Republika - Voice of Civil Self-Liberation



Belgrade, Year XX (2008)	Issue No. 426-427	1st - 30th April 2008

Castles in the Air

Looking at the way in which leaders of the largest parties are prepping for the coming (self)elections, it is hard to escape the impression that they are hauling diverse used timber to patch together a castle suspended on a chain attached to the "Heavenly Kingdom", lest they would sink in the gaping quick mud. The plan of the authorities seems to be firmly counting on the fact that the citizens and the society have lost hope that beams to build a bridge to a normal life, which is what they strove for during their fight for constituent assembly and constitutional democracy, can be planted in Serbia. Maybe these elections will awake the voters to the reality
that road to salvation of the people and that of the government differ considerably, and that not everything lies in hands of the ruler. We will witness this in the course of the election campaign, also.

N. P.


Maybe these elections will Many things indicate that we are, in fact, living a kind of degenerated "anti-bureaucratic revolution"… Dragos Ivanovic




Kosovo Not "the Heart of Serbia" In recent months, and years, we have been witnesses to revival of old and generation of new myths about Kosovo: not only in the 19th, but also in the 20th and now at the beginning of the 21st century Kosovo has again taken the vital position in the fate of Serbian society and each individual within it.... Zlatoje Martinov



Was Kosovo's Independence the Objective of Bombing? Prime Minister Kostunica said that "the objective of NATO bombing of Yugoslavia nine years ago was to create the first NATO state in the world". Can this be true?... Zivorad Kovacevic




Kosovo in Parallel Dimension of Reality The political carnival of sans-cullottes, directed by Serbian elites in the week from February 17 to February 23, 2008, turned into a mute and failed attempt to translate ethnic and symbolical contents into a language appropriate for political communication... Snezana Kresoja How America set its Embassy on fire The following words are dedicated to fundaments of logical reasoning in Serbian politics, but not only in politics. There are no "political emotions" that are not a political category at the same time, whatever Serbian politicians may "feel" for their mythical or promotional purposes... Tatjana Jovanovic



For and against Serbian constituent assembly In order to understand political developments in Serbia - particularly the attitude of political elite toward the constitution - in the early years of the 21st century, one should bear in mind that the country has had two hundred years of constituent fiascos... From: Aleksandar Molnar, Farewell to Enlightening Idea of Constituent Assembly?