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Birrion Sondahl
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I will be writing more about this problem - but I wanted to release this compilation of links first. For a good overview of what’s been happening with the US proxy war in Ukraine, I recommend listening to all three episodes of Crawdads and Taters on the war:

Ukraine Part 1 - A US-Proxy for the New Cold War Era

Ukraine Part 2 - From Maidan to Russiagate: Manufacturing Consent for World War III

Ukraine Part 3- Biden’s Armageddon and the Costs of Forever Wars

Ukrainian Nazis in the western media - pre 2022

Thanks to whoever made this meme, I have included the headlines from it as well as others. This is an incomplete list, it includes Salon, The Guardian, the BBC, Time, Politico, the New York Times, Newsweek, Bellingcat, Reuters, and others. Even NATO mouthpieces Radio Free Europe and The Atlantic Council have covered Nazism in Ukraine.

Euro 2012: antisemitic echoes that threaten celebration of football

Is the United States Backing Neo Nazis in Ukraine?

Ukraine underplays role of far right in conflict

Ukraine’s Far Right Menace

"Defend the White Race": American Extremists Being Co-Opted by Ukraine's Far-Right

'Glory to Ukraine' army chant invokes nationalist past

Ukraine Makes Birthday of Nazi Collaborator a National Holiday and Bans Book Critical of Anti-Semitic Leader

Violent Anti-Semitism Is Gripping Ukraine — And The Government Is Standing Idly By

Far-right extremists in Ukrainian military bragged about Canadian training, report says

How the far-right took top posts in Ukraine’s power vacuum

Commentary: Ukraine’s neo-Nazi problem

Ukraine celebrates Nazi collaborator, bans book critical of pogroms leader

Ukraine: Far-Right Fighters from Europe Fight for Ukraine

Ukraine Designates National Holiday to Commemorate Nazi Collaborator

Video: Kiev’s far-right groups refuse to disarm

Neo-Nazis and the Far Right Are On the March in Ukraine

FBI: Neo-Nazi Militia Trained by US Military Ukraine Now training US White supremacists

GT investigates: Evidence suggests US may have supported neo-Nazi Azov Battalion

Ukrainian neo-Nazi C14 vigilantes drive out Roma families, burn their camp

Nazi symbols and salutes on display at Ukrainian nationalist march

Yes, It’s (Still) OK To Call Ukraine’s C14 “Neo-Nazi”

Ukraine’s far-right menace

With Axes And Hammers, Far-Right Vigilantes Destroy Another Romany Camp In Kyiv

Violent Anti-Semitism Is Gripping Ukraine — And The Government Is Standing Idly By

Ukraine’s Got a Real Problem with Far-Right Violence (And No, RT Didn’t Write This Headline)

Ukraine conflict: 'White power' warrior from Sweden

German TV Shows Nazi Symbols on Helmets of Ukraine Soldiers

Far-Right Group Made Its Home in Ukraine’s Major Western Military Training Hub

"Defend the White Race": American Extremists Being Co-Opted by Ukraine's Far-Right

Ukraine conflict: Child soldiers join the fight

Like, Share, Recruit: How a White-Supremacist Militia Uses Facebook to Radicalize and Train New Members

Welcome to Ukraine, the most corrupt nation in Europe

Videos

The coverage was not limited to print - here are several video segments.

Post February Coverage

After February, suddenly they changed their tune. Here are a few links, but essentially every story post February has progressively glossed over and ignored the Nazi problem.

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Commanders of Ukraine’s celebrated Azov Battalion have held an emotional reunion with their families in Turkey, Ukrainian officials said, honoring the fighters released from Russian confinement last month.
nyti.msReleased Azov commanders have an emotional reunion with family members in Turkey.While Kyiv’s army is gaining momentum on the battlefield in the east and south, much of the land it has recaptured has been razed and abandoned. Russia’s new recruits remain largely in the wings.
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How the Russian Media Spread False Claims about Ukrainian Nazis - The NYT went full in on Nazi denialism.

As Ukraine Rallies Nation to Defend from Russia, Far-Right Joins the Fight - Even early in the war, Newsweek was willing to admit that Azov was far right.

Ukraine's Nazi problem is real, even if Putin's 'denazification' claim isn't - And NBC admitted it was a real problem.

The fight for Ukraine is a fight for liberal ideals. So how can Boris Johnson possibly lead it? - Suddenly the Guardian no longer mentions Nazis and says this fight is for liberal ideals.

For foreign fighters, Ukraine offers purpose, camaraderie and a cause - Reuters forgets to mention who this camaraderie is with…Nazis.

Ukrainians are giving two lessons in democracy that Americans have forgotten - For CNN, Ukraine is a beacon of Democracy and actually compares them to Civil Rights protesters

Zelensky: The TV president turned war hero - And now Zelensky is a hero when previously New Europe reported….Ukrainian president’s rule becomes increasingly corrupt, authoritarian

And here’s how the BBC changed their video coverage:

Non Mainstream Media Coverage

For a reasonable assessment of Ukraine, it is necessary to leave the mainstream media propaganda behind. Here are some articles from independent journalists and publications that are not influenced by the pro-western, pro-corporate narrative.

The Gray Zone

How Ukraine’s Jewish president Zelensky made peace with neo-Nazi paramilitaries on front lines of war with Russia

How the pro-Ukraine NAFO troll operation crowd-funds war criminals

‘Now, All of You Are Azov’: ‘openly neo-Nazi’ Ukrainian delegation meets Congress, tours US

US, UK sabotaged peace deal because they ‘don’t care about Ukraine’: fmr. NATO adviser

Zelensky quietly deletes photo of his bodyguard’s pro-Hitler patch

“These are animals, not people”: Zelensky frees convicted child rapists, torturers to reinforce depleted military

“One less traitor”: Zelensky oversees campaign of assassination, kidnapping and torture of political opposition

US and NATO allies arm neo-Nazi units in Ukraine as foreign policy elites yearn for Afghan-style insurgency 

Multipolarista

CBS censors its own report on Ukraine weapons corruption

British government admits to arming Ukrainian Nazis from Azov militia

CNN promotes neo-Nazi commander from Ukraine’s white-supremacist Azov regiment

Ukraine is brutally repressing the left, criminalizing socialist parties, imprisoning activists

CIA has trained Ukrainians to kill Russian-speakers since 2014 US-backed coup

Brazilian neo-Nazis see Ukraine as their model: Behind the fascist campaign to ‘Ukrainize’ Brazil

NATO is arming and training Nazis in Ukraine, as US floods Russia’s neighbor with weapons

PBS gives Ukrainian Nazi platform to dehumanize Russians as ‘cockroaches’

FAIR

ACTION ALERT: NYT Celebrates Neo-Nazi Azov Unit

Hawkish Pundits Downplay Threat of War, Ukraine’s Nazi Ties

Western Media Fall in Lockstep for Neo-Nazi Publicity Stunt in Ukraine

Caitlin Johnstone

CBS Wanted To Do Critical Reporting On Ukraine’s Government But Ukraine’s Government Said No

We’re Being Pushed Toward Nuclear War On A Fiction: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix

It’s Not Okay For Grown Adults To Say The Ukraine Invasion Was “Unprovoked”

Covert Action Magazine

How Pre-WW II Ukrainian Fascists Pioneered Brutal Terror Techniques; Later Improved By CIA, Now Ironically Taught to Descendants

How Monsters Who Beat Jews To Death in 1944 Became America’s Favorite “Freedom Fighters” in 1945—with a Little Help from their Friends at CIA

What the U.S. Government and The New York Times Have Quietly Agreed Not to Tell You About Ukraine

Socialist Revolution

NATO Lies Exposed: Former Agent Speaks Out!

Enemies on All Sides: Zelensky Uses War to Attack Worker Rights

Arms Profiteering Peaks as Capitalists Spy an Opportunity in Ukraine

US Imperialism’s Proxy War: Fighting Russia to the Last Drop of Ukrainian Blood

Others

Ukrainian fascists say they will sabotage any peace deal with Russia

The Bias in the Ukraine War Coverage

America’s Collusion With Neo-Nazis

Ukrainian Nationalists have long history of anti-semitism which the Soviet Union tried to combat

Documentaries

Donbass - 2016. Documentary by Anne-Laure Bonnet

Ukraine on Fire - Igor Lopatonok and Oliver Stone

Revealing Ukraine - Igor Lopatonok and Oliver Stone

Ukraine: 30 Years of Independence - The Everlasting Present - Igor Lopatonok

Maidan Massacre - Igor Lopatonok and directed by John Back Hoffman

Masks of the Revolution - Paul Moreira

On The Ground Journalists

Eva Bartlett

Patrick Lancaster

Gonzalo Lira

Anne Laure-Bonnel

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Jeff Melton
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Nov 14, 2022

This is a great list of resources!

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