Strikes around the country including state companies are a sign that the Belarussian security services stupidly brutal & excessively heavy-handed tactics against election protesters have caused the general public to become sympathetic to what were 1/2 wsws.org/en/articles/20…
^ 2/3 a vocal and active minority. Strikes are potentially a much greater threat to Lukashenko's regime than street revolution by youth ever could be. Lukashenko is teetering on loosing the "legitimacy" of the tacit consent of general population which was all he had at this point
^3/4 His security services are out of control, using force unprofessionally, and are going too far. If fractures start to appear in political elite, military, and/or security services, then its all over. Lukashenko will get the tap on the shoulder. If he fights to the end, it
^ 4/4 could yet result in the chaos of a street revolution where there is the potential for the West to exploit the situation & geopolitically flip #Belarus, like Ukraine. The Kremlin better start hedging its bets & outreach to opposition figures like Babariko & Tsepkalo. Fast.
