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I have. But, I can't understand why Rugova is portrayed as some peace-maker (that is, as "non-violent"). Isn't this the same...[fill in the blank] who has regurgitated fantastic stories demonizing Yugoslavia (and Serbs, more particularly), ignored the genocide perpetrated against the Serbs living in Kovoso since it has come under imperialist occupation (apart from his Kofi Annan-like calls for "peace" and an end to the non-violence), not to mention essentially called for Serbia's destruction through his support of the 1999 agression or through his repeated calls for Kosovo's "independence". I apologize if this is knit-picking on my part. But, this Rugova chump is not high on my Christmas card list, and I was/am of the opinion, that most list members -- including Kostatine -- thought similarly about him. Kosta? Rick Rozoff wrote: > 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: [email protected] 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 ==^================================================================
