Author: Christopher Ford

Christopher Ford is Secretary of the Ukraine Solidarity Campaign in the UK, and is author of a range of books and articles on Ukrainian labor history, including editor of Ivan Maistrenko, Borotbism: A Chapter in the History of the Ukrainian Revolution and Ukapisme – Une Gauche perdue: Le marxisme anti-colonial dans la révolution ukrainienne 1917 – 1925. He has a forthcoming book of selected writings of Ukrainian Social-Democracy.

Ukraine: Between Empire and Revolution

Lev Yurkevych’s Anti-Colonial Marxism

By: Christopher Ford Summer 2025

Christopher Ford introduces the political thoughts and activities of Lev Yurkevych, a prominent Ukrainian Marxist in the early 20th century.

Unions Strive to Keep Ukraine’s Mines Running, Protect Civilians and Appeal for Solidarity

By: Christopher Ford, Nataliya LevytskaSeptember 12, 2022

The NGPU and our leading organizations consider Russia’s attack to be a cynical attempt by the Russian regime to destroy Ukraine and its people.

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