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This is a masterful overview and analysis. I'd strongly recommend list members circulate it to their personal contacts and elsewhere. Rick --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK > --------------------------- > > [Today is a really sad day. Under the leadership of > Javier Solana, the same > man who as NATO Secretary General led the illegal > aggression on Yugoslavia in > 1999, the European Union has just brokered a deal to > wipe Yugoslavia off the > world map in a top down processes that most > Yugoslavs reject. The deal was > brokered between Solana, Milo Djukanovic (the > President of Montenegro), Zoran > Djindjic (the Prime Minister of Serbia), and > Vojislav Kostunica (the > President of Yugoslavia). Djukanovic is the leader > of the Democratic > Socialist Party (DPS) in Montenegro, a far-right > neoliberal creation that is > a regional hub for mafia activity, cigarette > smuggling and money laundering. > Elections in Montenegro have been deeply flawed and > the DPS as well as its > junior partner the Liberal Union have used voter > intimidation, particularly > of state employees to stay in power. The majority > of Montenegrins oppose > indipendence, yet through manipulation and Western > support the DPS has > managed to maintain a narrow margin over its closest > rivals the Socialist > Peoples Party (SNP) [although the SNPs party base is > still firmly > pro-Yugoslav and opposed to NATO, the leadership has > in recent months moved > away from its grass-roots constituency as it has > moved with pro-Western > forces in Yugoslavia on several key legislative > items]. Djindjic on the > other hand is the un-elected Prime Minister of > Serbia who was appointed by a > DOS dominated Parliament as a key condition of > Western aid to FRY. He has > never held more than 5% of popular support in the > country, and his neoliberal > views and particular brand of collaborationist > Serbian nationalism issharply > at odds with the majority of the Yugoslav > population. Nonetheless he has > unconstitutionally arrogated to himself all the > powers of the elected > position of the Serbian Presidency, which is still > held by the still popular > Socialist Party of Serbia. In any case support for > the preservation of > Yugoslavia is overwhelming, and the current process > is being imposed from > above opening the way for the final destruction of > the Federal Republic of > Yugoslavia's territorial integrity, and thereby > completing the US and German > goal of destroying Yugoslavia once and for all > through a maximalist > anti-Yugoslav program that would serve to sharpen > divisions between all > southern Slavs in order to weaken the most likely > focus of resistance to NATO > occupation of this imensily strategic region. This > move was also given the > green light by the Federal President Kostunica, > whose popularity is dropping > daily in the polls as a result of mismanagement and > impotence in the face of > daily NATO pressures to alter the whole framework of > Yugoslav society and > impose a narrow-ethnic chauvinist and > archly-capitalist social framework on > the countries peoples. Most parties have been > compromised on the issue of > coloboration with the occupying powers and Yugoslavs > will not be given a > choice to choose in a referendum between this new > Western created arrangement > and the indigenously created FRY in a plebistice. A > new "Union of Serbia and > Montenegro" (USM) is to be proclaimed in accordance > with US policy towards > the region, which was the only country not to > recognize FRY as a sovereign > state since it was reconstituted in 1992, refering > to it instead as "Serbia > and Montenegro" (a formulation in which the > provinces of Vojvodina and Kosovo > were considered as semi-independent states as well). > The official American > narrative on Yugoslavia's dissolution, regarding > seccession issues, is now > being imposed in order to further divide and weaken > any potential resistance > to NATO and to destroy the ability of anyone state > or people in the region to > effectively resist the new colonial regime. > Thankfully this is still not a > fait-accompli, but the new Western funded elites > have proven adept at passing > unpopular laws in the past, such as the new labour > law which recently > dismantled the "social ownership" which was the > foundation of property > relations in Yugoslavia in favor of a completely > privatized system and > retrenched substantial labour rights severely > despite mass-protests > throughout Yugoslavia (ignored in the Western press, > these demos attracted > 50,000+ people in Belgrade at their peak earlier > this year). This process is > occuring in the context of an election campaign in > NATO-member Hungary were > the ruling neoliberal Fidesz party is continuing > with "Greater Hungarian" > policies that seek to legally integrate Hungarian > minorities living in > neighboring countries into Hungary's governing > structures, reverse the Benes > Decress, some portions of the post-WWI Versaille > order and the use the > Hungarian state with the full-backing of the EU, the > United States and NATO > to implement neoliberalism abroad. Furthermore, the > popular LDK in Kosovo, > whose non-violent leader Ibrahim Rugova is the most > popular figure in Kosovo, > has, despite wining recent elections, been forced by > the US to accept a > "power-sharring" agreement with KLA extremists, > including the appointment of > Bajram Rexhepi to the position of Kosovo PM. > Rexhepi represents the most > extreme current of Albanian nationalism and is > completely at odds with the > majority of the Albanian population whose moderate > views are in accord with > Rugova's LDK (which, again, received the most votes > in the recent elections). > Thus the United States is backing all the forces > throughout the still > existing Federal Republic of Yugoslavia that favor > fractious, narrow > ethno-nationalist politics, coupled with a strong > comitment to neoliberal > capitalist values. As these injustices mount real > Balkan patriots will have > to see that their interests lie in unity with other > ethnic groups and not > division. All groups in the region have a proud > history of anti-fascist and > anti-imperialist resistence, let's do everything in > our efforts to ensure > that these traditions gain new wind in the coming > years. The task will be > difficult, but resistance to "the internationals" is > already rife throughout > the region. I am confident it will over time, of > necessity, eventually > coalesce into a progressive force that will overcome > current limitations. > Let's hope this day comes sooner or later, not just > for the Balkans, but for > the world. Remember the Balkans has been the > graveyard of many Empires, > burrying one more wouldn't be too much to ask now > would it?] > > Serbia, Montenegro Sign Accord > By ALEKSANDAR VASOVIC > .c The Associated Press > > BELGRADE, Yugoslavia (AP) - Serbia and Montenegro > signed a historic accord > Thursday to radically restructure their federation, > dropping the name > Yugoslavia and granting greater autonomy to prevent > the country's final > breakup. > > The agreement, reached under mediation by the > European Union, was signed by > Yugoslav President Vojislav Kostunica, Montenegrin > President Milo Djukanovic, > EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana and other > Serbian and Montenegrin > officials. > > The new country, consisting of two semi-independent > states, will be renamed > Serbia and Montenegro, Kostunica said after the > signing ceremony. Both > republics will share a defense and foreign policy, > but will maintain separate > economies, currencies and customs services for the > time === message truncated === __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Sports - live college hoops coverage http://sports.yahoo.com/ --------------------------- ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.a9617B Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
