[Peace] Fwd: THE FAR RIGHT IN UKRAINE

Thu Mar 16 10:53:37 MDT 2023

Folks,

Joe Gerson sent this out. Might be interesting since it is an issued raise
by some on the left.

Tony

Tony Palomba
781-664-3525

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From: Joseph Gerson, The Campaign for Peace, Disarmament & Common Security <
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Date: Tue, Mar 14, 2023 at 5:51 AM
Subject: THE FAR RIGHT IN UKRAINE
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An Interview with Ukraine Historian, Editor & Activist -Taras Bilous
Friends,

Some in the Western anti-war movement have been influenced by Russian
claims that its invasion of Ukraine has been driven by the danger of
Ukrainian Nazis, who it has been claimed actually guides Ukrainian national
policies.

Stephen Shalom, who I worked with in years past, has done us the service of
conducting a thoughtful and thorough interview with Taras Bilous, about the
size, strength and influence of far right forces in Ukraine. I found it
convincing and thought others would find it helpful.

Bilous is a Ukrainian historian, an editor of Commons: Journal of Social
Criticism, and an activist in Sotsialniy Rukh (Social Movement). He is
currently serving in the Ukrainian army.

Joseph
Taras Bilous is a Ukrainian historian, an editor of Commons: Journal of
Social Criticism, and an activist in Sotsialniy Rukh (Social Movement). He
is currently serving in the Ukrainian army. He was interviewed by Stephen
R. Shalom, a member of the New Politics editorial board. Denys Pilash
helped with the translation.

New Politics (NP): How would you assess the influence of far-right forces
in Ukraine? We have seen claims that, on the one hand, suggest that Ukraine
is a Nazi state, or, on the other hand, that the far right is an
insignificant factor in Ukrainian life. What is your assessment?

Taras Bilous (TB): Basically, their electoral influence is abysmal, it is
small, but they use their strengths in other fields, like on the streets,
to try to influence policies. Their extra-parliamentary influence should be
neither diminished nor exaggerated.

NP: Is it the case that the far right has the ability to block policies it
doesn’t like by threatening violence?

TB: The most significant example of this was the so-called “protest against
capitulation,” the protest against peace initiatives in late 2019 after
Zelensky was elected president. This was an effort by the nationalist right
to stop the initiation of the peace process. There had been an agreement
that there would be a troop disengagement at three points of what was then
the line between Ukrainian forces and Russian/separatist forces in Donbas.
Then people from around the Azov movement, and from the National Corps
Party, staged a campaign there, at one of these points, presenting this
disengagement as if it represented some kind of gain for the Kremlin, as if
Ukrainian troops alone were called upon to withdraw and leave their
positions. But this wasn’t what the disengagement required; it required
both sides to pull back.
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