'Go Away! Go Away!' Factory Workers Heckle Belarusian Strongman as Nationwide General Strike Kicks Off "Lukashenko is a former president," said one strike leader. "He needs to go." by Jake Johnson, Common Dreams, August 17 https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/08/17/go-away-go-away-factory-workers-heckle-belarusian-strongman-nationwide-general
"As workers across Belarus walked off the job Monday to kick off a general strike over an August 9 presidential election widely condemned as rigged, employees at a state-run military vehicles factory loudly heckled Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko while he delivered a speech attempting to justify his authoritarian rule and brutal crackdown on demonstrators. "Workers yelled "Go away!" and "Resign!" at Lukashenko, whose grip on power is showing signs of slipping after more than two decades as president of the Eastern European nation. "Lukashenko, who declared victory on August 9 after a government poll showed he won 80% of the vote, said in response to the heckling workers that he has no plans to grant protesters' demand for new elections, telling the factory employees, "We held elections, and as long as you don't kill me, there won't be any other elections."" . . . -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#515): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/515 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/76257245/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/8674936/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
