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New Government: "Counter-revolutionary" retaliationThe government of Đur Mazut is "counter-revolutionary", focused on retaliation and state and street violence against opponents of the regime
The government of Đur Mazut is "counter-revolutionary", focused on retaliation and state and street violence against opponents of the regime
Marija Vasić, Lazar Dinić, Mladen Cvijetić, Lado Jovović, Srđan Đurić and Davor Stefanović are in custody (pictured in order). If they are not released soon, it is clear that we are on our way to Belarus. Those people in the regime media turned out to be more dangerous than Al-Shabaab bombers or any other prominent terrorist organization. Who they really are, who they have, what they do, what they believe in and what they fight for
When one makes even a superficial specification of the scope so far, that is, political and social changes during the winter struggle of citizens for a normal Serbia, things are not bad. It is not an empty optimism. Let's try to sort things out with some logic
Media blocking cannot block everything. Anger grew, the matter broke, and the students' courage awakened courage in others as well. The progressives are also proud of the fact that they abolished politics and public debate, killed the opposition and conducted only a monologue, self-confidently believing that theirs would burn until dawn. And the pressure cooker was getting hotter and hotter
People are eager for change and, to use that colloquial expression, they "got carried away". It is necessary now to learn a lesson for the future, but much more serious and mature people have made much bigger mistakes at numerous opposition and activist meetings
"We don't give up any of our people, and we leave criticism for later. At this moment, everyone, from the smallest board and trustees to the party presidency, is working to free our comrades," Radivoje Jovović said in an interview for the new issue of "Vremena".
The lawyers of the Movement of Free Citizens and the organization Stav were not presented with any evidence against their clients, who were detained on Friday (March 14).
There is no doubt that the gathering will be extremely large, hundreds of thousands of people are being talked about. It is not an unrealistic forecast, regardless of the campaign of intimidation that the regime has been conducting in recent days and regardless of the eventual blockade of the roads to Belgrade, which, according to some of the public, the regime is planning for Saturday. Crta announced that at least 410 rallies were held in Serbia during the past week. There is almost no place, or even a village, where the citizens do not publicly show, at least in some way, a strong revolt. Enormous energy will pour into the capital for a protest that has been announced in advance as a crucial one event, after which nothing will be the same. Surprisingly, both the protestors-citizens and Vučić agree with the fact that it will not be the same after March 15
Before the SNS came to power in 2012, "Vodovod" produced an average of about 1400 liters of water per second. Today - and in the meantime, Novi Sad gained at least 100.000 new residents - it emits about 400 liters less. The reason for the restrictions is the current low level of underground water, but the essential cause is carelessness. In other words, the system was neglected, the investments were far from what was needed
We are also working on better communication with the student and youth movement. It is also completely understandable to me that they distanced themselves from the incident in front of the Assembly of Kings. The nature of their struggle does not match the nature of this incident. Therefore, my comrades and I take full responsibility for him. We do not want to shift the responsibility to the children, whose protests were and remained peaceful, without any eggs and without aggressive opposition to the authorities.
The authorities claimed that the opposition councilors were invited to attend the session of the city assembly, but numerous recordings show the exact opposite. Not only were they prevented from entering "their house", but they also suffered violence from members of the police and gendarmerie. Perhaps this is the model that the progressives are devising for other local as well as for the provincial and republican parliaments. They prevent the opposition from attending the sessions, and then - no opposition, no problem
No one who has not had a part of their brain removed with a shovel believes that the students secured the largest foreign investment ever, i.e. that they received three billion euros to overthrow the government and secede from Vojvodina.
Parallel to the all-day mass gathering in Kragujevac, organized by students and activists, which was an eruption of good energy, creativity, youth and hope - in the ancient Roman Sremska Mitrovica on Sretenje, a progressive-Dodik meeting took place which, to put it mildly, was a promenade of sadness, hatred and tectonic lies. The capricious head of state, called the "subject institution", gave a usual speech, similar to thousands of previous public appearances. He added a new "quality" to it: he uttered nothing but untruths, completely dislocated from reality. And threats, undisguised, and insults addressed to citizens who have been protesting all over Serbia for three and a half months, demanding the return of the stolen state
The area of the former Yugoslavia still breathes together. There is still some common political, social and cultural space. First of all, this is evident through the support that students receive from all Yugoslav countries, but also by the fact that they have become an inspiration for similar, though not so numerous and large protests in the surrounding area, primarily in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro.
"Nikola Vasiljević, yesterday's regional head of the BIA, and now Vucevic's security advisor, was and still is friends with Zvonko Veselinović and Goran Kovačević Goranec. That practice remained even after Vasiljević, only now it is more intimate and firmer. Namely, the current head of the BIA for Novi Sad Bečić, his deputy Simo Aleksić and Goranac have known each other since Vrbas and 'now only the sky is the limit'! That bestiality of Nikola Vasiljević went so far that he does not even hide his corrupt savings. He registered the elite wine shop 'Dekanter' in an exclusive part of Belgrade on the water on his wife. The estimated value of the wine shop is around 2.000.000 euros.
On Sunday and Monday, January 26 and 27, another spectacular protest (pictured) was organized by students - a twenty-four-hour blockade of Autokomanda, a key Belgrade traffic interchange. Everything seemed like a dream. Impeccable organization, messages on banners that we will remember for a long time. These protests are different from all previous anti-regime protests because of their endless creativity, wit, and branching culture of rebellion, which testifies to its great vitality and ability to intensify. And further - the citizens prepared food for the students, the atmosphere was very good, the students played basketball, tennis, farmers, bikers, taxi drivers also joined the protest.
The beating of students in Novi Sad can only surprise someone who knows nothing about progressive Novi Sad. The decade-long negative selection ended there by the so-called only criminals and scoundrels remained in the government structures
The rebellion of young people, students and high school students, introduced a whole series of new elements into social and political life. In the first place, the student revolt renewed hope in Serbia. The students turned on the light and that light cannot be extinguished. That cheerfulness, that liveliness, that triumph of life and new ideas, that freedom from old forms, old and outmoded thinking, old fears and malignant propaganda - that's the breath of freedom that the country longed for, but had neither the luck nor the strength to take. get home
To what extent is a relevant right-wing political option than the progressive one possible in Serbia, that is, is it possible to overtake Aleksandar Vučić on the right? The answer, apparently, is negative. A good part of Vučić's party shares the views of Bihali and his team. They even seem more moderate than, say, Vladimir Đukanović
These holidays are different - neither the students nor the citizens calm down. The city where a terrible tragedy happened on November 1 is still full of adrenaline, anger, and hope. It's as if the holidays are on the back burner, and resistance is visible at every step
The messages from the protest rally show that there are no more doubts and confusion among citizens, they have recognized where and how problems in society and the state are generated and have become resistant to cheap tricks. It is clear to everyone, not only in principle but also in details, that behind the regime's big words and the entire mechanization of memory loss and violence, behind the killing of the institutional and constitutional order, there is nothing but theft of historical proportions. And it is clear that such a state is dangerous to life
We teach students that the difficult path - the path of knowledge and honesty - is the only correct one. And then they see countless affairs in higher education and how easy it is to get a diploma and a job. They understand what is happening and that is one part of this phenomenon, where they tell us that they no longer want to study
The inscriptions worn by senior citizens at some anti-regime actions look touching, and on which the same message is written in different ways: "Students, please, save our country!" At the moment, about thirty faculties are blocked, with the tendency for this number to increase significantly, and the mass of demonstrators to increase, which is greatly contributed by the axis of Vučić's government. The strength of the student rebellion is expressed through the birth of a complex and innovative culture of resistance that has been so lacking until now, as well as through mutual solidarity
Is there politics in Serbia? Who and how disgusted citizens with politics and political parties? Who is afraid of politics and why? Is Vučić's regime in the most serious crisis to date? Can citizens' anger be appeased by disinformation, media spin and violence?
We have to fight for the financial-corrupt dimension to be prosecuted. We need to find out where 24 million euros disappeared, because this obvious theft is the direct cause of the death of 15 people. Of course, the tragedy also starts the story of countless secret contracts that follow large public and infrastructural projects, which are the breeding ground of enormous corruption. The companies that did the reconstruction of the station in Novi Sad are more or less the same ones that build, say, Belgrade on the water or work on EXPO projects
After being released from custody, Goran Ješić told Vreme that he is actively returning to politics, but that he sees the need for a new organization that would be ideologically profiled and clearly pro-European.
The opposition called on the policemen to take off their helmets and put away their "anti-terrorist" equipment, or at least to return to the building, protect it from the inside and not make an unnecessary circus and commotion. At times, the situation was on the verge of a more serious incident. One photo attracted a lot of public attention: a grandmother from the local "Bravo" movement kept the baton and ballistic shield of a policeman who went to the toilet. Another curiosity: some lawyers who went to the court for the hearings stayed in front of the court, as a sign of support for the MPs - they brought them water from a nearby tobacconist. It was too much for us, one will say. Be that as it may, the blockade was successful
