The Guardian: Ukrainian protesters must make a decisive break with the far right, 2014
Neo-fascists have become involved in the Euromaidan protest movement and we can't turn a blind eye to the danger that presents.
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Now neofascists have become normalised as a legitimate part of the movement, they have become heroes of the people's struggle against authoritarianism and police brutality .
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Previously marginal neofascists from the militant Pravy Sektor (the Right Sector) are now involved in negotiations with Ukrainian law-enforcement bodies.
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Instead of downplaying it, instead of justifying and normalising strategic co-operation with neofascists, progressive intellectuals must come clean about the "diversity" of the movement and attack the far right, not those who dare to speak about inconvenient facts and dangerous tendencies.
More on the Right Sector:
- The Time: Right Sector’s ideology borders on fascism, 2014
- US Department of State: Odessa's Right Sector leader preached for Ukraine without Jews, 2019
- Twitter: Deputy of Kyiv City Council and a veteran of a semi-openly fascist 'Right Sector' raises awareness about the captivity or her 'openly nazi' brothers in arms, 2022
- The Guardian: Ukraine revolt is a step in the normalization of far-right ideas of overtly neo-Nazi Right Sector, 2014
- Tablet Mag: Member of Ukraine Parliament is the Fascist Right Sector leader, is (Surprise) Jewish, and (Real Surprise) supports Bandera ideology, 2014
- SkyNews (Australia): Zelensky endorsing The Right Sector [the neo-fascists], 2022