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Labour, protests, and state capitalism in Belarus, three years on

Volodymyr Artiukh — 2023-09-02T10:24:00Z

Last week, two labour activists from Naftan oil refinery were detained by Belarusian security service KGB on charges of undermining national security. The detained Volha Britikava and Aliaksandr Kukharonak have already spent short stints in jail for criticising Lukashenka's government and participating in anti-government protests. They are among the latest victims of the ongoing repressions against labour organisations and activists who joined the country-wide protests three years ago, in (…)

- IV584 - September 2023 / Belarus, Trade unions/workplace organizing

Oil refinery trade union leaders arrested in Belarus

Collective — 2023-08-15T18:41:11Z

Two trade union leaders from the giant Naftan oil refinery in Belarus were arrested on Friday 11 August, human rights organisations said.

- IV583 - August 2023 / Belarus, Trade unions/workplace organizing

Against the Russian war of aggression, the urgency of a radically decolonial left

Catherine Samary — 2022-12-22T18:38:43Z

This contribution highlights the effects of this war in the opposite direction to what Putin was seeking, both in Ukraine - on the basis of popular mobilizations for dignity - but also in its Eurasian neighbourhood, as well as in NATO and the EU.

- 2022 - Ukraine / Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Debate section, Ukraine debate

Belarusian ‘railway partisans' face death penalty

Simon Pirani — 2022-07-24T17:29:35Z

The Belarusian regime is threatening “railway partisans”, arrested for sabotaging signalling equipment to disrupt the Russian invasion of Ukraine, with the death sentence.

- IV570 - July 2022 / Russia, Ukraine, Belarus

Railway sabotage in Belarus: railway workers in action

Patrick Le Tréhondat — 2022-04-12T07:56:59Z

“A trade union statement should never be taken lightly. Especially in times of war. ”

- IV567 - April 2022 / Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Trade unions/workplace organizing

Belarus Just World Party

Fourth International Bureau — 2021-12-11T07:13:17Z

“This year, the Belarusian opposition leftists are celebrating the 30th anniversary of their party.”

- News from around the world / Belarus

“Unprecedented and unacceptable”

Editors l'Anticapitaliste — 2021-05-27T07:15:11Z

“Some have called the Belarusian act state terrorism; we agree. But many other states have resorted or still resort to terrorist practices.”

- IV556 - May 2021 / France, Belarus

Regime intensifies repression, but struggle continues

Pavel Katarzheuski — 2021-05-02T15:52:19Z

“A massive explosion of popular discontent in the near future is not only possible, but inevitable. The only question is what the trigger for a new wave of mobilization will be. ”

- IV556 - May 2021 / Belarus

The Belarusian Revolution: Lessons, Perspectives and Tactics of the Radical Left

Pavel Katarzheuski — 2021-03-16T09:15:27Z

“After all, there is only one sure path for the radical left: to prepare for a new protest mobilization and to fight to preserve its parties, trade unions and the self-organizing bodies of popular power.”

- IV554 - March 2021 / Belarus

The People's Fight Continues

Hanna Perekhoda — 2021-01-26T07:14:19Z

Since 9 August 2020 Belarus has been the scene of popular protests against what is perceived to be the fraudulent reelection of President Alexander Lukashenko, who has been in power since 1994. The presidential election results gave him a victory with 80 percent of the votes, a figure far from the counts seen by election observers.
There are thousands of audio and video recordings of electoral fraud, showing the rewriting of results, the substitution of one ballot box for another, and (…)

- IV552 - January 2021 / Belarus