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Why are you going to bat for Pooty-poot, purveyor?
Happiness at first but as Egypt found with Morsi--overthrowing a government by protest often has unintended consequences as the rebels fight over the spoils and decide who gets the bigger portion. And when there are "outside forces" involved it's even worse because the citizens don't really ever know who is in charge and how to take back control to restore order. 
Svoboda (Freedom) party members yelled at the interim CEO and beat him in the face, accusing the channel of a lack of nationalism and forcefully demanding his resignation.
“Write your resignation!” Sit down! I told you, sit down!,” yelled one of the members while throwing punches and pushing Panteleymonov.
“You are feasting in my Ukraine!...Here is a paper, pen, write the resignation now quickly, you animal...You are Moskal (a derogatory term for Russian) garbage!”
He replied to the men, saying: “I am not Russian, I am Ukrainian.” But to that they responded: “You are Ukrainian? You are sh*t! You campaigned for Moscow, you lied to Ukrainians for our money!”
Image from facebook.com/oleksandr.aronets
The Svoboda party’s press secretary, Aleksandr Aronets, said on his Facebook page that they “forced the head of the Pershyi Natsionalnyi Panteleymonov to write a letter of resignation.” As proof, he attached a picture of the paper.
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http://rt.com/news/ukraine-forced-resignation-nationalism-674/
“Write your resignation!” Sit down! I told you, sit down!,” yelled one of the members while throwing punches and pushing Panteleymonov.
“You are feasting in my Ukraine!...Here is a paper, pen, write the resignation now quickly, you animal...You are Moskal (a derogatory term for Russian) garbage!”
He replied to the men, saying: “I am not Russian, I am Ukrainian.” But to that they responded: “You are Ukrainian? You are sh*t! You campaigned for Moscow, you lied to Ukrainians for our money!”
Image from facebook.com/oleksandr.aronets
The Svoboda party’s press secretary, Aleksandr Aronets, said on his Facebook page that they “forced the head of the Pershyi Natsionalnyi Panteleymonov to write a letter of resignation.” As proof, he attached a picture of the paper.
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http://rt.com/news/ukraine-forced-resignation-nationalism-674/
These fascists are so proud of themselves, they're filming these things and posting them on their websites so their supporters can *celebrate*.
Well he’s looking, he’s looking, he’s looking down,
Hoping you’ll clean up this dirty old town.
Finish his battle, before it turns rotten,
Your granddad didn’t vote for fascists, he shot 'em.
Yeah he shot 'em, he shot 'em, he shot 'em down,
Fired his gun till they hit the ground.
So I hope, you’ve not forgotten:
Your granddad didn’t vote for fascists
He shot 'em
down.
Few cared a few weeks ago when it was the Communists. But like the old poem says, they usually do come for us first...who will be left to care for the remaining people who are even an eyelash to the left of the Right Sector?
And as for elections ridding Ukraine of these Nazi thugs, apparently a few people haven't been watching the rise of Nazism in this area for the last few years. They have memorial parades that are quite popular where veterans wear their WW2 *Nazi* uniforms and are supported by the younger crowd.
I can't post a lot of these, since they are on pro-Nazi anti-Semitic hate sites, but there are a shit-ton of them. This isn't the fringe.
This is from last August, from AP, obviously Moscow running-dogs.
http://news.yahoo.com/ukraine-divided-over-wwii-legacy-100702056.html
CHERVONE, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainians dressed in Nazi SS uniform trudge through trenches and fire model rifles in a reconstruction of a key battle against the Soviets during World War II. An Orthodox priest leads a ceremony for fallen soldiers of the Nazi unit, sprinkling his blessing over several men sporting swastikas who lower a coffin in a ritual reburial.
The scenes were part of commemorations last week of soldiers many Ukrainian nationalists — along with a smattering of hardcore ultra-rightists — hail as heroes. The men they are honoring belonged to the SS Galician division, a Nazi military unit made up mostly of Ukrainians, which fought Soviet troops during World War II.
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Politicians are also deeply divided on the subject. Former President Viktor Yushchenko, who steered Ukraine toward the West after leading the 2004 Orange Revolution, campaigned to have the nationalist insurgents honored as heroes, even though leading Western historians say many of their units had a hand in massacring civilians, including Jews and Poles. And the radical nationalist party Svoboda — a vocal force in parliament whose leaders have been accused of anti-Semitic and racist remarks — extolls those fighters.
The Party of Regions led by President Viktor Yanukovych, who is seen as more Russia-friendly, has campaigned against treating the men as heroes. But the party has exploited the anti-fascist cause to its advantage. In May, it organized a large rally in Kiev to protest fascism and call for tolerance — but after the event ended, pro-government activists clashed with opposition protesters and beat up two journalists trying to film the brawl.
Post-Soviet Ukraine has failed to investigate, prosecute or bring to trial a single Nazi war criminal, according to Efraim Zuroff, the top Nazi hunter with the Simon Wiesenthal Center. The same is true of other post-Communist countries with a record of Nazi collaboration such as Latvia, Estonia and Belarus. Pressed by the West, Lithuania put three Nazi criminals on trial, but waited until they were too old or unfit to be punished. In all of these countries, experts say, suspected Nazi collaborators were protected because of their role fighting the Soviets, considered by much of the population as the greater enemy.
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And I won't shut up about it. I almost posted that quote too, that first they come for the Communists who were the first to sound the alarm in the 30s too when the pragmatics said *oh we can work with these guys*, *they're not that bad*. I've seen how bad that 88 Heil Hitler crowd is in real life and I wouldn't wish their hate on my worst enemy. I posted a few of their more tame videos here but crickets. Elections? What elections? For an interim putsch government, they sure are passing a lot of decrees. Today they had requests for a demilitarized zone to *protect* them even though it's their thugs and their military hardware that keeps trying to cross in pro-Russian areas but gets stopped by antifascist activists. Our media, the entire G7 state-licking media, is doing us no favors at all with their lies and their white-washing. I've got bookmarks, reports, videos and pictures galore of these shitheads, many are pre 2012 and from their own websites. In 2012 they were vehemently denounced as neo-nazis by world organizations and the EU parliament. Now? They put on suits, put their lapel pins under their jackets and they're suddenly respectable. In the 21st century! Germany's not even done arresting all its original Nazis yet and they're courting the new ones. Every time I see one of their pictures with Nuland, Kerry or Obama, I'm depressed for hours. Unbelievable. I went and looked at a few White Power sites in the US and those guys are pissing from joy.
Total complicity from the Western media. How about a report on Showan Shattak, in critical condition after being stabbed by Swedish Svenskarnas Nazis following their return from participating in the Euromaiden protests? Showan Shattak is the most well-known Swedish anti-homophobia campaigner.
The established community uses fascists
The attack took place after a "reclaim-the-night" demonstration on International Women's Day in the left-wing area Möllevånden in central Malmö. After the demonstration was over and people were going to a party, a group of fascists attacked a group of left-wing activists. The fascists were armed with knives and four activists were hospitalized, one of whom, Showan Shattak, is still in a coma. It is uncertain whether he will survive. It seems that he may have been a deliberate target of the Nazis, he has been a public figure in a campaign for football fans against homophobia.
The attack is just latest in a series of fascist groups' attacks on left-wing activists. In October, Kvarnby folk high school, a training center in Malmö associated with the Left Party, was firebombed. In December, a demonstration in Kärrtorp (south of Stockholm) was attacked by a group of 30 neo-Nazi thugs. In January, a member of the Swedish Social Democratic Youth was attacked in Malmö.
The entire Swedish Establishment has declared that the right-wing extremism is just as bad as the left-wing "extremism", indicating that when neo-Nazi thugs attack demonstrations against the cuts, it's just a conflict between two equally guilty parties. It is clear that although the current center-right government s obviously is not fascist in any way, it has no objection to let the neo-Nazi attacks intimidate left-wing activists, especially anti-fascists.
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Ukraine - a boost for the fascist morality
Throughout the conflict in Ukraine, the Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bild, persistently tried to deny that there were any fascists or anti-Semites present in the Ukrainian Maiden movement even up to the point where he claimed that Svoboda consists of "democrats". The Swedish press gave Swedish neo-Nazis who traveled to Ukraine plenty of space to express their support for the movement and their calls for ethnic cleansing in Ukraine.
It is clear that the Swedish Nazis have gotten a massive morale boost from events in Ukraine. In fact, one of those involved in the attack (on Showan Shattak) had just returned from a trip to Ukraine. As for the Swedish intelligence service, the Swedish neonazis' activities in Ukraine is not something they care about.
The response from the government has been passive. Since the events of last Saturday, the prime minister was forced to declare that neo-Nazis "besmirch" Sweden's reputation. It is undoubtedly true, but it is far from even a condemnation of the attack.
The police has shown very little interest in pursuing the neo-Nazi, who according to witnesses, held the knife. It is reported that he has been repeatedly called in for questioning, but has not been arrested. It looks rather like the police and the court are more interested in blaming the left-wing activist victims for the attack. The Swedes' party, whose members performed the attack, has issued a statement saying that their members only acted in "self-defense" after they had been attacked by a group of leftists. This version of events is also now been published in the right-wing tabloid Expressen , quoting police as a source of information.
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Much more at the link.
(Marxist.dk is COPYLEFT)
http://www.marxist.dk/artikler/internationellt/5314-den-svenske-arbejderbevaegelse-star-sammen-mod-fascistiske-angreb.html&prev=/search%3Fq%3D%2522Showan%2BShattak%2522%2Bmaiden%2BUkraine%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US
fficial%26channel%3Drcs%26biw%3D1280%26bih%3D828" target="_blank">Google Translate Link
The attack is just latest in a series of fascist groups' attacks on left-wing activists. In October, Kvarnby folk high school, a training center in Malmö associated with the Left Party, was firebombed. In December, a demonstration in Kärrtorp (south of Stockholm) was attacked by a group of 30 neo-Nazi thugs. In January, a member of the Swedish Social Democratic Youth was attacked in Malmö.
The entire Swedish Establishment has declared that the right-wing extremism is just as bad as the left-wing "extremism", indicating that when neo-Nazi thugs attack demonstrations against the cuts, it's just a conflict between two equally guilty parties. It is clear that although the current center-right government s obviously is not fascist in any way, it has no objection to let the neo-Nazi attacks intimidate left-wing activists, especially anti-fascists.
...
Ukraine - a boost for the fascist morality
Throughout the conflict in Ukraine, the Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bild, persistently tried to deny that there were any fascists or anti-Semites present in the Ukrainian Maiden movement even up to the point where he claimed that Svoboda consists of "democrats". The Swedish press gave Swedish neo-Nazis who traveled to Ukraine plenty of space to express their support for the movement and their calls for ethnic cleansing in Ukraine.
It is clear that the Swedish Nazis have gotten a massive morale boost from events in Ukraine. In fact, one of those involved in the attack (on Showan Shattak) had just returned from a trip to Ukraine. As for the Swedish intelligence service, the Swedish neonazis' activities in Ukraine is not something they care about.
The response from the government has been passive. Since the events of last Saturday, the prime minister was forced to declare that neo-Nazis "besmirch" Sweden's reputation. It is undoubtedly true, but it is far from even a condemnation of the attack.
The police has shown very little interest in pursuing the neo-Nazi, who according to witnesses, held the knife. It is reported that he has been repeatedly called in for questioning, but has not been arrested. It looks rather like the police and the court are more interested in blaming the left-wing activist victims for the attack. The Swedes' party, whose members performed the attack, has issued a statement saying that their members only acted in "self-defense" after they had been attacked by a group of leftists. This version of events is also now been published in the right-wing tabloid Expressen , quoting police as a source of information.
...
Much more at the link.
(Marxist.dk is COPYLEFT)
http://www.marxist.dk/artikler/internationellt/5314-den-svenske-arbejderbevaegelse-star-sammen-mod-fascistiske-angreb.html&prev=/search%3Fq%3D%2522Showan%2BShattak%2522%2Bmaiden%2BUkraine%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US
fficial%26channel%3Drcs%26biw%3D1280%26bih%3D828" target="_blank">Google Translate Link 3 NeoNazis were finally arrested after a huge public outcry.
We don't hear a word about any of this in the MSM. We don't hear a word about protests taking place all over Europe to protest the coalition with these thugs.
Showan Shattak, founder of ‘Football fans against homophobia’, stabbed by neonazis and in a coma but no one gives a fuck because you have to look at the truth to do so. He didn't even rate a fucking mention in the G7 state-fellating media.
Please come out of your coma Showan. The world needs you.
And fuck all the Neonazi White Power collaborators wherever they be and right up to the top.
