Belgrade is a world again

And the river of academic citizens once again flowed through the winter streets of our cities because of corruption and corruption the canopy of a public building collapsed on the lives of fifteen innocent victims and seriously injured two. He fell under the burden of incriminating evidence and the narrative of the monopoly on patriotism and "renovation and construction" of the current administration of our homeland at the moment when its leader made a fat plan to rebuild the railway stations in Novi Sad the canopy was not even made.

And yes, the very next day, numerous pieces of evidence began to appear on the world wide web. And instead of sympathy, resolute recognition of guilt, resignation, responsibility, for the sake of normality, the state of public opinion and its reactions continued indecisively to determine the political course and attitude towards the terrible death. Stade Novi Sad. In a land of gambling booms, the odds were played on controlled hooligans sent to run amok with impunity over City Hall in a city shrouded in black. And several citizens who did not take part in it were arrested, chosen to be members of the opposition way of thinking, according to custom. The University of Novi Sad stood up, organized minutes of silence at pedestrian crossings, and then the quota was again played on thugs, the main lever of the drug trade and direct control of the population.

The genius idea is to send party leaders in balaclavas to the student blockades of fifteen minutes of condolence to "pull out their ears", lest the smarter ones withdraw again. Just like in some bad joke: "A cop, a dealer and a drug addict set off" to break the minute of silence with a Porsche... And the smarter ones don't give in, dads and moms also come to defend the children. It got a little boring. Obayatio Parisian. Blam overtook Serbia.

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YOUNG PEOPLE WITH REAL SPINE

The University of Belgrade also stood at the crossings, and that behind the slogan-promenade "Belgrade is the world" with the addition of "again". My slogan that I came up with for the Student Protest 1996/97. it is alive again after being abused by various users without permission or sense. The first reaction was deep sadness that this was still the theme, that the feeling of the other world had overtaken our reality again. What did we "whitewash" for nothing back then, dealing with the rule of the head of the KP from Požarevac? Young democracy and big detours. Then the pride that we understand and feel each other, that some young people with real spines and clear minds think like we used to, I mean the creative people with whom I created this whole necessary trip. I don't like that "we" at all, especially thanks to the numerous leaders of the protest at that time who built their careers and public name on activism for a few months, only to be against the youth today. That emotion of the new generation could be a sufficient foundation for the general determination to fundamentally change the society that has been ruled by greed and denial of any public interest for too long.

Even in the worst South American scenarios, no one forces any colony to completely ruin the education system, public information, to cancel its own culture and modern creativity, to introduce negative selection as a rule, to abolish dialogue. It is not easy to have a lot of understanding for the sale of natural resources, water sources, the destruction of the electricity industry, the handing over of natural monopolies such as fuel, cigarettes or cable television. All four student demands and this cry about the world, which we share, agree on the need for a functional state apparatus, the rule of law and justice.

It is especially touching that the "kids" animated with the help of VI the poster "Belgrade is the world" with adults blindfolded, adding to the picture the wind, the running sky, and the slogan "again" and the signature "Responsibility!". The essential word among the bloody handprints spread on Instagram. Returning with the team from the big self-defense Singidunum blockade of Slavia, seventeen-year-old bright-eyed Lenka, the daughter of a friend, is walking with us. I ask her how her high school is doing. He says that the graduates don't understand the plenum, so they didn't do anything. I ask her what a plenum is, she glares at me. I'm not calling you names, little girl, I'm interested in your opinion. "That's when we all get together, we all have the same right to vote and debate, someone else always presides and everyone takes responsibility." "Well, that's great, but what if someone is smarter or more talented than others?" "The plenum does not hinder him in anything, but everyone must and can speak in front of everyone, even the stupidest of us," he snaps at me. Afterwards I managed to make her laugh.

But even though the word plenum irresistibly reminds me of the sad ideological heritage of real-socialism, the ghosts of Kidrić, Dolanc, Pozderac and Marković come to mind, direct democracy got its organized embodiment precisely in that format. During our student "movements" in the 1990s, I inevitably came into contact with the political parties of the opposition at that time, which, in truth, existed at the national level. I remember how disgusted I was when I heard that party presidents were called "boss" and "boss". Imagine a party that bears the sign of democracy and that cultivates this kind of management, but also imitating the leader's movements and cloning the way of dealing. It is "not easy" for the progressive cumbersome system of showing obedience today to understand the possibility that neither the surnames nor the names of the rebels are important. That they are addressed by the hive, composed of self-harvesting bees. After all, isn't the idea of ​​the development of society in the direction that it doesn't matter what the name of the executive or any authority is, because everything works and it's not a question of corruption, crime, or anyone's personal will.

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THE STUDENTS CHANGED THE BALANCE

A large part of the smartest of my generation went far, as far as possible from here, some made amazing careers, I dealt with them in series Brain drain i Worldly which by some miracle, and thanks to a public competition, were broadcast on public service programs, mostly on programs with lower visibility so as not to exaggerate, because mainstream personalities are some episodics in any normal value system. It was the New Year, some of our "guest workers", mostly friends from the Mathematical High School, made their way to their parents and home. Cold foggy Student Park, the thunder of firecrackers from Dorćol and "ali-Dubajilja" on the water, quieter than the silence of compassion. So we hung out as a group again at the blockade of the Constitutional Court. Joyful, with new and old whistles, wide-eyed during the painful fifteen-minute silence, that silence that echoes much louder than any speech. A few tears.

Said one of the rebels in An impression that "either we will change the country or we will change the country", the precise absurdity of the exodus that has been steadily increasing since the 1990s, while the smarter ones give way. And by no means green grass, not even over nine mountains and seas are greener, but you are not ashamed of other people's stupidity, societies are more organized so knowledge is respected, but the standard is also better. The determination of patriotic rebels to change their homeland no doubt commands respect, lest they be greeted once a year or never at foreign-owned airports. I don't know any of my friends from the diaspora who have not paid aid for food to students in the blockade. Support is important.

The students managed to change the balance. The constant sluggish reactivity of those who think differently to the moves of the administration has been stopped and the initiative is in the hands of the youth. The measure of this is that various branches of government are now literally begging for dialogue, which they have abolished in society, without fully fulfilling the extremely simple and achievable goals of the blockades. It required a little imagination and spirit, a lot of courage. What all the levers of the system are not activated to break the blockages? Arrest, detention for "friendly" talks, personal threats to parents, blackmail and various types of violence by the "ministries of force", as Koštunica called it back then. The phrase "foreign mercenaries and domestic traitors" was again activated to draw the influence of the West or the East on the demonstrations. But none of the main world info-outlets follow the student movements in Belgrade. It's not news with world wars going on and support for obedient local administration is complete from all over the world. The embassies of the "Quinte countries", of all the countries of the once expanded G7-8-20, do not pay attention to the justified request for responsibility in Serbia. SPC is mostly silent.

A WIDE VARIETY OF GOOD IDEAS FLOURISHED

I'm waiting for someone to use the word "handful" again like in 1996 when everything was different. Then Milošević was the "guarantor of peace in the Balkans" after the Dayton Agreement, he had just undergone a one-year media washing of his biography after the civil wars, so he had the support of all the guarantors of the peace agreement. The Balkans were still in focus. Bahato tried to steal the elections in several cities. And he failed. But the moment when our column led by the walker "Belgrade is the world" and its translations in all languages ​​appeared on CNN, SkyNews, and even on Russian satellite television, it was a sign of a turning point. They did not help us materially or organizationally, but they did not remain silent. Walking is prohibited and the cordon in Kolarčeva would not have been breached if Patriarch Pavle, accompanied by the synod, had not stopped in front of us. It is another time, another stage of the development of capitalism and democracy, and that world again drew the Iron Curtain. By the time fair elections are held, national stadiums may be opened for the shooting of dissidents, this has already happened in the global south.

They are finally smart in the foreground. It's adorable how the girls and guys, mostly introducing themselves by name only, and not because they're new faces, blew away both established sides of the public with their eloquence and way of thinking. This was not brought about by enthusiasm or energy, at least not only by them, but by a fresh view of reality, extremely ruthless. Well, to them, all the public talk that has tightened like a noose around the neck of the public is actually really nasty, worthy of all contempt. Which was forbidden to say until yesterday. Who in the 1996s fought against the radicals? How beautifully the new wave resonates with Štulić's verses alongside classic writers on banners, who do not lack their own wit, sharpness and strength. The protest in front of the public service proved it. It was as if they realized that they had to put their rebellion into words precisely, and all sorts of good ideas blossomed on the banners. It is incredible that after such a thoroughly organized criminal cultural genocide of popular culture reduced to turbo-folk as the guiding idea, there are no such quotes, except for the cheering "Get out, little one" to the invisible republican chief prosecutor. The "Noise at half past eight" that I conducted the other day had a nice echo after a fifteen-minute silence that ended with "glory to them". The birthday sandwich for Bujket, who in 5 wrote speeches to one of the leaders of the protests, and romanticized history with a book about October XNUMX, and who today runs "TV Bastille" like this, was tasteless to me, but it was a clear message.

Even pure biological change, young instead of old, is the ultimate necessity. The rebels were born with the Internet and the mass use of mobile phones, and they obviously did not run away from books. Without the burden of the past, ideologies, bits and pieces, and extremely utopian, it would be sevap to give these children a full mandate to change everything and make the system functional, without the interference and interference of old people. They earned it with their harmony, wealth of vocabulary and ideas, and steadfastness. At least for a few years if all kinds of theft stopped, maybe they would see a green branch, save money to nationalize at least the water sources. No one will be able to make them into slush so quickly, and I don't think they would let us starve. If they fail to buy them off, disavow and deceive them, that could happen. A great wave of optimism and a change in narrative. Or just the joy that Belgrade is holy again. A nice city to walk around.