The Spirit of the Lincoln Battalion Lives On in Donetsk

Texac’, somewhere between the Bad and the Ugly…

Badges? We don’t need no stinkin’ badges!

Photo: Altai, the Essence of Time Info Service, DNR (Click to expand!)

[dropcap]T[/dropcap]his is a recent photograph of “Texas”, the American volunteer in Donbass, who has been helping the Novorossiyans defend themselves from the fascist Ukrainian forces who have been targeting civilians with heavy artillery for many months, causing great morbidity and mortality, including hundreds of thousands of refugees.  Definitely in the spirit of the brave Lincoln Brigade of volunteers helping defend the Spanish against the fascists in the Spanish Civil War, in the run-up to World War II.

Russell Bentley first employed the Automat and the RPG against the Ukrop Nazis.  Now he works full time with the new Donetsk news service, DONi (dninews.com).   Russell titled this image, ” ‘Texac’, somewhere between the Bad and the Ugly…”  Note that “Texas” has now replaced the “s” with a Cyrillic “c”, in a nod to his new home.

—Daniel Wirt