Reality of fiction
Reading for lockdown days: "Mr. President" and other bedtime books
The edition "Freedom begins between covers" published by "Laguna" seems to have been compiled for today's Serbian "Troublesome Time" of blockades and protests.
Student rebellion
Bujrum in Novi Pazar: Large student protest in the "Free Bazaar"
Students from several cities arrived in Novi Pazar on foot and by bicycle on Friday evening. A festive welcome was arranged for them. A central protest called "System Reform" is being held on Saturday.
Protests and blockades
"A little evening stew": Gathering of Belgraders near Vuk
Citizens of several Belgrade municipalities have announced the "Little evening stew" action, which will begin at 19 p.m. near the Wolf Monument. Bring pots and lids, say the organizers
Comment
Logic falls and wants from the asphalt
If the citizens' protests stopped, would the regime have the strength to fight back, to carry out a successful "counter-revolution"? To start terror, like the one in Belarus? Fallen logic says it wouldn't
A view of March
Tim McGowan, Dnevnik from Belgrade
The Irish writer Tim McGowan spent the whole of March in Belgrade as a guest of the literary residency, one of the programs of the Belgrade Irish Festival. He wrote a diary every day. "Vremena" gave part of his impressions about the protests on March 15 to students... "The crowd pays tribute to the victims from Novi Sad with the usual silence. And then, quietly, a fold opens in a large crowd of people. Then the screams start, like from a horror movie," he wrote about the so-called sound cannon
Local politics
Plenums in your place
What are civil assemblies? What are their advantages and disadvantages? What does the choir look like in a Belgrade municipality? What citizens want, what they fight for and what motivates them
This situation
Pointing out the unholy in the police cordon
How many police do the MUP of Serbia count? What do the cases of inspectors Milenkovic and Mitić show, and what does the arrest of Belivuk's gang show? Why didn't the MUP guard student blockades and why did it start? How did every careerist and poltroon in the police get the opportunity to supposedly protect law and order? And in what way are those police officers who actually do it threatened
Sovereignty and sovereign: The disempowerment of the Serbian emperor
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