What it has is the common dislike of the army of a country for private paramilitaries organised by political parties. The Ukrainian army does not seem to happy with the right sector as an alternative armed force, as the Reichsvehr was similarly unhappy with the SA.
Paul Cockshott School of Computer Science University of Glasgow http://glasgow.academia.edu/paulcockshott http://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/computing/staff/williamcockshott/#tabs=0 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Louis Proyect Sent: 25 March 2014 16:03 To: Progressive Economics Subject: Re: [Pen-l] Anotol Lieven on the Ukraine | Louis Proyect: The Unrepentant Marxist On 3/25/14 11:59 AM, William Cockshott wrote: > Nobody thinks that the whole of Ukraine supports fascism, the point about it > being a fascist coup is that the coup government has such a narrow basis of > support that it could never have got in by election. > Now they are having their night of the long knives : > http://en.ria.ru/world/20140325/188734855/Most-Wanted-Ukrainian-Ultran > ationalist-Killed-in-Special-Operation.html > http://rt.com/news/muzychko-avakov-revenge-ukraine-109/#.UzF_qfNP7tQ.t > witter > Right. Night of the Long Knives. As if Hitler killing Gregor Strasser in order to eliminate the populist wing of the National Socialist Party has anything to do with the Ukraine today. So, Bill, when can we expect a Kristallnacht? _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
