The campaign to free Bogdan Syrotiuk has received a significant response among workers and young people all over the world. More than 3,800 people have signed the petition demanding his release. The campaign has also been endorsed by Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters and by Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein. "It is a travesty," Stein said. "He should be released and freed to continue his political work."
Bogdan was arrested because he and the YGBL stand in political solidarity with the International Committee of the Fourth International (ICFI), opposing the war in Ukraine from the standpoint of socialist internationalism and advocating for the unity of Russian and Ukrainian workers.
As central evidence, the prosecution cited Bogdan's connection to the World Socialist Web Site and his fight for socialism.
On June 3, the Ukrainian government banned the WSWS. Since then, the regime has taken increasingly brutal actions against the growing opposition to the war.
Zelensky is ruling as a dictator. He has suspended elections, introduced martial law, and banned all left-wing and socialist organizations. The anti-democratic and violently repressive nature of the Kiev regime is so striking that even the US State Department felt compelled to name some of the worst excesses in a report published in May by its Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor.
The significance of the fight for Bogdan's freedom extends far beyond Ukraine. The drum head tribunal against him is aimed at intimidating all opposition to war and capitalism–in Ukraine itself and worldwide.
Everywhere, the ruling class fears the specter of revolution. The fact is that resistance is growing. Despite the brutal repression, soldiers are deserting in droves in Ukraine because they do not want to be slaughtered for the interests of the Ukrainian oligarchs and the imperialists.
Six months after his arrest, this campaign is more important than ever, and the WSWS and the ICFI reiterate and reaffirm the demand for his immediate release.
Comrade Bogdan Syrotiuk can and will be freed! We urge all of those who support this campaign to sign the petition demanding Bogdan's release and to publicize the campaign for his freedom as widely as possible!
Fraternally,
The World Socialist Web Site
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