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Fri Jun 6, 2014, 10:11 PM Jun 2014

The Durability of Ukrainian Fascism

Weekend Edition June 6-8, 2014
Fascism: an “Ism” for the 21st Century
The Durability of Ukrainian Fascism
by PETER LEE

Readers outside of Europe might not be aware of it, but spring is the fascist marching season in the Baltic republics.

In Estonia on February 16; February 16 & March 11 in Lithuania (anniversaries of 1918 and 1990 declarations of independence); and March 16 in Latvia (March 16, 1944 was first day the Latvian Legion fought alongside the Wehrmacht against the Red Army), local fascists parade to celebrate fascist principals and fascist heroes, most of whom collaborated in some ways with Nazi Germany during World War II while resisting the Soviet Union.

The big event for Ukrainian fascists is January 1, the anniversary of the birth of Stepan Bandera (1909-1959), leader of the OUN-B (Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists—Bandera) fascist faction.


[center][font size="2"]"So, unfortunately for apologists for the current Kyiv regime, the correct description
of these two groups is not “nationalist” or “ultranationalist”; it is “fascist”.

"Fatally, the Ukrainian government has turned to fascist nationalism and heroes in order to forge a post-Soviet,
essentially Ukrainian, identity for the post-1991 state."
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The full article: http://www.counterpunch.org/2014/06/06/the-durability-of-ukrainian-fascism/
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