MINNEAPOLIS — Some 60 Iranians, Russians and Belarusians and supporters came together downtown here on April 22 to demand the release of political prisoners in their home countries. Many spoke — in Russian, Farsi and English — and there were…
Three Belarusian rail workers who could face the death penalty are going to trial facing government charges of “terrorism” and “treason.” This is part of a broader assault on the trade union movement of Belarus as the dictatorial regime of…
For weeks in 2020 hundreds of thousands of working people joined an uprising to bring down the regime of President Alexander Lukashenko in Belarus after he stole the presidential election. With backing from Russian President Vladimir Putin, Lukashenko put down…
Thousands of asylum-seekers are trapped between the borders of Belarus and neighboring Poland and Lithuania, in freezing conditions. Fleeing countries in the Mideast, they are trying to enter western Europe via Belarus. The crisis has sharpened disputes between the imperialist…
In a brazen state skyjacking of a Ryanair passenger plane May 23, Alexander Lukashenko, who has ruled Belarus with an iron fist for 27 years, seized dissident journalist Raman Protasevich and his companion, Russian student Sofia Sapega. A MiG-29 fighter…
The fight by working people to bring down the dictatorial regime of Alexander Lukashenko in Belarus found a new outlet this month after mass protests and work stoppages last year were beaten down by government brutality. The monthslong political crisis…
The authoritarian quarter-century-old regime of Alexander Lukashenko in Belarus is trying to ride out widespread and sizable anti-government protests by intensifying a police crackdown. Lukashenko is also under pressure from his prime backer, the Vladimir Putin government in Moscow, to…
Thousands gathered at Minsk’s Square of Change and elsewhere across Belarus Nov. 15 to demonstrate against the cop killing of Roman Bondarenko. He had been one of the hundreds of thousands protesting the regime of President Alexander Lukashenko and his…
Many thousands protested in Minsk, the capital, and in other cities across Belarus Nov. 8. They marched despite the authoritarian government of Alexander Lukashenko sending in riot police, who broke up converging columns of demonstrators before they could rally in…
Tens of thousands rallied in Minsk and across Belarus Nov. 1, in the face of government threats and police firing live “warning” shots in the air. Some 240 protesters were arrested. Millions have marched to demand the resignation of hated…
