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How the liberal and anarchist left became swept up in the surge of right-wing nationalism in Ukraine

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The serious flaws of our left and anarchist tactics in Ukraine (which resulted in its current weakness) can be traced to the early 2000’s and the wrong approach adopted by many of them that time. It is particularly expressed in their permanent, short-term approaches – the desire to get results immediately.

How did some of our left drift towards right-wing nationalists and middle-class liberals? It came from ideas of intervening in nationalist groups and hijacking their rallies (not yet numerous at the time). Instead of starting to work from the beginning with the working class (which takes more time), some of left and anarchists decided instead to try and influence pro-capitalist and nationalist movements. Continua a leggere→

Diary of Alexey Markov: «Zhelobok Is Ours»

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Once again about Zhelobok, or it’s better to see for yourself

June 9: In connection with the recent panicky rumors on social media that the Ghost Brigade has surrendered northern Zhelobok after heavy battles, I want to officially say: #ЖелобокНаш! [ZhelobokIsOurs!] Continua a leggere→

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

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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. Continua a leggere→

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

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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. Continua a leggere→

Estamos ante una oportunidad histórica de construir un estado socialista en Europa

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Respondiendo al llamamiento internacional para unirse a la resistencia contra el gobierno golpista de Poroshenko, son numerosos los voluntarios de toda Europa llegados al Donbass en defensa de la Nueva Rusia. Entre ellos también varios provenientes de Castilla y Catalunya, que tras su paso por el Batallón Vostok decidieron integrarse en la Brigada Prizrak, bajo las órdenes del carismático comandante Alexey Mozgovoy. Tras su breve paso por les brigades continentales, los jóvenes antifascistas acaban de integrarse en el Escuadrón rojo 404, una unidad de ideología comunista dentro de la Brigada Prizrak, en la que comparten tareas con otros jóvenes revolucionarios. Continua a leggere→