A few Serbs I have spoken to in Berlin are convinced that
the US is behind the opposition's activity. They are
distrustful of both (all) sides and think that most workers
are too.
Marianne Brun
On Tue, 3 Dec 1996, Rosser Jr, John Barkley wrote:
> I would like to raise on this list the question
> of what is going on in Serbia and where is it leading.
> For over two weeks now there have been daily
> demonstrations against the Milosevic government and
> its cancelling of municipal election results, led by
> the group Opposition. On some days the crowds in
> Belgrade have been as large as 100,000 in number.
> Most of those involved appear to be either students or
> white collar workers with only one blue collar union
> leader publicly supporting Opposition. The question
> is, does the apparent lack of blue collar support for
> Opposition reflect:
> 1) fear of the role of right wing Serbian
> nationalists in Opposition?
> 2) placidity because of union leaders being
> bought out by the regime?
> 3) fear of repression by the recently expanded
> internal police?
> or 4)) residual sympathy for the old
> Yugoslav workers' management system?
> Related questions are:
> 1) To what extend does workers' management
> survive in Serbia (Paul P.?) (I understand that in
> Slovenia it survives pretty well but has been pushed
> back in mafia-nomenklatura privatized Croatia).
> 2) What is the balance within Opposition between
> ultra-nationalists, pro-capitalists, and pro-workers'
> management/market socialism types?
> Barkley Rosser
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