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07 NOVEMBER 2022, 09:11

Lukashenko: October Revolution ideas remain viable alternative to colonial policy of capitalism

MINSK, 7 November (BelTA) – Belarusian president Aleksandr Lukashenko extended October Revolution greetings to Belarusians, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian president.

“This event marked the beginning of a new era in the history of the Belarusian people who got a chance to create a national state on their native land, to become a full-fledged subject of international relations,” the message of greetings reads. “October 1917 fulfilled the aspirations of millions of working people in the world for a just society based on the principles of people's power, mutual social responsibility and humanism. These ideas still remain a viable alternative to the colonial policy of capitalism in its modern form. The Soviet project of the Union of Socialist Republics, based on the equality of nations and respect for their cultures and traditions, remains a beacon for countries seeking to live in peace and to work for the common good.”

The head of state stressed that Belarus has preserved the achievements of the Soviet era, multiplying them with the accomplishments of the sovereign period. “We remember the tragic events of the past, perpetuate the victories and the names of the heroes of the thousand-year history of the Belarusian people, whose examples of courage and wisdom help us overcome challenges and build a reliable foundation for the future,” the president said.

On this festive day Aleksandr Lukashenko wished Belarusians good health, happiness and new achievements for the benefit of the Fatherland.

Photograph from 2020

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, center, gives a speech during a military parade that marked the 75th anniversary of the allied victory over Nazi Germany, in Minsk, Belarus, Saturday, May 9, 2020. (Sergei Gapon/Pool Photo via AP)

  • aaro [they/them, she/her]
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    2 years ago

    Lukashenko is cringe

    “The Jews managed to force the world to remember the Holocaust,” Lukashenko declared. “The entire world grovels before them and gives in to them. They are afraid to say a single word out of place.”

    “The history of Germany is a copy of the history of Belarus. Germany was raised from ruins thanks to firm authority and not everything connected with that well-known figure Hitler was bad. German order evolved over the centuries and attained its peak under Hitler. This corresponds with our understanding of a presidential republic and the role of a president in it,” Lukashenko said in 1995, perhaps anticipating that he would still be in power more than a quarter of century later.

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    not happy to see hexbear praising a Hitler sympathizer

    • invalidusernamelol [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      The only good thing about Belarus is that they didn't sell out their state industry to western capitalists and that will make it easier for the workers there to retake power eventually. Lukasheno's only plus is that he's maintained that relation. Other than that, he needs a good slap by Belarusian communists.

    • AssortedBiscuits [they/them]
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      2 years ago

      So that's what Parenti meant when he called Lukashenko a self-professed admirer of Adolf Hitler's organizational skills in Blackshirts and Reds lol

      • aaro [they/them, she/her]
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        2 years ago

        As if the "organizational skills" are at all separable from the things and people being organized :blob-no-thoughts:

    • TyMan210 [he/him, comrade/them]
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      2 years ago

      Yeah it's a lot of :so-true: vibes just because they kept the Soviet aesthetics and he talks positively about the USSR sometimes. As others have said, it's just 100% pure nationalism

    • TankieTanuki [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      :ohnoes:

      How can you celebrate May 9th and Hitler at the same time? COMON!