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https://birrion.substack.com/p/ukrainian-nazism

Is the US backing neo-Nazis in Ukraine? John McCain and other State Department members have troubling ties to the ultra-nationalist Svoboda party
https://www.salon.com/2014/02/25/is_the_us_backing_neo_nazis_in_ukraine_partner/

BIRRION SONDAHL: I will be writing more about this problem - but I wanted to release this compilation of links first. For a good overview of what’s been happening with the US proxy war in Ukraine, I recommend listening to all three episodes of Crawdads and Taters on the war:

Ukraine Part 1 - A US-Proxy for the New Cold War Era

Ukraine Part 2 - From Maidan to Russiagate: Manufacturing Consent for World War III

Ukraine Part 3- Biden’s Armageddon and the Costs of Forever Wars

Ukrainian Nazis in the western media - pre 2022

BIRRION SONDAHL Thanks to whoever made this meme, I have included the headlines from it as well as others. This is an incomplete list, it includes Salon, The Guardian, the BBC, Time, Politico, the New York Times, Newsweek, Bellingcat, Reuters, and others. Even NATO mouthpieces Radio Free Europe and The Atlantic Council have covered Nazism in Ukraine.

  1. Michael Goldfarb discovers an ugly xenophobia rooted in the catastrophic destruction visited on Poland and Ukraine by totalitarian regimes
    Euro 2012: antisemitic echoes that threaten celebration of football
  2. Is the US backing neo-Nazis in Ukraine? John McCain and other State Department members have troubling ties to the ultra-nationalist Svoboda party
    Is the United States Backing Neo Nazis in Ukraine?
  3. Ukraine underplays role of far right in conflict Published 13 December 2014
    Ukraine underplays role of far right in conflict
  4. A bloody divorce between the Ukrainian government and the country’s ultranationalist groups could be in the offing.
    Ukraine’s Far Right Menace      SEPTEMBER 1, 2015 4:30 PM CET  7 MINUTES READ
  5. "Defend the White Race": American Extremists Being Co-Opted by Ukraine's Far-Right February 15, 2019 Azov Far-Right
    "Defend the White Race": American Extremists Being Co-Opted by Ukraine's Far-Right
  6. 'Glory to Ukraine' army chant invokes nationalist past Dmytro Kaniewski 08/24/2018August 24, 2018 A new slogan adopted by the Ukrainian army has drawn criticism for its links to World War II-era nationalist groups. The decision has sparked a debate about how the country should address its history.
    'Glory to Ukraine' army chant invokes nationalist past
  7. Newsweek World Ukraine Makes Birthday of Nazi Collaborator a National Holiday and Bans Book Critical of Anti-Semitic Leader BY JASON LEMON ON 12/27/18 AT 1:43 PM EST
    Ukraine Makes Birthday of Nazi Collaborator a National Holiday and Bans Book Critical of Anti-Semitic Leader
  8. Violent Anti-Semitism Is Gripping Ukraine — And The Government Is Standing Idly By
    Violent Anti-Semitism Is Gripping Ukraine — And The Government Is Standing Idly By
  9. WORLD News Far-right extremists in Ukrainian military bragged about Canadian training, report says Published Oct. 20, 2021 4:34 p.m. ET Updated Oct. 20, 2021 7:01 p.m. ET By Christy Somos CTV National News Associate Producer
    Far-right extremists in Ukrainian military bragged about Canadian training, report says
  10. 5 Mar 2014 How the far-right took top posts in Ukraine’s power vacuum By Brian Whelan In the new Ukrainian government politicians linked to the far-right have taken posts from deputy prime minister to head of defence. We profile the nationalists filling the power vacuum.
    How the far-right took top posts in Ukraine’s power vacuum
  11. COMMENTARY MARCH 19, 20183:27 PMUPDATED 5 YEARS AGO Commentary: Ukraine’s neo-Nazi problem
    Reuters: Commentary: Ukraine’s neo-Nazi problem
  12. Ukraine celebrates Nazi collaborator, bans book critical of pogroms leader State agencies have declared January 1 a commemoration day for WWII nationalist Stepan Bandera
    Ukraine celebrates Nazi collaborator, bans book critical of pogroms leader
  13. Almost 80 years ago, ideological true believers from all over the world flocked to Spain to fight in a civil war, serving in the famed International Brigades on the Republican side. These days, echoes of Spain can be found in Ukraine, where foreign ideologues now can be found battling separatists backed by Vladimir Putin’s Russia.
    Ukraine: Far-Right Fighters from Europe Fight for Ukraine
  14. Ukraine designated the birthday of a Nazi collaborator as a national holiday and banned a book on the anti-Semitic actions of another national leader.
    Ukraine Designates National Holiday to Commemorate Nazi Collaborator
  15. Russia claims that Ukraine is over-run by far-right groups who are causing chaos, but FRANCE 24’s Ukraine correspondent Gulliver Cragg say this is not true and that they are simply a fringe element. Western observers also dismiss the Kremlin's “propaganda”.
    Video: Kiev’s far-right groups refuse to disarm
  16. Neo-Nazis and the Far Right Are On the March in Ukraine Five years after the Maidan uprising, anti-Semitism and fascist-inflected ultranationalism are rampant. By Lev Golinkin
    Neo-Nazis and the Far Right Are On the March in Ukraine
  17. FBI: Neo-Nazi Militia Trained by US Military Ukraine Now training US White supremacists - maghreb news — 26 novembre 2018 add comment LOS ANGELES — According to a recent FBI indictment, several American white supremacists were allegedly radicalized by and received training from Ukraine’s neo-Nazi Azov Battalion, which receives funding from the current government of Ukraine as well as the U.S. government. The group has also received weapons from the Israeli government.
    FBI Link​​​​​​
    FBI: Neo-Nazi Militia Trained by US Military Ukraine Now training US White supremacists
  18. WORLD / EUROPE GT investigates: Evidence suggests US may have supported neo-Nazi Azov Battalion By Huang Lanlan and Cui Fandi Published: Mar 07, 2022 07:50 PM
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  19. Ukrainian neo-Nazi C14 vigilantes drive out Roma families, burn their camp - 23.04.2018 - Halya Coynash - The far-right C14 organization has carried out an operation, possibly in cooperation with a Kyiv district administration, which resulted in Roma families being forced to flee their camp on Lysa Hora in Kyiv
    Ukrainian neo-Nazi C14 vigilantes drive out Roma families, burn their camp
  20. Nazi symbols and salutes on display at Ukrainian nationalist march BY CNAAN LIPHSHIZ APRIL 29, 2018 7:13
    Nazi symbols and salutes on display at Ukrainian nationalist march
  21. NOT A FAN OF BELLINGCAT, but posted here for those who still follow
    Yes, It’s (Still) OK To Call Ukraine’s C14 “Neo-Nazi”
  22. BY LEV GOLINKIN - SEPTEMBER 1, 2015 4:30 PM CET - - On Monday, an eerily familiar scene in the streets of Kiev heralded a dangerous new phase in the Ukraine crisis. Once again, riot police faced angry demonstrators who claimed that the government was betraying their country; once again, blood spilled on the pavement, resulting in at least one death and over 100 injuries.
    Ukraine’s far-right menace

  23. With Axes And Hammers, Far-Right Vigilantes Destroy Another Romany Camp In Kyiv

  24. Violent Anti-Semitism Is Gripping Ukraine — And The Government Is Standing Idly By

  25. Ukraine’s Got a Real Problem with Far-Right Violence (And No, RT Didn’t Write This Headline)

  26. Ukraine conflict: 'White power' warrior from Sweden
  27. German TV Shows Nazi Symbols on Helmets of Ukraine Soldiers
    German TV Shows Nazi Symbols on Helmets of Ukraine Soldiers
  28. Cover Photo: Photo posted by “Centuria’ on Telegram, Photo posted by Roman Rusnyk on Instagram, Photo posted by Vladyslav Vintergoller on Instagram, Photo posted by Vitaliy Rosolovskiy on Instagram, Photo capture of Tweet posted by the Embassy of Ukraine to the United Kingdom. @IERES2021
    Far-Right Group Made Its Home in Ukraine’s Major Western Military Training Hub
  29. Not a fan of Bellingcat, but this article was on the list
    "Defend the White Race": American Extremists Being Co-Opted by Ukraine's Far-Right
  30. Ukraine conflict: Child soldiers join the fight Published 26 November 2014
    Ukraine conflict: Child soldiers join the fight
  31. he snow had just melted on the streets of Kyiv when Shawn Fuller, a U.S. Navy veteran, arrived in the early spring of 2018, his roller suitcase clattering over the pavestones of the Ukrainian capital. On the western edge of town, he found the address that his recruiter had sent him via Facebook, a flophouse with about two dozen beds, each reserved for a foreign fighter.
    Like, Share, Recruit: How a White-Supremacist Militia Uses Facebook to Radicalize and Train New Members
  32. Welcome to Ukraine, the most corrupt nation in Europe - Oliver Bullough - Fri 6 Feb 2015 03.43 EST
    Welcome to Ukraine, the most corrupt nation in Europe

Videos

The coverage was not limited to print - here are several video segments.

Post February Coverage

After February, suddenly they changed their tune. Here are a few links, but essentially every story post February has progressively glossed over and ignored the Nazi problem.

  1. New York Times World @nytimesworld
  2. Commanders of Ukraine’s celebrated Azov Battalion have held an emotional reunion with their families in Turkey, Ukrainian officials said, honoring the fighters released from Russian confinement last month.
  4. nyti.msReleased Azov commanders have an emotional reunion with family members in Turkey.While Kyiv’s army is gaining momentum on the battlefield in the east and south, much of the land it has recaptured has been razed and abandoned. Russia’s new recruits remain largely in the wings.

12:21 PM ∙ Oct 4, 2022

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  2. How the Russian Media Spread False Claims about Ukrainian Nazis - The NYT went full in on Nazi denialism.
  3. As Ukraine Rallies Nation to Defend from Russia, Far-Right Joins the Fight - Even early in the war, Newsweek was willing to admit that Azov was far right.
  4. Ukraine's Nazi problem is real, even if Putin's 'denazification' claim isn't - And NBC admitted it was a real problem.
  5. The fight for Ukraine is a fight for liberal ideals. So how can Boris Johnson possibly lead it? - Suddenly the Guardian no longer mentions Nazis and says this fight is for liberal ideals.
  6. For foreign fighters, Ukraine offers purpose, camaraderie and a cause - Reuters forgets to mention who this camaraderie is with…Nazis.
  7. Ukrainians are giving two lessons in democracy that Americans have forgotten - For CNN, Ukraine is a beacon of Democracy and actually compares them to Civil Rights protesters
  8. Zelensky: The TV president turned war hero - And now Zelensky is a hero when previously New Europe reported….Ukrainian president’s rule becomes increasingly corrupt, authoritarian

And here’s how the BBC changed their video coverage:

Non Mainstream Media Coverage

For a reasonable assessment of Ukraine, it is necessary to leave the mainstream media propaganda behind. Here are some articles from independent journalists and publications that are not influenced by the pro-western, pro-corporate narrative.

The Gray Zone

  1. How Ukraine’s Jewish president Zelensky made peace with neo-Nazi paramilitaries on front lines of war with Russia
  2. How the pro-Ukraine NAFO troll operation crowd-funds war criminals
  3. ‘Now, All of You Are Azov’: ‘openly neo-Nazi’ Ukrainian delegation meets Congress, tours US
  4. US, UK sabotaged peace deal because they ‘don’t care about Ukraine’: fmr. NATO adviser
  5. Zelensky quietly deletes photo of his bodyguard’s pro-Hitler patch
  6. “These are animals, not people”: Zelensky frees convicted child rapists, torturers to reinforce depleted military
  7. “One less traitor”: Zelensky oversees campaign of assassination, kidnapping and torture of political opposition
  8. US and NATO allies arm neo-Nazi units in Ukraine as foreign policy elites yearn for Afghan-style insurgency 

Multipolarista

  1. CBS censors its own report on Ukraine weapons corruption
  2. British government admits to arming Ukrainian Nazis from Azov militia
  3. CNN promotes neo-Nazi commander from Ukraine’s white-supremacist Azov regiment
  4. Ukraine is brutally repressing the left, criminalizing socialist parties, imprisoning activists
  5. CIA has trained Ukrainians to kill Russian-speakers since 2014 US-backed coup
  6. Brazilian neo-Nazis see Ukraine as their model: Behind the fascist campaign to ‘Ukrainize’ Brazil
  7. NATO is arming and training Nazis in Ukraine, as US floods Russia’s neighbor with weapons
  8. PBS gives Ukrainian Nazi platform to dehumanize Russians as ‘cockroaches’

FAIR

  1. ACTION ALERT: NYT Celebrates Neo-Nazi Azov Unit
  2. Hawkish Pundits Downplay Threat of War, Ukraine’s Nazi Ties
  3. Western Media Fall in Lockstep for Neo-Nazi Publicity Stunt in Ukraine

Caitlin Johnstone

  1. CBS Wanted To Do Critical Reporting On Ukraine’s Government But Ukraine’s Government Said No
  2. We’re Being Pushed Toward Nuclear War On A Fiction: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix
  3. It’s Not Okay For Grown Adults To Say The Ukraine Invasion Was “Unprovoked”

Covert Action Magazine

  1. How Pre-WW II Ukrainian Fascists Pioneered Brutal Terror Techniques; Later Improved By CIA, Now Ironically Taught to Descendants
  2. How Monsters Who Beat Jews To Death in 1944 Became America’s Favorite “Freedom Fighters” in 1945—with a Little Help from their Friends at CIA
  3. What the U.S. Government and The New York Times Have Quietly Agreed Not to Tell You About Ukraine

Socialist Revolution

  1. NATO Lies Exposed: Former Agent Speaks Out!
  2. Enemies on All Sides: Zelensky Uses War to Attack Worker Rights
  3. Arms Profiteering Peaks as Capitalists Spy an Opportunity in Ukraine
  4. US Imperialism’s Proxy War: Fighting Russia to the Last Drop of Ukrainian Blood

Others

  1. Ukrainian fascists say they will sabotage any peace deal with Russia
  2. The Bias in the Ukraine War Coverage
  3. America’s Collusion With Neo-Nazis
  4. Ukrainian Nationalists have long history of anti-semitism which the Soviet Union tried to combat

Documentaries

  1. Donbass - 2016. Documentary by Anne-Laure Bonnet
  2. Ukraine on Fire - Igor Lopatonok and Oliver Stone
  3. Revealing Ukraine - Igor Lopatonok and Oliver Stone
  4. Ukraine: 30 Years of Independence - The Everlasting Present - Igor Lopatonok
  5. Maidan Massacre - Igor Lopatonok and directed by John Back Hoffman
  6. Masks of the Revolution - Paul Moreira

On The Ground Journalists

  1. Eva Bartlett
  2. Patrick Lancaster
  3. Gonzalo Lira
  4. Anne Laure-Bonnel

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