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Genealogy of a Lie: The Minister and the Sound CannonThe Minister of Police is lying. Okay, that's not much of a surprise. But the entanglement of Ivica Dačić in the kitchen is more than simple lying
The Minister of Police is lying. Okay, that's not much of a surprise. But the entanglement of Ivica Dačić in the kitchen is more than simple lying
One good musician, or painter, or writer, or thinker is worth more than all the main committees of all the parties, all the members of parliament, all the ministers in some imaginary government. They are - or should be - interchangeable. Artists and thinkers by their gift and type of intelligence are not. Culture is art, hence the art of life
Policemen saw Belgrade on Saturday, soldiers saw it. Members of the Serbian Progressive Party saw Belgrade. Ivica Dacic also saw him. And nothing is the same anymore
A technical government, or a government of experts, would have the task of creating the conditions of possibility for the re-establishment of the rule of constitution and law. Because of that, it is quite expected that factually the leader rejects the proposal to establish a technical government: if he agreed to a technical government, he would formally disempower himself. In other words, technical government is a political, not a legal issue
Goranka Matic, Memory and hope, gallery "November", Belgrade, March 2025, curators Una Popović and Mia David
If heroism is the result of fighting fear and overcoming fear, if heroism occurs as a conscious and deliberate act, then the true heroes of this fight against dictatorship are teachers and high school teachers.
"The problem of our society is that it is not divided enough, therefore, it is not politically profiled enough from the inside. The only division I see here is the division between the ruling team, which usurped public space and introduced corruption as the only institution, and citizens, on the other hand, who do not have access to public space, and that is why they go out into the streets," says philosopher Zoran Dimić.
Civil protests in Serbia seek to return sovereign power to the legal and legitimate holder of the highest authority: the people. It's as if they shaved in ancient Rome 2500 years ago during the reign of Anastasius I
"When you create an education system tailored to the needs and goals of militarization, then it is a kind of special war that you are conducting against the future of society. We have serious studies that show that for decades our schooling has been in the function of a warrior model of socialization (…) The rigid and authoritarian way of functioning of schools only favors the birth of peer violence, which is largely a response to such and such way of functioning of schools. Rather, one could and should talk about a disorder in the behavior of institutions, rather than a disorder in the behavior of students."
"The great Danilo Kiš wrote on one occasion that he does not want to live in peace with the whole world, but with himself, and that is roughly my motto, with the fact that I would only add that he would probably have surrendered to anyone a long time ago. Accordingly, whether the church mechanism in these areas will become something more than a crusade for the freedom of the spirit, and whether the political structures here will ever be anything other than, in principle, criminal, does not burden me too much, but I am sure that contributing to their defeat, every day in every way, and as it makes sense - with thought and deeds"
The young and smart world took to the streets and took wit with them. Humor is important for relieving fear, but not only that - it is substantially political
A liar knows the difference between reality and lies. That is why he is a liar. That is why it is considered reasonable. But we are no longer sure that Aleksandar Vučić makes that distinction
"U Sandblasting sand The Husin revolt is the central axis, but it is also a novel about friendship, about the city, about crimes, about books, music and pictures, about words as they are lunatik i bastard, about the fear of converts, and if you want a novel, as the narrator would say, Fr fucking love. If there were some metaphysical bookkeeper, who would add up and subtract all his inputs and outputs, the balance would be extremely uninventive - life"
In the old-fashioned secessionist experience, usually the inhabitants of a certain territory initiate the process of secession from another part of the territory where some other people live. Namely, it is not noticeable (so far) that the territory wants to secede against the will of its own inhabitants
We know, quite well, who we lived with. We know very well who Teofil is and we know very well what Teofil is to us. And then, after all, we can't know that. We were too close, it's too big for us to see it from here and now
The abyss that opens up when the tectonic plates move is left behind by Teofilo. And that abyss is not worth burying, not only because it is impossible to bury it, but because it must remain there, as it is: terrible and magnificent
The students realized that there was a struggle for meanings, in which one name was not mentioned: the name of the dictator. Because if that name appeared in their requests, it would "eat" the requests themselves
Proboj (The Breakthrough, Swed. Genombrottet), screenplay by Oskar Söderlund, directed by Lisa Siwe, starring Peter Eggers, Matias Nordqvist, Netflix 2025.
At first, the student demands seemed unambitious, unrevolutionary and easy to fulfill. However, this is not so
Louis-Ferdinand Celine: Selected letters N. R. F.-u (1931–1961), translated by Bojan Savić Ostojić; Zepter, Belgrade, 2024.
Louis-Ferdinand Celine: Steering, translated by Gordan Breberin; LOM/Laguna, Belgrade, 2024.
What do Aleksandar Vučić's threats to use state coercion mean? Nothing really, until he actually tries to make them happen
A phalanx is a group of people characterized by violence, defense of the dictator's private interests, and unquestioning loyalty to the leader. Students rebelled against the progressive phalanx. Why are they shying away from the opposition?
If it is not a public creation (if it is not political), there is no state. Then, for example, institutions such as the police, the army, the prosecutor's office or the intelligence services do not work in the interests of the citizens, but in the interests of a small group of people who have usurped power.
The provisions "stability" and "security" were deleted from the Law on Planning and Construction. That is: legal amendments were adopted which created the legal conditions for the fall of the canopy and the death of fifteen citizens
It was a tight match with several top games, and Gukesh became the world champion in the last, fourteenth game of the match after one of the biggest oversights in the history of world champion matches.
Like any big city, Vienna is made up of strong identities that coincide, pass each other, go in different directions or together, oppose each other. Each of these identities is a mixture of prejudice and reality, each is of impure form
