Gabriel Levy is a UK-based labour movement activist who has spent many years travelling to former Soviet countries. He blogs about labour issues there, and other things, at People & Nature.
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Published in: oDRDesperately seeking socialism: why the Soviet Union's left-wing dissidents matter today
This new collection of essays seeks to rebalance our understanding of dissent in the late Soviet Union, drawing...
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Published in: oDREastern Ukraine: “We need new ways of organising”
Amid military conflict and industrial collapse in eastern Ukraine, activists are feeling their way towards new...
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Published in: oDRKazakhstan: state threat to shut down independent trade unions
Five years ago today, Kazakhstan's security forces clashed with protesting workers in the oil town of Zhanaozen,...
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Published in: oDRBreak the silence on Azerbaijan oil workers’ deaths
Months on from a deadly fire on a Caspian sea oil rig, the Azerbaijani authorities are yet to conduct a full investigation.