Belarus: Are neoliberalism and nationalism the only options?

Sadly, it looks like it. These are the only ideas to which power flows these days.

It’s been going down in Belarus — with protests against a rigged presidential election triggering a bloody and over-zealous siloviki crackdown and, now, leading to a much wider political movement and a major weakening of Alexander Lukashenko, the country’s longterm sovok cosplaying leader.

I haven’t written anything about the conflict because it’s been s…