Dictatorship Will Die In Silence Of Plant Floors

The main thing is not to stop.

This year the thesis that "Belarusians have finally taken to the streets" has become widely popular. For people with a short memory, I would like to say: we have been taking to the streets all this time. We fought, did not accept, and resisted. Yes, in 2020 the resistance reached its climax. Hundreds of thousands of people in the squares, total denial of the dictator by all strata of the population and a loud "Go away!" from the factory workshops.

It is the striking workers who become the last nail in the lid of the dictatorship's coffin. This was the case in Poland as well. The workers met every step of the communist regime with a strike. How it all began? From ordinary human relationships. It was necessary to tell each other how important it is to be in solidarity with each colleague. Then there were no messengers or telephones. However, leaflets and workers' newspapers awakened the workers.

Polish workers responded with protests: the largest marched in the port of Gdansk. The strikers wanted not only raised wages, but also civil liberties, and they demanded the release of political prisoners as well.

Belarusians have more than enough reasons for strikes. Today the usurper is trying to turn the country into a concentration camp and only decisive actions can stop him.

If someone else does not know about the strike, tell them. If someone hesitates - it's time to support them, and tell them that they need to fight. When the right moment comes, we stop factories, enterprises, plants. And here, without compromise, our demands are known: the release of political prisoners, and new elections. No indulgences for snickering bootlickers.

Today Lukashenka is in a disastrous situation. We have already achieved a lot: the sanctions that have derailed the regime's economy, the complete isolation of the junta at the international level. The only thing left is to stay at home. The money has been withdrawn from the accounts, the products are in stock. Last year has shown us that the main thing in strikes is not to stop. If enterprises throughout the country stop for 2-3 weeks, the kolkhoz regime will fall.

The stopped blast furnaces at the Belarusian Metallurgical Plant, the burning torch over Hrodna Azot, the silence at the Minsk Tractor Plant, the Minsk Automobile Plant, and the Minsk Wheeled Tractor Plant. In the silence of factory floors the dictatorship will die. And when the machines are silent, we will not be silent.

Long Live Belarus!

Artsiom Chernikau, exclusively for the "Basta!" Telegram channel