Belarus Bears x John Oliver partnership sees Teddy sales soar
Bruno CookSeptember 13, 2021
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John Oliver is back to studioto a live audience – in last night’s “Tonight” episode, the comedian made a series of taunts at controversial Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko and encouraged his sympathy by buying teddy bears Spectators support the Belarus Bears. Where did the Belarusian Bears originate and what does it have to do with the protests against Aleksandr Lukashenko?
What is the origin of the Belarus Bears?
Protesters take to the streets of Belarus many times – “Europe’s last dictatorship” – asking for “resignation”veteran“President Aleksandr Lukashenko. He entered his sixth term In August last year, it received 80% of the vote. Protests ensued immediately.
Many activists have Sentenced to ten years in prison for their role in the protests.
Meanwhile, the use of bears to protest against the Belarusian government dates back to at least 2012.Since then, teddy bears have appeared in numerous protests, ranging from Black Lives Matter in Los Angeles arrive”Full of cute soft catapults” protests the 2006 jailing of an activist in Canada.
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So-called”Teddy Bear Airdrop Minsk 2012” was an aerial incident over Belarus on July 4 of that year. The Swedish advertising agency Studio Total parachuted hundreds of teddy bears with pro-democracy, pro-free speech messages.
Belarusian government for 23 days deny that the incident occurred.
John Oliver encourages spectators to support Belarus Bears
during which First studio broadcast in over a yearlast week’s Tonight host John Oliver introduced “our own special teddy bear in [Lukashenko’s] honor”.
The teddy bear’s T-shirt has a picture of two potatoes and a carrot.
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By partnering with nonprofit organizations headquartered in Washington, D.C. Global Giving, sold its Lukashenko-style teddy bear for $19.99 tonight with John Oliver last week.the site is Belarus BearForce.com.
100% of the sales profits will be donated to “organizations fighting for freedom of the press and human rights for the people of Belarus”.
Can you get a teddy bear if you’re outside the US?
According to the Belarus Bears terms and Conditionsonly U.S. residents can buy teddy bears.
They will only ship items to addresses within the United States. All other territories are “foreign territories” – including Canada.
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In the “Last Week Tonight” segment, John Oliver urged viewers to buy Belarus Bears teddy bears, not only for the Belarusian people, but “for me too.”
“We bought 10,000 of these things, and if we don’t throw them all away, I’m screwed.”
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Bruno is a novelist, amateur screenwriter and journalist with interests in digital media, storytelling, film and politics. He has lived in France, China, Sri Lanka and the Philippines, but returned to the UK in 2020 to pursue a degree (and because of the pandemic). His articles appear in Groundviews, Forge Press, and The Friday Poem, most of which are available at Medium or onurbicycle.com.
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