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Left Opposition (Ukraine)
The Left Opposition (Ukrainian: Ліва опозиція, romanized: Liva opozytsiya; Russian: Левая оппозиция, romanized: Levaya oppozitsiya) was a Pro-Russian coalition of socio-political organizations and parties in Ukraine established in June 2015. On March 19, 2022, the activities of the political group were suspended by the National Security and Defense Council during martial law.[1] LeadershipThe association was headed by 5 co-chairs:[2][3]
MembersThe association includes 5 political parties, 13 public organizations and 6 individuals. Parties:
Public organizations:
Individuals: It was also announced that the vicegerent of the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, Metropolitan Pavel (Lebed), close to the Communist Party of Ukraine, could join the movement. The Socialist Party of Ukraine and the All-Ukrainian Public Movement "Ukrainian Choice" of Viktor Medvedchuk refused to participate in the association. IdeologyPolitical theses of the organization:
Goals:
HistoryOn 12 June 2015, the constituent assembly of the political movement was held in Kyiv.[citation needed] CriticismName theft chargeThe eponymous socialist organization "Left Opposition" (one of the successors of the Organization of Marxists, mainly from its Trotskyist wing; its representatives create a new left party "Social Rukh") accused "representatives of the previous authorities (KPU), marginal Russophiles ("Kievan Rus") and Black Hundreds (PSPU), who parasitize on the left movement”, of stealing its name. According to the statement of its activist Nina Potarskaya, their organization is named after the leftists of the 20s with whom they associate themselves (leftists in the Central Rada and the Left Opposition in the VKP(b) opposing Stalinism). References
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