Sure. You can find ideologically opposite militias fighting for Ukraine too, though. Zelensky is in charge and he’s obviously not a Nazi. He’s a Jewish guy who really wants to save Ukraine as it is and is completely willing to go full Western-progressive to do it. Singling Azov out without the context is basically a propaganda technique.
Also, Russia is acting a bit like Nazis from the very highest levels, except a shittier more openly corrupt version.
I’m not aware of any communist militias fighting for ukrane. That would be the ideological opposite of fascism. They outlawed those parties anyway, so it’s unlikely any commies would be like “yeah, let me defend this homeland that hates me and made my organization illegal!”
their self-styled “anti-authoritarian” platoon numbers several dozen
the lowest size estimate i’ve seen for azov alone is 700.
regardless, i’m interested to know how they’re doing now and how the ideas around anarchism in ukrane are developing. its been two years of war since that article was published and a lot has changed.
Yeah, I’m curious too. The Ukrainians would have every incentive to see them and other progressive-flavour groups grow, and the battle went well until recently, so I doubt they’re gone.
Oh, yea, the Ukrain military has a bit of a nazi problem but the time to deal with that is not when you are being invaded. Also the nazi talking point is mostly a red herring anyways since the nazi problem in Russia is magnitudes worse and isn’t limited to their military.
So it’s technically not wrong but tankies don’t really have a problem with nazies, otherwise they wouldn’t be defending Russia, they are anti USA and will side with anything that’s even close to that side with no regards to any other belief. I’m not a fan of the US either but I’m not going to blindly support anything against it either.
TBF the Azov Battalion is a real neo nazi us funded (through Ukraine support) group… So… Not entirely wrong?
Sure. You can find ideologically opposite militias fighting for Ukraine too, though. Zelensky is in charge and he’s obviously not a Nazi. He’s a Jewish guy who really wants to save Ukraine as it is and is completely willing to go full Western-progressive to do it. Singling Azov out without the context is basically a propaganda technique.
Also, Russia is acting a bit like Nazis from the very highest levels, except a shittier more openly corrupt version.
Yeah I don’t disagree that the overall claim by Russia is bullshit, that doesn’t take away from the fact they do exist and are outwardly nazi.
I’m not aware of any communist militias fighting for ukrane. That would be the ideological opposite of fascism. They outlawed those parties anyway, so it’s unlikely any commies would be like “yeah, let me defend this homeland that hates me and made my organization illegal!”
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2022/06/09/meet-the-motley-crew-of-anarchists-and-anti-fascists-fighting-russia-in-ukraine
from the article:
the lowest size estimate i’ve seen for azov alone is 700.
regardless, i’m interested to know how they’re doing now and how the ideas around anarchism in ukrane are developing. its been two years of war since that article was published and a lot has changed.
Yeah, I’m curious too. The Ukrainians would have every incentive to see them and other progressive-flavour groups grow, and the battle went well until recently, so I doubt they’re gone.
Edit: Here’s their Wikipdedia page, including social media links.
Oh, yea, the Ukrain military has a bit of a nazi problem but the time to deal with that is not when you are being invaded. Also the nazi talking point is mostly a red herring anyways since the nazi problem in Russia is magnitudes worse and isn’t limited to their military.
So it’s technically not wrong but tankies don’t really have a problem with nazies, otherwise they wouldn’t be defending Russia, they are anti USA and will side with anything that’s even close to that side with no regards to any other belief. I’m not a fan of the US either but I’m not going to blindly support anything against it either.