An Interview with Mira, Andrei, and Sascha of AntiFascist Action Ukraine‏

Sascha, Andrei, and Mira are members of AntiFascist Union Ukraine, a group that monitors and fights fascism in Ukraine. We sat down to talk about the influence of fascism in EuroMaidan, this is what they told me:

Sascha: There are lots of Nationalists here, including Nazis. They came from all over Ukraine, and they make up about 30% of protesters.

Mira: The two biggest groups are Svoboda and Pravy Sektor (Right Sector). The defense forces aren’t 100% Pravy but a large percentage is.

S: Svoboda is more legal as a group, but they also have an illegal militant faction. Pravy Sektor is more illegal, but they want to usurp Svoboda.

M: There’s a lot of infighting between Pravy and Svoboda. They worked together during the violence but now everything is calm so there’s time to focus on each other. Pravy and Svoboda both take donations and they have lots of money. Recently Pravy has all these new uniforms, military fatigues. Continue reading

THE MODERN WAR: What’s not supposed to be seen

Every proper modern war is now fought with the crucial help of media warfare. The situation in Ukraine makes no exception, where, in the last few months we can see the clash between two of the world’s superpowers piercing through: on one side the North–American block and its less enthusiastic european ally, and on the other, the Eurasian block. A war in wich Italy, as an EU member, doesn’t have and can’t have a neutral position. A war that is fought by overlooking and censoring news and information, a war that can bring to an altered understanding of a complicated political scenario. In order to highlight these well known facts, that contribute to a massive manipulation of the public opinion, we have decided to gather all the information (texts as well as videos) that the western media did not show, or tried to overlook. Continue reading