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Far right de-colonization : Anti-imperialist topoi in the rhetoric of the Anti-Bolshevik Bloc of Nations (ABN), 1946-1996

Rudling, Per A. LU (2025) In Ideology and Politics Journal 28(2). p.49-88
Abstract
As decolonization transformed world geopolitics, various Eastern European
authoritarian ultranationalist groups sought to instrumentalize anti-imperialism in their attempts to launch a violent overthrow of the socialist regimes of the Soviet bloc. As the USSR underwent a transformation from the radical anti-imperialism of the 1920s to certain imperial attributes following the announcement of the Brezhnev doctrine in 1968, the émigré Ukrainian far right underwent a metamorphosis from imperialism to anti-imperialism, appropriating Leninist slogans of the 1920s for radical nationalist aims. In particular, this study focuses on the intellectual development of the Anti-Bolshevik Bloc of Nations (ABN), its parent
organization, the... (More)
As decolonization transformed world geopolitics, various Eastern European
authoritarian ultranationalist groups sought to instrumentalize anti-imperialism in their attempts to launch a violent overthrow of the socialist regimes of the Soviet bloc. As the USSR underwent a transformation from the radical anti-imperialism of the 1920s to certain imperial attributes following the announcement of the Brezhnev doctrine in 1968, the émigré Ukrainian far right underwent a metamorphosis from imperialism to anti-imperialism, appropriating Leninist slogans of the 1920s for radical nationalist aims. In particular, this study focuses on the intellectual development of the Anti-Bolshevik Bloc of Nations (ABN), its parent
organization, the Bandera wing of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN(b)), and their long-term leader, Yaroslav Stets’ko (1912-1986). (Less)
Abstract (Swedish)
As decolonization transformed world geopolitics, various Eastern European
authoritarian ultranationalist groups sought to instrumentalize anti-imperialism in their attempts to launch a violent overthrow of the socialist regimes of the Soviet bloc. As the USSR underwent a transformation from the radical anti-imperialism of the 1920s to certain imperial attributes following the announcement of the Brezhnev doctrine in 1968, the émigré Ukrainian far right underwent a metamorphosis from imperialism to anti-imperialism, appropriating Leninist slogans of the 1920s for radical nationalist aims. In particular, this study focuses on the intellectual development of the Anti-Bolshevik Bloc of Nations (ABN), its parent organization, the Bandera... (More)
As decolonization transformed world geopolitics, various Eastern European
authoritarian ultranationalist groups sought to instrumentalize anti-imperialism in their attempts to launch a violent overthrow of the socialist regimes of the Soviet bloc. As the USSR underwent a transformation from the radical anti-imperialism of the 1920s to certain imperial attributes following the announcement of the Brezhnev doctrine in 1968, the émigré Ukrainian far right underwent a metamorphosis from imperialism to anti-imperialism, appropriating Leninist slogans of the 1920s for radical nationalist aims. In particular, this study focuses on the intellectual development of the Anti-Bolshevik Bloc of Nations (ABN), its parent organization, the Bandera wing of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN(b)), and their long-term leader, Yaroslav Stets’ko (1912-1986). (Less)
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decolonial theory, Far-right politics, Anti-Communism, Ukrainian Nationalism, Cold War, Displaced Persons, anti-communism, anti-colonialism, Anti-Bolshevik Bloc of Nations (ABN), Ukrainian Nationalism, Cold War, fascism, Yaroslav Stetsko
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Ideology and Politics Journal
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28
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2
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40 pages
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Foundation for Good Politics
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2227-6068
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English
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  publisher    = {{Foundation for Good Politics}},
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