International Action Center (U.S.A.). Statement on the Death of Commander Alexei Mozgovoi

   May 25, 2015

   To the family, friends and loved ones of Commander Alexei Mozgovoi;

   To our sisters and brothers of the Ghost Brigade and the Armed Forces of Novorossiya;

   To the people of Alchevsk, the Lugansk People's Republic, and Novorossiya:

   We stand with you.

   Today, we join with millions of anti-fascists and anti-imperialists worldwide who mourn the death of our comrade-in-struggle, Commander Alexei Mozgovoi, and four other Ghost Brigade members assassinated on May 23, 2015: Anna Aseeva-Samelyuk, Alexei Kalascin, Andrej Rjajskih and Alexander Yuriev, as well as two civilian victims.

   We raise our voices with you to demand that their killers be found and punished, along with the fascist junta in Kiev and its backers from Washington to Berlin, whose hands are covered in the blood of innocent children, women and men of the Donbass.

   Commander Mozgovoi displayed many outstanding qualities of historic revolutionary figures like Che Guevara and Thomas Sankara – a deep understanding of the peoples' aspirations, inexhaustible integrity, modesty, uncompromising principles, and the ability to inspire and rally people to his cause. And like them, he will continue to inspire people fighting for liberation around the world for many years to come.

   Mozgovoi was a fierce proponent of broad anti-fascist unity, understanding the many contradictions that exist in Donbass and historic Novorossiya since the destruction of the Soviet Union. But he also insisted that this unity must be based on principles, not opportunism or rotten compromise for the sake of expediency.

   He was unafraid to criticize diplomatic arrangments that he saw giving damaging concessions to the Kiev junta and NATO imperialism. He spoke out against the encroachment of oligarchic forces that want to remake Donbass in their own image, not as truly liberated people's republics. He called upon the workers and soldiers of Ukraine to turn the guns around and join the Donbass in united revolt against oligarchy and war. He challenged injustice wherever and whenever he saw it.

   He was an internationalist who understood that solidarity of peoples is essential to victory.

   The principles, courage and selflessness of Commander Mozgovoi and the Ghost Brigade should be a constant reminder to the conscience of every honest anti-fascist and anti-imperialist – how can we do more to remove the boot heel of U.S. and EU imperialism from the neck of the Novorossiyan people?

   “You can kill a revolutionary, but you can't kill the revolution,” said the famous Black Panther martyr Fred Hampton. We welcome the determination of the Ghost Brigade's leaders and fighters to carry on fighting for the revolutionary ideas of Commander Mozgovoi – till the final battle's one. And we pledge to stand and fight beside you.

   ¡No Pasaran!

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