Who supports it?
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Who supports it?

Progressive parties and organization from around world
Progressive parties and organization from around world
Progressive parties and organization from around world

Progressive parties:

Progressive Parties from Eastern Europe:

Sotsialniy Rukh (Ukraine)
Vasemmistoliitto (Finland)
LKairiųjų aljansas (Lithuania)
Budoucnost (Czech Republic)
Jsme Levice (Czech Republic)
Demos (Romania)
Razem (Poland)

European left solidarity with Ukraine - Partia Razem - Inna polityka jest możliwa!
On the 24th of February, Russia launched an illegal and unjustified military invasion of a sovereign and independent state – Ukraine. We, as progressive parties from Ukraine, Lithuania, Finland, Czechia, Romania, Poland strongly condemn this aggression as it disregards every value we stand for. We…

"Plaid Cymru" (Wales, UK)

Adam Price: ‘We cannot absolve ourselves of our responsibility to Ukraine’
Plaid Cymru leader , Adam Price, writes about visit to Kyiv and urges UK Government to turn ‘piecemeal’ sanctions into ’full-scale economic…

"Left Party" (Sweden)

Ukrainska vänstern: “Det går inte att vara pacifist när en stridsvagn kör över en”
Medlemmar av den ukrainska vänstern reagerar på V:s vapenpolitik.

Left Bloc (Bloco de Esquerda) (Portugal)

Left Alliance (Finland)

Solidaarisuus ei ole vain sanoja – on aika kuitata Ukrainan velka - Vasemmistoliitto
Ukraina on yksi Euroopan köyhimmistä ja ylivelkaantuneimmista maista. Maa on joutunut käyttämään vuosittain 10–15 % bruttokansantulostaan lainojen lyhentämiseen. Ukraina tarvitsee kaikki tarvittavat resurssinsa maanpuolustukseen, kansalaisten turvaamiseen, pakolaisten asuttamiseen ja infrastruktuur…

Progressive and left of Democratic Party (USA)

congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7081

Open Labour UK

Progressive and left MPs in UK Parliament  (United Kingdom)

Labour, Plaid Cymru, Green Party, Scottish National Party, Alba Party, Liberal Democrat, Edwards Jonathan

https://edm.parliament.uk/early-day-motion/59766

Martin Schirdewan, chairman of the left-wing parliamentary group THE LEFT and financial policy spokesman for DIE LINKE in the European Parliament (Germany)

Schuldenschnitt für die Ukraine - DIE LINKE. Europa
„Ein Öllieferstopp muss auch auf den Verhandlungstisch in Brüssel. Wir müssen jede Möglichkeit überprüfen, die Millionen an Euros zu kürzen, die die europäischen Regierungen täglich an Putin für Energielieferungen überweisen. Die EU darf sich nicht von den nächsten autoritären Energielieferanten abh…

Initiatives and organizations:

The Ukraine Solidarity Campaign

Кампанія Солідарності з Україною
The Ukraine Solidarity Campaign seeks to organise solidarity and provide information in support of the Ukrainian labour movement

Another Europe is Possible

Another Europe is Possible
Resisting the Tories’ Brexit project, fighting for an alternative

Jubilee Debt Campaign

Cancel Ukraine’s Debt
Devastating news comes daily from Ukraine. What’s not being reported is the huge debt burden the country is facing. Despite the invasion, the country is still paying off lenders. Not only that, Ukraine is being forced to take on new debt to pay for the crisis and the urgent needs of its people. This…

Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières

Canada Is Happy to Provide Ukraine With Weapons — But Not Debt Relief - Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières
Although Ukraine is hobbled by the debt it owes its international creditors, Canada’s support for the country does not include any debt relief. It (...)

Bretton woods project

Calls for Ukraine debt relief grow as IMF and World Bank provide fresh loans amidst crisis - Bretton Woods Project
Ukraine reeling from the Russia invasion – owes a total of $22 billion to the IMF, World Bank and other international financial institutions.

Media and columnists:

Jacobin Magazine

Tribune Magazine

It’s Time to Cancel Ukraine’s Foreign Debt
Ukraine is set to repay $7.3 billion this year alone in foreign debt. If Western governments were serious about helping people in the midst of a devastating war, they would push for those debts to be cancelled.

Green Left (Australia)

To help Ukraine, cancel its foreign debt and expropriate Russian, Ukrainian oligarchs’ wealth abroad
A global campaign has been launched for the cancellation of Ukraine’s foreign debt, which stands at US$125 billion, reports Federico Fuentes.

Owen Jones, The Guardian

There’s an easy way to help Ukraine without military escalation: cancel its foreign debt | Owen Jones
A country battered and bruised by Russia’s invading forces needs space to breathe – not demands from hedge funds, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones