Up-date: Jan. 26, 2014

 
EuroMaidan ~ Yesterday the anti-tyrannical-government forces took over a couple other buildings in the complex they’ve been occupying (reports are that they now control 11 buildings in this central Kiev area).
 
 
This is a major – and very coordinated – undertaking; almost like they’re setting up a small town. Earlier today…

A transformation is under way at Ukrainian House, another state building overtaken by EuroMaidan revolutionaries. “Babushkas” (grandmothers) are mopping the floors clean. A makeshift kitchen has been set up to dispense foot. A section of the lobby has been set aside as a drop off point for donations for warm clothes.

Check the Kiev Post for the very latest (pro-liberty ) news about the protests.
 
 

Up-date: Jan. 25, 2014

 
Night is falling again and the protests are still going strong: Building pressure, Ukraine protesters enlarge territory, strike at other cities ~

In Kiev, protesters built new barricades and pushed out farther along side streets feeding the Maidan, or Independence Square. One group seized the Agrarian Policy Ministry building, on Khreshchatyk Street.
 
 
Elsewhere in the country, demonstrators seized administrative buildings in Lviv, Ternopil, Ivano-Frankivsk, Khmelnitsky, Chernovtsy and Rivne and attempted to take over the local government buildings in Zhytomyr, Poltava and Cherkasy.

 
As we know the proper propaganda narrative must be synchronized for consumption by the sheeple, so most mainstream media sources have taken to calling the demonstrations “anti-government.” From what I can determine a more accurate term would be anti-corrupt government, anti-tyranny, or pro-liberty.
 
Praying that this doesn’t escalate into something really ugly…

Original post: Jan. 24, 2014

Mesmerizing…

 
 
I’ve been unable to stray from my computer much more than a few minutes at a time today. Just have to keep checking on this live feed from Kiev – me and millions of other viewers. Ever since the link popped up on Free Republic early this afternoon I’ve been practically glued to my monitor.
  
While watching the drama unfold I’ve been trying to learn just who’s protesting what – and which side should we support?

 
 
What I learned – at a very basic level – was that the unrest in Ukraine has been fomenting for several months over the issue of national alliance. One “side”, including the current government, remains loyal to Russia. The other wants to align with the West and enter the European Union. Protests have been growing over the last few days – ever since the Ukrainian parliament passed new anti-protest laws (way to de-escalate things ) – and now they’ve spread to other major cities. At least two protestor deaths have been reported in the last couple of days.
 
 
Sorting through various articles about the conflict I found that Ann Barnhardt was – not surprisingly – unambiguous in her support of the protestors ~

… the tyrannical Ukrainian oligarchy executed a cold revolution in which it turned away from God and toward Moscow, Putin and their own personal enrichment. The “revolution” is a fait accompli. What the people of Ukraine have been and are now doing is COUNTER-REVOLUTION. They are sick and tired of being used and abused by a cadre of oligarchs who are toadies of Putin. They want to turn back toward justice, honesty in government and the rule of law.

So they may look like OWS – but are actually closer to the Tea Party?
That’s Barnhardt’s assessment. It sounds about right I think. I do know that the protestors have the Ukrainian Orthodox Church on their side ~ Kiev Protesters See Potent Ally Under a Spire. Last month St. Michael’s Monastery in Kiev provided refuge for the demonstrators ~
 

… they were welcomed not only on a humanitarian basis but because the church, driven by its own historical tensions with Moscow, is actively supporting their uprising. It strongly favors European integration to enable Ukraine to break free from Russia’s grip, and has joined the calls to oust the Ukrainian government.

 
This huge protest reminds me of Les Miz – albeit a 21st century Ukrainian version. All I know for sure – this is history in the making! And it’s way more intriguing than any of the crappola on cable.
 
 
At times, while watching the live feed, not much seems to be happening; although the fires are continually fed (they seem to have a huge supply of tires), and every once in a while they change the camera angle.
 
 
A couple hours ago the riot police tried to put out some of the large bonfires at the barricades with what looked like fire hoses- without success. And every so often the protestors will chant, lob a few Molotov cocktails or even shoot off some fireworks.
 
But what makes it such compelling viewing is not the minute-by-minute excitement; it’s the realization that these are real people, in real time, taking a real stand, against what they view as tyranny.
As I write this (around midnight) day is dawning in Ukraine…
 
Please keep them in your prayers.

 
Related:
Ukrainian poet: “The regime is responsible for the crimes against humanity” ~ If this Jurij Andruchowycz is telling the truth about the “regime,” the situation in Ukraine is as grim as Barnhardt describes it.