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    “In early 2014, there were clashes between rival groups of protesters in the Ukrainian city of Odesa, during the pro-Russian unrest that followed the Ukrainian Revolution.[21][22] The street clashes were between pro-revolution (‘pro-Maidan’) groups and anti-revolution (‘anti-Maidan’), pro-Russian groups. There were far-right elements on both sides.[23] Violence erupted on 2 May, when a ‘United Ukraine’ rally was attacked by pro-Russian separatists. Stones, petrol bombs and gunfire were exchanged. The first shots were by a pro-Russian gunman, who shot dead a pro-Ukraine protester.[24] Another pro-Ukraine activist and four pro-Russia activists were shot dead in the clashes that followed.[25][26][27][28] The pro-Ukraine protesters then moved to dismantle a pro-Russian protest camp in Kulykove Pole, causing some pro-Russian activists to barricade themselves in the nearby Unions House. Shots were fired by both sides, and the pro-Ukraine protesters attempted to storm the building, which caught fire as the two groups threw petrol bombs at each other.[29][30][31]”

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      This is the type of information that I would not search for in English Wikipedia, that has a pro-Western and pro-Ukrainian bias.

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      If we wanted western disinfo we’d have gone to Wikipedia ourselves, not all of us like to keep our knowledge as surface level as possible.

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      Shhhh! Don’t like thinks they don’t agree with! they’ll link Conservapedia Prolewiki, college makes you liberal fascist, and facts that contradict their world views are globalist lies western propaganda (ignore they post in the west and don’t do anything for the nations they admire)

      And if you mention you can edit wikipedia if you think an article is biased? Banned. (Watch, this comment will be down voted and deleted for calling this out.)

      Hey I was right! And they justify it with more of the same thought terminating cliches! They’re totally not the same as the conservatives, hating facts that counter them.

      I’m sure I’ll have a hit piece on me on their wiki, like both Conservapedia and Prolewiki do. But they’re not the same!!

      Horseshoe theory is when people use facts now. Sounds like liberals when people call them out. People really get angry when you confront biases. “anti-ML snark” lol. left unity is when you reject facts that disagree with your world views! Good to know somehow all of socialism is ruined when one person online doesn’t click on a wiki made out of spite they can’t get edited right.

      Gonna donate $5 for every downvote and “anti-reality snark” comment, when this gets removed.

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        Editing an article doesn’t guarantee it will stay, and of course you’ll be downvoted for trolling and promoting horseshoe theory

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          And wikipedia super editors are known to be western, neoliberal eurocentrists. Why the fuck would you expect them to favor a factual analysis over whatever the neolib consensus is as long as it’s sourced with a NYT op-ed?

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        1. Why are you promoting horseshit theory?
        2. There are plenty of NATOpedia articles that any anarchist worth their salt would show to be liberal-biased or contain outright capitalist or imperialist lies. MLs would point to those same articles, plus a few more. This type of anti-ML snark sabotages all socialist tendencies.
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        You have to love how they shit talk wikipedia from which you can actually follow references to your heart’s content but are completely ok with the original post which doesn’t have a single reference lol. Ofcourse the main difference is not credibility but whether or not what is being written agrees with their world view.

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          “My sources didn’t meet standards for factual reporting and removed, they’re the problem and not my links! Not my fault my truth isn’t reality!”

          • conspiracy theorists, Elon musk, and .ml

          Donating $5 for each downvote <3

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            Donating $5 for each downvote <3

            Suit yourself, but they don’t need your money because the oligarchy has already covered their costs.

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              Their editors don’t either, bc you can go into the edit page and find a bunch of disclosures of sponsored edits

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    User added context: this happened during a separatist march that wanted the Odessa to leave Ukraine and join Russia & the far right organisation that did it, tried to become a political party and got 0.7% of votes.

    I didn’t know him so I cant tell if he was a socialist, but the group he was part of was not trying to have a socialist revolution in Ukraine, but rejoin Russia (who is not socialist, so honestly no idea what you are talking about).

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      I cant tell if he was a socialist

      Edit: Another clue is that they took refuge in the trade unionist’s building. Trade unionists are the third group (after communists and socialists) purged by fascists in Niemöller’s famous poem.

      Then they came for the trade unionists

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      More user added context: the fascists were never charged or prosecuted for the massacres, and a different group of fascists is now in charge of the state having banned all political opposition and free media. The group he was part of was literally trying to avoid being swallowed up by a fascist state.

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      the group […] was not trying to have a socialist revolution in Ukraine, but rejoin Russia (who is not socialist, so honestly no idea what you are talking about)

      Ukraine was not on the brink of a socialist revolution, but it was in the middle of a NATO-backed coup spearheaded by nationalist groups like the OUN which desired to exterminate socialists and ethnic Russians alike. The pragmatic course of action for socialists in such a predicament is to seek asylum with the nearby liberal democracy that opposes those same nationalist groups and with which you share cultural ties.

      Even though Russia is sadly no longer socialist, as you point out, its socialist past is still held in high regard by many and the country is not tearing down its Soviet monuments and replacing them with ones dedicated to Nazi collaborators. It’s safer to be a socialist in Russia.

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        separatist movement

        seek asylum

        nearby liberal democracy

        Russia

        I, uh, do not believe we have the same definitions for those words.

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          I’m characterizing the separation as asylum for the entire oblast of Odessa.

          Russia is a semi-presidential republic like France and Portugal. It’s not typically classified as a “liberal democracy” simply due to racism IMO[1]—although I’ll grant that it’s probably more homophobic than those two.

          Edit: In truth, I think “liberal democracy” is a useless and chauvinist term. I used it to be provocative.


          1. For example, the BBC is free to operate in Russia, but RT is not free to operate in the UK. Despite this, the UK is near the top of the “press freedumb” chart, and Russia is near the bottom, because Russians are mean and scary. ↩︎

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            You are asking the wrong person that question. I wrote “that did it”, GiorgioPerlasca linked the name of the org. Why are you asking him what I meant? Please be more attentive.

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                  The Ukrainian side (“Euromaidan”) did indeed include far-right organizations such as “Right Sector,” which played an active role in the events of that day. However, it is incorrect to reduce the entire pro-Ukrainian camp to the “far-right.” Among them were many football fans (ultras) and ordinary townspeople who held pro-Ukrainian views. On the other hand, the pro-Russian camp (“Anti-Maidan”) was equally heterogeneous. Its composition included not only “titushky” (paid provocateurs from the criminal underworld) but also ordinary citizens who were also gathering signatures for federalization and speaking out against the new government in Kyiv.

                  “Right Sector” was a key, but not the only, organizing force. Other nationalist groups also participated in the pro-Ukrainian march, as well as football ultras from Kharkiv and Odesa, who acted in alliance with them.

                  It is incorrect to say that “the Anti-Maidan organized the ‘titushky.’” The “titushky” themselves were an instrument. The term “titushky” denoted not ideological separatists, but people with athletic backgrounds and criminal pasts hired for money, who were used for violent actions and provocations. Their services were used by various political forces.

                  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), having examined all the circumstances of the case, did not recognize “Right Sector” or any other organization as the sole perpetrator of the tragedy. The key conclusion of the ECtHR: the state of Ukraine failed to fulfill its obligations to prevent violence and save people. The Court found that the authorities could and should have stopped the bloodshed, but allowed “unacceptable delays” and “periods of inexplicable inaction.”

                  https://en.azvision.az/news/10272/ukraine.html

  • Vadim Papura did not burn to death. You can google the pictures of his funeral, his body wasn’t burnt. He’s listed as one of the 8 people who didn’t burn or die from carbon monoxide poisoning that day.

    It’s also still not clear who or what exactly caused the fire. Both sides were flinging molotov cocktails at each other after the anti-maidan protestors attacked pro-maidan protestors. There’s evidence suggesting it started inside (eg due to an accident). That’s why there were no charges; even the anti-maidan protestors who were arrested were released because none of the charges could stick.

    The main person in charge of the police response was dismissed by the government for his failings that day.