Statement
Participants in the Donbass International Solidarity Forum
“Antifascism, Internationalism, Solidarity”
NO to fascism in Ukraine!
We, the participants of the Donbass International Solidarity Forum “Antifascism, Internationalism, Solidarity,” state that as a result of the coup d’ etat in Ukraine, the fascists came to power. The criminal regime finally did away with the remnants of the country’s sovereignty, unleashed civil war in the Donbass, brought the national economy to collapse, and condemned residents to a daily struggle for existence and survival. The Ukrainian fascists adopted all the methods of their historical predecessors — Nazi Germany, Italy and Spain – and moved to open political terror, physical violence against dissidents, and the banning of communist ideology.
We strongly condemn all acts of the Ukrainian authorities in fueling the war in Donbass, forcing its citizens to participate in hostilities, banning political ideologies, rehabilitating the Nazi collaborators of the Great Patriotic War and World War II, and perpetrating massacres of opposition groups and individuals opposed to manifestations of fascism. We consider it unacceptable for a Member State of the United Nations to practice such political repression and persecution.
We call on all antifascist forces of the world to add their voices to ours in exposing and combatting the crimes of fascism in Ukraine.
We invite all opponents of neo-Nazism, hate, racism, anti-Semitism and xenophobia to support the Ukrainian antifascist fighters in their struggle against the ruling political regime. Today, antifascists around the world must do whatever they can to fight the brown plague which raises its head in Ukraine.
We demand that the governments of the world do the same and strongly condemn the actions and character of the Ukrainian authorities. The crimes of fascists should not receive public praise from the international community. The European Union countries should stop supporting the Nazi regime and unite their efforts to restore the rule of law and democracy in Ukraine.
We demand that the President of Ukraine, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine and the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine immediately stop the killing of civilians in the Donbass region, stop political persecution of the opposition, and stop using the courts as a a punitive body for reprisals against dissidents.
Adopted on May 8, 2015
Alchevsk, Lugansk People’s Republic
Translated by Greg Butterfield
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