Far-right militants seized hegemony over Euromaidan through force, not popular support

Evidence

“We decided that they had weapons, and we didn’t, so a conflict was probably not a good idea,” Artem said. They left. Far-right forces had managed to establish some degree of hegemony over the militant protesters gathered on the square. They did not pull this off because regular Ukrainians supported them—they fought for it, and they won. — Vincent Bevins, If We Burn, 499

Categorization

• XREF: Evokes the broader pattern in Bevins across Egypt, Brazil, and elsewhere where organized minorities hijack mass protest movements — connects to the book’s own running thesis. — connects to: A tiny far-right fringe, not the population, dominated the Maidan’s militant core — Vincent Bevins, If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and…, 492

Broader Connections

• A tiny far-right fringe, not the population, dominated the Maidan’s militant core #corroborates (0.95) — Vincent Bevins, If We Burn, 492