Inside LabourStart

Today we had a meeting of LabourStart’s Russian and Ukrainian correspondents — and potential correspondents — in the new workers’ advice centre in Kiev.  The meeting was hosted by the Solidarity Center in Kiev and organized by Masha Kurzina (left).  Over the course of about 6 hours, we went over all the different things LabourStart does and talked honestly about what we can do to strengthen our campaigns, grow our mailing list, improve our news, and so on in the countries of the former Soviet Union.  We also discussed the possibility of a rather large contingent of trade unionists from Russia and Ukraine attending our Global Solidarity Conference in May next year.  All in all, an exciting and inspiring event — and perhaps a model for what we can try in other countries.