Belarus Protests

### **Belarus**

* “Политический кризис в Беларуси: перспективы” https://pramen.io/ru/2020/07/politicheskij-krizis-v-belarusi-perspektivy/
* “Завышенные ожидания и неминуемое разочарование? Что ждет беларуское общество 9 августа” https://a2day.net/zavyshennye-ozhidaniya-i-neminuemoe-razocharovanie-chto-zhdet-belaruskoe-obshhestvo-9-avgusta/
* “Лукашенко обвинил Россию и Украину в организации протестов в Белоруссии” https://www.gazeta.ru/politics/news/2020/08/10/n\_14780287.shtml [RU]
* “Лукашенко об уличных акциях: ответ будет адекватный, страну разорвать мы не позволим” https://www.belta.by/president/view/lukashenko-ob-ulichnyh-aktsijah-otvet-budet-adekvatnyj-stranu-razorvat-my-ne-pozvolim-402291-2020/ [BE]
* “Elephant in the room – Bringing down the dictatorship. Interview on protests in #Belarus” https://and.notraces.net/2020/08/10/elephant-in-the-room-bringing-down-the-dictatorship-interview-on-protests-in-belarus/ [EN], https://enoughisenough14.org/2020/08/11/elephant-in-the-room-bringing-down-the-dictatorship-interview-on-protests-in-belarus/ [EN]
* “How did the Belarusians come to rebellion against the dictatorship” https://pramen.io/en/2020/08/how-did-the-belarusians-come-to-rebellion-against-the-dictatorship/ [EN], https://enoughisenough14.org/2020/08/11/how-did-the-belarusians-come-to-rebellion-against-the-dictatorship/ [EN]
* “Parasites, Anarchists, and Other Rebellious Creatures: Two Months of Protest and Repression in Belarus” https://crimethinc.com/2017/05/09/parasites-anarchists-and-other-rebellious-creatures-two-months-of-protest-and-repression-in-belarus
* “Anarchists, the avangarde of social protests in Belarus” by Alesia Rudnik https://belarusdigest.com/story/anarchists-the-avangarde-of-social-protests-in-belarus/ [EN]
* “Belarus: Anarchists in the Uprising against the Dictatorship” https://crimethinc.com/2020/08/12/belarus-anarchists-in-the-uprising-against-the-dictatorship-an-interview [EN], https://www.amwenglish.com/articles/anarchists-in-the-uprising-against-the-dictatorship-in-belarus-an-interview/ [EN]
* “ТОП-9 фактаў, што насамрэч рабіла група расейскіх баявікоў ‘ПВК Вагнэра’ ў Беларусі” https://informnapalm.org/by/top-9-faktau-vagner-u-bielarusi/ [BE], “TOP 9 faktů: co v Bělorusku skutečně dělala skupina ruských ozbrojenců ze SVS Vagner” https://informnapalm.org/cz/top-9-faktu-co-v-belorusku-skutecne-delala-skupina-ruskych-ozbrojencu-ze-svs-vagner/ [CZ], “ТОП 9 фактів, що насправді робила група російських бойовиків ‘ПВК Вагнера’ у Білорусі” https://informnapalm.org/ua/top-9-faktiv-shcho-naspravdi-robyla-hrupa/ [UK], “Wagner grubunun Belarus’ta kalışıyla ilgili TOP-9 gerçekler” https://informnapalm.org/tr/9-gercek/ [TR], “9 facts. What did the Wagner group actually do in Belarus?” https://informnapalm.org/en/9-facts-what-did-the-wagner-group-actually-do-in-belarus/ [EN], “TOP 9 faktai apie tai ką iš tikrųjų Baltarusijoje veikė Rusijos samdinių grupė iš privačios karinės bendrovės „Vagner““ https://informnapalm.org/lt/top-9-faktai-apie-tai-ka-is-tikruju-baltarusijoje-veike-vagner/ [IT], “ТОП 9 факти, какво всъщност са правили групата руски бойци от „ЧВК Вагнер“ в Беларус” https://informnapalm.org/bg/top-9-fakti-kakvo-vsasthnost-sa-pravili-g/ [BG], “Topp 9-fakta som belyser Wagner-gruppens vistelse i Vitryssland” https://informnapalm.org/sv/topp-9-fakta/ [SV], “Topp 9 fakta som illustrerer Wagner-gruppens opphold i Hviterussland” https://informnapalm.org/no/topp-9-fakta/ [NO], “Top 9 fakta, der illustrerer Wagner-gruppens ophold i Hviderusland” https://informnapalm.org/dk/top-9-fakta/ [DK], “Top 9 Fakten, die den Aufenthalt der Wagner-Gruppe in Belarus veranschaulichen” https://informnapalm.org/at/top-9-fakten/ [DE]
* "Belarus Rising: The Dying Dictatorship" https://www.thecommoner.org.uk/belarus-rising-the-dying-dictatorship/ [EN]
* "Critical review of protests in Belarus in last 2 month" https://pramen.io/en/2020/10/critical-review-of-protests-in-belarus-in-last-2-month/ [EN]
* "‘Crush the fascist vermin’: Belarus opposition summons wartime spirit" by Shaun Walker https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/08/crush-the-fascist-vermin-belarus-opposition-summons-wartime-spirit [EN]

### **News Articles**

* “Belarus ruler Lukashenko says Russia lying over 'mercenaries” https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-53648640 [EN] (British state-owned media)
* “Belarus leader wants closer ties to NATO, Western nations” by Yuras Karmanau https://apnews.com/14e309c32c6e45a093456e6d89e77151 [EN]
* “Why Belarus wants to bring ‘serfdom’ back” by Adam Taylor https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2014/06/05/why-belarus-wants-to-bring-serfdom-back/ [EN] (owned by Graham Holdings Company)
* “Russian Mercenaries in Belarus: All You Need to Know” https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2020/07/30/russian-mercenaries-in-belarus-all-you-need-to-know-a71020 [EN]
* “Putin Squeezes Belarus Strongman in Drive to Skirt Term Limits” by Henry Meyer, Aliaksandr Kudrytski and Stepan Kravchenko https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2020/02/12/putin-squeezes-belarus-strongman-in-drive-to-skirt-term-limits-a69264 [EN]
* “Мітрапаліт Павал папрасіў прабачэньня за заўчаснае віншаваньне Лукашэнкі зь перамогай на выбарах” Валер Каліноўскі https://www.svaboda.org/amp/30783841.html [BE] (funded by U.S. Agency for Global Media)
* "Belarusian Officials Shut Down Internet With Technology Made by U.S. Firm" by Ryan Gallagher https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-08-28/belarusian-officials-shut-down-internet-with-technology-made-by-u-s-firm [EN]
* “How British spin-doctors and Boris Berezovsky tried to help Alexander Lukashenko win over the West” https://meduza.io/en/feature/2020/09/10/guys-get-out [EN]

* "Belarus workers press for strikes" by Pete Radcliff https://www.workersliberty.org/story/2020-09-30/belarus-workers-press-strikes [EN] (Trotskyist organization)
* "Man sets himself on fire outside Belarus gov’t HQ: Police" https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/1/22/man-sets-himself-on-fire-in-minsk-belarus-police [EN] (Qatari state-owned media with anti-Saudi geopolitics)

### **Blog Posts**

* “Belarus tries to follow in Moscow’s steps and team up with the European far right” by Anton Shekhovtsov https://www.tango-noir.com/2018/06/26/belarus-tries-to-follow-in-moscows-steps-and-team-up-with-the-european-far-right/ [EN]

### **Podcast Episodes**

* “#41: Anarchism in Belarus, Czech Republic, Korea, and Beyond: Anarchism and repression in Belarus and Czech Republic; Suruc massacre;Korea” https://crimethinc.com/podcasts/the-ex-worker/episodes/41 [1:22:15, EN]
* “#22: Ukraine: Ukraine and the Future of Social Movements; Belarus ABC on repression; Reviews” https://crimethinc.com/podcasts/the-ex-worker/episodes/22 [1:01:52, EN]

### **Videos**

* “HOW TO BELARUS LIKE A PRO (IN UNDER 3 MINUTES!)” uploaded by Spaghetti Kozak https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIeQ2Q46Yao [2:44, EN]
* “FieldGrayzone EXCLUSIVE: The CIA/NED/MI6/WTF/LOL/SOROS Coup in Belarus!!! SEE THE TRUTH” uploaded by Spaghetti Kozak https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3w8cH64YEM [5:09, EN]
* «Как гестаповцы в Беларуси пытают задержанных. Интервью с полицейским в отставке, действующим военным» varlamov https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1DOu71k-X8 [33:18, RU SUB, RU]
* “Minsk against Lukashenko: stun grenades and rubber bullets” uploaded by varlamov https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31u7FA1M6bU [2:13, RU SUB, EN SUB, SV SUB, RU]
* “Belarus Police TORTURE Protestors” uploaded by NFKRZ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hu54ydFkufc [16:17, EN] (Russian social democrat)
* “Belarus / How people are tortured in jails / My arrest and imprisonment / The People” uploaded by The Люди https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqKotztzZnU [40:29, EN SUB, RU]

### **Websites**

* “ЗабастовкаBY @zabastabel” http://zbstby.org/index.html [RU, EN]
* "Анархический черный крест Беларусь" https://abc-belarus.org/ [RU, EN]

### **Archived**

* https://archive.vn/ICJxd [EN] - creator of Belarus flag was sent to concentration camps by German Nazis
* https://archive.vn/PK7ll [EN] - Lukashenko is more afraid of Putin than USA or EU
* https://archive.vn/c0oEX [EN] - workers’ strike in Belarus
* https://archive.vn/MsNUN [EN] - protests in Belarus were worker-led
* https://archive.vn/u6Ohk [EN] - Ukranian miners support Belarusan miners’ right to strike
* https://archive.vn/jckhI [EN] - Kyrgyzstani labour unions support Belarusan right to strike
* https://archive.is/iW27x [EN] - Ben Norton deleted a tweet promoting propaganda Belarussian government when videos debunking the claim went viral
* https://archive.vn//Qe0lJ [EN], https://archive.vn/DClSS [EN] - Ben Norton retweets a lie about what protesters are saying
* https://archive.vn/M9uEa [EN] - 15 000 union workers walked out of the tractor factory in support of the revolution (load original URL for video)
* https://archive.ph/vFLU1 [EN], https://archive.ph/LCp9M [BE], https://archive.ph/o64Mv [BE] - Polish far-right supports Lukashenko

### **Notes**

* The alternate white-red-white Belarussian flag was not created as a Nazi symbol. It was created around 1918. In fact, when the Nazis took control of Belarus they tried to get the flag’s creator to work with them but he refused which got him locked up in a concentration camp
* The Belarussian government-in-exile during WW2 actively opposed the Nazi occupation