In this talk at the UCLU Marxist society, Ben Gliniecki – the youth organiser for the Solidarity with the Anti-Fascist Resistance in Ukraine campaign – analyses the latest developments surrounding the crisis in Ukraine, and discusses how Marxists can support the struggles against fascism in Ukraine.

The situation in Burkina Faso has been moving at lightning speed since the revolution erupted on Thursday 30th October. Not only did the revolutionary masses overthrew the hated Blaise Compaoré, but also his hand-picked successor, general Honoré Traoré, just a few hours later. The military tops and major imperialist powers have been scrambling to hatch some kind of a deal to pacify the masses and restore some sort of bourgeois normality.

We publish here an article written last week by Ben Morken of the International Marxist Tendency in South Africa, who reports on the revolutionary events unfolding in Burkina Faso. The situation has developed since this article was written, but it nevertheless provides a useful analysis and background to the events taking place.