[fse-esf] Ukrainian Social Forum (1-st of May 2008) - welcome!

[Serhey Novikov]

Dear comrades from ESF.

The Organizing Committee was established in Kiev the
12 of July 2007 for realization The Ukrainian Social
Forum (the 1 of May 2008). To The Organizing Committee
it was elected:

1. Chemerys Vladimir, defence counsel of law, director
of institute “The Republic”;

2. Malinkovich Vladimir, defence counsel of law,
political scientist;

3. Yavorskiy Viktor, President of Federation of
independent Trade Unions in Ukraine (FNPU):

4. Petrichenko Piter, Secretary General of The Trade
Union Independent Confederation in Ukraine (KNPU);

5. Ostapyuk Oleksandr, President of the independent
trade union “Rovnenshchina” (Ronvo);

6. Ishchenko Vladimir, sociologist, scientific
secretary of The Association of Ukrainian history of
labour people;

7. Agnishchenko Natalia, chief expert of The
Scientific Research Centre of genre in Kiev;

8. Meregko Oleksandr, Doctor of Jurisprudence,
professor, right publicist;

9. Novikov Igor, ecologist, Coordinator of the social
campaign of defence of the river of Dnister;

10. Zadyraka Vladimir, journalist;

11. Finko Anton, political scientist, chief expert of
The Political Research Centre;

12. Bey Ilia, editor of the site “POLITSOVET”,
coordinator or the regional committee “BASTA”
(Zaporozhie);

13. Tiran Irina, Chairman of the Civic Council of
defence of freedom of speech “Media-rada”;

14. Vernik Oleg, - Chairman of Trade Union “Zakhyst
Pratsy” in Kiev; 

15. Ohotin Piter - Chairman of Student’s Trade Union
of The National University “Kievo-Mogylyanska
Akademia”;

16. Movchan Andrew – Coordinator of cultural and art
Consolidation “Ukrainskiy Avangard”;

17. Klimenko Pavel – Coordinator of actions of
students’ objection, Chairman of the students’ 
parliament of The Teachers' training institute by
Grinchenko;

18. Demkiv Igor – Coordinator of System of civic
initiatives “BASTA”;

19. Palij Alexandr – Head of newspaper department
“Trade Union news”;

20. Raush Piter – anarchist, political refugee (RF,
St.-Petersburg);

21. Tchaikovsky Miroslav – sociologist, editor of site
“Liva Sprava”

The Organizing Committee has determined the themes of
The Ukrainian Social Forum. It includes the problems
of: 
•	state and perspectives of development labour and
trade union movement, struggle against the reform of
Code of labour laws ;

•	genre equality and feminism movement;

•	defence of the human rights;

•	antifascism;

•	problems of Ukrainian Gastarbeiters and immigrants
to Ukraine;

•	state and development of education in Ukraine.
Students’ movement;

•	defence of the social process (struggle against
privatization, problems of reformation of health
protection system);

•	neoliberal globalization and Ukraine;

•	anti-imperialism and antimilitarism. Threat outside
of bloc state of Ukraine;
•	perspectives of left politics in Ukraine;

•	actual theoretical problems of global left movement;

•	history of labour people of Ukraine; 

•	problems of state drug politics.


The Organizing Committee of The Ukrainian Social Forum
is opened for addition and coordinated action with all
progressive social movements and persons; it is opened
for all ecological, labour, students’, trade union,
LHBT initiatives and movements.

Contact of The Organizing Committee of The Ukrainian
Social Forum: novi-livi at ukr.net



       
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