Tomás Ó Flatharta

A considerable amount of political gibberish is published online claiming that the Ukraine Régime headed by Volodymyr Zelensky is run by Nazis. Some rubbish like this is published by organisations and individuals which are part of the political left. The editor of the Irish Cedar Lounge Blog, part of the civilized and humanitarian left, does a great service to us all with incisive and well-sourced political analysis demolishing this dangerous and irresponsible nonsense. The primary beneficiary of the “nazification” anti-Ukraine racist narrative is the far-right imperialist Russian government headed by the warlord Vladimir Putin. A mass anti-war movement against the Russian invasion of Ukraine is spreading – the fighting left must engage :

Russian Troops Out of Ukraine Now

Here are key extracts from the Cedar Lounge Revolution Blog :

The claim by Russia that its invasion of Ukraine is part of a denazification process was reiterated again by Putin late this last week. There’s very broad condemnation of that line and parties like the KKE (the Greek Communist Party) have argued that it is a ‘pretext’ for Russia’s invasion. And there’s pieces, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and many many other places which note the problems with the Putin line – to pick a few from many more.

Perhaps most powerful is the following:

Leading groups representing Holocaust survivors have condemned Russian President Vladimir Putin’s claim that the “denazification” of Ukraine was one reason he invaded the country.

“The signatories of this appeal denounce the use of the words ‘denazification’ and ‘genocide’ to justify the attack on Ukraine,” reads the statement sent to AFP on Wednesday.

“We cannot accept that these words are tarnished in this way,” it added.

Or perhaps this:

Ukrainian Jews expressed outrage Thursday after Russian troops entered their country on a self-declared mission of “denazification” after claims that Kyiv was actively carrying out war crimes against its own citizens.

The claim by Russia that its invasion of Ukraine is part of a denazification process was reiterated again by Putin late this last week. There’s very …

On denazification…