A march of anarchists and lesbians against the war took place in Kyiv
In Kyiv, on May 1, anarchists managed to hold their action - about 50 people took part in the “March for Social Change”. The demonstration took place under the slogans “No to the continuation of the war, rising tariffs, raising the retirement age, the new Labor Code, paid medicine and education. Yes – to national reconciliation, deprivation of the property of the oligarchs, writing off the debt to the IMF.”
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The action was timed to coincide with International Workers' Day, and was attended by representatives of pro-European left movements and the so-called. LGBT activists.
Participants of the action held a rally on Ivan Franko Square and then marched to the street. Institutskaya. The activists also planned to march to the Verkhovna Rada and hold a rally near it, but law enforcement officers warned them about impending provocations, and the organizers had to interrupt the march.
Participants of the action limited themselves to performances on Ivan Franko Square and on the street. Institutskaya.
“The country is heading towards disaster. They are trying to convince us that today we have no choice but to tighten our belts and endure. It's a lie. Today we came not just to protest against reforms such as changes to the Labor Code, raising the retirement age, rising tariffs, but also to declare an alternative, that we need to arm ourselves with socialist ideology, which has the tools of change for the better, First of all, taxation of oligarchs, closing the possibility of moving money offshore, progressive taxation. We want us, and not the oligarchs, to live like in Europe. We want to have access to medicine, education, housing and transport,” said Left Opposition activist Vitaly Dudin in his speech.
The event was attended by public figure Vladimir Chemeris and one of the leaders of the Trotskyist movement in France and one of the founders of the New Anti-Capitalist Party (NPA) Alain Krivin.
Anarchists and lesbians marched against the war in Kyiv.