Communist Party Banned in Ukraine by Kiev Court
17th December 2015
A Kiev court upheld an appeal from the country’s Justice Ministry, which charged the party with a host of offences including “incitement of ethnic hatred” and “encroachment on human rights and freedoms”.
Ukraine adopted controversial “decommunisation” laws in May, which outlawed the display of Soviet symbols and prohibited the use of the word “communist”.
However, the Communist Party of Ukraine refused to change its name, logo or charter to comply with the legislation. The Party has spoken out against Ukraine’s new authorities, which came to power after a coup in February 2014.
The biter bit.
The greatest difference between National Socialism and Communism (International Socialism) is that Germany was required to ‘de-Nazify’ itself after they lost the war, but Russia and the other Communist states were never required to ‘de-Commiefy’ themselves. So Putin’s background as a KGB officer has never been a problem for him the way being an SS officer would have been for someone running for office in Germany.
John Dalhuisen of Amnesty International told the Guardian: “The decision may be seen as dealing with the damaging vestiges of the Soviet past. In fact, it does exactly the opposite by following the same style of draconian measures used to stifle dissent.
Let’s ask him what his position is on affirmative action for the descendants of Negro slaves. I suspect that he would be unable to appreciate the analogy.
“Expressing your opinion without fear of prosecution, particularly if that opinion is contrary to the views held by those in position of power, was one of the principles behind the EuroMaidan protests.
Don’t tell that to the Black Lives Matter crowd.