Generally, I’m not the person to talk about politics but today something happened in my country. There’re mass protests all over Russia, all because of our president having a fucking palace thanks to stolen money and arresting the person who found it out and shared with people (Aleksey Navalny) who happens to be the leader of opposition and who was almost killed with chemical weapon a few months ago.
The police have arrested more than 1000 people today including a 10 year old child. We have no one to rely on, no one to ask for help. Putin has been on the throne for about 20 years and now he has a possibility to continue ruling Russia due to constitutional amendments that were approved in 2020.
I can do nothing but ask you to spread this information, so that people know we need help. We don’t want the dictator to rule our country anymore, we’re sick and tired.
A supporter of Salvador Nasralla, the opposition Alliance leader, stands next to graffiti reading ‘dictator out’ during clashes with the police in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Orlando Sierra/AFP/Getty
A hooded protester throws a flare during clashes following a rally marking the 44th anniversary of a 1973 student uprising against the military dictatorship that was ruling Greece, in Athens, Greece. Alkis Konstantinidis/Reuters
We have a show in the library called “Best Dressed”, and this piece was what I did for it. Under dictatorship, people usually wear the same mindset as their ‘uniform’ – sometimes it is not because the dictators make them do so, but themselves, voluntarily get rid of the 'dangerous knowledge’ only to be able to protect themselves and thus, survive. There is an old saying in Chinese:“ one palm does not make any sound”. In another word, to make a sound, we will need two of them work at the same time.
