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Absolutely. I study moments of mass mobilization. previous protests in Belarus were very different. This is indeed a critical juncture for protest mobilization in the country. 1) the protests are physicallly bigger (hard to see because they r dispersed geographically) but bigger
2) yes the state has acted far more quickly and violently ... but this actually mobilizing ... that’s the thing with repression it doesn’t allways work the way you want it to #dictators ... mothers, elderly, friends, crying outside of prisons is heart rentching and mobilizing!
3) we see the element I allways look for in large protests - to see if they will go from large protests to mass mobilization- what I call a “cross cleavage coalition” aka awakening of a larger “protestorate”. (See my book on ukraine and argentina and my article in @JoDemocracy)
