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Belarus

Belarus

Belarus refugees – caught between a rock and a hard place

17 November 2021 Dave Carr

The political sparring between the regimes in Belarus and Russia, on the one side, and Poland, the EU, USA, and Nato, on the other side, is squaring up for a bruising fistfight. Pressured by Western […]

Belarus

Forced landing of Ryanair plane illustrates Lukashenko’s desperate attempt to silence opposition

29 May 2021 Clare Doyle

Dramatic events a week ago (Sunday 23 May) saw a Ryanair flight from Greece to Lithuania forced to land in Belarus. The military operation has been described as an unprecedented ‘hijacking’ and has seen European […]

Belarus

Belarus: Where is the mass opposition movement going?

8 September 2020 Clare Doyle

For the fourth Sunday in succession, on 6 September, there were mass protests across Belarus. Up to a hundred thousand poured onto the streets of Minsk, confronting water cannon, armoured vehicles and riot police wielding […]

Belarus

Belarus: Mass movement needs workers’ lead – No trust in the opposition “Coordination Council”!

25 August 2020 Edmund Schluessel

Another round of mass protests dominated the streets of Belarus this weekend. A ‘March for a New Belarus’ brought hundreds of thousands to Minsk and smaller demonstrations took place across the rest of the country. […]

Belarus

Belarus: Repression increases revolutionary anger

17 August 2020 Edmund Schluessel

Unprecedented numbers have been out on protests across Belarus, with reports of 200,000 on Sunday afternoon. Monday has seen a continuation of mass strikes at major workplaces, like Belarus Potash, and at the truck manufacturer, […]

Belarus

Belarus: Rage at rigged election sparks mass demonstrations

11 August 2020 Edmund Schluessel

Mass demonstrations are rocking Belarus after President Alexander Lukashenko, who has ruled since 1994, proclaimed victory in an election which has featured mass protests against his regime in every city and town. These protests have […]

Belarus

Belarus: State crackdown after wave of protests

2 July 2020 Edmund Schluessel (CWI in Finland), and with reports from Belarus

Belarus saw two days of mass protests during the third week of June as people took to the streets to demand an end to rigged elections. President Alexander Lukashenko, who has ruled the country since […]

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Belarus

Belarus: Protesters flood onto streets demanding scrapping of law against parasites

21 March 2017 Daniil Raskolnikov (translation of article from the Russian CWI site www.socialist.news)

President Lukashenko must go! Former US Secretary of State, Condalezza Rice, first dubbed Belarus the, “last dictatorship in Europe”, over ten years ago, and ever since Western powers have treated the country like a pariah. Until, […]

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Belarus

Belarus: Bomb attack on Minsk metro leaves 13 dead

22 April 2011 Lev R., CWI Belarus

President Lukashenko uses outrage to attack working class

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Belarus

Belarus: Clampdown in Minsk

10 September 2010 Rob Jones

Free Belarus activists!

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ARCHIVE | the Socialist Party was the CWI section in Australia until 2019

Asia Pacific: Pacific Islands Forum

15 August 2009 By Anthony Main, Socialist Party (CWI in Australia)

Australia & New Zealand push neo-colonial agenda

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Belarus

Belarus: Neo-liberalism with populist slogans

4 July 2007 Denis, Socialist Resistance (CWI Russia)

Authoritarian regime plans catastrophic abolition of social benefits

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