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#Minsk #Belarus While people were brought to pro-#Lukashenko rallies by buses and coercion, protesters are gathering despite arrests, threats and more facts about police brutality that were revealed. The effect of this rally will be more important and stronger than previous ones
Protesters marched to the #Minsk Hero City Obelisk, which is currently surrounded by armed police,soliders and barbed wire. Maryia #Kalesnikava came to support protesters. She asked to not provoke. Not far from the crowd someone intentionally turned on some Soviet music. 
#Minsk right now. Protesters want to move to State Flag Square passing through Palace of Independence, yet another “state” palace that #Lukashenko built for himself. People there are saying that entrances to the palace are being currently blocked.
Short summary of political situation and latest trends in #Belarus (THREAD)
1) Solidarity & self-organisation in society still highly present: crowd-funding for victims of repressions, solidarity chains/actions, humour as important solidarity tool, assistance from diaspora
1) Solidarity & self-organisation in society still highly present: crowd-funding for victims of repressions, solidarity chains/actions, humour as important solidarity tool, assistance from diaspora
2) Still no single political centre for coordinating protest moods => many different levels of self-organisation, actions often spontaneous, horizontal communication gains importance. People are getting used to actively using public space for political messages
3) State ideology took over many oppositional methods: peaceful rallies (though, people brought there by buses, often/mostly under threat of dismissal from work/for payment), flashmobs/activities in social media, solidarity chains, humour. Main messages: stability, unity, order
