Ukraine: Anti-Fascists Force the Resignation of Appointed Governor of Lugansk [Photo: Anti-fascist protesters take over regional administration building in Lugansk, Eastern Ukraine.] By Steven Argue: On Sunday, March 9th, the appointed Maiden governor of Lugansk resigned under the pressure of thousands of anti-fascist protesters who occupied the regional administration building. The resigning governor, Mikhail Bolotskih, was appointed by the fascist infested central government of Kiev. The central government has also imposed the current deputy head of South Eastern Ukraine, Boris Filatov. Of Nazi collaborator and Nazi mass murderer Stepan Bandera, Filatov states, “I am proud of Bandera. He is my Hero. Particularly, as I see that people are ready to die under red-and-black flags.” Filatov has also stated his recipe for the solution to the anti-fascist uprisings in the region saying, “Give the scum promises, guarantees and then hang them.” When questioned on this later he explained it was just something he said on social media and not an official statement. South Eastern Ukraine has a large Russian speaking population. In Crimea, the population rose up, took control of the of the government. Then local self-defense militias combined with alleged Russian troops were able to seize control of Crimea from the central government with the support of the local population. Their support was so widespread that these operations were carried out without spilling any blood. The Crimean population will vote on becoming part of Russia on March 16th. Obama, the EU, and the Kiev government blame Moscow for the anti-fascist uprisings in South Eastern Ukraine. Reality, however, is far different. People in the region are begging for help from Russia to defend them from the far right chauvinistic government that has seized power in Kiev. On February 23, one day after taking power, the coup government in Kiev took away the language rights of Hungarian, Romanian, Tatar, and Russian speaking minorities. That coup government is made up of a closely knit coalition of three capitalist parties, one of which is the neo-Nazi party Svoboda. For neo-Nazi Svoboda leader, Oleg Tyagnibok, taking away the language rights of the Russian minority is just the beginning. He recently spoke before supporters in Kiev calling for criminal penalties for speaking in the Russian language. In addition, he called for stripping all ethnic Russians of their Ukrainian citizenship, forcing them to become non-citizens in their own land. In 2010 the official Svoboda internet website included in its program their desire to physically liquidate all Russian-speaking intellectuals and all Ukrainophobes (Fast, without a trial, shot. Registering Ukrainophobes can be done here by any member of Svoboda). The Obama administration does not recognize the government of Crimea as legitimate. That means he doesnt consider the Crimean governments request for troops from Russia as legitimate. It must also mean that Obama supports as the alternative the deputy head of South Eastern Ukraine as appointed by the illegitimate government in Kiev. This is an appointee who loves Nazi mass murderer Stepan Bandera and whose program for the region is, “Give the scum promises, guarantees and then hang them.” For more on what is going on, check out my articles: US & EU Imperialist Hands Off Crimea, Ukraine, Belarus, & Russia! boston.indymedia.org/newswire/display/219851/index.php Belarus: President Lukashenko Vows to Prevent a Coup Similar to Ukraine boston.indymedia.org/newswire/display/219864/index.php
Posted on: Tue, 11 Mar 2014 16:13:47 +0000
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