• Cowbee [he/they]@lemmy.ml
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    11 hours ago

    It’s pretty cut and dry that the Makhnovists worked with other groups against the Red Army at certain times, as I showed. “Alliance” doesn’t mean that the Makhnovists were hardcore Whites or anything, just that, like all factions, they were opportunistic and dealing with an intense crisis. Also, there was never a “genocidal campaign against Ukraine,” so I’m not sure where you’re getting that from. The Makhnovists opposed the Marxist formations propped up by the soviets, and tried to build an entirely different structure in Ukraine, which ultimately failed. There were ideological differences between the two groups that could not be reconciled, even if they could temporarily ally, just as they did with other factions during the civil war.

    • therealdries@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      2 hours ago

      Do I need to remind you off your own claim? Here it is…

      For a time, in 1919, Makhno joined an alliance with the Whites against the Red Army,

      You have provided no evidence that such an alliance ever existed. And now…

      It’s pretty cut and dry that the Makhnovists worked with other groups

      …you are attempting to modify your claim after the fact.

      This conversation goes no further until you admit to your error.