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02-20-2009, 07:28 AM
FINNS AND RUSSIANS
by Kai Murros
(a letter to a Russian comrade)
Dear Alex,
Your project to build an anti-capitalist, ecofascist, socialist and ethnonationalist movement like the Autonome Nationalisten sounds great! Indeed the European nationalist movement has been in a terrible state for a long time. It has been dominated by neo nazis and other far-rightist reactionaries --- and then of course the weird lunatic fringe. Nazism and National Bolshevism are really a kiss of death to European nationalism - just think that people have no creativity or imagination of their own so they have to recycle the age old crap of bygone ideologies of the past—which, as we know, collapsed under the crushing weight of their own stupidity and madness. Most nationalists still today are whipping dead horses thinking that they might stand up if you beat them long and hard enough.
Surely we can do better. If I was in the advertising business I would say, that the concept you are proposing is sexy - It WILL speak to young people. A few years ago I found a web-site of some young Spanish nationalists, who were also anarchists, punks etc. Their posters were quite crude work, black and white, charged with rebel attitude and desire for violent action. Too bad I lost the web-site - or maybe it doesn’t exist anymore - anyway, I was truly impressed. These kids had created something which was fresh and dangerous and up to date.
We are lucky since we have the experience of 200 years of revolutions and upheavals available. We know how the idelogies and political movements have competed and shaped the European civilization and the entire planet. Now we have to find a way to fit the experience of the past with the needs of the current world. We have to create an entirely new synthesis that breaks out of the box, defies the old classifications and takes the dinosaurs of the political and “intellectual” elite by surprise. In order to accomplish this we need “something old, something new, something borrowed...” and lots of free creativity. And then, finally, we need a way to communicate all this to the people.—I am glad we have this incredible challenge.
Indeed, I am also terribly excited about the fact Finns and Russians actually form one huge nation. It is really amazing how alike Finns and Russians are. When I visited Moscow in 2007 I had a chance of seeing Russian national-romantic paintings—a friend of mine had shown me pictures of more such paintings already a few years earlier—and it was truly stunning to realize that ALL these paintings could well have been Finnish national-romatic paintings. NOBODY would have suspected anything if you had said that these paintings were painted by Gallen-Kallela. All the elements where there - the forests, birch trees, Väinämöinen, log houses, girls with golden locks, swans etc. Whenever I see this art I can only wonder how anyone can think we are separate people.
Unfortunately, here in Finland the general public knows nothing about the common ancestry of Finns and Russians. Very often you hear people talking about the “Slavic melancholy” which is very common to Finns, but even then nobody ever asks—are the Bulgarians or Slovenians melancholic or is just us Finns and Russians—so Finns do recognize melancholy but do not know what it actually tells us. Due to historical reasons Finns see Russia as a very different, distant and often quite frightening society but once Finns get to know Russians themselves Finns feel right at home. Unfortunately our drinking habits also unite us.
Finnish nationalists on the other hand always look towards the west (and especially Germany) it is actually funny how in the nationalist circles all over Europe everyone always wants to be germanic of some sort. So to look for our closest relatives in Russians is quite out of order for most far-right (which they usually always are) Finnish nationalists. Those Finns, however, who did develop a deep sympathy for Russia and understanding for Russian nationalism were the Finnish communists. So today if you are very pro Russian you are easily seen as a some sort of communist or otherwise unreliable.
Therefore we need an entirely new brand of nationalism in Finland: Progressive, anti-capitalist, pan-European, white ethnonationalism. An ideology, which sees all white Europeans as one undivided family. An ideology which gives the same respect to all the tribes of the European nation: Celts, Latins, Slavs, Germanics, Balts, Finn-Ugrics, Basques etc.
I think that recognizing our common ancestry would be a leap forward in the process of creating a more progressive nationalism both in Russia and in Finland. We could finally put the past behind us and together prepare ourselves to meet the real dangers that are threatening the very survival of our civilization. It would also help Russians to see their place as part of the great white race and the European Civilization.
As far as I understand it Russians have always been torn by the question of their identity—are Russians Europeans or something that is completely different from Europe. Unfortunately, as far as I understand it, Russian nationalism has traditionally opted for that Russia and Europe are alien to each other and that Europe is actually Russia’s enemy. I think that many National-Bolsheviks carry on this tradition by claiming that the West is bad for Russia, that Russia is under siege, perpetually locked in mortal combat with the West. Many National-Bolsheviks seem to think that all Russia’s neighbours are enemies and should eventually be conquered. The slogan “Russia is everything, the rest is nothing” is quite ominous.
At a time like this when Russia is facing dire problems on its southern borders due to the infiltration of non-white populations such an attitude is absolutely suicidal. Russia needs Europe just as much as Europe needs Russia. My message to Russians would be that you are just as much WESTERN and European as the Irish or the Portuguese—because it is only blood that matters—BLOOD IS EVERYTHING, THE REST IS NOTHING! If recognizing the Finn-Ugric ancestry would help Russians to see themselves in a new light, as an integral part of the European family, then that would truly be a revolution of all revolutions. Recognizing the Finn-Ugric ancestry might help Russians to re-define their identity, but I hope, in a natural and organic way, because I do understand that artificial identities, such as the HOMO SOVIETICUS was, simply will not stick and the result is a moral collapse.
Recognizing the Finn-Ugric ancestry could strengthen the Russian identity in a positive way and instead of being an artificial construction cooked up by alien intellectuals it could be a natural realization and coming to terms with oneself. And then us Finns could say that the brothers and sisters, closest to us, are the Russians.
There is a struggle over the minds and souls of the Russian people, a battle long fought - is Russia east or west. In summer 2007 when I visited Moscow and met Russian pan-European, white nationalists it occurred to me that maybe these are new the Zapadniks but instead of the liberal-capitalist West they are inspired by its antithesis-- The Europe of the National Revolution. Now this is something no-one has tried before and I have a feeling that this Revolution will work.
Sorry for the long rant - I just couldn’t help myself.
Yours
Kai
by Kai Murros
(a letter to a Russian comrade)
Dear Alex,
Your project to build an anti-capitalist, ecofascist, socialist and ethnonationalist movement like the Autonome Nationalisten sounds great! Indeed the European nationalist movement has been in a terrible state for a long time. It has been dominated by neo nazis and other far-rightist reactionaries --- and then of course the weird lunatic fringe. Nazism and National Bolshevism are really a kiss of death to European nationalism - just think that people have no creativity or imagination of their own so they have to recycle the age old crap of bygone ideologies of the past—which, as we know, collapsed under the crushing weight of their own stupidity and madness. Most nationalists still today are whipping dead horses thinking that they might stand up if you beat them long and hard enough.
Surely we can do better. If I was in the advertising business I would say, that the concept you are proposing is sexy - It WILL speak to young people. A few years ago I found a web-site of some young Spanish nationalists, who were also anarchists, punks etc. Their posters were quite crude work, black and white, charged with rebel attitude and desire for violent action. Too bad I lost the web-site - or maybe it doesn’t exist anymore - anyway, I was truly impressed. These kids had created something which was fresh and dangerous and up to date.
We are lucky since we have the experience of 200 years of revolutions and upheavals available. We know how the idelogies and political movements have competed and shaped the European civilization and the entire planet. Now we have to find a way to fit the experience of the past with the needs of the current world. We have to create an entirely new synthesis that breaks out of the box, defies the old classifications and takes the dinosaurs of the political and “intellectual” elite by surprise. In order to accomplish this we need “something old, something new, something borrowed...” and lots of free creativity. And then, finally, we need a way to communicate all this to the people.—I am glad we have this incredible challenge.
Indeed, I am also terribly excited about the fact Finns and Russians actually form one huge nation. It is really amazing how alike Finns and Russians are. When I visited Moscow in 2007 I had a chance of seeing Russian national-romantic paintings—a friend of mine had shown me pictures of more such paintings already a few years earlier—and it was truly stunning to realize that ALL these paintings could well have been Finnish national-romatic paintings. NOBODY would have suspected anything if you had said that these paintings were painted by Gallen-Kallela. All the elements where there - the forests, birch trees, Väinämöinen, log houses, girls with golden locks, swans etc. Whenever I see this art I can only wonder how anyone can think we are separate people.
Unfortunately, here in Finland the general public knows nothing about the common ancestry of Finns and Russians. Very often you hear people talking about the “Slavic melancholy” which is very common to Finns, but even then nobody ever asks—are the Bulgarians or Slovenians melancholic or is just us Finns and Russians—so Finns do recognize melancholy but do not know what it actually tells us. Due to historical reasons Finns see Russia as a very different, distant and often quite frightening society but once Finns get to know Russians themselves Finns feel right at home. Unfortunately our drinking habits also unite us.
Finnish nationalists on the other hand always look towards the west (and especially Germany) it is actually funny how in the nationalist circles all over Europe everyone always wants to be germanic of some sort. So to look for our closest relatives in Russians is quite out of order for most far-right (which they usually always are) Finnish nationalists. Those Finns, however, who did develop a deep sympathy for Russia and understanding for Russian nationalism were the Finnish communists. So today if you are very pro Russian you are easily seen as a some sort of communist or otherwise unreliable.
Therefore we need an entirely new brand of nationalism in Finland: Progressive, anti-capitalist, pan-European, white ethnonationalism. An ideology, which sees all white Europeans as one undivided family. An ideology which gives the same respect to all the tribes of the European nation: Celts, Latins, Slavs, Germanics, Balts, Finn-Ugrics, Basques etc.
I think that recognizing our common ancestry would be a leap forward in the process of creating a more progressive nationalism both in Russia and in Finland. We could finally put the past behind us and together prepare ourselves to meet the real dangers that are threatening the very survival of our civilization. It would also help Russians to see their place as part of the great white race and the European Civilization.
As far as I understand it Russians have always been torn by the question of their identity—are Russians Europeans or something that is completely different from Europe. Unfortunately, as far as I understand it, Russian nationalism has traditionally opted for that Russia and Europe are alien to each other and that Europe is actually Russia’s enemy. I think that many National-Bolsheviks carry on this tradition by claiming that the West is bad for Russia, that Russia is under siege, perpetually locked in mortal combat with the West. Many National-Bolsheviks seem to think that all Russia’s neighbours are enemies and should eventually be conquered. The slogan “Russia is everything, the rest is nothing” is quite ominous.
At a time like this when Russia is facing dire problems on its southern borders due to the infiltration of non-white populations such an attitude is absolutely suicidal. Russia needs Europe just as much as Europe needs Russia. My message to Russians would be that you are just as much WESTERN and European as the Irish or the Portuguese—because it is only blood that matters—BLOOD IS EVERYTHING, THE REST IS NOTHING! If recognizing the Finn-Ugric ancestry would help Russians to see themselves in a new light, as an integral part of the European family, then that would truly be a revolution of all revolutions. Recognizing the Finn-Ugric ancestry might help Russians to re-define their identity, but I hope, in a natural and organic way, because I do understand that artificial identities, such as the HOMO SOVIETICUS was, simply will not stick and the result is a moral collapse.
Recognizing the Finn-Ugric ancestry could strengthen the Russian identity in a positive way and instead of being an artificial construction cooked up by alien intellectuals it could be a natural realization and coming to terms with oneself. And then us Finns could say that the brothers and sisters, closest to us, are the Russians.
There is a struggle over the minds and souls of the Russian people, a battle long fought - is Russia east or west. In summer 2007 when I visited Moscow and met Russian pan-European, white nationalists it occurred to me that maybe these are new the Zapadniks but instead of the liberal-capitalist West they are inspired by its antithesis-- The Europe of the National Revolution. Now this is something no-one has tried before and I have a feeling that this Revolution will work.
Sorry for the long rant - I just couldn’t help myself.
Yours
Kai