Svenska nationalister rekryteras till Ukraina?

Thus, I am all for Ukrainian nationalists who seek to chart an independent course for their nation. I understand their distrust of Russia and their desire to rid themselves of Viktor Yanukovych, and I hope they will also reject the US/EU/NATO as a false alternative. Ukrainian White Nationalists understand this already, and I hope they will convince more of their compatriots.

But according to the same ethnonationalist principles, I also think that it makes sense for the Crimea to leave Ukraine and re-join Russia. I think that it might make sense for the Eastern part of Ukraine to move in that direction as well. It makes far more sense for Russia to rule Crimea (in spite of its Ukrainian and Tatar minorities) than Chechnya and Dagestan.

I also made it clear that, although Vladimir Putin is my sentimental favorite in any clash between Russia and the US, he is no friend of ethnonationalism in Russia or anywhere else. Furthermore, the Ukraine crisis does not present an either/or choice between Russia and the West, because there are actual ethnonationalists in Ukraine — namely Svoboda and Right Sector — who seek a nationalist third way between American and Russian domination. White Nationalists should be on the side of Svoboda, Right Sector, and an independent Ukraine. Because national self-determination is what we want for all peoples.

Neither Right Sector nor Svoboda is perfect, but if Western White Nationalists are willing to overlook the fact that Putin jails Russian White Nationalists for “hate” and claims to be fighting against “fascism” and anti-Semitism in Ukraine, then I feel entitled to be somewhat indulgent of the comparatively minor gaffes of Ukrainian White Nationalists.

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First, it is claimed that Svoboda and Right Sector are in bed with, or even controlled by, “the Jews.” Astonishingly, the very same people who raise this objection have “no comment” about the fact the Putin enjoys cordial relations with Russia’s Jewish community, has prominently placed Jews in his government, and claims to be fighting against Ukrainian anti-Semitism. Why, then, is Putin not controlled by “the Jews” as well?

In fact, there are Jews on both sides of this conflict, as there are in every conflict, which is really what Jewish hegemony means: no matter what the outcome, they are always poised to profit. This does not mean that Jewish influence is benign, that we should ignore it, or that we should not be suspicious of politicians who associate with Jews. But it does mean that, by itself, the involvement of Jews proves nothing about the other agents in play or the likely outcome.

För tre veckor sedan arbetade Mikael Skillt på en byggfirma i Stockholm. Idag är han frivillig i en nationalistisk organisation i Kiev. I en intervju med Fria Tider berättar Skillt om ett Ukraina där statens våldsmonopol tagits över av paramilitära högergrupper.

– Berkut har varit riktigt vidriga. Jag har träffat en del som har tillfångatagits av Berkut. De har utsatts för regelrätt tortyr och till och med lemlästats. Folk har fått tår och fingrar avklippta. Man har dränkt människor i bensin och stått och rökt bredvid dem. Man har hällt vatten över folk och slängt ut dem i tiogradig kyla.

Utöver Kiev har Skillt besökt ett antal städer i det ryskinfluerade östra Ukraina, främst Charkov, Odessa och Donetsk.

– Stämningen är långtifrån bra där. Det har varit sammandrabbningar med dödlig utgång på ett par av platserna. I Charkov har det öppnats eld från Högra sektorns sida. En ganska god vän till många i C14 blev ihjälstucken i Donetsk.