, Masters Student Paul Fauvet, Maputo, Mozambique Craig Liddle, Sutton SNP Robbie Griffiths, London Matthew Thomson, Cornwall Corinna Lotz, Real Democracy Movement Martin Timson, Unison Merseytravel/LCRCA Steward (pc), Liverpool Svitlana, Reading Ukrainian Community centre Jim Denham, Birmingham, Unite delegate to Selly Oak CLP Russell Elliott, Llanfairfechan Don Flynn, Chartist Editorial Board Laura Parker, Dogliani, Another Europe Is Possible Richard Abernethy, Kidlington, Oxfordshire, member of International Marxist-Humanist Organization Kelly Rogers, Lambeth Michael Chessum, Tooting Labour, GMB member George Wheeler, Lambeth Unison Ben Towse, Camden Unison Chris Marks, PCS DWP London branch secretary Justine Canady, Unison young member, Lewisham Eleanor Clarke, Cabinet Office London PCS rep Ross Fraser-Smity Jeremy Hicks, Queen Mary University of London Paul Cunningham, Norwich North CLP Luke Cooper, LSE Paul Canning, writer, London Aiden Clay, Stoke-on-Trent Elliot Holmes, mechanic, Twickenham Kerry Partridge, Kidderminster Colin Berry, Rochdale Spencer Mawby, lecturer, University of Nottingham Michael Green, Liverpool Polina Proutskova, independent researcher, IZBA vocal ensemble of Russian traditional singing Andrew Coates, Ipswich CLP, Unite Community Harry Parker, teacher, Birmingham Derek Germon, member of Another Europe is Possible, Unite the Union, Lambeth Samantha Hart, Greater Manchester Jamie Marsh, Labour, Co-operative Party (Secretary of Bristol branch), PCS John Buckell, Northampton Nikita Zhelezkov, Banbury -- This statement was launched by the Ukraine Solidarity Campaign https://ukrainesolidaritycampaign.org. 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