tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419558703918975245.post5723963907938256809..comments2024-03-18T05:11:45.069-04:00Comments on Notes from the Cuban Exile Quarter: Worldwide demonstrations for a free Belarus on 20th anniversary of independence from the USSRJohn Suarezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11333798474560217548noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419558703918975245.post-78029388592548935012013-02-07T23:51:53.460-05:002013-02-07T23:51:53.460-05:00Seems you have a problem with non-communists.Seems you have a problem with non-communists.John Suarezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11333798474560217548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419558703918975245.post-87837303146962928052012-09-24T07:40:57.163-04:002012-09-24T07:40:57.163-04:00I oppose the state-capitalist dictatorship of Luka...I oppose the state-capitalist dictatorship of Lukashenko. But ask yourselves this: Why did the people of Belarus choose Lukashenko in 1994? He won the first presidential elections in 1994. The Soviet government was gone and replaced by a right-wing oligarchy of people who destroyed the economy of Belarus. <br /><br />The people voted for Lukashenko because he opposed right-wing neoliberalism. He stopped the privatizations and he kept foreign capitalists out. That is why some elderly people support him. Unlike Russia and other ex-stalinist states, Belarus did not embraced full capitalism. The state remained strong and that is something capitalist institutions don't like! <br /><br />Also I oppose the flag of the Belarussian opposition. That flag was first used by the anticommunist republic of 1918, then again by the anticommunist/pro-Nazi government of 1941-1944. It was also used by the unpopular government of Belarus between 1991 and 1994.<br /><br />That flag of many young demonstrations against Lukashenko is a bad choice. I have no love for the state flag of Belarus. But I cannot give my support to a flag that was used by anticommunists, Nazi's and capitalist exploiters. Revolutionary Socialist Mediahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03173363292886567342noreply@blogger.com