Is there a fashion for protest

The batons did not extinguish the protest, but on the contrary, woke him up. Recent events showed: the country gradually becomes free, contrary to the efforts of the state, states at a rally on a rally on Sakharov Avenue NT Columnist Ivan Davydov

Is there a fashion for protest

He stood in line, unfortunately, not so long, to the framework of metal detectors, to go to the rally in support of the political prospectors of Sakharov. And I thought - it really is a pity that it is short. These queues have become some important sign of time. People stood in line - for hours - to hold a poster for three minutes in support of Ivan Golunov on Petrovka. They stood, and also stood for a long time, in line for pickets in support of the victims of the Moscow Affairs of the Presidential Administration. “The queue for the picket” is even surprising.

And yes, such a consideration to the side - let's stop grimacing and call those who fell under the rink of a fabricated “Moscow case”, defendants or the accused there. Victims of arbitrariness correctly and honestly call victims.

After all, these queues mean something. That the protest became fashionable? Of course not. The protest of the 2011-12 sample was fashionable when the secular observer calculated the number of mink fur coats at rallies and made some of her thoughtful conclusions about the imminent and inevitable collapse of the regime. When party characters considered it their duty to celebrate at the next “event”, while others even climbed into the stage. All this fashion ended with a police provocation and a “swamp business”. As soon as the real time for random people smells-all the fashion has disappeared somewhere.

Now the situation is different (or you can even say, the exact opposite). This time an unprecedented scale of the police special operations to intimidate civilians did not become the final of protest, exactly the opposite

Now the situation is different (or you can probably say the exact opposite). This time an unprecedented scale of the police special operations to intimidate civilians did not become the final of protest, exactly the opposite. By and large, it all started. And the invented "Moscow business" - too. And not that no one could intimidate.

"We are not afraid!" - The leading Moscow rally shouted from the stage on September 29. The gathered he was echoed, but, as it seemed to me, without much enthusiasm. Frankly, for myself - I'm afraid. I don’t want to get at all in broad daylight with a club on the head from the Rosgvardeian, who is holy believer in his own impunity. I do not want to go to court, where the same Rosgvarder will lie about moral and physical injuries that I inflicted on him through a daring gaze. I don’t want to go to jail all the more (the proverb tells me not to renounce, but still doesn’t want to want).

Nobody probably wants, and the summer police lawlessness and the “Moscow business” are visual evidence of the reality of such fears. But nevertheless they went to stocks in the summer, and now they went to the rally. Tens of thousands of people came out. It would be better, of course, there were more of them (us), but this is a lot. On September 29, the city hall was forced to agree on September 29, but have there any guarantees that this would somehow prevent police provocations if the authorities gave the police the corresponding team? There are no guarantees, everyone understands this perfectly, everyone saw what our valiant defenders are capable of, and if anyone forgot, the network is full of videos.

Nevertheless, people come out. Pavel Ustinov , who was pulled together from prison, stood in a single picket in support of those who have not yet been pulled out. And Alexei Minyailo got up.

No, this story is not about the “fashion for protest”.

Batons wake up, not extinguish

Yuri Dud, having appeared at the rally, attracts, of course, the well -deserved attention of fans, but it is clear that he is not here to be noted. The main star of the season here is on common rights, everyone who came, came because they understand: you cannot forgive people's hunt. You can not give the innocent, who were taken and appointed guilty, to be torn to pieces by the system. Because tomorrow she can devour anyone in the same way. That is you. Yes, and you too, imagine.

The court was turned into a circus, and the Russian Guard into a laughing stock. It was shown that the main problem today, including for the authorities, is just lovers to tighten nuts and solve all issues with batons. The main threat is

After Sergey Sobyanin with subordinates was scolded at the start of the election campaign (it was forgotten somehow, and now it was not easy to believe-but this happened only because the city hall was afraid to allow several independent candidates to the unfortunate city Duma!), The federal security officials decided to show both the country and the large bosses how they can solve problems. They beat people, grabbed people, caught a thousand at a time, lied about “money from abroad”, about “coordinators”, about “mass riots”, connecting all available instruments to the regression process-from state TV to the State Duma. They wanted to show their need, they wanted to show the presence of threats.

And in the end they received the awakened civil society, encountered the fact that, it turns out, many and many people are no longer ready to endure frank arbitrariness. In general, they carried out reconnaissance in battle, beaten strongly, but found not at all what they were looking for.

The court was turned into a circus, and the Russian Guard into a laughing stock. However, neither one nor the other is a pity. It was shown that the main problem today, including for the authorities, is just lovers to tighten nuts and solve all issues with batons. The main threat is also. The batons wake up a protest, not extinguish.

Have you fought with the people, citizens of the bosses? Well, well, you can fight with the people. Traditions, experience, hardening. But your terror does not work at all as you would like, and your lies have broken. For too long you held the country by the throat. Let go

And in no case, of course, we must not forget about those who are still sitting in the fabricated case, and about those who are waiting for the court. Of course, the main slogan of the latest protests - "Let go!" “He's about them and for them.” They must be saved, this is the number one task. But the meaning of the slogan is now wider.

Have you fought with the people, citizens of the bosses? Well, well, you can fight with the people. Traditions, experience, hardening. But your terror does not work at all as you would like, and your lies have broken. For too long you held the country by the throat. Let go.

Someone (I repent, did not consider who exactly) shouted at a rally from the stage: "We are in a free country, right?" It always sounds a little ridiculous, that is, that is. But yes, true. The country gradually becomes free, contrary to the efforts of the state aimed at suppressing the freedoms of the state. You just don’t have to confuse the state with the country, even though in Russia it is just loved.

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