06) "NO PASARAN" IN UKRAINE!

 

People's Voice Editorial

 

            In a frightening scene that few could have imagined, thousands of fascist thugs rioted outside the Parliament in Kiev recently, demanding full veterans recognition and benefits for the scum who sold out their own people by joining Hitler's armies during the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union. This nightmare follows the February coup against the democratically elected government of Ukraine, carried out with the eager assistance of the fascist groups and the backing of imperialist powers including Canada. Since then, the right-wing government of Ukraine has sold out the country's sovereignty to the European Union, and its military has conducted a brutal war on the people in the eastern regions, who naturally fear for their future under the thumb of their new invaders.

 

            Every day, fascists in Ukraine, commit atrocities such as defacing monuments to the victims of the Nazi occupation. Meanwhile, the Harper Tories, who howl every time somebody compares Israel's occupation of Palestine to apartheid, refuse to criticize the anti-Jewish thugs rampaging across Ukraine. Think about this for a moment: over 45,000 Canadians gave their lives in the heroic battles to liberate Europe from Hitler fascism, but today, our Prime Minister aligns himself with those who want to reverse the victory of 1945, won through the blood and sacrifice of Canadians, Soviets, and the peoples of all the allied powers and the resistance movements.

 

            Remember the words of Pastor Martin Niemoller: "First the Nazis came for the Communists, but I was not a Communist, so I did not speak out. Then they came for the Social Democrats and the trade unionists, and the Jews, but I did not speak out. Then they came for me, and there was nobody left to speak for me." Today, we must speak out against the fascist atrocities in Ukraine - and against their apologists in Ottawa. No Pasaran! Fascism shall not pass!

 

(The above article is from the November 1-15, 2014, issue of People's Voice, Canada's leading socialist newspaper. Articles can be reprinted free if the source is credited. Subscription rates in Canada: $30/year, or $15 low income rate; for U.S. readers - $45 US per year; other overseas readers - $45 US or $50 CDN per year. Send to People's Voice, c/o PV Business Manager, 706 Clark Drive, Vancouver, BC, V5L 3J1.)