No matter what year we were born, we were all thrown into the cult of the
so-called victory over fascism in one way or another. Movies, music, popularculture - for years we kept being told the glossy story of the past. Facts wereomitted in favor of continuing the Soviet narrative even after the collapse ofthe USSR. Attempts to understand what really happened to society during the waralways ran into a huge impenetrable wall. The criminalization of everything thatcontradicts the perspectives of Lukashenko or Putin's history became one of thefoundations of the strengthening of the cult, which later turned into a "we canrepeat". Yes, many Belarusians today believe that peace is more important thanwar, but there are enough people in our society, treated with propaganda, who areready to take up arms and go to kill for the Russian world.Many have seen the cult of World War II victory for years as a celebration ofvictory over fascism, ignoring militarism and attempts to manipulate historicalevents. De facto parades, stories about the military might of the USSR and theinsignificance of Western countries, and constant memories of those "glorioustimes" did not become a barrier to new wars, but rather created fertile groundfor the growth of nationalism, imperial ambitions and militarism within not onlyRussia, but also Belarus. No matter how many times Lukashenko talks about peacein the region, he still continues to be a man of violence, ready to kill not onlyhis own people for power, but also to fight in other countries if it benefits him.The war in Ukraine should be a lesson in what this manipulation of history canlead to. If reality is covered by beautiful decorations depicting only mythsabout the war, sooner or later new generations will decide that it is necessaryto repeat what is shown on these very decorations. Reasons for war will be foundquickly, and often they do not even have to be logical. Putin's speeches aboutUkraine have no historical or political backing. But in the case of a high levelof patriotism, a war can be started for any reason and people will go to die fortheir ruler. History knows enough examples of this.Instead of the cult of war and victory, we need to look critically at all sidesof what is going on and not forget that there is no beautiful and easy war inwhich some do only good and others are absolute evil. Nazism and fascism were acontagion that did not exist only in Italy or Germany. Just as today's Russia wasable to emerge from the mistakes of various political forces, including those onthe world stage, in the same way Hitler's Germany was a product not only of theGermans themselves, but also of the political systems of other countries.Including the Soviet Union, which, a few years before invading Poland, hadsuccessfully suppressed from within the republican resistance to the fascistFranco regime in Spain. From 1936 to 1939, Spain became a testing ground for theGerman and Italian militaries, who used their experience in later wars with othercountries.As for the slogan "never again" - that slogan means more than just statepropaganda posters. In order to ensure that fascism and genocide never happenagain, we need to give up the ideas of centralized power and strong leaders whowill lead us into a brighter future. It is necessary for mankind to get rid notonly of the Russian empire, but also of all the empires and states which arepitting people against each other in the struggle to preserve their own power.And to remember that even after the triumph of the peoples of Ukraine over theRussian leviathan, the struggle against authoritarianism and empire will not end!And we hope that when the anarchists burn down the palaces of the rulers, youwill be with us on the streets of the cities in the struggle for a better andfree future.Against fascism, imperialism, the state and capitalism.For a free and equal world!Pramenhttps://pramen.io/en/2023/05/how-many-more-parades-and-obscurantism-do-we-need-for-a-world-without-war-to-the-celebration-of-may-9-in-belarus/_________________________________________A - I N F O S N E W S S E R V I C EBy, For, and About AnarchistsSend news reports to A-infos-en mailing listA-infos-en@ainfos.ca
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