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This report from an anarchist media outlet provides a very interesting street-level view of events related to the Ukraine uprising. I think it can be added to the collection of views from independent journalists and leaked conversations by Empire officials, previously reported here, to form a more comprehensive view of what has occurred in Ukraine leading up to the current scene. Many lessons can be learned from this.
To be brief, I think that the total collection of reports supports the view that there were many protests against the Ukrainian government due to its corruption and austerity policies, but the protesters were unorganized and highly susceptible to Empire organized and funded fascist thugs who hijacked the uprising for their Empire employers. I think that Empire agents have perfected this type of operation through their many actions starting from the Color Revolutions and continuing with similar actions in Egypt, Libya, Syria, and Greece.
Ukraine was ripe for such an operation because of the economic chaos created by capitalist gangs taking over the government and the economy, and their political history steeped in Stalinist policies. Such protests were bound to happen given the inevitable chaos and Empire agents were well prepared early to hijack them and install a right-wing government to serve the various needs of the Empire: opening up another country to Western investment and IMF policies, and to bring another NATO outpost to the border of Russia, a competing independent capitalist gang.
It remains to be seen as to whether the right-wing Ukrainian government can maintain control of their population. (See the latest news.)
