Solidarity 473, 22 June 2018

Tatchell arrested for LGBT Chechens

While he isn’t perfect and I don’t idolise him, Peter Tatchell is one of my heroes. He has consistently put his own safety on the line for the sake of human rights, especially LGBT+ rights. In 2007 he suffered brain damage and lost sight in one of his eyes after being beaten by Russian Nazis. In 1973, he attended the World Youth Festival in East Berlin and after taking the stage to speak about gay rights in East Germany, he was interrogated by the Stasi, and threatened and assaulted by delegates from the Communist Parties. Last week Tatchell was briefly detained in Moscow after holding a one...

EU left refuses to condemn Russian abuse

On 14 June the left bloc in the European Parliament voted against a motion demanding Russia release Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov and 70 other Ukrainian political prisoners. It was official policy of the left bloc, GEU/NGL, to vote against the motion. Only six members of the 52-strong faction rebelled: five by voting for, and one by abstaining. The GUE/NGL has not issued a statement explaining its opposition to the motion. 485 MEPs voted for the motion. 76 voted against. And 66 abstained. Those who voted against the motion were almost entirely members of the far right factions in the...

Robert Fine, 1945-2018

The socialist writer and activist Robert Fine died on 9 June 2018, at the age of 72. We publish tributes from Workers' Liberty people and from others who knew and worked with him. Photo: Robert Fine with Jean Lane (in the clearing in the middle of the photo, slightly right of centre, holding Workers' Action newspapers) at the anti-fascist march in Lewisham, 13 August 1977. For some of the writings by Robert Fine on this website, and a review of his latest book, click here or scroll down. Clive Bradley I learned a great deal from Bob Fine (in those days he went by "Bob"; I think later he...

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