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Title: There’s no going back Author: Prameń Date: 10th August 2020 Language: en Topics: Belarus, protest, anti-authoritarianism Source: Retrieved on 12th August 2020 from https://pramen.io/en/2020/08/there-s-no-going-back/
Yesterday, the Belarusian society woke up from a long sleep. A dream in
which we were kept for the last 26 years. A dream that a dictatorship
can make people free. These lies, which are still being spread from
state channels and some online platforms, will hardly find any place in
the hearts of the people.
Last night has awakened what we have been lacking in recent years –
faith in collective strength. Faith in transformation despite the risks.
And this force has appeared not only in the main streets of the capital,
but also in many small towns in the country, where OMON fled in fear of
the demonstrators. Photos and videos of numerous clashes with special
police units have finally broken the myth of quiet Belarusians praying
for peace and not ready to take risks.
Lukashenko and the entire vertical of power were horrified by the energy
that spilled over into the country’s streets. Otherwise, it is
impossible to explain the fact that in just a few hours of protests,
OMON and internal troops have moved from simple detentions to a
full-scale war against the population using rubber bullets, tear gas and
water cannons. In many cities, the police have completely lost control
of the streets.
Yesterday, a lot of blood was shed from the ordinary working population
of the country. Many saw a police caravan break through a crowd of
protesters at speed. One of those who was run over died in hospital.
Several people are still in intensive care. Dozens of people are
hospitalized.
Many are already preparing for the next round of confrontation. Those
left with the Internet are learning to make Molotov cocktails, build
barricades and are looking for the most vulnerable areas of the
cosmonauts. We are not watching videos with kittens, we are watching
videos that tell us how to get into chains and hold the line during
clashes with the cops. We go to the wastelands to learn how to throw
rocks. The Belarusian regime has made us revolutionaries! It was
Lukashenko who created a situation in which there is no going back.
There is no more poisonous stability to which one can go back. What we
have seen and what we have experienced will not be lost anymore.
The responsibility for the blood spilled lies entirely on the shoulders
of the dictatorship. Lukashenko is not ready to leave without blood and
we will show that not only simple people can bleed. Today, we will take
to the streets at 19:00 and stand shoulder to shoulder against the
dictatorship for direct democracy. For a society in which dictators and
exploiters have no place. Today we will continue our rebellion for a
world without a Belarusian dictatorship!
See you on the streets of the cities! See you on the barricades!