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and enter the path of building such a democratic society, where even the
weakest voice is heard, and one’s pain everyone’s pain.
Violence, injustice, intimidation and arrogance can no longer find
refuge in our country. Theft and economic looting must be punished, and
undue oppression of the people put to an end. We have to put the concepts
of equality, reciprocity, fairness and dignity into action. Only through
action and activity we can find our way to where we want to go and how
to get there. Strategy and vision development can not be generated or
delegated by the few; we must all make an effort to determine our
collective future.
We have risen! We have conquered fear. In exactly two weeks,
Slovenia has had a total of 54 uprisings in 28 cities: Maribor, Ljubljana,
Ptuj, Gornja Radgona, Jesenice, Kranj, Bled, Koper, Nova Gorica, Novo
mesto, Velenje, Ajdovščina, Trbovlje, Celje, Dravograd, Ravne na
Koroškem, Krško, Brežice, Izola, Murska Sobota, Bohinjska Bistrica,
Lendava, Trebnje, Slovenske Konjice, Litija, Kočevje, Radenci. Over
77,500 people took the streets, according to reports from all over Slovenia,
though of course media, police and politicians counted our numbers
several thousand less. They trivialize our fight and they will continue to do
that. They can’t hide our numbers, because the streets belong to those who
care about the country and want to change what has been forced upon us
over the last 20 years. In order not to lose the future, we have to take back
the freedom and power of our votes!
Repressive authorities have detained 254 people in Slovenia, some of
them still remain in custody. Young people are locked in jail because
Minister of Interior Gorenak claims they will return to the protests.
Thousands return regardless, for we are not all in jail! We are the mothers
of the arrested children, we are all the friends, families and supporters who
will return to the streets and participate in the uprisings until we achieve
change. As long as there are children confined, no one is free! Young
people can not be criminalized by the very people who have stolen all the
prospects of their future, by those that violently choke the protests that are
the only channel available for the people to express their collective will.
The never ending violence of capitalism goes unchecked, and meanwhile