Informazione
PER L'APPUNTO!
"L'umanitario e il militare si confondono sempre di piu'. Diventa
difficile mantenere la nostra neutralita', soprattutto per quelli che
collaborano con i militari come nel caso del Kosovo"
(W. Claus, esponente di "Medici senza frontiere" in Belgio, su
"De Standaard" del 16/10/1999, citato su "Contropiano", febbraio 2000)
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"L'umanitario e il militare si confondono sempre di piu'. Diventa
difficile mantenere la nostra neutralita', soprattutto per quelli che
collaborano con i militari come nel caso del Kosovo"
(W. Claus, esponente di "Medici senza frontiere" in Belgio, su
"De Standaard" del 16/10/1999, citato su "Contropiano", febbraio 2000)
--------- COORDINAMENTO ROMANO PER LA JUGOSLAVIA -----------
RIMSKI SAVEZ ZA JUGOSLAVIJU
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Remembrance Day
One year ago my country have been attacked. It was warm day, nice day,
we
spend it as usual. But, we knew that war is around the corner. Something
was in the air. In 7.50 PM, while I was talking to my friend I heard
sound
of sirens. Screaming sounds. I stopped talking for a while and then said
"O.K. That's it. War started." No panic, just anger and hate. I remember
all those days, all 78 or 79 days and nights, detonations, sirens,
anti-aircraft artillery, jet's sounds, warms and sunny days, lines for
cigarettes... But there is no panic at all. We took it with pride and
ignorance. We tried to defend bridges - I spend several nights on bridge
and no one pushed me to do that. In Belgrade we had all days rock
concerts,
just to show that we are not cowards as they are. You know that my
friends,
we tried to not go to shelters. I never went to any shelter, shelters
are
for rats not for humans and I am still alive. I'll never forget April 9.
when NATO, maybe US, French, Canadian, Belgium, Spain, Dutch, Italian,
German pilot fighter dropped bomb and killed a young kid, 3 years old
Milica Rakic near Batajnica military airport. I said: "Now they overdone
it!!" I said that several times, when they killed young people on
Varvarin's bridge on market's day, when they dropped bomb or hit train
in
Grdelica canyon, when they hit several buildings in down town of
Belgrade,
when they destroyed all bridges in Novi Sad, when they destroy Serbain
Television Center. I said that when they ever made "collateral damage".
Human being for NATO, and for Bill, Madeleine, James Rubin, Tony Blair,
Javier Solana, Hillary Rodham, Michael Short, Joseph Fisher, Jamie Shea,
Wesley Clark and for all modern NATO war criminals, was collateral
damage.
So much about culture, democracy, international law, humane rights, free
media etc and etc.
During the NATO's aggression I started to use Internet for special
purpose,
to write and to inform people what's going on here, who is right who is
wrong. People around the world understood my "English", and they helped
me
to go through that aggression, to go through the war. Now they are my
friends. I would like to thank you to Robert E. Nordlander, Beatriz
Jarramillo, John Peter Maher, Tom Hutt, Caley Powell, David and
Jelisaveta
Storey, Bill Logan, Lee Rockwell, Chris Fogarty, Diane Hatz, Bill
Friend,
James Lee von Bockman, Dick Sampson, Mike Djurichic, Snezana Vitorovich,
prof. Glazachev from Moscow, Alida and T.V. Weber, Mickey from Serbianna
etc, a people who helped me and who cared for us, who cared from my
country.
There is no more words to express something. Today is Remembrance Day,
the
day we have to remember for all victims of New World Order, for all
victims
of one unsane, stupid genocide politics which destroyed world we used to
know. The Day we have to remember for all victims of NATO's aggression,
for
79 Yugoslavian kids who have been killed by Albright's will, for all
Yugoslavian 1002 soldiers and officers who defended our country with
jets,
tenks, anti-aircraft artillery, rifles, police officers who wanted to do
the same job as its collegues arround the world - "To save and to
protect".
After all we won. No doubt about it. Clinton's bombs didn't resolve
problems.
I have no words, dear friends, just Thank you once again. We will never
forget your anti-war activities, your fight for humane world, for
brotherhood and unity. Maybe, it's time to remember what Peter Handke,
an
Austrian plat writer wrote about March 24. Words talking louder than
bombs.
And for the and is one poem, published in today paper edition of
"Politika". A poem talking about kid Milica Rakic, young kid - victim of
NATO aggression. Poem is on Serbian language, and it was written by
Ljubivoje Rsumovic, famous Serbian and Yugoslavian poet. I am sorry
because
I won't translate this, but I hope that prof. J.P. Maher or Snezana will
do
it translation to English.
KOSOVO IS SERBIA !
Warmest regards from Belgrade
Darko Nadic
The whole planet of Earth's name is Yugoslavia
by Peter Handke
Paris, March 25, 1999
`Thank you NATO. Thanks to a great small writers,
from Garcia Marques to Guenter Grass, from Kenzaburo Oe to
subcommander Marcos, for things they didn't write.
Thanks to the Pope and Vatican for his white
celestial silence.
Great step for mankind! For all those on our planet
who didn't transform into marsians and other green
butchers, yet, their homeland, begining from march
24th 1999., is Serbia, Montenegro, Republic of Srpska,
Yugoslavia.
`The Mars attacks`, and with the beginning of
marssian Attacks, the whole Earth's name is Yugoslavia.`
`Mars attacs`, and during the marssian attacs
Helsinki, Madrid, Algerie, Dar es Salaam (the house of peace),
Jerusalem, Jeriho, Baghdad, even London, Paris,
Berlin and Washington will be the part of Yugoslavia.`
Handke dated as `from morning noise of air force
airport Villacouble near Paris`
NECE PESMA
U slavu zauvek trogodisnje Milice Rakic iz Batajnice
Slepe zvezde nad sudbinom brinu
Nece pesma dok nam deca ginu
Crn se oblak nadvio nad pluca
Nema vatre nema nadahnuca
Nigde slike da da vid-nevid prene
Nece pesma dok cvile sirene
Kuce reke i planine gore
Smrt uzima cak i metafore
Tuzno srce slika katakombe
Nece pesma dok padaju bombe
Slepe bombe ne biraju cilja
Protiv dece leptira i bilja
Slepe bombe slepih gospodara
Protiv svega sto lepotu stvara
Laz i rdja dosli su do guse
Nece pesma dok mostove ruse
Nema reci zdrave i svecane
Nece pesma dok ruse Zvecane
Pesma zna sto pesma mora znati
Zato nece dok Srbija pati
Ljubivoje Rsumovic
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L'APPELLO DI BRUXELLES
KOSOVO - CONTRE L'OUBLI - de François HOUTART
Louvain-La-Neuve, 22 mars 2000
Chère Madame, cher Monsieur,
Ci-joint l'Appel de Bruxelles, que je soumets à votre adhésion.
Ceux qui peuvent contribuer à sa diffusion - n'oublions pas la guerre
médiatique qui accompagna la campagne militaire - peuvent le faire au
compte suivant:
Rencontre pour la paix
N° 005-1916606-59 (Caisse d'Epargne, 1000 Bruxelles), avec la mention
Kosovo.
Très cordialement
F. HOUTART
Président de la Ligue internationale pour les Droits des Peuples
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KOSOVO - CONTRE L'OUBLI
L'appel de Bruxelles
Au cours du printemps 1999, la ville de Bruxelles, en sa qualité de
siège
de l'OTAN, était le centre de décision et d'exécution des bombardements
de
la Yougoslavie par les 16 pays membres de cette organisation, au nom du
droit humanitaire. Nous croyons que le premier anniversaire d'un
événement
aussi grave ne peut passer inaperçu et doit, au contraire, susciter chez
tout citoyen une sérieuse réflexion à la mesure de l'enjeu.
La guerre a été préparée, décidée et menée à l'encontre des principes
les
plus fondamentaux du droit international. L'action de l'OTAN suivit
l'échec des négociations de Rambouillet. Or, ces dernières avaient
enregistré des
avancées sérieuses sur les dossiers politiques du conflit, avant que des
conditions de dernière minute, de toute évidence inacceptables pour la
partie serbe, ne précipitent l'impasse.
Sans doute, voulons-nous manifester avec clarté que notre condamnation
sans
réserve de l'action de l'OTAN, n'implique nullement adhésion ni
complaisance envers les autorités de Belgrade et particulièrement envers
leur gestion de la question ethnique. De même, notre réprobation,
toujours
actuelle, de la poursuite sans fondement légal des bombardement de
l'Irak
et de l'embargo contre ce pays, ne peut être interprétée comme une
quelconque allégeance envers le régime de Bagdad.
Ceci dit, les menaces explicites de bombarder la Yougoslavie, proférées
dès
l'été 1998, étaient déjà contraires à l'interdiction de la menace de
l'emploi de la force, inscrite à l'article 2 ' 4 de la Charte des
Nations
Unies. La politique tendant à contraindre Belgrade d'accorder un statut
politique particulier à la province du Kosovo constituait d'ailleurs une
intervention dans des affaires qui, aux termes du droit international,
relèvent toujours de la compétence nationale de la Yougoslavie.
Le déclenchement de la guerre viole à l'évidence la Charte des Nations
Unies, qui n'autorise exceptionnellement le recours à la force qu'en cas
de
légitime défense ou d'autorisation du Conseil de sécurité. La
Yougoslavie
n'ayant au préalable agressé aucun Etat souverain, la légitime défense
ne
peut en tout état de cause être invoquée ; les représailles armées, à
supposer même qu'elles soient motivées par des considérations
humanitaires,
sont et restent strictement interdites. Par ailleurs, les résolutions
adoptées par le Conseil de sécurité au sujet de la guerre civile au
Kosovo
ne contenaient aucune autorisation, explicite ou implicite, de recourir
à
la force, la Russie et la Chine ayant clairement marqué leur opposition
à
toute mesure militaire.
Les Etats membres de l'OTAN n'ont pas non plus saisi l'Assemblée
générale
pour tenter d'obtenir une autorisation qui, dans des cas exceptionnels,
aurait été susceptible de légaliser une intervention de leur part. Dans
ces
circonstances, l'action militaire menée doit juridiquement, être
qualifiée
d'agression, et par conséquent de crime international. La guerre est
par
ailleurs incompatible avec les règles propres à l'OTAN elle-même, règles
qui consacrent clairement le respect de la Charte des Nations Unies et
la
reconnaissance consécutive de l'autorité du Conseil de sécurité.
Enfin, la manière dont les bombardements ont été menés contredit les
règles
de droit international qui régissent la conduite des hostilités. De
manière générale, la destruction systématique de l'infrastructure
économique et des moyens de communication, délibérément destinée à
décourager la population et à provoquer son soulèvement, sont
incompatibles
avec le principe de proportionnalité qui impose que toute attaque
produise
des avantages militaires spécifiques décisifs. Plus particulièrement,
le
choix de cibles comme la radio télévision serbe ou des usines fabriquant
des produits de consommation courante, est incompatible avec
l'interdiction
de viser des objectifs civils. L'utilisation de certaines armes, comme
celles contenant de l'uranium appauvri, contredit par ailleurs le
principe
de précaution imposant à l'attaquant de ne pas causer de dommages
graves,
étendus ou irréversibles.
La violation du droit international par les Etats membres de l'OTAN est
d'autant plus manifeste que ces Etats ont refusé qu'un organe impartial
se
prononce sur la licéité de leurs actions, y compris en analysant leurs
arguments fondés sur les violations préalables du droit international
perpétrées par la Yougoslavie. En dépit de leur déclaration en faveur
du
règne du droit et de la justice, aucune des puissances intervenantes n'a
en
effet accepté que la Cour internationale de Justice se prononce sur ces
questions.
L'action de l'OTAN suivit l'échec des négociations de Rambouillet. Or,
ces
dernières avaient enregistré des avancées sérieuses sur les dossiers
politiques du conflit, avant que des conditions de dernière minute, de
toute évidence inacceptables pour la partie serbe, ne précipitent
l'impasse.
La stratégie de guerre, qui a dévasté la Yougoslavie et rendu non-viable
le
Kosovo, a produit plus de réfugiés et de victimes que n'en aurait causé
tout autre combinaison de force et de diplomatie. Elle mérite d'être
contestée, tant du point de vue politique que du point de vue moral.
Elle
fut accompagnée d'une campagne médiatique visant à légitimer
systématiquement l'opération en cours.
Les dispositions prises après la fin des bombardements tendent à
conditionner l'aide internationale aux résultats électoraux internes en
Yougoslavie et à privilégier l'aide en fonction des options politiques
prises par ses destinataires, ce qui constitue un moyen peu honorable
d'intervention politique dans les affaires internes d'un pays tiers.
Quant
au Kosovo, il est devenu, sous l'administration créée par les forces de
l'OTAN, une région quasiment mononethnique où les minorités non
albanaises,
qu'elles soient serbe, rom, slave, musulmane, juive, turque ou croate,
ont
dû fuir les attentats ou se réfugier dans des ghettos.
Nous voudrions aussi souligner le fait que la guerre menée en
Yougoslavie
revêt une signification qui dépasse de loin le cas de ce pays. En effet,
l'intervention de l'OTAN au Kosovo, sous la direction des Etats-Unis
d'Amérique, s'inscrit dans une série de choix opérés par l'unique
super-puissance du monde aujourd-hui. Le maintien du budget militaire
américain à un niveau de guerre froide, supérieur à l'addition des six
budgets inférieurs en Russie, Japon, France, Allemagne, Royaume-Uni et
Chine
; le choix de maintenir l'OTAN malgré la dissolution du pacte de
Varsovie
et la fin de l'URRS, puis de l'élargir à l'Est de l'Europe ; la
projection
de la force armée sur l'arène mondiale en faisant fi des institutions
internationales ; le refus de ratifier le Traité d'interdiction des
essais
nucléaires; le développement des systèmes antimissiles et la récente
révélation de l'existence d'un système mondial d'écoute des
communications
privées et officielles, tels sont les aspects les plus saillants d'une
politique dessinée progressivement à Washington, qui laisse présager la
naissance d'un nouveau modèle d'exercice du pouvoir, fondé sur la
capacité
de gérer des instruments de destruction et de mort, toujours plus
perfectionnés.
Notre refus, notre réprobation, s'adressent donc à un projet et à des
méthodes qui ne correspondent aucunement aux proclamations démocratiques
ou
humanitaires.
Voilà pourquoi nous invitons tous ceux qui partagent ces inquiétudes et
qui
ne veulent plus que les bombes soient l'alternative à la légalité
internationale, à la négociation, au dialogue démocratique, aux
pressions
diplomatiques et politiques, au droit, à signer cet appel. La liste sera
clôturée en juin, pour la date anniversaire de la fin des bombardements.
Nous proposons également que se tienne une réunion de réflexion à
Rambouillet, à l'occasion de l'anniversaire de la fin des bombardements,
pour redonner à cette ville sa valeur de lieu de dialogue et de
tolérance.
Ainsi, Bruxelles et Rambouillet, auront en cette année 2000, une
signification nouvelle, celle d'être jumelées dans une entreprise en
faveur
de la paix et de l'affirmation du droit.
Bruxelles, 24 mars 2000.
Olivier CORTEN, professeur à l'Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Eric
DAVID, professeur à l'ULB, Barbara DELCOURT, professeur à l'ULB,
François
HOUTART, professeur émérite à l'Université catholique de Louvain (UCL),
Pierre KLEIN, professeur à l'ULB, Paulette PIERSON-MATHY, professeur à
l'ULB, Yves REGISTER, chargé de recherche auprès du CADOP, université de
Liège, François RIGAUX, professeur émérite à l'UCL, Jean SALMON,
professeur
émérite à l'ULB.
Les adhésions peuvent être envoyées aux adresses suivantes:
- action-kosovo@...
-Rencontres pour la paix,
Boulevard Jacques de Dixmude 124
B- 1050 Bruxelles
Les participations aux frais de diffusion de l'appel peuvent être
envoyées à Rencontres pour la Paix, N° 005n1916606n59 (Caisse d=Epargne,
1000 Bruxelles), avec mention: Kosovo.
François Houtart
CETRI
houtart@...
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WORKER'S PARTY OF IRELAND
NEWS RELEASE
Friday, 24th March 2000
For Immediate Use
THE AMERICAN WAR IN EUROPE - 1ST ANNIVERSARY
The Workers' Party of Ireland has marked the first anniversary of the
start
of NATO's bombing campaign against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia by
stating that this illegal act of aggression against a sovereign state
has
achieved nothing other than widespread death and destruction.
The International Affairs Committee of The Workers' Party maintains that
the
situation in the Balkans is now much worse than it was a year ago whilst
NATO remains in occupation of Kosovo-Metohija with logistical support
from
troops from supposedly neutral Ireland and under a totally flawed UN
mandate.
"Ireland played a particularly despicable role in the run up to the NATO
attack on Yugoslavia. Former Minister David Andrews' infamous statement
that he was stuck 'between a rock and a hard place' will not easily be
forgotten. We could have then played a pivotal role as a neutral
honest
broker and used that position to encourage positive and genuine
negotiation
instead of NATO's 'settle on our terms or else' Rambouillet deal which
would
have involved free access for NATO troops, not just in Kosovo, but
throughout Yugoslavia, including Belgrade itself."
"Ireland failed to pursue positive neutrality. It sat on the fence
while
NATO tried to force Yugoslavia to accept the unacceptable - the invasion
of
its entire territory by a hostile enemy bent on destroying it. Then
when
the bombing commenced Ireland shamefully jumped off the fence into the
NATO
camp and cheered on the bombers. The Taoiseach stated that the bombing
was
'both necessary and justified' in the face of 'human rights violations'.
Fine words from a man who has publicly advocated detention centres for
asylum seekers."
"Two and a half months of relentless bombing turned a crisis into a
disaster. Innocent civilians, journalists and refugees were murdered in
the
heaviest bombing campaign on European soil since World War II,
reminiscent
of the Nazi bombing of Belgrade during that war. The attack on
Yugoslavia
was in essence an American war against a European country. It was
simplified by the spin-doctors into a tale of 'the world against one
man'
when in fact it was the US military-industrial complex against the
Serbian
people. The people of Serbia and Yugoslavia are well capable of
deciding
for themselves the make up of their sovereign government. A grave
injustice
has been done to the truth, which has been, as always, the first
casualty of
war."
ends.
John Jefferies, Press Officer Tel: +353-1-8740716
The Workers' Party of Ireland,
23 Hill Street,
Dublin 1.
www.workers-party.org
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SELEZIONE DI ARTICOLI
Current Headlines
http://www.serbianna.com/current_headlines.html
=============================================================================================================
THE GLOBAL TYRANNY
The Balkans:
One Year Ago the Bombing Started - You Never Told us WHY, Mr. President
(by Mary Mostert)
http://www.originalsources.com/OS3-00MQC/3-24-2000.1.html
Between the Lines: A year after the air war (by Joseph Farah )
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/readerservice/printer_friendly.php3?item=http://www.worldnetdaily.com/bluesky_btl/20000324_xcbtl_a_year_aft.shtml
Diary (by Jamie Shea)
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/forum/a38dbf9eb5503.htm
A Republic, Not an Empire (by Patrick J. Buchanan)
http://www.gopatgo2000.com/new/speeches/antiwar.htm
"Humanitarian Wars," Realist Geopolitics, and Genocidal Practices:
"Saving the Kosovars" (by Richard Falk)
http://www.algonet.se/~d58155/forum/meet/2000/humanitarianwars.html
Nato ended a nightmare in Kosovo
http://www.telegraph.co.uk:80/et?ac=001798725956593&rtmo=quJesex9&atmo=tttttttd&pg=/et/00/3/25/wnato25.html
Kosovo Revisited (by Richard Falk)
http://www.thenation.com/issue/000410/0410falk.shtml
Antiwar.com: Keeping an eye on war
http://www.ocregister.com/liberty/articles/antiwar.shtml
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Sanctions to remain until Milosevic goes
http://www.newsunlimited.co.uk/Print/0,3858,3978264,00.html
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British Helsinki Group reports from southern Serbia
http://www.bhhrg.org/balkans/balkans2000.htm
Russian Ultranationalist Offers Troops To Belgrade
http://www.centraleurope.com/yugoslaviatoday/news.php3?id=145656
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NATO chiefs drop plans to visit Kosovska Mitrovica
http://www.timesofindia.com/today/25worl9.htm
NATO Sets Up Kosovo Neutral Zone (Kosovska Mitrovica)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/cgi-bin/gx.cgi/AppLogic+FTContentServer?pagename=wpni/print&articleid=A12112-2000Mar24
Stable Kosovo 'years away'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/europe/newsid_688000/688735.stm
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Britain: libel verdict vs. exposé of Bosnia War propaganda bankrupts
independent journal
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2000/mar2000/livm-m25_prn.shtml
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Strengthening the United Nations: an Ambitious Agenda
http://www.algonet.se/~d58155/forum/meet/2000/ambitiousagenda.html
Civilian Peace-Keepers - a Future Challenge
http://www.algonet.se/~d58155/forum/meet/2000/peacekeepers.html
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One year ago my country have been attacked. It was warm day, nice day,
we
spend it as usual. But, we knew that war is around the corner. Something
was in the air. In 7.50 PM, while I was talking to my friend I heard
sound
of sirens. Screaming sounds. I stopped talking for a while and then said
"O.K. That's it. War started." No panic, just anger and hate. I remember
all those days, all 78 or 79 days and nights, detonations, sirens,
anti-aircraft artillery, jet's sounds, warms and sunny days, lines for
cigarettes... But there is no panic at all. We took it with pride and
ignorance. We tried to defend bridges - I spend several nights on bridge
and no one pushed me to do that. In Belgrade we had all days rock
concerts,
just to show that we are not cowards as they are. You know that my
friends,
we tried to not go to shelters. I never went to any shelter, shelters
are
for rats not for humans and I am still alive. I'll never forget April 9.
when NATO, maybe US, French, Canadian, Belgium, Spain, Dutch, Italian,
German pilot fighter dropped bomb and killed a young kid, 3 years old
Milica Rakic near Batajnica military airport. I said: "Now they overdone
it!!" I said that several times, when they killed young people on
Varvarin's bridge on market's day, when they dropped bomb or hit train
in
Grdelica canyon, when they hit several buildings in down town of
Belgrade,
when they destroyed all bridges in Novi Sad, when they destroy Serbain
Television Center. I said that when they ever made "collateral damage".
Human being for NATO, and for Bill, Madeleine, James Rubin, Tony Blair,
Javier Solana, Hillary Rodham, Michael Short, Joseph Fisher, Jamie Shea,
Wesley Clark and for all modern NATO war criminals, was collateral
damage.
So much about culture, democracy, international law, humane rights, free
media etc and etc.
During the NATO's aggression I started to use Internet for special
purpose,
to write and to inform people what's going on here, who is right who is
wrong. People around the world understood my "English", and they helped
me
to go through that aggression, to go through the war. Now they are my
friends. I would like to thank you to Robert E. Nordlander, Beatriz
Jarramillo, John Peter Maher, Tom Hutt, Caley Powell, David and
Jelisaveta
Storey, Bill Logan, Lee Rockwell, Chris Fogarty, Diane Hatz, Bill
Friend,
James Lee von Bockman, Dick Sampson, Mike Djurichic, Snezana Vitorovich,
prof. Glazachev from Moscow, Alida and T.V. Weber, Mickey from Serbianna
etc, a people who helped me and who cared for us, who cared from my
country.
There is no more words to express something. Today is Remembrance Day,
the
day we have to remember for all victims of New World Order, for all
victims
of one unsane, stupid genocide politics which destroyed world we used to
know. The Day we have to remember for all victims of NATO's aggression,
for
79 Yugoslavian kids who have been killed by Albright's will, for all
Yugoslavian 1002 soldiers and officers who defended our country with
jets,
tenks, anti-aircraft artillery, rifles, police officers who wanted to do
the same job as its collegues arround the world - "To save and to
protect".
After all we won. No doubt about it. Clinton's bombs didn't resolve
problems.
I have no words, dear friends, just Thank you once again. We will never
forget your anti-war activities, your fight for humane world, for
brotherhood and unity. Maybe, it's time to remember what Peter Handke,
an
Austrian plat writer wrote about March 24. Words talking louder than
bombs.
And for the and is one poem, published in today paper edition of
"Politika". A poem talking about kid Milica Rakic, young kid - victim of
NATO aggression. Poem is on Serbian language, and it was written by
Ljubivoje Rsumovic, famous Serbian and Yugoslavian poet. I am sorry
because
I won't translate this, but I hope that prof. J.P. Maher or Snezana will
do
it translation to English.
KOSOVO IS SERBIA !
Warmest regards from Belgrade
Darko Nadic
The whole planet of Earth's name is Yugoslavia
by Peter Handke
Paris, March 25, 1999
`Thank you NATO. Thanks to a great small writers,
from Garcia Marques to Guenter Grass, from Kenzaburo Oe to
subcommander Marcos, for things they didn't write.
Thanks to the Pope and Vatican for his white
celestial silence.
Great step for mankind! For all those on our planet
who didn't transform into marsians and other green
butchers, yet, their homeland, begining from march
24th 1999., is Serbia, Montenegro, Republic of Srpska,
Yugoslavia.
`The Mars attacks`, and with the beginning of
marssian Attacks, the whole Earth's name is Yugoslavia.`
`Mars attacs`, and during the marssian attacs
Helsinki, Madrid, Algerie, Dar es Salaam (the house of peace),
Jerusalem, Jeriho, Baghdad, even London, Paris,
Berlin and Washington will be the part of Yugoslavia.`
Handke dated as `from morning noise of air force
airport Villacouble near Paris`
NECE PESMA
U slavu zauvek trogodisnje Milice Rakic iz Batajnice
Slepe zvezde nad sudbinom brinu
Nece pesma dok nam deca ginu
Crn se oblak nadvio nad pluca
Nema vatre nema nadahnuca
Nigde slike da da vid-nevid prene
Nece pesma dok cvile sirene
Kuce reke i planine gore
Smrt uzima cak i metafore
Tuzno srce slika katakombe
Nece pesma dok padaju bombe
Slepe bombe ne biraju cilja
Protiv dece leptira i bilja
Slepe bombe slepih gospodara
Protiv svega sto lepotu stvara
Laz i rdja dosli su do guse
Nece pesma dok mostove ruse
Nema reci zdrave i svecane
Nece pesma dok ruse Zvecane
Pesma zna sto pesma mora znati
Zato nece dok Srbija pati
Ljubivoje Rsumovic
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L'APPELLO DI BRUXELLES
KOSOVO - CONTRE L'OUBLI - de François HOUTART
Louvain-La-Neuve, 22 mars 2000
Chère Madame, cher Monsieur,
Ci-joint l'Appel de Bruxelles, que je soumets à votre adhésion.
Ceux qui peuvent contribuer à sa diffusion - n'oublions pas la guerre
médiatique qui accompagna la campagne militaire - peuvent le faire au
compte suivant:
Rencontre pour la paix
N° 005-1916606-59 (Caisse d'Epargne, 1000 Bruxelles), avec la mention
Kosovo.
Très cordialement
F. HOUTART
Président de la Ligue internationale pour les Droits des Peuples
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KOSOVO - CONTRE L'OUBLI
L'appel de Bruxelles
Au cours du printemps 1999, la ville de Bruxelles, en sa qualité de
siège
de l'OTAN, était le centre de décision et d'exécution des bombardements
de
la Yougoslavie par les 16 pays membres de cette organisation, au nom du
droit humanitaire. Nous croyons que le premier anniversaire d'un
événement
aussi grave ne peut passer inaperçu et doit, au contraire, susciter chez
tout citoyen une sérieuse réflexion à la mesure de l'enjeu.
La guerre a été préparée, décidée et menée à l'encontre des principes
les
plus fondamentaux du droit international. L'action de l'OTAN suivit
l'échec des négociations de Rambouillet. Or, ces dernières avaient
enregistré des
avancées sérieuses sur les dossiers politiques du conflit, avant que des
conditions de dernière minute, de toute évidence inacceptables pour la
partie serbe, ne précipitent l'impasse.
Sans doute, voulons-nous manifester avec clarté que notre condamnation
sans
réserve de l'action de l'OTAN, n'implique nullement adhésion ni
complaisance envers les autorités de Belgrade et particulièrement envers
leur gestion de la question ethnique. De même, notre réprobation,
toujours
actuelle, de la poursuite sans fondement légal des bombardement de
l'Irak
et de l'embargo contre ce pays, ne peut être interprétée comme une
quelconque allégeance envers le régime de Bagdad.
Ceci dit, les menaces explicites de bombarder la Yougoslavie, proférées
dès
l'été 1998, étaient déjà contraires à l'interdiction de la menace de
l'emploi de la force, inscrite à l'article 2 ' 4 de la Charte des
Nations
Unies. La politique tendant à contraindre Belgrade d'accorder un statut
politique particulier à la province du Kosovo constituait d'ailleurs une
intervention dans des affaires qui, aux termes du droit international,
relèvent toujours de la compétence nationale de la Yougoslavie.
Le déclenchement de la guerre viole à l'évidence la Charte des Nations
Unies, qui n'autorise exceptionnellement le recours à la force qu'en cas
de
légitime défense ou d'autorisation du Conseil de sécurité. La
Yougoslavie
n'ayant au préalable agressé aucun Etat souverain, la légitime défense
ne
peut en tout état de cause être invoquée ; les représailles armées, à
supposer même qu'elles soient motivées par des considérations
humanitaires,
sont et restent strictement interdites. Par ailleurs, les résolutions
adoptées par le Conseil de sécurité au sujet de la guerre civile au
Kosovo
ne contenaient aucune autorisation, explicite ou implicite, de recourir
à
la force, la Russie et la Chine ayant clairement marqué leur opposition
à
toute mesure militaire.
Les Etats membres de l'OTAN n'ont pas non plus saisi l'Assemblée
générale
pour tenter d'obtenir une autorisation qui, dans des cas exceptionnels,
aurait été susceptible de légaliser une intervention de leur part. Dans
ces
circonstances, l'action militaire menée doit juridiquement, être
qualifiée
d'agression, et par conséquent de crime international. La guerre est
par
ailleurs incompatible avec les règles propres à l'OTAN elle-même, règles
qui consacrent clairement le respect de la Charte des Nations Unies et
la
reconnaissance consécutive de l'autorité du Conseil de sécurité.
Enfin, la manière dont les bombardements ont été menés contredit les
règles
de droit international qui régissent la conduite des hostilités. De
manière générale, la destruction systématique de l'infrastructure
économique et des moyens de communication, délibérément destinée à
décourager la population et à provoquer son soulèvement, sont
incompatibles
avec le principe de proportionnalité qui impose que toute attaque
produise
des avantages militaires spécifiques décisifs. Plus particulièrement,
le
choix de cibles comme la radio télévision serbe ou des usines fabriquant
des produits de consommation courante, est incompatible avec
l'interdiction
de viser des objectifs civils. L'utilisation de certaines armes, comme
celles contenant de l'uranium appauvri, contredit par ailleurs le
principe
de précaution imposant à l'attaquant de ne pas causer de dommages
graves,
étendus ou irréversibles.
La violation du droit international par les Etats membres de l'OTAN est
d'autant plus manifeste que ces Etats ont refusé qu'un organe impartial
se
prononce sur la licéité de leurs actions, y compris en analysant leurs
arguments fondés sur les violations préalables du droit international
perpétrées par la Yougoslavie. En dépit de leur déclaration en faveur
du
règne du droit et de la justice, aucune des puissances intervenantes n'a
en
effet accepté que la Cour internationale de Justice se prononce sur ces
questions.
L'action de l'OTAN suivit l'échec des négociations de Rambouillet. Or,
ces
dernières avaient enregistré des avancées sérieuses sur les dossiers
politiques du conflit, avant que des conditions de dernière minute, de
toute évidence inacceptables pour la partie serbe, ne précipitent
l'impasse.
La stratégie de guerre, qui a dévasté la Yougoslavie et rendu non-viable
le
Kosovo, a produit plus de réfugiés et de victimes que n'en aurait causé
tout autre combinaison de force et de diplomatie. Elle mérite d'être
contestée, tant du point de vue politique que du point de vue moral.
Elle
fut accompagnée d'une campagne médiatique visant à légitimer
systématiquement l'opération en cours.
Les dispositions prises après la fin des bombardements tendent à
conditionner l'aide internationale aux résultats électoraux internes en
Yougoslavie et à privilégier l'aide en fonction des options politiques
prises par ses destinataires, ce qui constitue un moyen peu honorable
d'intervention politique dans les affaires internes d'un pays tiers.
Quant
au Kosovo, il est devenu, sous l'administration créée par les forces de
l'OTAN, une région quasiment mononethnique où les minorités non
albanaises,
qu'elles soient serbe, rom, slave, musulmane, juive, turque ou croate,
ont
dû fuir les attentats ou se réfugier dans des ghettos.
Nous voudrions aussi souligner le fait que la guerre menée en
Yougoslavie
revêt une signification qui dépasse de loin le cas de ce pays. En effet,
l'intervention de l'OTAN au Kosovo, sous la direction des Etats-Unis
d'Amérique, s'inscrit dans une série de choix opérés par l'unique
super-puissance du monde aujourd-hui. Le maintien du budget militaire
américain à un niveau de guerre froide, supérieur à l'addition des six
budgets inférieurs en Russie, Japon, France, Allemagne, Royaume-Uni et
Chine
; le choix de maintenir l'OTAN malgré la dissolution du pacte de
Varsovie
et la fin de l'URRS, puis de l'élargir à l'Est de l'Europe ; la
projection
de la force armée sur l'arène mondiale en faisant fi des institutions
internationales ; le refus de ratifier le Traité d'interdiction des
essais
nucléaires; le développement des systèmes antimissiles et la récente
révélation de l'existence d'un système mondial d'écoute des
communications
privées et officielles, tels sont les aspects les plus saillants d'une
politique dessinée progressivement à Washington, qui laisse présager la
naissance d'un nouveau modèle d'exercice du pouvoir, fondé sur la
capacité
de gérer des instruments de destruction et de mort, toujours plus
perfectionnés.
Notre refus, notre réprobation, s'adressent donc à un projet et à des
méthodes qui ne correspondent aucunement aux proclamations démocratiques
ou
humanitaires.
Voilà pourquoi nous invitons tous ceux qui partagent ces inquiétudes et
qui
ne veulent plus que les bombes soient l'alternative à la légalité
internationale, à la négociation, au dialogue démocratique, aux
pressions
diplomatiques et politiques, au droit, à signer cet appel. La liste sera
clôturée en juin, pour la date anniversaire de la fin des bombardements.
Nous proposons également que se tienne une réunion de réflexion à
Rambouillet, à l'occasion de l'anniversaire de la fin des bombardements,
pour redonner à cette ville sa valeur de lieu de dialogue et de
tolérance.
Ainsi, Bruxelles et Rambouillet, auront en cette année 2000, une
signification nouvelle, celle d'être jumelées dans une entreprise en
faveur
de la paix et de l'affirmation du droit.
Bruxelles, 24 mars 2000.
Olivier CORTEN, professeur à l'Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Eric
DAVID, professeur à l'ULB, Barbara DELCOURT, professeur à l'ULB,
François
HOUTART, professeur émérite à l'Université catholique de Louvain (UCL),
Pierre KLEIN, professeur à l'ULB, Paulette PIERSON-MATHY, professeur à
l'ULB, Yves REGISTER, chargé de recherche auprès du CADOP, université de
Liège, François RIGAUX, professeur émérite à l'UCL, Jean SALMON,
professeur
émérite à l'ULB.
Les adhésions peuvent être envoyées aux adresses suivantes:
- action-kosovo@...
-Rencontres pour la paix,
Boulevard Jacques de Dixmude 124
B- 1050 Bruxelles
Les participations aux frais de diffusion de l'appel peuvent être
envoyées à Rencontres pour la Paix, N° 005n1916606n59 (Caisse d=Epargne,
1000 Bruxelles), avec mention: Kosovo.
François Houtart
CETRI
houtart@...
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WORKER'S PARTY OF IRELAND
NEWS RELEASE
Friday, 24th March 2000
For Immediate Use
THE AMERICAN WAR IN EUROPE - 1ST ANNIVERSARY
The Workers' Party of Ireland has marked the first anniversary of the
start
of NATO's bombing campaign against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia by
stating that this illegal act of aggression against a sovereign state
has
achieved nothing other than widespread death and destruction.
The International Affairs Committee of The Workers' Party maintains that
the
situation in the Balkans is now much worse than it was a year ago whilst
NATO remains in occupation of Kosovo-Metohija with logistical support
from
troops from supposedly neutral Ireland and under a totally flawed UN
mandate.
"Ireland played a particularly despicable role in the run up to the NATO
attack on Yugoslavia. Former Minister David Andrews' infamous statement
that he was stuck 'between a rock and a hard place' will not easily be
forgotten. We could have then played a pivotal role as a neutral
honest
broker and used that position to encourage positive and genuine
negotiation
instead of NATO's 'settle on our terms or else' Rambouillet deal which
would
have involved free access for NATO troops, not just in Kosovo, but
throughout Yugoslavia, including Belgrade itself."
"Ireland failed to pursue positive neutrality. It sat on the fence
while
NATO tried to force Yugoslavia to accept the unacceptable - the invasion
of
its entire territory by a hostile enemy bent on destroying it. Then
when
the bombing commenced Ireland shamefully jumped off the fence into the
NATO
camp and cheered on the bombers. The Taoiseach stated that the bombing
was
'both necessary and justified' in the face of 'human rights violations'.
Fine words from a man who has publicly advocated detention centres for
asylum seekers."
"Two and a half months of relentless bombing turned a crisis into a
disaster. Innocent civilians, journalists and refugees were murdered in
the
heaviest bombing campaign on European soil since World War II,
reminiscent
of the Nazi bombing of Belgrade during that war. The attack on
Yugoslavia
was in essence an American war against a European country. It was
simplified by the spin-doctors into a tale of 'the world against one
man'
when in fact it was the US military-industrial complex against the
Serbian
people. The people of Serbia and Yugoslavia are well capable of
deciding
for themselves the make up of their sovereign government. A grave
injustice
has been done to the truth, which has been, as always, the first
casualty of
war."
ends.
John Jefferies, Press Officer Tel: +353-1-8740716
The Workers' Party of Ireland,
23 Hill Street,
Dublin 1.
www.workers-party.org
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SELEZIONE DI ARTICOLI
Current Headlines
http://www.serbianna.com/current_headlines.html
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THE GLOBAL TYRANNY
The Balkans:
One Year Ago the Bombing Started - You Never Told us WHY, Mr. President
(by Mary Mostert)
http://www.originalsources.com/OS3-00MQC/3-24-2000.1.html
Between the Lines: A year after the air war (by Joseph Farah )
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/readerservice/printer_friendly.php3?item=http://www.worldnetdaily.com/bluesky_btl/20000324_xcbtl_a_year_aft.shtml
Diary (by Jamie Shea)
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/forum/a38dbf9eb5503.htm
A Republic, Not an Empire (by Patrick J. Buchanan)
http://www.gopatgo2000.com/new/speeches/antiwar.htm
"Humanitarian Wars," Realist Geopolitics, and Genocidal Practices:
"Saving the Kosovars" (by Richard Falk)
http://www.algonet.se/~d58155/forum/meet/2000/humanitarianwars.html
Nato ended a nightmare in Kosovo
http://www.telegraph.co.uk:80/et?ac=001798725956593&rtmo=quJesex9&atmo=tttttttd&pg=/et/00/3/25/wnato25.html
Kosovo Revisited (by Richard Falk)
http://www.thenation.com/issue/000410/0410falk.shtml
Antiwar.com: Keeping an eye on war
http://www.ocregister.com/liberty/articles/antiwar.shtml
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Sanctions to remain until Milosevic goes
http://www.newsunlimited.co.uk/Print/0,3858,3978264,00.html
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British Helsinki Group reports from southern Serbia
http://www.bhhrg.org/balkans/balkans2000.htm
Russian Ultranationalist Offers Troops To Belgrade
http://www.centraleurope.com/yugoslaviatoday/news.php3?id=145656
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NATO chiefs drop plans to visit Kosovska Mitrovica
http://www.timesofindia.com/today/25worl9.htm
NATO Sets Up Kosovo Neutral Zone (Kosovska Mitrovica)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/cgi-bin/gx.cgi/AppLogic+FTContentServer?pagename=wpni/print&articleid=A12112-2000Mar24
Stable Kosovo 'years away'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/europe/newsid_688000/688735.stm
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Britain: libel verdict vs. exposé of Bosnia War propaganda bankrupts
independent journal
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2000/mar2000/livm-m25_prn.shtml
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Strengthening the United Nations: an Ambitious Agenda
http://www.algonet.se/~d58155/forum/meet/2000/ambitiousagenda.html
Civilian Peace-Keepers - a Future Challenge
http://www.algonet.se/~d58155/forum/meet/2000/peacekeepers.html
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DELEGAZIONE DELL'ILC A BELGRADO
Strengthening the Anti-imperialist co-operation
for the defence of Yugoslavia
Today a solidarity delegation of the International Leninist Current
(ILC)
will join the political demonstrations in Belgrade and hold a press
conference protesting the NATO military aggression, which started one
year
ago.
The purpose of the new journey to Yugoslavia is the strengthening of the
links between all Anti-imperialist forces in Yugoslavia and the
Anti-imperialist movement in the aggressor countries. The next concrete
aim
to be achieved is the international solidarity conference with the
Yugoslav
people which should both show the besieged Serbian masses that there are
forces who do support them and to unify and strengthen the fragmented
forces
in the West and all around the world who supported Yugoslavia against
the
imperialist aggression.
This attempt proves to be of urgent importance as the NATO, who up to
now
did not achieve its main aim that is to install a puppet regime in
Belgrade,
is stepping up its provocations in order to create the conditions for a
new
military intervention:
* instigation of a civil war in Montenegro to cut Serbia from its vital
access to the sea
* complete political and national cleansing of Kosovo from all
anti-fascists
and non-Albanians and the destruction of the ghetto of Kosovska
Mitrovica in
order to destroy Yugoslav claims on Kosovo
* support for the UCK/KLA terror in the demilitarised zone in Southern
Serbia
* continuation of the disastrous economic blockade
All this should eventually lead to civil war to bring down the
government
and all forces which are not completely submitting themselves to the
neo-liberal new world order.
Taking into account the record of the Serb people in resisting the
imperialist aggression, "humanitarian" imperialism will be forces to
engage
in a genocidal war against the Serbian people. That they will not
hesitate
to do so, has been proven even by recent history (see Iraq).
It is therefore of utmost importance for all forces who want to defend
the
principles of liberty, equality and fraternity
* to defend Yugoslavia and Serbia against the Western aggression
* to give any help to Yugoslavia and its people to survive the
totalitarian
liberalism of the new world order
* to struggle for the destruction of the new world order.
Under very hard circumstances the Yugoslav and Serb people is carrying
on
the defense against imperialism and is paying a heavy price for it.
Their
survival as an independent nation will pave the way for a new offensive
of
the forces of national and social liberation against imperialism and
capitalism while their defeat will bring us deeper in the darkness of
neo-liberal totalitarism.
Permanent Bureau of the ILC
Rome-Vienna
March 24, 2000
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LETTERA APERTA AL PARLAMENTO CANADESE
>March 24, 2000
>
>
>An Open Letter to the Parliament of Canada on the Anniversary of NATO’s
Bombing Of Yugoslavia — The March of Fully Continues…
>
>To: All Members of the House of Commons and the Senate of the Parliament of
Canada
>
>Twelve months have passed since NATO initiated its bombing campaign against
Yugoslavia. The time to reflect on the consequences of this action is
long
overdue; we must understand not only what happened, but also what must
be
done next.
>
>One year later, it is patently obvious that the war was a colossal blunder
of historical proportions. It has resulted in millions of innocent
victims—people who are and will be paying a heavy price for a long time
to
come for misguided decisions made in far away places such as Washington
and
Ottawa. A festering sore has been opened up in the heart of Europe and
the
world is clearly a far more dangerous place than before. The principle
of
using force in international relations was decreed by the very countries
who
allege—in a haunting echo of nineteenth-century colonialism—to be the
most
enlightened and progressive of all. We are seeing the ramifications
already:
the brutal war in Chechneya, the ominous rumbling of mainland China
towards
Taiwan, and the exporting of KLA terror into Serbia proper. Might makes
right. Sadly, this generation of politicians continues the destructive
march
of folly.
>
>We know now, directly from the testimony of NATO’s own negotiators in
Rambouillet, that the so-called "agreement" was carefully crafted to be
unacceptable to the Yugoslav government—an ultimatum woefully
reminiscent of
the one presented to the Serbian government on the eve of the First
World
War. That this war was premeditated is now without doubt. How could the
Government of Canada agree to embroil this country and its people in
such an
obviously sordid affair without even consulting Parliament? Where did it
get
the mandate to abandon our long-established and widely admired foreign
policy based on peace, dialogue, and respect for international law?
>
>History teaches us that ethnic conflicts, such as the one in Kosovo, have
never been successfully resolved through military intervention by
external
powers. NATO’s ham-fisted intervention, which transformed a low-scale
internal conflict into a major humanitarian and environmental
catastrophe,
has confirmed this yet again.
>
>The aftermath of 78 days of bombing has left thousands of civilians dead,
maimed, and homeless. The victims are of all nationalities and include
young
children, the old and infirm—ordinary people—many of them burned alive
or
torn to pieces. The massive devastation of the country’s infrastructure
ensures a state of perpetual misery for these people and their
descendants
well into the foreseeable future. More than 300,000 people are without
work
and they and their families are left without a source of income (a
recent UN
report estimates that the Yugoslav GDP has fallen to one third of its
pre-war level, making it the poorest country in Europe). The use of
radioactive weapons and the wanton destruction of chemical factories in
highly populated areas have also resulted in an ecological nightmare,
with
major rivers contaminated and significant percentage of arable land made
unsuitable for agriculture for a very long time. This situation
threatens
the wider Balkan region as well; it has caused a closure of Danube’s
international waterway, the largest and most significant commercial
waterway
in Europe.
>
>What else do we know—now that the perpetrators have wound down their
Orwellian propaganda machine and would much rather have us forget that
any
of it ever happened (after all, it is an election year)?
>
>First, we should note that there was no genocide. This, after all, was one
of the primary justifications for NATO’s intervention. At one time we
were
told that over 100,000 people were presumed killed by Yugoslav forces.
The
latest results of the detailed investigation in Kosovo by a number of
forensic experts from NATO countries have confirmed that a total of
2,100
bodies have been found. This number includes all the victims of the
conflict: Kosovo Albanians (including KLA rebels killed in action and
civilian victims of the bombing campaign), Serbs, and members of other
ethnic groups.
>
>Second, it is also clear now that NATO’s intervention has mainly served the
purpose of establishing the KLA as the undisputed (but unelected) ruler
of
the province. In pursuit of their publicly proclaimed goal of an
ethnically
pure Kosovo, the KLA have undertaken a systematic campaign to cleanse
the
province of its entire non-Albanian population: Serbs, Turks, Moslems,
Gypsies, Gorans, and others. This objective has almost been fully
achieved
by now. The most recent report by UNICEF states that between 200,000 and
300,000 refugees have left Kosovo, making mockery of NATO’s claim that
they
would stop ethnic cleansing.
>
>Given the false premises behind the war and the convincing failure in
attaining the proclaimed objectives (while creating large-scale
devastation), what should the Parliament of Canada do to help redeem the
situation?
>
>To that end, we recommend following:
>
>· That an open debate be initiated in Parliament, with the objective of
establishing the extent and nature of Canada’s participation in the
bombing
of Yugoslavia and the actual damage inflicted upon the civilian
population
and infrastructure of Yugoslavia;
>
>· That Parliament instruct the Government of Canada to:
>
>1. apologize to all innocent civilian victims of the NATO bombing and to
establish mechanisms and make available resources for justly
compensating
them for damages and losses incurred as a result of the bombing,
proportionate to Canadian involvement;
>
>2. demand, through the UN Security Council, the immediate cessation of the
killing and ethnic cleansing of the non-Albanian population of Kosovo,
including specific instructions to KFOR military commanders and UN
administration in the province;
>
>3. insist on immediate and full implementation of all elements of UN
resolution 1244 on Kosovo;
>
>4. initiate negotiations for a peaceful and equitable solution to the
Kosovo problem, with full respect of the territorial integrity and
sovereignty of Yugoslavia, leading to complete and safe return to Kosovo
of
all its inhabitants, regardless of their ethnicity; this political
process
must exclude militants and extremists on all sides.
>
>As peaceful and law-abiding Canadians, we feel that these steps are
essential to sustain the democratic principles on which this country is
founded. They are also crucial to restoring the hard-earned respect that
our
country has enjoyed in the past both internationally and among its own
citizens. Our children must never be ashamed of their history.
>
>
>Yours respectfully,
>
>
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DALLA FINLANDIA
IMPERIALISM LED BY USA ATTEMPTED TO DESTROY YUGOSLAVIA. EU-COUNTRIES DID
NOT RESIST.
USA AND EU CONTINUE VIOLETING OF YUGOSLAVIA´S RIGHTS AGAINST THE TERMS
OF
THE PEACE AGREEMENT.
AMONG OTHER ANTI-IMPERIALIST GOVERNMENTAL AND PEOPLE´S LEVEL POWERS
CUBA,
CHINA, LIBYA, NORTH KOREA, LAOS AND MYANMAR SUPPORT YUGOSLAVIA.
Yugoslavia has been a nuisance for imperialism. Yugoslavia´s prosperous
state-owned companies have been elements which capitalists cannot
tolerate.
Yugoslavia did not obey imperialism´s demands for privatizations.
Yugoslavia was not interested in NATO´s membership.
In order to launche an imperialist military attack on Yugoslavia
USA-backed
forces had years ago begun to arrange and to seek suitable pretexts of
the
internal problems of the country.
The Sfor-units of NATO occupied in the autumn 1997 four radio and
television stations in Bosnia. According to the NATO sources these
stations
had transmitted propaganda against the Dayton pact manipulated by USA.
No news source has indicated what kind of propaganda or information
these
stations had transmitted.
The stations began their activities again after having replaced the
destroyed equipment.
The new stations were silenced once more. According to the newspapers
the
NATO sources inform that "a group of American experts have been on spot
studying the situation".
Then a Serbian television station in Bosnia was blown up.
This is the way USA operates after having appointed themselves world
police
in order to defend democracy and the freedom of speech.
The breaking up of Yugoslavia began from Croatia. The arms for this
civil
war came from America. A quarter million of Serbs were thrown out of
their
homes. Thousands were killed.
In the former wealthy socialist Yugoslavia there was no threat of civil
wars. Poverty after the counter-revolution brought also internal
violence.
Imperialism uses the situation for its own goals in an unscrupulous way.
Imperialism´s consequential method in its efforts to take over all the
world is to use separatist groups in order to split states.
The period for the Sfor-units as they are now should haven been over in
June 1998. However, NATO will continue their presence in Bosnia.
Yugoslavia still exists as a shrinkened federation formed by Serbia and
Montenegro. Imperialism´s political aim has been to separate Serbia and
Montenegro from each other. Kosovo is a province of Serbia.
Kosovo is a rich mining area. It is not a coincidence that imperialism
is
interested especially in Kosovo. In spring 1998 the USA- and EU-backed
powers began provocations in Kosovo.
Provocations succeeded. In Summer 1998 there was a civil war going on at
Kosovo area. According to the media the Serbian army fighted against
unarmed people. Yet there was a battle between the Serbian army and the
heavily armed Albanian rebels. The Albanian arms are suited with the
goals
of the political background powers of NATO. Additonally, there were
unidentified armed groups at the area.
In October 1998 military operations at Kosovo were calmed down by
Yugoslavian armed forces. NATO has informed of its intentions to begin
unlegal military operations without the necessary international
authorizations.
Because of a mass murder at Kosovo area NATO got a pretext to plan for a
military attack against Yugoslavia. However, the murderers or even their
nationalities are still unknown.
Instead of this guiltiness we know that Kosovo Liberation Army is a
large
drug organization. Their weapons have been paid with drugs. Many leaders
of
KLA sit in jails of Germany, Switzerland and Italy because of drug
dealing.
Kosovo has been the most important centre for heroine and cocaine in
Europe. NATO had allied with the "liberation army" already before the
war.
On March 24th 1999 USA began air attacks against Yugoslavia. It was not
a
question of any kind of a peace operation. The aim of imperialism is
political and economical control over Yugoslavia. "Protecting" Albanians
was just an excuse. Albanians have been deceived. In fact they should
have
fought together with Serbs against NATO as a part of the worldwide
struggle
against the superpower of capitalist imperialism.
American war information lied when speaking of military targets. Air
attacks hitted especially civil targets. The destruction caused by the
attacks were crucially worse compared to the hypotethical situation
without
the operation of NATO. This concerns especially also Albanians in
Kosovo.
USA with their sympathizers had now a serious new problem caused by
themselves. What to do with the refugees? The media performed sad
stories
of the misere fates of refugees. Without NATO there had been no
refugees.
NATO did not mention their misses. Greek newspaper Athinaiki wrote about
body-bags transported through the port of Thessaloniki
.
Yugoslavia has destroyed about one hundred of military aircrafts and
helicopters and a big amount of missiles. Yugoslavians sold parts of
them
in the internet...
After one week´s war it was clear that NATO has failed to reach the
settled
goals. In circumstances of military shortcomings NATO accelerated the
bombardings and bombed especially civil targets.
The western media used a lot of program time and newspaper page space
for
telling principal and practical lies especially concerning NATO´s
shortcomings in this war. Fortunately, we have the internet. Information
flow in the internet cannot be controlled by the media monopolies.
The power media mixes things intentionally. The internal problems of
Yugoslavia form one issue. The imperialist attack on a sovereign country
is
antoher issue.
United Nations tried to handle the war. As permanent members of the
Council
of Security Russia, China and India have strictly condemned the attack.
Yet USA is not interested of the political aims of countries and people
in
the world. The American propaganda speaks of democracy. The deeds of USA
have nothing to do with democracy.
Afterwards we know that USA with its allies did not even intend to work
for
any kind of a peaceful solution. The terms settled by USA in the so
called
"Rambouillet agreement" included an idea of absolute control over
Yugoslavia by USA and NATO. No sovereign country could accept that kind
of
an agreement. The western media has lied about the contents of these
proposals. Why?
For more than two months of war NATO was desperate. The military
potential
of Yugoslavia and the forming of a large worldwide political
anti-imperialist front was a surprise for the American politicians and
for
NATO´s generals.
NATO´s internal problems flourished. Greece and Austria denied NATO to
use
their air space. In case of the planned ground attack Greece had not
allowed NATO to use her area at all. At peoples´ level resistance
against
NATO´s criminal war has grown explosively in NATO-countries and
everywhere
in the world.
On the first weekend of June there were large demonstrations against
USA´s
policy and NATO´s aggressions all around the world, especially in USA
and
England. The authorities of USA tried to prevent organizing of these
demonstrations.
In the end of April we knew that satellite photos of mass graves in
Kosovo
had been faked. USA has used these photos in its propaganda. In May 1999
the media shows a bunch of "evidence" of mass murders in order to
justify
continuing the war.The western power media worked hard to dehumanize
Yugoslavian army and its leadership.
In early morning on May 14th NATO committed a massacre near Albanian
border. More than one hundred Albanians were killed by NATO´s cluster
bombs. This operation was ment to justify the massive ground attack by
blaiming Yugoslavia for this terror attack. However, one day before this
crime NATO´s plans came to publicity.
NATO´s explanations were amusing. At first "there were no NATO aircrafts
at
the area". Then they found that the Albanians were as a human shield for
a
Yugoslav military unit. NATO has "evidences". NATO has always
"evidences"
when investigating its own deeds. In case there were a Yugoslavian unit,
why did NATO not mention it right away? Finding suitable explanation and
making the possible "evidences" took even couple of days.
Crotian warplanes were integrated to NATO´s operation. They have
Yugoslavian Army insignia. This is one of the most extreme form of
fraudulent means of NATO. There must have been be a real emergency in
NATO
when intending to use this kind of a deception.
Yugoslavian TV-stations had been mostly destroyed. Thus the lies of NATO
remained alive. The media repeated like a parrot the "news" controlled
by
NATO.
An agreement was finally made. According to the negotiation results
Yugoslavia remains as a sovereign state and Kosovo will be a part of it
with certain amount of independence. The peace troops at Kosovo area
will
work under UN´s control and a part of them will not be NATO´s troops.
Imperialism achieved with unscrupoulous violence military victory but
suffered serious political defeat.
Yugoslavia was the moral winner of the war. The heroic battle by
Yugoslav
people and the Yugoslavian army has proved that fight against massive
aggression of imperialism is possible and necessary.
Different forms of violence continue at Kosovo area. KFOR is not too
interested in the raw violence by ethnic Albanians against Serbs.
The contemporary process of this political theatre is obviously handling
of
real or faked war crimes.
The legal processed will be carried on in Hague tribunal. This court is
not
a court in a common sense of the word. It is a political organ of the
capitalist elite. "Evidence" of Yugoslavia´s "war crimes" are seeked
for.
Of course there are corps after the civil war and after the war.
However,
examining these corps may be very selective. Yet the corps in the at
first
found graves were Serbs...
A legal war crime process against NATO not depending on imperialist
backgrounds was started in New York on July 31st. There is another
corresponding process going on in Berlin. In Vienna the government of
Austria has been prosecuted because of supporting NATO´s criminal
activities.
There are also accusations in Hague against NATO for war crimes with
hard
evidence. Media pretends not to see them.
Up to November 1999 the political court in Hague has found no evidence
for
the genocide on which NATO based their criminal attack. Of course, after
the civil war there are graves. It is another matter. In December 1999
USA
and UN continue spreading faked evidence of the brutality by Serbs in
order
to justify NATO´s criminal attack afterwards.
In November 1999 English Members of Parliament have questionned
England´s
participation in the war on false basis.
The main intention of the world capitalism in this war is to get closer
to
Russia, Belarus and Ukraine. Imperialism is - not without reason -
afraid
of these countries to return gradually to socialism. Additonally, it is
quite clear that imperialism is interested in the Caspian oil.
It is EU´s intention to take control over Yugoslavia by violence and
coercions.
USA and NATO continue in many different methods involving the internal
affairs of Yugoslavia. Among other things the western powers infiltrated
into Yugoslavia try to change the political leadership to imperialists´
puppets.
One of the significant consequences of the war is that Yugoslavia joins
to
the state union formed by Russia and Byelorussia. Additionally, the for
instance the relations between Yugoslavia and Cuba, People´s Republic of
China, Vietnam and Iran have become more intensive.
Yugoslavia demands USA to pay a remarkable amount of money to cover the
economic damages caused by NATO.
According to an official report by Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in
November 1999 the western troops in Kosovo and their political
leadership
do not follow the UN terms of ending the war. Imperialism´s aim is still
to
suppress and to occupy Yugoslavia.
In the end of 1999 the EU continued breaking international legislation
by
efforts to affect Yugoslavia´s internal politics by supplying oil to the
internal opposition of the country.
Against all agreements and without any kind of justification Pentagon
began
in December 1999 to build a permanent military base in Kosovo.
Unjust against Yugoslavia continues in the new millenium. Unscrupulous
violence of human rights against non-Albanians have continued since June
1999 under the "control" of KFOR and UNMIK-units. The UN itself does not
honor their own resolution 1244/1999.
The worst violences in Kosovo after the war have occurred in February
2000.
They continue in March. Their origin is KLA under the protection of the
UN
"peacekeepers".
It is quite possible that NATO uses the contemporary situation as an
excuse
for a new attack on Yugoslavia in order to take over the Yugoslav mine
riches for imperialism.
In February 2000 People´s Republic of China has expressed their support
for
Yugoslavia. China hopes Yugoslavia to be a strong anti-imperialist
power.
The Socialist Party of Serbia has expressed its support for the Workers´
Party of Korea. People´s Republic of Korea, People´s Republic of China
and
the Republic of Yugoslavia form a remarkable potential power against
imperialism.
The foreign minister of Yugoslavia visited North Korea in the end of
February 2000. In order to honor the DPRK party leader Kim Jong Il´s
birthday a Korean socialist Juche study group has been established in
Yugoslavia.
Libyan and Yugoslavian top officials have met on February 20th, 2000.
"Yugoslavia and Serbia appreciate the clear stand of Libya and its
president who openly condemned NATO aggression against Yugoslavia," the
release issued in Belgrade said.
In March 2000 relations between Byelorussia and Yugoslavia have become
still more intensive in bilateral talks between the countires.
In March 2000 Yugoslavia and Iran inform about the aims to develope
their
mutual political and economic relations. Yugoslavia has also established
new political end economic relations with Myanmar Union (former Burma)
and
with Democratic People´s Republic of Laos.
USA and their EU-lackeys hoped for a catastrophe for Yugoslavia during
this
winter. What a disappointment. Electricity and heating work again in
Belgrade. Damages caused by the war are repaired quickly. The dirty US
effort by political-economic blackmailing of Yugoslavia does not work.
The
country builds on its own.
Imperialism wants to separate the Yugoslav Federation states. There have
been demonstrations for maintaining the federation both in Serbia and in
Montenegro.
Protests and demonstrations will be arranged on the anniversary of
NATO´s
attack on March 24th, 2000.
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DALLA SVEZIA
>PRESSRELEASE 2000-03-23
>
>One year after the bombing of Yugoslavia started, an appeal calling for
>an end to the sanctions against Yugoslavia was published in Sweden,
>signed by 70 prominent people, among them sportsmen, ex-ministers,
>bishops including the archbishop of Sweden, trade union presidents,
>members of parliament, scholars, representatives of the business
>community and from the cultural sector. I their appeal they point out
>the
>fact that those who suffer the most in Yugoslavia are old people and
>children but because reconstruction after the devastation is hampered,
>everybody in the population is suffering. They request the Swedish
>government to work for an end to the sanctions against Yugoslavia..
>
>The appeal and the names follow.
>
>Opinions and information: <erikgoethe@...>
>
>
>"END SANCTIONS AGAINST YUGOSLAVIA!
>
>The sanctions against Yugoslavia have been going on for nearly ten
>years, inflicting tremendous supply problems and suffering upon the
>Yugoslav people, particularily after last year's bombing raids. They now
>try to endure with small food rations, and lack of medicins and fuel.
>Those who suffer the most are old people and children, and because
>reconstruction after the devastation is hampered, everybody in the
>population is suffering. Yugoslavia also has to bear the heavy burden of
>taking care of one million refugees who have fled to the country as a
>consequence of the wars in the Balkan.
>
>It is the traditional policy of Sweden to maintain normal inter state
>relations with all countries in agreement with the United Nation's rules
>and decisions. That principle should apply also in relation to
>Yugoslavia.
>
>The sanctions currently upheld against Yugoslavia are not decided by the
>United Nations. Sweden participates in these sanctions as decided by the
>Council of Ministers of the European Union.
>
>Humanitarian reasons as well as efforts to create peaceful conditions in
>Europe, and respect for the UNO Charter make it urgent to re-establish
>normal relations with Yugoslavia in all fields.
>
>We therefore request the Swedish government to work for an end to the
>sanctions against Yugoslavia.."
>
>
>ROY ANDERSSON, film director
>STEN ANDERSSON, MP (Moderate Party)
>LENNART ASPEGREN, ex-judge of UNO war crimes tribunal
>THORSTEIN BERGMAN, author, composer
>ANDERS BJÖRNSSON, editor of "Samtider", Svenska Dagbladet daily (indep.
>mod.)
>LENNART BODSTRÖM, ex-Minister for Foreign Affairs (Social Democratic
>Party) ambassador
>TOMAS BOLME, actor, president of Swedish Actors' Equity Association
>AL BURKE, chairman Society for a Living Future
>KNUT CARLQVIST, cultural editor Finanstidningen
>CURT CARLSSON, reporter Arbetet daily
>BICKY CHAKRABORTY, hotelière
>ANNA CHRISTENSEN, professor of civil law
>PETER CURMAN, author
>MALTE ERIKSSON, president of the Sw. Graphic Workers' Union
>BJÖRN VON DER ESCH, MP (Christian Democratic Party)
>GUNNAR FREDRIKSSON, author
>JONAS DE GEER, editor of the Conservative Cultural Magazine Salt
>GÖRAN GREIDER, chief editor of Dala-Demokraten daily (Soc. Dem.)
>LOTTA GRÖNING, chief editor of Norrländska Socialdemokraten daily (Soc.
>Dem.)
>JAN GUILLOU, author
>BENGT GÖRANSSON, ex-minister of Cultural Affairs (Social Democratic
>Party)
>JAN HAGBERG, chefaktuarie, Dr. of Technology
>ROLF HAGEL, party leader (Swedish Communist Party), ex-MP
>MOHSEN HAKIM, university teacher
>BIRGITTA HAMBRAEUS, ex-MP (Centre Party)
>K G HAMMAR, archbishop of the Swedish Church
>PETER PAUL HEINEMAN, Dr. of Medicin, "Mr. radio doctor"
>C H HERMANSSON, ex party leader (Left Party), ex-MP
>TOM HEYMAN, MP (Moderate Party)
>JOACHIM ISRAEL, professor emeritus
>LENA ISRAEL, universitety lecturer
>THURE JADESTIG, ex-MP (Social Democratic Party)
>NINEL JANSSON, president of the Commercial Employees' Union
>REIDAR JÖNSSON, author
>GUN KESSLE, artist, photographer
>KALLE LARSSON, MP (Left Party)
>CARL LIDBOM, ex-minister of Justice and Foreign affairs (Social
>Democratic Party) ambassador
>SVEN-ERIC LIEDMAN, professor of science history
>MARTIN LIND, bishop diocese of Linköping
>JENNY LINDAHL, chairwomen of the Young Left,
>TAGE LINDBOM, Dr. Phil.
>TANJA LINDEBORG MP (Left Party), chairwomen of the Swedish Parliament
>Law Committee
>KJELL MAGNUSSON, peace researcher
>SAID MAHMOUDI, professor of international law
>JAN MYRDAL, author
>MARGARETA NORLIN, journalist
>NEBOJSA NOVAKOVIC, football player AIK
>ANDERS R. OLSSON, journalist, author
>LARS OHLY, MP and party secretary (Left Party)
>SUZANNE OSTEN, filmdirector, professor of the Dramatic Institute
>DAG SANDAHL, assistant vicar
>LASSE SANDLIN, sports columnist Aftonbladet daily
>HARRY SCHEIN, managing director
>BENGT SILFVERSTRAND, MP (Social Democratic Party)
>RIGMOR STENMARK, MP (Centre Party)
>MAJ-BRITT THEORIN, MEP (Social Democratic Party)
>HANS TOLLIN, Preacher of the Royal Court
>TORBJÖRN TÄNNSJÖ, professor of practical philosophy
>CECILIA VENNERSTEN, singer
>LJUBOMIR VRANJES, handball-player
>DAN WAERN, 1500-m runner
>HANS WAHLSTRÖM, president of the Swe. Transport Workers' Union
>MAJ WECHSELMAN, film director
>KARIN WEGESTÅL, MP (Social Democratic Party)
>SÖREN WIBE, professor of Forest Economy and ex-MEP (Social Dem.)
>ERIK WIJK, author
>CLAES-BERTIL YTTERBERG, bishop diocese of Västerås
>MIRO ZALAR, track and field coach and ex-pole-vaulter
>MARGARETA ZETTERSTRÖM, author
>JAN ÖBERG, peace researcher, director Transnational Foundation for Peace
>and Future Research
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Strengthening the Anti-imperialist co-operation
for the defence of Yugoslavia
Today a solidarity delegation of the International Leninist Current
(ILC)
will join the political demonstrations in Belgrade and hold a press
conference protesting the NATO military aggression, which started one
year
ago.
The purpose of the new journey to Yugoslavia is the strengthening of the
links between all Anti-imperialist forces in Yugoslavia and the
Anti-imperialist movement in the aggressor countries. The next concrete
aim
to be achieved is the international solidarity conference with the
Yugoslav
people which should both show the besieged Serbian masses that there are
forces who do support them and to unify and strengthen the fragmented
forces
in the West and all around the world who supported Yugoslavia against
the
imperialist aggression.
This attempt proves to be of urgent importance as the NATO, who up to
now
did not achieve its main aim that is to install a puppet regime in
Belgrade,
is stepping up its provocations in order to create the conditions for a
new
military intervention:
* instigation of a civil war in Montenegro to cut Serbia from its vital
access to the sea
* complete political and national cleansing of Kosovo from all
anti-fascists
and non-Albanians and the destruction of the ghetto of Kosovska
Mitrovica in
order to destroy Yugoslav claims on Kosovo
* support for the UCK/KLA terror in the demilitarised zone in Southern
Serbia
* continuation of the disastrous economic blockade
All this should eventually lead to civil war to bring down the
government
and all forces which are not completely submitting themselves to the
neo-liberal new world order.
Taking into account the record of the Serb people in resisting the
imperialist aggression, "humanitarian" imperialism will be forces to
engage
in a genocidal war against the Serbian people. That they will not
hesitate
to do so, has been proven even by recent history (see Iraq).
It is therefore of utmost importance for all forces who want to defend
the
principles of liberty, equality and fraternity
* to defend Yugoslavia and Serbia against the Western aggression
* to give any help to Yugoslavia and its people to survive the
totalitarian
liberalism of the new world order
* to struggle for the destruction of the new world order.
Under very hard circumstances the Yugoslav and Serb people is carrying
on
the defense against imperialism and is paying a heavy price for it.
Their
survival as an independent nation will pave the way for a new offensive
of
the forces of national and social liberation against imperialism and
capitalism while their defeat will bring us deeper in the darkness of
neo-liberal totalitarism.
Permanent Bureau of the ILC
Rome-Vienna
March 24, 2000
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LETTERA APERTA AL PARLAMENTO CANADESE
>March 24, 2000
>
>
>An Open Letter to the Parliament of Canada on the Anniversary of NATO’s
Bombing Of Yugoslavia — The March of Fully Continues…
>
>To: All Members of the House of Commons and the Senate of the Parliament of
Canada
>
>Twelve months have passed since NATO initiated its bombing campaign against
Yugoslavia. The time to reflect on the consequences of this action is
long
overdue; we must understand not only what happened, but also what must
be
done next.
>
>One year later, it is patently obvious that the war was a colossal blunder
of historical proportions. It has resulted in millions of innocent
victims—people who are and will be paying a heavy price for a long time
to
come for misguided decisions made in far away places such as Washington
and
Ottawa. A festering sore has been opened up in the heart of Europe and
the
world is clearly a far more dangerous place than before. The principle
of
using force in international relations was decreed by the very countries
who
allege—in a haunting echo of nineteenth-century colonialism—to be the
most
enlightened and progressive of all. We are seeing the ramifications
already:
the brutal war in Chechneya, the ominous rumbling of mainland China
towards
Taiwan, and the exporting of KLA terror into Serbia proper. Might makes
right. Sadly, this generation of politicians continues the destructive
march
of folly.
>
>We know now, directly from the testimony of NATO’s own negotiators in
Rambouillet, that the so-called "agreement" was carefully crafted to be
unacceptable to the Yugoslav government—an ultimatum woefully
reminiscent of
the one presented to the Serbian government on the eve of the First
World
War. That this war was premeditated is now without doubt. How could the
Government of Canada agree to embroil this country and its people in
such an
obviously sordid affair without even consulting Parliament? Where did it
get
the mandate to abandon our long-established and widely admired foreign
policy based on peace, dialogue, and respect for international law?
>
>History teaches us that ethnic conflicts, such as the one in Kosovo, have
never been successfully resolved through military intervention by
external
powers. NATO’s ham-fisted intervention, which transformed a low-scale
internal conflict into a major humanitarian and environmental
catastrophe,
has confirmed this yet again.
>
>The aftermath of 78 days of bombing has left thousands of civilians dead,
maimed, and homeless. The victims are of all nationalities and include
young
children, the old and infirm—ordinary people—many of them burned alive
or
torn to pieces. The massive devastation of the country’s infrastructure
ensures a state of perpetual misery for these people and their
descendants
well into the foreseeable future. More than 300,000 people are without
work
and they and their families are left without a source of income (a
recent UN
report estimates that the Yugoslav GDP has fallen to one third of its
pre-war level, making it the poorest country in Europe). The use of
radioactive weapons and the wanton destruction of chemical factories in
highly populated areas have also resulted in an ecological nightmare,
with
major rivers contaminated and significant percentage of arable land made
unsuitable for agriculture for a very long time. This situation
threatens
the wider Balkan region as well; it has caused a closure of Danube’s
international waterway, the largest and most significant commercial
waterway
in Europe.
>
>What else do we know—now that the perpetrators have wound down their
Orwellian propaganda machine and would much rather have us forget that
any
of it ever happened (after all, it is an election year)?
>
>First, we should note that there was no genocide. This, after all, was one
of the primary justifications for NATO’s intervention. At one time we
were
told that over 100,000 people were presumed killed by Yugoslav forces.
The
latest results of the detailed investigation in Kosovo by a number of
forensic experts from NATO countries have confirmed that a total of
2,100
bodies have been found. This number includes all the victims of the
conflict: Kosovo Albanians (including KLA rebels killed in action and
civilian victims of the bombing campaign), Serbs, and members of other
ethnic groups.
>
>Second, it is also clear now that NATO’s intervention has mainly served the
purpose of establishing the KLA as the undisputed (but unelected) ruler
of
the province. In pursuit of their publicly proclaimed goal of an
ethnically
pure Kosovo, the KLA have undertaken a systematic campaign to cleanse
the
province of its entire non-Albanian population: Serbs, Turks, Moslems,
Gypsies, Gorans, and others. This objective has almost been fully
achieved
by now. The most recent report by UNICEF states that between 200,000 and
300,000 refugees have left Kosovo, making mockery of NATO’s claim that
they
would stop ethnic cleansing.
>
>Given the false premises behind the war and the convincing failure in
attaining the proclaimed objectives (while creating large-scale
devastation), what should the Parliament of Canada do to help redeem the
situation?
>
>To that end, we recommend following:
>
>· That an open debate be initiated in Parliament, with the objective of
establishing the extent and nature of Canada’s participation in the
bombing
of Yugoslavia and the actual damage inflicted upon the civilian
population
and infrastructure of Yugoslavia;
>
>· That Parliament instruct the Government of Canada to:
>
>1. apologize to all innocent civilian victims of the NATO bombing and to
establish mechanisms and make available resources for justly
compensating
them for damages and losses incurred as a result of the bombing,
proportionate to Canadian involvement;
>
>2. demand, through the UN Security Council, the immediate cessation of the
killing and ethnic cleansing of the non-Albanian population of Kosovo,
including specific instructions to KFOR military commanders and UN
administration in the province;
>
>3. insist on immediate and full implementation of all elements of UN
resolution 1244 on Kosovo;
>
>4. initiate negotiations for a peaceful and equitable solution to the
Kosovo problem, with full respect of the territorial integrity and
sovereignty of Yugoslavia, leading to complete and safe return to Kosovo
of
all its inhabitants, regardless of their ethnicity; this political
process
must exclude militants and extremists on all sides.
>
>As peaceful and law-abiding Canadians, we feel that these steps are
essential to sustain the democratic principles on which this country is
founded. They are also crucial to restoring the hard-earned respect that
our
country has enjoyed in the past both internationally and among its own
citizens. Our children must never be ashamed of their history.
>
>
>Yours respectfully,
>
>
>
>The Ottawa Serbian Heritage Society
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DALLA FINLANDIA
IMPERIALISM LED BY USA ATTEMPTED TO DESTROY YUGOSLAVIA. EU-COUNTRIES DID
NOT RESIST.
USA AND EU CONTINUE VIOLETING OF YUGOSLAVIA´S RIGHTS AGAINST THE TERMS
OF
THE PEACE AGREEMENT.
AMONG OTHER ANTI-IMPERIALIST GOVERNMENTAL AND PEOPLE´S LEVEL POWERS
CUBA,
CHINA, LIBYA, NORTH KOREA, LAOS AND MYANMAR SUPPORT YUGOSLAVIA.
Yugoslavia has been a nuisance for imperialism. Yugoslavia´s prosperous
state-owned companies have been elements which capitalists cannot
tolerate.
Yugoslavia did not obey imperialism´s demands for privatizations.
Yugoslavia was not interested in NATO´s membership.
In order to launche an imperialist military attack on Yugoslavia
USA-backed
forces had years ago begun to arrange and to seek suitable pretexts of
the
internal problems of the country.
The Sfor-units of NATO occupied in the autumn 1997 four radio and
television stations in Bosnia. According to the NATO sources these
stations
had transmitted propaganda against the Dayton pact manipulated by USA.
No news source has indicated what kind of propaganda or information
these
stations had transmitted.
The stations began their activities again after having replaced the
destroyed equipment.
The new stations were silenced once more. According to the newspapers
the
NATO sources inform that "a group of American experts have been on spot
studying the situation".
Then a Serbian television station in Bosnia was blown up.
This is the way USA operates after having appointed themselves world
police
in order to defend democracy and the freedom of speech.
The breaking up of Yugoslavia began from Croatia. The arms for this
civil
war came from America. A quarter million of Serbs were thrown out of
their
homes. Thousands were killed.
In the former wealthy socialist Yugoslavia there was no threat of civil
wars. Poverty after the counter-revolution brought also internal
violence.
Imperialism uses the situation for its own goals in an unscrupulous way.
Imperialism´s consequential method in its efforts to take over all the
world is to use separatist groups in order to split states.
The period for the Sfor-units as they are now should haven been over in
June 1998. However, NATO will continue their presence in Bosnia.
Yugoslavia still exists as a shrinkened federation formed by Serbia and
Montenegro. Imperialism´s political aim has been to separate Serbia and
Montenegro from each other. Kosovo is a province of Serbia.
Kosovo is a rich mining area. It is not a coincidence that imperialism
is
interested especially in Kosovo. In spring 1998 the USA- and EU-backed
powers began provocations in Kosovo.
Provocations succeeded. In Summer 1998 there was a civil war going on at
Kosovo area. According to the media the Serbian army fighted against
unarmed people. Yet there was a battle between the Serbian army and the
heavily armed Albanian rebels. The Albanian arms are suited with the
goals
of the political background powers of NATO. Additonally, there were
unidentified armed groups at the area.
In October 1998 military operations at Kosovo were calmed down by
Yugoslavian armed forces. NATO has informed of its intentions to begin
unlegal military operations without the necessary international
authorizations.
Because of a mass murder at Kosovo area NATO got a pretext to plan for a
military attack against Yugoslavia. However, the murderers or even their
nationalities are still unknown.
Instead of this guiltiness we know that Kosovo Liberation Army is a
large
drug organization. Their weapons have been paid with drugs. Many leaders
of
KLA sit in jails of Germany, Switzerland and Italy because of drug
dealing.
Kosovo has been the most important centre for heroine and cocaine in
Europe. NATO had allied with the "liberation army" already before the
war.
On March 24th 1999 USA began air attacks against Yugoslavia. It was not
a
question of any kind of a peace operation. The aim of imperialism is
political and economical control over Yugoslavia. "Protecting" Albanians
was just an excuse. Albanians have been deceived. In fact they should
have
fought together with Serbs against NATO as a part of the worldwide
struggle
against the superpower of capitalist imperialism.
American war information lied when speaking of military targets. Air
attacks hitted especially civil targets. The destruction caused by the
attacks were crucially worse compared to the hypotethical situation
without
the operation of NATO. This concerns especially also Albanians in
Kosovo.
USA with their sympathizers had now a serious new problem caused by
themselves. What to do with the refugees? The media performed sad
stories
of the misere fates of refugees. Without NATO there had been no
refugees.
NATO did not mention their misses. Greek newspaper Athinaiki wrote about
body-bags transported through the port of Thessaloniki
.
Yugoslavia has destroyed about one hundred of military aircrafts and
helicopters and a big amount of missiles. Yugoslavians sold parts of
them
in the internet...
After one week´s war it was clear that NATO has failed to reach the
settled
goals. In circumstances of military shortcomings NATO accelerated the
bombardings and bombed especially civil targets.
The western media used a lot of program time and newspaper page space
for
telling principal and practical lies especially concerning NATO´s
shortcomings in this war. Fortunately, we have the internet. Information
flow in the internet cannot be controlled by the media monopolies.
The power media mixes things intentionally. The internal problems of
Yugoslavia form one issue. The imperialist attack on a sovereign country
is
antoher issue.
United Nations tried to handle the war. As permanent members of the
Council
of Security Russia, China and India have strictly condemned the attack.
Yet USA is not interested of the political aims of countries and people
in
the world. The American propaganda speaks of democracy. The deeds of USA
have nothing to do with democracy.
Afterwards we know that USA with its allies did not even intend to work
for
any kind of a peaceful solution. The terms settled by USA in the so
called
"Rambouillet agreement" included an idea of absolute control over
Yugoslavia by USA and NATO. No sovereign country could accept that kind
of
an agreement. The western media has lied about the contents of these
proposals. Why?
For more than two months of war NATO was desperate. The military
potential
of Yugoslavia and the forming of a large worldwide political
anti-imperialist front was a surprise for the American politicians and
for
NATO´s generals.
NATO´s internal problems flourished. Greece and Austria denied NATO to
use
their air space. In case of the planned ground attack Greece had not
allowed NATO to use her area at all. At peoples´ level resistance
against
NATO´s criminal war has grown explosively in NATO-countries and
everywhere
in the world.
On the first weekend of June there were large demonstrations against
USA´s
policy and NATO´s aggressions all around the world, especially in USA
and
England. The authorities of USA tried to prevent organizing of these
demonstrations.
In the end of April we knew that satellite photos of mass graves in
Kosovo
had been faked. USA has used these photos in its propaganda. In May 1999
the media shows a bunch of "evidence" of mass murders in order to
justify
continuing the war.The western power media worked hard to dehumanize
Yugoslavian army and its leadership.
In early morning on May 14th NATO committed a massacre near Albanian
border. More than one hundred Albanians were killed by NATO´s cluster
bombs. This operation was ment to justify the massive ground attack by
blaiming Yugoslavia for this terror attack. However, one day before this
crime NATO´s plans came to publicity.
NATO´s explanations were amusing. At first "there were no NATO aircrafts
at
the area". Then they found that the Albanians were as a human shield for
a
Yugoslav military unit. NATO has "evidences". NATO has always
"evidences"
when investigating its own deeds. In case there were a Yugoslavian unit,
why did NATO not mention it right away? Finding suitable explanation and
making the possible "evidences" took even couple of days.
Crotian warplanes were integrated to NATO´s operation. They have
Yugoslavian Army insignia. This is one of the most extreme form of
fraudulent means of NATO. There must have been be a real emergency in
NATO
when intending to use this kind of a deception.
Yugoslavian TV-stations had been mostly destroyed. Thus the lies of NATO
remained alive. The media repeated like a parrot the "news" controlled
by
NATO.
An agreement was finally made. According to the negotiation results
Yugoslavia remains as a sovereign state and Kosovo will be a part of it
with certain amount of independence. The peace troops at Kosovo area
will
work under UN´s control and a part of them will not be NATO´s troops.
Imperialism achieved with unscrupoulous violence military victory but
suffered serious political defeat.
Yugoslavia was the moral winner of the war. The heroic battle by
Yugoslav
people and the Yugoslavian army has proved that fight against massive
aggression of imperialism is possible and necessary.
Different forms of violence continue at Kosovo area. KFOR is not too
interested in the raw violence by ethnic Albanians against Serbs.
The contemporary process of this political theatre is obviously handling
of
real or faked war crimes.
The legal processed will be carried on in Hague tribunal. This court is
not
a court in a common sense of the word. It is a political organ of the
capitalist elite. "Evidence" of Yugoslavia´s "war crimes" are seeked
for.
Of course there are corps after the civil war and after the war.
However,
examining these corps may be very selective. Yet the corps in the at
first
found graves were Serbs...
A legal war crime process against NATO not depending on imperialist
backgrounds was started in New York on July 31st. There is another
corresponding process going on in Berlin. In Vienna the government of
Austria has been prosecuted because of supporting NATO´s criminal
activities.
There are also accusations in Hague against NATO for war crimes with
hard
evidence. Media pretends not to see them.
Up to November 1999 the political court in Hague has found no evidence
for
the genocide on which NATO based their criminal attack. Of course, after
the civil war there are graves. It is another matter. In December 1999
USA
and UN continue spreading faked evidence of the brutality by Serbs in
order
to justify NATO´s criminal attack afterwards.
In November 1999 English Members of Parliament have questionned
England´s
participation in the war on false basis.
The main intention of the world capitalism in this war is to get closer
to
Russia, Belarus and Ukraine. Imperialism is - not without reason -
afraid
of these countries to return gradually to socialism. Additonally, it is
quite clear that imperialism is interested in the Caspian oil.
It is EU´s intention to take control over Yugoslavia by violence and
coercions.
USA and NATO continue in many different methods involving the internal
affairs of Yugoslavia. Among other things the western powers infiltrated
into Yugoslavia try to change the political leadership to imperialists´
puppets.
One of the significant consequences of the war is that Yugoslavia joins
to
the state union formed by Russia and Byelorussia. Additionally, the for
instance the relations between Yugoslavia and Cuba, People´s Republic of
China, Vietnam and Iran have become more intensive.
Yugoslavia demands USA to pay a remarkable amount of money to cover the
economic damages caused by NATO.
According to an official report by Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in
November 1999 the western troops in Kosovo and their political
leadership
do not follow the UN terms of ending the war. Imperialism´s aim is still
to
suppress and to occupy Yugoslavia.
In the end of 1999 the EU continued breaking international legislation
by
efforts to affect Yugoslavia´s internal politics by supplying oil to the
internal opposition of the country.
Against all agreements and without any kind of justification Pentagon
began
in December 1999 to build a permanent military base in Kosovo.
Unjust against Yugoslavia continues in the new millenium. Unscrupulous
violence of human rights against non-Albanians have continued since June
1999 under the "control" of KFOR and UNMIK-units. The UN itself does not
honor their own resolution 1244/1999.
The worst violences in Kosovo after the war have occurred in February
2000.
They continue in March. Their origin is KLA under the protection of the
UN
"peacekeepers".
It is quite possible that NATO uses the contemporary situation as an
excuse
for a new attack on Yugoslavia in order to take over the Yugoslav mine
riches for imperialism.
In February 2000 People´s Republic of China has expressed their support
for
Yugoslavia. China hopes Yugoslavia to be a strong anti-imperialist
power.
The Socialist Party of Serbia has expressed its support for the Workers´
Party of Korea. People´s Republic of Korea, People´s Republic of China
and
the Republic of Yugoslavia form a remarkable potential power against
imperialism.
The foreign minister of Yugoslavia visited North Korea in the end of
February 2000. In order to honor the DPRK party leader Kim Jong Il´s
birthday a Korean socialist Juche study group has been established in
Yugoslavia.
Libyan and Yugoslavian top officials have met on February 20th, 2000.
"Yugoslavia and Serbia appreciate the clear stand of Libya and its
president who openly condemned NATO aggression against Yugoslavia," the
release issued in Belgrade said.
In March 2000 relations between Byelorussia and Yugoslavia have become
still more intensive in bilateral talks between the countires.
In March 2000 Yugoslavia and Iran inform about the aims to develope
their
mutual political and economic relations. Yugoslavia has also established
new political end economic relations with Myanmar Union (former Burma)
and
with Democratic People´s Republic of Laos.
USA and their EU-lackeys hoped for a catastrophe for Yugoslavia during
this
winter. What a disappointment. Electricity and heating work again in
Belgrade. Damages caused by the war are repaired quickly. The dirty US
effort by political-economic blackmailing of Yugoslavia does not work.
The
country builds on its own.
Imperialism wants to separate the Yugoslav Federation states. There have
been demonstrations for maintaining the federation both in Serbia and in
Montenegro.
Protests and demonstrations will be arranged on the anniversary of
NATO´s
attack on March 24th, 2000.
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DALLA SVEZIA
>PRESSRELEASE 2000-03-23
>
>One year after the bombing of Yugoslavia started, an appeal calling for
>an end to the sanctions against Yugoslavia was published in Sweden,
>signed by 70 prominent people, among them sportsmen, ex-ministers,
>bishops including the archbishop of Sweden, trade union presidents,
>members of parliament, scholars, representatives of the business
>community and from the cultural sector. I their appeal they point out
>the
>fact that those who suffer the most in Yugoslavia are old people and
>children but because reconstruction after the devastation is hampered,
>everybody in the population is suffering. They request the Swedish
>government to work for an end to the sanctions against Yugoslavia..
>
>The appeal and the names follow.
>
>Opinions and information: <erikgoethe@...>
>
>
>"END SANCTIONS AGAINST YUGOSLAVIA!
>
>The sanctions against Yugoslavia have been going on for nearly ten
>years, inflicting tremendous supply problems and suffering upon the
>Yugoslav people, particularily after last year's bombing raids. They now
>try to endure with small food rations, and lack of medicins and fuel.
>Those who suffer the most are old people and children, and because
>reconstruction after the devastation is hampered, everybody in the
>population is suffering. Yugoslavia also has to bear the heavy burden of
>taking care of one million refugees who have fled to the country as a
>consequence of the wars in the Balkan.
>
>It is the traditional policy of Sweden to maintain normal inter state
>relations with all countries in agreement with the United Nation's rules
>and decisions. That principle should apply also in relation to
>Yugoslavia.
>
>The sanctions currently upheld against Yugoslavia are not decided by the
>United Nations. Sweden participates in these sanctions as decided by the
>Council of Ministers of the European Union.
>
>Humanitarian reasons as well as efforts to create peaceful conditions in
>Europe, and respect for the UNO Charter make it urgent to re-establish
>normal relations with Yugoslavia in all fields.
>
>We therefore request the Swedish government to work for an end to the
>sanctions against Yugoslavia.."
>
>
>ROY ANDERSSON, film director
>STEN ANDERSSON, MP (Moderate Party)
>LENNART ASPEGREN, ex-judge of UNO war crimes tribunal
>THORSTEIN BERGMAN, author, composer
>ANDERS BJÖRNSSON, editor of "Samtider", Svenska Dagbladet daily (indep.
>mod.)
>LENNART BODSTRÖM, ex-Minister for Foreign Affairs (Social Democratic
>Party) ambassador
>TOMAS BOLME, actor, president of Swedish Actors' Equity Association
>AL BURKE, chairman Society for a Living Future
>KNUT CARLQVIST, cultural editor Finanstidningen
>CURT CARLSSON, reporter Arbetet daily
>BICKY CHAKRABORTY, hotelière
>ANNA CHRISTENSEN, professor of civil law
>PETER CURMAN, author
>MALTE ERIKSSON, president of the Sw. Graphic Workers' Union
>BJÖRN VON DER ESCH, MP (Christian Democratic Party)
>GUNNAR FREDRIKSSON, author
>JONAS DE GEER, editor of the Conservative Cultural Magazine Salt
>GÖRAN GREIDER, chief editor of Dala-Demokraten daily (Soc. Dem.)
>LOTTA GRÖNING, chief editor of Norrländska Socialdemokraten daily (Soc.
>Dem.)
>JAN GUILLOU, author
>BENGT GÖRANSSON, ex-minister of Cultural Affairs (Social Democratic
>Party)
>JAN HAGBERG, chefaktuarie, Dr. of Technology
>ROLF HAGEL, party leader (Swedish Communist Party), ex-MP
>MOHSEN HAKIM, university teacher
>BIRGITTA HAMBRAEUS, ex-MP (Centre Party)
>K G HAMMAR, archbishop of the Swedish Church
>PETER PAUL HEINEMAN, Dr. of Medicin, "Mr. radio doctor"
>C H HERMANSSON, ex party leader (Left Party), ex-MP
>TOM HEYMAN, MP (Moderate Party)
>JOACHIM ISRAEL, professor emeritus
>LENA ISRAEL, universitety lecturer
>THURE JADESTIG, ex-MP (Social Democratic Party)
>NINEL JANSSON, president of the Commercial Employees' Union
>REIDAR JÖNSSON, author
>GUN KESSLE, artist, photographer
>KALLE LARSSON, MP (Left Party)
>CARL LIDBOM, ex-minister of Justice and Foreign affairs (Social
>Democratic Party) ambassador
>SVEN-ERIC LIEDMAN, professor of science history
>MARTIN LIND, bishop diocese of Linköping
>JENNY LINDAHL, chairwomen of the Young Left,
>TAGE LINDBOM, Dr. Phil.
>TANJA LINDEBORG MP (Left Party), chairwomen of the Swedish Parliament
>Law Committee
>KJELL MAGNUSSON, peace researcher
>SAID MAHMOUDI, professor of international law
>JAN MYRDAL, author
>MARGARETA NORLIN, journalist
>NEBOJSA NOVAKOVIC, football player AIK
>ANDERS R. OLSSON, journalist, author
>LARS OHLY, MP and party secretary (Left Party)
>SUZANNE OSTEN, filmdirector, professor of the Dramatic Institute
>DAG SANDAHL, assistant vicar
>LASSE SANDLIN, sports columnist Aftonbladet daily
>HARRY SCHEIN, managing director
>BENGT SILFVERSTRAND, MP (Social Democratic Party)
>RIGMOR STENMARK, MP (Centre Party)
>MAJ-BRITT THEORIN, MEP (Social Democratic Party)
>HANS TOLLIN, Preacher of the Royal Court
>TORBJÖRN TÄNNSJÖ, professor of practical philosophy
>CECILIA VENNERSTEN, singer
>LJUBOMIR VRANJES, handball-player
>DAN WAERN, 1500-m runner
>HANS WAHLSTRÖM, president of the Swe. Transport Workers' Union
>MAJ WECHSELMAN, film director
>KARIN WEGESTÅL, MP (Social Democratic Party)
>SÖREN WIBE, professor of Forest Economy and ex-MEP (Social Dem.)
>ERIK WIJK, author
>CLAES-BERTIL YTTERBERG, bishop diocese of Västerås
>MIRO ZALAR, track and field coach and ex-pole-vaulter
>MARGARETA ZETTERSTRÖM, author
>JAN ÖBERG, peace researcher, director Transnational Foundation for Peace
>and Future Research
>
>
>
>
>
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ROMA 25/3: CORTEO NO, MA TUTTI A PIAZZA SS. APOSTOLI!
Comunicato stampa
Ad un anno dalla guerra contro la Jugoslavia
Sabato 25 marzo ci sarà una manifestazione a piazza SS. Apostoli
(o è più importante il derby ?)
Per denunciare i crimini di guerra commessi dalla NATO con i
bombardamenti
di un anno fa sulla Jugoslavia, un ampio cartello di associazioni,
centri
sociali e organizzazioni sindacali di base, ha convocato una
manifestazione
a Piazza SS. Apostoli il prossimo sabato 25 marzo alle ore 17.30.
Gli organizzatori intendono denunciare anche la nuova escalation della
tensione nella regione balcanica nella quale più di qualche osservatore
intravede nuovi scenari di guerra. In questo senso appare grave la
decisione
del governo D'Alema di inviare altri soldati italiani in Kosovo nel
quadro
della vera e propria occupazione militare da parte dei contingenti NATO.
Le forze promotrici della manifestazione intendono denunciare anche le
difficoltà interposte dalla Questura di Roma allo svolgimento della
stessa.
Inizialmente avevamo chiesto di poter svolgere un corteo da piazza della
Repubblica ma è stato negato per motivi di ordine pubblico dovuti alla
coincidenza con il derby tra Roma e Lazio. Abbiamo accettato di tenere
la
manifestazione in piazza SS. Apostoli per venire incontro a queste
esigenze,
ma la Questura ha preteso di tenerla in un orario impossibile (tra il
primo
e il secondo tempo del derby! ovvero dalle 15.30-16.30) mettendo sullo
stesso piano i problemi che possono derivare dal cosiddetto "teppismo
negli
stadi" con quelli di una pacifica manifestazione contro la guerra.
Questo condizionamento appare decisamente inaccettabile. Accettato una
volta, la prossima occasione ci verrà detto anche quali striscioni
portare o
quali contenuti esprimere..E' evidente il tentativo del governo di
mettere
"una pietra sopra" alle sue responsabilità passate e presenti nella
guerra
contro la Jugoslavia (fattore che ha provocato profonde lacerazioni
politiche e morali nel "popolo della sinistra")
Per questi motivi ribadiamo l'appuntamento per una manifestazione
pacifica
contro i crimini di guerra in Jugoslavia un anno fa e il rischio che si
ripetano
a Piazza SS. Apostoli alle ore 17.30 per sabato 25 marzo.
Convoglio internazionalista Giorgiana Masi, Forum per il Diritto a
Comunicare, Scienziati contro la Guerra, Radio Città Aperta,
Rappresentanze
Sindacali di Base, la Sezione italiana del Tribunale Clark, compagni e
compagne precari e fuorisede, Unione Popolare, Centro Documentazione
Internazionalista, Rete dei Comunisti, Democrazia Popolare-Sinistra
Unita,
AIASP, Operatori Volontari Difesa, Associazione Internazionalista
Operatori
Prima Infanzia, Comitato contro la repressione Mumia Abu Jamal,
Coordinamento romano per la Jugoslavia, Centro Sociale Intifada, Centro
Sociale "Ricomincio dal Faro", Lavoratrici e lavoratori della Fiat
Cassino.
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ROMA: LONTANO DAGLI OCCHI...
24 marzo 1999 24 marzo 2000
DOPO IL MASSACRO, L'OCCUPAZIONE MILITARE
FUORI LA NATO DALLA JUGOSLAVIA!
Quante cose, belle e brutte, accadono
Lontano dagli occhi
Quante persone vivono, soffrono, gioiscono e muoiono
Lontano dagli occhi
Quante cose vengono fatte solo
Lontano dagli occhi
Quante persone mandiamo via perché siano
Lontano dagli occhi
Per vedere tutto questo
Bisogna allenare meglio il nostro cuore
LONTANO DAGLI OCCHI...
Mercoledì 29 marzo 2000
Circolo Arci “Musillo”
Via Labicana 29 – Roma
ore 18,30
Incontro: Quante cose stanno accadendo nei Balcani?
Partecipano:
Carlo Pona – Ricercatore ENEA – Comitato scienziate e scienziati contro
la
guerra
Draghiza Soskic - critica jugoslava
Sergio Giovagnoli – Arci Solidarietà
Mauro Cristaldi – Prof. Anatomia comparata Univ. La Sapienza
ore 21,00
Il video di Krusewitz sui danni ambientali in Jugoslavia dopo i
bombardamenti della NATO.
A seguire musica gitana (e non) dal vivo, e…
Un compleanno di solidarietà: un invito a tutti i nati di marzo,
febbraio e
gennaio ad un festeggiamento di solidarietà con la popolazione yugoslava
colpita dalla guerra e con i ROM deportati in Bosnia dal comune di Roma
Il ricavato della serata verrà destinato a finanziare una azione di
solidarietà con il comune di Rakovica (Belgrado) e a dare sostegno ai
Rom
del Campo di Tor de' Cenci deportati in Bosnia dal Comune di Roma.
Promuovono: Comitato contro la guerra di Centocelle, Coordinamento
universitario contro le guerre, ARCI Solidarietà del Lazio, Ass. Cult.
Il
Geranio
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BERLINO
Betreff: Demo 24.3.
Datum: Donnerstag, 23. März 2000 14:33
Aufruf zum Jahrestag des Beginnes der NATO-Bombardierung Jugoslawiens
Zuerst wirtschaftliche Sanktionen, dann NATO- Angriff auf Jugoslawien,
begleitet
von Zerstörung ziviler Ziele und der Infrastruktur. Der Einsatz von
Uranmunition,
Splitter- und Streubomben und auch die ökologische Kriegführung waren
Teil einer
Strategie zur Disziplinierung und Unterwerfung sowie zur Verwirklichung
der
globalen Interessen von Großmächten.
Dies alles ungeachtet des Völkerrechts, der UNO- Resolutionen Nr. 75/1
und 130,
als auch anderem internationalen und nationalen Rechts.
Jetzt wird unter KFOR- Aufsicht der Krieg fortgesetzt. Die Spaltung
Jugoslawiens
wird aktiv weiterbetrieben. Die Unterdrückung und Gräueltaten durch die
UCK gegen
alle politisch andersdenkenden Bevölkerungsteile, ungeachtet sogenannter
ethnischer Definitionen werden faktisch hingenommen. Die Besetzung des
Kosovo
durch die NATO führt aktuell zur Gefahr weiterer militärischer
Eskalationen.
Menschliches Leid ist nicht wieder gutzumachen, die Toten können nicht
ins Leben
zurückgerufen werden. Es können aber die materiellen Schäden behoben
werden. Aus
Solidarität und Mitgefühl mit den Opfern der "humanitären Intervention"
fordern
wir von allen an der Aggression beteiligten Ländern:
· Schadensersatzleistungen für alle Kriegsschäden. Sofortiger
Wiederaufbau,
jedoch nicht im Geschäftsinteresse westlicher Konzerne.
· Vollständige Aufhebung aller Wirtschaftssanktionen und die
Entkopplung
von humanitärer Hilfe und politischem Wohlverhalten.
· Die Vertreibungen und den Terror der UCK gegen alle anderen
politischen
gesellschaftlichen Kräfte sofort unterbinden!
· Die Anwendung der UNO- Resolution 1244 (Rückkehr aller
Flüchtlinge, Gleichberechtigung für alle nationalen Gemeinschaften,
Verbleib
des Kosovo bei Serbien und der Bundesrepublik Jugoslawien).
· Abzug aller NATO- Truppen vom Balkan.
· Verbot des Einsatzes deutscher Soldaten im Ausland.
· Stopp des Exports von Kriegswaffen, Rüstungsmaterialien und
Kleinwaffen.
Demonstration 24. März 2000
18 Uhr Adenauerplatz (U7)
Kundgebung
19 Uhr Breitscheidplatz (S & U Zoo)
Berliner Bündnis von Friedens-, Antifa- und Internationalismusgruppen
V.i.S.d. P.: Laura von Wimmersperg, Hauptstraße 37, 10827 Berlin
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FIRENZE
sabato 25 marzo
CPA-Fi sud
Viale Giannotti 79, Firenze
Serata di solidarietà con
i lavoratori jugoslavi della Zastava
ore 20,30
Cena popolare di solidarietà
ore 21,30
Proiezione video realizzato dai lavoratori della Zastava
Dibattito per rilanciare l'attenzione sulla Jugoslavia
a cui interverrà Giacomo Scotti
ore 23,30
Concerto
n.b. tutto il ricavato sarà devoluto al fondo nazionale di
solidarietà con il popolo jugoslavo
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MILANO
JUGOSLAVIA: MARZO 1999 - MARZO 2000
LA GUERRA CONTINUA
SABATO, 25.MARZO 2000. ORE 11,00
CONCENTRAMENTI LARGO DONEGANI
OSSERVATORIO DI MILANO - ASSOCIAZIONE ITALO-JUGOSLAVA
PROMUOVONO
UN CORTEO DI MEMORIA E PROTESTA
CONTRO L?EMBARGO ALLA JUGOSLAVIA
LE VIOLENZE CONTRO SERBI E ROM
PROGRAMMA
ORE 11,30 PARTENZA DA LARGO DONEGANI, DOPO IL SUONO DELLA
SIRENA
ORE 12,00 IN PIAZZA SCALA, SARANNO ACCESE DELLE CANDELE
PER RICORDARE I MORTI CAUSATI DAI BOMBARDAMENTI
"UMANITARI" DELLA NATO.
NEL OCCASIONE IL DIRETTORE DEL OSSERVATORIO DI MILANO
RENDERA? PUBBLICO IL DOCUMENTO SULL? ATTUALE STATO
DELLA SERBIA E DEL KOSOVO, CONSEGNATO AL PONTEFICE
GIOVANNI PAOLO II NELL? UDIENZA DELL?8.MARZO.
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ROMA 25/3: CORTEO NO, MA TUTTI A PIAZZA SS. APOSTOLI!
Comunicato stampa
Ad un anno dalla guerra contro la Jugoslavia
Sabato 25 marzo ci sarà una manifestazione a piazza SS. Apostoli
(o è più importante il derby ?)
Per denunciare i crimini di guerra commessi dalla NATO con i
bombardamenti
di un anno fa sulla Jugoslavia, un ampio cartello di associazioni,
centri
sociali e organizzazioni sindacali di base, ha convocato una
manifestazione
a Piazza SS. Apostoli il prossimo sabato 25 marzo alle ore 17.30.
Gli organizzatori intendono denunciare anche la nuova escalation della
tensione nella regione balcanica nella quale più di qualche osservatore
intravede nuovi scenari di guerra. In questo senso appare grave la
decisione
del governo D'Alema di inviare altri soldati italiani in Kosovo nel
quadro
della vera e propria occupazione militare da parte dei contingenti NATO.
Le forze promotrici della manifestazione intendono denunciare anche le
difficoltà interposte dalla Questura di Roma allo svolgimento della
stessa.
Inizialmente avevamo chiesto di poter svolgere un corteo da piazza della
Repubblica ma è stato negato per motivi di ordine pubblico dovuti alla
coincidenza con il derby tra Roma e Lazio. Abbiamo accettato di tenere
la
manifestazione in piazza SS. Apostoli per venire incontro a queste
esigenze,
ma la Questura ha preteso di tenerla in un orario impossibile (tra il
primo
e il secondo tempo del derby! ovvero dalle 15.30-16.30) mettendo sullo
stesso piano i problemi che possono derivare dal cosiddetto "teppismo
negli
stadi" con quelli di una pacifica manifestazione contro la guerra.
Questo condizionamento appare decisamente inaccettabile. Accettato una
volta, la prossima occasione ci verrà detto anche quali striscioni
portare o
quali contenuti esprimere..E' evidente il tentativo del governo di
mettere
"una pietra sopra" alle sue responsabilità passate e presenti nella
guerra
contro la Jugoslavia (fattore che ha provocato profonde lacerazioni
politiche e morali nel "popolo della sinistra")
Per questi motivi ribadiamo l'appuntamento per una manifestazione
pacifica
contro i crimini di guerra in Jugoslavia un anno fa e il rischio che si
ripetano
a Piazza SS. Apostoli alle ore 17.30 per sabato 25 marzo.
Convoglio internazionalista Giorgiana Masi, Forum per il Diritto a
Comunicare, Scienziati contro la Guerra, Radio Città Aperta,
Rappresentanze
Sindacali di Base, la Sezione italiana del Tribunale Clark, compagni e
compagne precari e fuorisede, Unione Popolare, Centro Documentazione
Internazionalista, Rete dei Comunisti, Democrazia Popolare-Sinistra
Unita,
AIASP, Operatori Volontari Difesa, Associazione Internazionalista
Operatori
Prima Infanzia, Comitato contro la repressione Mumia Abu Jamal,
Coordinamento romano per la Jugoslavia, Centro Sociale Intifada, Centro
Sociale "Ricomincio dal Faro", Lavoratrici e lavoratori della Fiat
Cassino.
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ROMA: LONTANO DAGLI OCCHI...
24 marzo 1999 24 marzo 2000
DOPO IL MASSACRO, L'OCCUPAZIONE MILITARE
FUORI LA NATO DALLA JUGOSLAVIA!
Quante cose, belle e brutte, accadono
Lontano dagli occhi
Quante persone vivono, soffrono, gioiscono e muoiono
Lontano dagli occhi
Quante cose vengono fatte solo
Lontano dagli occhi
Quante persone mandiamo via perché siano
Lontano dagli occhi
Per vedere tutto questo
Bisogna allenare meglio il nostro cuore
LONTANO DAGLI OCCHI...
Mercoledì 29 marzo 2000
Circolo Arci “Musillo”
Via Labicana 29 – Roma
ore 18,30
Incontro: Quante cose stanno accadendo nei Balcani?
Partecipano:
Carlo Pona – Ricercatore ENEA – Comitato scienziate e scienziati contro
la
guerra
Draghiza Soskic - critica jugoslava
Sergio Giovagnoli – Arci Solidarietà
Mauro Cristaldi – Prof. Anatomia comparata Univ. La Sapienza
ore 21,00
Il video di Krusewitz sui danni ambientali in Jugoslavia dopo i
bombardamenti della NATO.
A seguire musica gitana (e non) dal vivo, e…
Un compleanno di solidarietà: un invito a tutti i nati di marzo,
febbraio e
gennaio ad un festeggiamento di solidarietà con la popolazione yugoslava
colpita dalla guerra e con i ROM deportati in Bosnia dal comune di Roma
Il ricavato della serata verrà destinato a finanziare una azione di
solidarietà con il comune di Rakovica (Belgrado) e a dare sostegno ai
Rom
del Campo di Tor de' Cenci deportati in Bosnia dal Comune di Roma.
Promuovono: Comitato contro la guerra di Centocelle, Coordinamento
universitario contro le guerre, ARCI Solidarietà del Lazio, Ass. Cult.
Il
Geranio
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BERLINO
Betreff: Demo 24.3.
Datum: Donnerstag, 23. März 2000 14:33
Aufruf zum Jahrestag des Beginnes der NATO-Bombardierung Jugoslawiens
Zuerst wirtschaftliche Sanktionen, dann NATO- Angriff auf Jugoslawien,
begleitet
von Zerstörung ziviler Ziele und der Infrastruktur. Der Einsatz von
Uranmunition,
Splitter- und Streubomben und auch die ökologische Kriegführung waren
Teil einer
Strategie zur Disziplinierung und Unterwerfung sowie zur Verwirklichung
der
globalen Interessen von Großmächten.
Dies alles ungeachtet des Völkerrechts, der UNO- Resolutionen Nr. 75/1
und 130,
als auch anderem internationalen und nationalen Rechts.
Jetzt wird unter KFOR- Aufsicht der Krieg fortgesetzt. Die Spaltung
Jugoslawiens
wird aktiv weiterbetrieben. Die Unterdrückung und Gräueltaten durch die
UCK gegen
alle politisch andersdenkenden Bevölkerungsteile, ungeachtet sogenannter
ethnischer Definitionen werden faktisch hingenommen. Die Besetzung des
Kosovo
durch die NATO führt aktuell zur Gefahr weiterer militärischer
Eskalationen.
Menschliches Leid ist nicht wieder gutzumachen, die Toten können nicht
ins Leben
zurückgerufen werden. Es können aber die materiellen Schäden behoben
werden. Aus
Solidarität und Mitgefühl mit den Opfern der "humanitären Intervention"
fordern
wir von allen an der Aggression beteiligten Ländern:
· Schadensersatzleistungen für alle Kriegsschäden. Sofortiger
Wiederaufbau,
jedoch nicht im Geschäftsinteresse westlicher Konzerne.
· Vollständige Aufhebung aller Wirtschaftssanktionen und die
Entkopplung
von humanitärer Hilfe und politischem Wohlverhalten.
· Die Vertreibungen und den Terror der UCK gegen alle anderen
politischen
gesellschaftlichen Kräfte sofort unterbinden!
· Die Anwendung der UNO- Resolution 1244 (Rückkehr aller
Flüchtlinge, Gleichberechtigung für alle nationalen Gemeinschaften,
Verbleib
des Kosovo bei Serbien und der Bundesrepublik Jugoslawien).
· Abzug aller NATO- Truppen vom Balkan.
· Verbot des Einsatzes deutscher Soldaten im Ausland.
· Stopp des Exports von Kriegswaffen, Rüstungsmaterialien und
Kleinwaffen.
Demonstration 24. März 2000
18 Uhr Adenauerplatz (U7)
Kundgebung
19 Uhr Breitscheidplatz (S & U Zoo)
Berliner Bündnis von Friedens-, Antifa- und Internationalismusgruppen
V.i.S.d. P.: Laura von Wimmersperg, Hauptstraße 37, 10827 Berlin
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FIRENZE
sabato 25 marzo
CPA-Fi sud
Viale Giannotti 79, Firenze
Serata di solidarietà con
i lavoratori jugoslavi della Zastava
ore 20,30
Cena popolare di solidarietà
ore 21,30
Proiezione video realizzato dai lavoratori della Zastava
Dibattito per rilanciare l'attenzione sulla Jugoslavia
a cui interverrà Giacomo Scotti
ore 23,30
Concerto
n.b. tutto il ricavato sarà devoluto al fondo nazionale di
solidarietà con il popolo jugoslavo
---
MILANO
JUGOSLAVIA: MARZO 1999 - MARZO 2000
LA GUERRA CONTINUA
SABATO, 25.MARZO 2000. ORE 11,00
CONCENTRAMENTI LARGO DONEGANI
OSSERVATORIO DI MILANO - ASSOCIAZIONE ITALO-JUGOSLAVA
PROMUOVONO
UN CORTEO DI MEMORIA E PROTESTA
CONTRO L?EMBARGO ALLA JUGOSLAVIA
LE VIOLENZE CONTRO SERBI E ROM
PROGRAMMA
ORE 11,30 PARTENZA DA LARGO DONEGANI, DOPO IL SUONO DELLA
SIRENA
ORE 12,00 IN PIAZZA SCALA, SARANNO ACCESE DELLE CANDELE
PER RICORDARE I MORTI CAUSATI DAI BOMBARDAMENTI
"UMANITARI" DELLA NATO.
NEL OCCASIONE IL DIRETTORE DEL OSSERVATORIO DI MILANO
RENDERA? PUBBLICO IL DOCUMENTO SULL? ATTUALE STATO
DELLA SERBIA E DEL KOSOVO, CONSEGNATO AL PONTEFICE
GIOVANNI PAOLO II NELL? UDIENZA DELL?8.MARZO.
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* Balkanac (D. Maksimovic)
* Ai lavoratori italiani... (M. Simovic)
* We are the ones (N. Pavic)
* Prkosna Pesma (D. Eric)
* Il buon senso (I. Slavo)
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BALKANAC (Desenka Maksimovic)
Ne stidim se sto sam-
kako vi velite-
varvarin sa Balkana
tla prljavstine i bure.
Cucete sad
i kod nas ima neke
vama nepoznate kulture.
Vi prvo ispitujete i sumnjate
daleki ste i od rodjenih sinova,
za trpezu svoju ne posadite
svakog tudjina.
Vi mozete da pijete
a da svakom ne pruzite
case vina.
A kod nas su jos obicaji grubi
mi pustamo svakog pod svoje sleme,
kod nas se jos i s namernikom ljubi,
kod nas se podvizi zbog gostoljublja cine,
kod nas svaki covjek ima
citavo pleme
prijatelja i rodbine.
Vi,doista,imate
nekoliko miliona Hristovih kipova
na svakog covjeka po jednoga
imaju ga drumovi i polja,apsane i skole,
a kod nas,kad ljudi veruju u Boga
u sebi ga nose
i tiho mu se
skoro u snu,mole.
Vi,istina,za svaki kut zivota
imate sprava i masina,
sve ste sracunali i sve znate
izumi vasi su za divljenje,
a mi jos imamo starinske alate,
ali sve je kod nas jos zdravo
i prirodno ko glina
i umiranje,i radjanj,i zivljenje.
Vi imate citave zbirke
pravila i nauka o slobodi
o svemu se kod vas pise i pripoveda
ali mi po nepisanim zakonima
slobodno zivimo
i nekog prirodnog drzimo se reda
slicno ognju,vetru i vodi.
Kod vas je zbilja sve tacno propisano
kako se jede,govori i oblaci,
a mi kad govorimo,vicemo
i masemo rukama
i corbu glasno srcemo
i u rukavicama smo
obucu nosimo od svinjske koze,
puno je kod nas seljackih navika i stvari
i kraljevski preci nasi
doista su bili govedari.
Narod nas,zbilja,u gnevu moze da kolje
rusi i pali,
ali mi nismo oni sto smisleno tlace
mi ne smatramo da je svet celi nase polje
mi ne bismo podneli
ni urodjenik prasumski da zbog nas place.
Dusa je nasa prostrana
iako smo brojem mali.
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"The Balkan Character" (Desenka Maksimovic)
I am not ashamed to be -
as you say -
a Barbarian from the Balkans:
that soil of dirt and tempest.
You will hear now
we also have some,
unknown to you, culture.
You first examine and doubt,
estranged you are even from your own sons,
and you do not invite just anyone
at your abundant tables.
You can drink,
yet not offer to everyone
a glass of wine.
Yet by us the customs are rough
we let everyone under our roof,
by us we kiss even the stranger,
by us heroic deeds are done in the name of hospitality,
by us every man has
a whole tribe
of friends and relatives.
You do, truth is, have
a few million statues of Christ
one for everyone of you
on your roads and fields, in your jails and schools,
but by us, when people believe in God
they carry Him within
and quietly, as in a dream, they
pray to Him.
You have, truth is, for every aspect of life
devices and machines,
you've calculated all and omniscient you are,
your inventions are marvelous,
but we still use obsolete tools,
yet everything by us is still healthy,
and natural as clay
dying, giving birth, and living.
You have entire collections
of rules and sciences on freedom
you write and speak of everything
but we, by unwritten laws,
freely live
and keep to some natural order
like the fire, wind and water.
By you, everything really is precisely prescribed
how to eat, speak and dress,
yet when we speak - we shout
and wave our arms
and we slurp our soup
and we wear gloves
and shoes of pig's leather,
there are many peasant habits and things by us
and even those royal ancestors of ours
really were a cow-herding lot.
Our people, the truth is, can slaughter in rage
bring down and burn,
but we are not of those who deliberately oppress
we do not consider the whole world as our field
we could not stand
even that natives in the jungles cry because of us.
Our soul is all-embracing
although our numbers are small.
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Da Simovic Milica ai lavoratori Italiani ed ai loro figli
Dov' questo mare delle lacrime dei bambini
che ogni giorno diventa pi grande ............
Si trova forse su qualche carta geografica
perch lo veda tutto il mondo ?
Si abbattuta una tempesta feroce
su questo pallido mare delle lacrime dei bambini
E' stata la tempesta a distruggere i sogni ...
oppure stato il frutto delle mani di qualcuno ?
Per i bambini hanno trovato l'aiuto di qualcuno
di quelle persone che combattono per i diritti dei bambini
Persone che amano e che saranno amate
perch questo si chiama amicizia
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WE ARE THE ONES
WE are the ones,
The mighty ones!
That stand with honor and pride.
Though fear may knock us down,
Two seconds or so...
We rise!
Again...
We stand straight and tall,
Defending what is ours...
With our souls.
We fought for centuries like that.
Until lies to all the other ones,
Have been told...
They told the world,
That we were the enemy,
They provided false proof.
Lies were told to the world
That we were the enemy,
And must be destroyed...
What happened to us?
The world shall ask tomorrow.
Yet only we know...
The truth...
(Natalija Pavic, 12 years old, Toronto)
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Prkosna pesma (Dobrica Eric)
Ja
kci Bozja
Srbija
izjavljujem dragovoljno
kroz lance i zicu
pred svedocima
Silom, Mukom i Nepravdom
da kriva sam i da priznajem krivicu!
Kriva sam sto sam neko
a ne niko i netko
Kriva sam sto u doba
opsteg Srbobrsta
idem u pravoslavnu crkvu
doduse, poretko
i sto se krstim ovako
s tri prsta!
Kriva sam sto jesam
a treba da nisam
Kriva sam odavno
sto stojim uspravno
i gledam u nebo, umesto u travu
Kriva sam sto se drznuh
protiv krivde
kriva sam
sto opet slavim svoju krsnu slavu!
Kriva sam sto pisem i citam
cirilicom
Kriva sam sto pevam
smejem se i psujem
(a ponekad i lajem)
Kriva sam, i priznajem
da ne znam sto znam, i da znam sto,
ne znam
Kriva sam i da zavrsim
s najvecom krivicom
(pre nego sto se zacenim od smeha)
Kriva sam, tvrdoglavka
sto sam Pravoslavka
i Svetosavka i sto ne verujem
u sveti zlocin i oprostaj greha!
Kriva sam i gresna, dakle sto
postojim
i kad vec postojim i jos drsko stojim
sto bar ne priznam da ne postojim!
Ako to priznam
da sacuvam glavu
izgubicu casni krst i krsnu slavu
Ako ne priznam
crno mi se pise
ceo svet ce na moju Zemlju da kidise
Rulje bivsih ljudi
lopova i golja
copori robota i drugih monstruma
kidisanje na moje vocnjake i polja
i na moje bele kuce pored druma
oko kojih, kao najlepse odive
cvetaju tresnje, jabuke i sljive, (...)
Moja ruza slika
ozaerena lika
koju umnozavate u veceri i jutra
to je slika vase svesti i podsvesti
To nisam ja, spolja
to ste vi - iznutra!
Mnogo smo vazne
Zemljo moja mila
Ja i Moje sestre
Istina i Pravda
cim se na nas digla ovolika sila
cim su na nas zinule krivda
i nepravda.
Sta ce ovde dzihadlije
krstasi
ameri
koji Mi cerece sinove i kceri
Mora da su cule belosvetske bande
da imamo zlatna Srca
pa ih vade
da ih presade u sopstvene grudi
ne bi li i oni tako bili ljudi (...)
Ja se ne plasim smrti crne duge
vec ropskog zivota i bolesti duge
Smrt je cesta pojava medj nama Srbima
kao sto su prolece
leto
jesen
zima
I nije strasnija
pogotovo danju
od suse
poplave
zemljotresa
mraza
kad je covjek sretne na svome imanju
okadjene duse i svetla obraza,
Zlonamernici
siti i maniti
sve mi zabraniste u rodjenoj kuci
al ne moze mi niko zabraniti
da pevam i da se smejem, umiruci
A to se vama vise ne dogadja
ni kad svadbujete
ni kad, vam se radja!
Postedite me koca i konopca
i razapnite me na vrhu planina
kao vasi praoci sto su mog praoca
Isusa Hrista Nazarecanina.
Ja cu da gledam
a vi zazmurite
Inace ce vam se oci rasprsnuti
od sjaja mog lica
Samo pozurite
Sto me pre razapnete
pre cu vaskrsnuti!
-
Spiteful Verses (Dobrica Eric)
I
divine daughter
Serbia
hereby freely state
with shackles and through the wire
before my witnesses
Force, Suffering and Injustice
that I am guilty and that I confess!
I am guilty of being someone
instead of no one or niemand
I am guilty of going
to the Orthodox church
in times of general Serb-hunt
and guilty of crossing myself
not too often though
thus, with three fingers!
I am guilty of existing
instead of being unreal.
I have a long standing guilt
of standing upright
and looking up to the sky
instead of down at the grass
I am guilty of daring
and challenging injustice
I am guilty of celebrating again
my family patron saint!
I am to blame for reading and writing
in Cyrillic
I am guilty of singing,
laughing and cursing
(and sometimes barking)
I am guilty, and I confess
that I do not know what I do,
and that I know why I don't know
I am guilty and to name
my greatest guilt
(before I die laughing)
I'm guilty - pig-headed as I am
of being Orthodox
devoted to St. Sava
and of not believing in
the Holy crime and the absolution!
My sin and my guilt is that I exist
and with all that I stand spitefully
refusing to confess I am not real!
Should I confess
to save my life
I will loose the sacred cross
and the patron saint.
Should I refuse
dire future awaits
the entire world will raid my land
Swarms of former men
Thieves and paupers
Packs of robots and other monsters yet
will pounce on my orchards and fields
and my little white houses along the roads
adorned by green goddesses
cherry, apple and plum trees (...)
My ugly image
With monstrous features
That you multiply morning and evening
It's the image
of your conscience and subconscience
That's not me on the outside
That's you - on the inside!
We are very important,
I and my sisters
Truth and Justice
for such mighty forces have rallied against us
and Wrong and Injustice are sneering at us.
Why are Jihad warriors
Crusaders or
Yanks
to quarter my sons and daughters
I suppose that foreign hordes have heard
that we have hearts of gold
and they are ripping them out
to replace their own
hoping to become human. (...)
I fear not death - the black conclusion
but slavery and endless sickness
Death is a common thing among us Serbs
Just like Spring
Summer
Fall
Winter
and it is not so fearsome
especially in daylight
no more than the drought
flood
earthquake
frost
if one meets with it on his farm
his soul cleansed with incense
his honor untarnished.
Fiends
well-fed and deranged,
you've banned all in my own home,
but no one can stop me
from singing and laughing as I am dying!
For you no longer laugh or sing
neither on weddings
nor when a child is born!
Spare me the rope and the spear
and crucify me on a mountain top
as your forefathers did my forefather
Jesus Christ of Nazareth.
I will look on
and you close your eyes
for they might shatter
in the brightness of my face
hurry now,
crucify me this day
and I shall be resurrected sooner!
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IL BUON SENSO
Nati molto dopo il sessantotto, non urlavamo
per piacere
se occupammo scuole era per futili motivi
e ancora esplodiamo di rassegnazione.
Ma voi canaglie, esseri vuoti di morale,
voi reticenti sulle stragi della NATO
e complici di crimini di Stato
sciacalli, opportunisti, masnada di assassini
voi che il massimo di sforzo lo impiegate in battimani
a fare le troie e gli avvocati degli americani
con quel pessimo buon senso - vi dovreste vergognare
ancora nessuno vi ha presentato il conto da pagare.
Voi zitti su Jasenovac, voi bugiardi fino in cima,
che non avete mai memoria ne' speranza ne' autostima
e dopo trenta anni non capite ancora Piazza Fontana:
voi triste buoncostume, ignobili figli di puttana
noi - viceversa - non abbiamo da dimenticare
dobbiamo solo capire cosa andremo a raccontare
ai figli ed ai nipoti, ai popoli fratelli
voi decadenza, cimitero dei cervelli
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* Ai lavoratori italiani... (M. Simovic)
* We are the ones (N. Pavic)
* Prkosna Pesma (D. Eric)
* Il buon senso (I. Slavo)
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BALKANAC (Desenka Maksimovic)
Ne stidim se sto sam-
kako vi velite-
varvarin sa Balkana
tla prljavstine i bure.
Cucete sad
i kod nas ima neke
vama nepoznate kulture.
Vi prvo ispitujete i sumnjate
daleki ste i od rodjenih sinova,
za trpezu svoju ne posadite
svakog tudjina.
Vi mozete da pijete
a da svakom ne pruzite
case vina.
A kod nas su jos obicaji grubi
mi pustamo svakog pod svoje sleme,
kod nas se jos i s namernikom ljubi,
kod nas se podvizi zbog gostoljublja cine,
kod nas svaki covjek ima
citavo pleme
prijatelja i rodbine.
Vi,doista,imate
nekoliko miliona Hristovih kipova
na svakog covjeka po jednoga
imaju ga drumovi i polja,apsane i skole,
a kod nas,kad ljudi veruju u Boga
u sebi ga nose
i tiho mu se
skoro u snu,mole.
Vi,istina,za svaki kut zivota
imate sprava i masina,
sve ste sracunali i sve znate
izumi vasi su za divljenje,
a mi jos imamo starinske alate,
ali sve je kod nas jos zdravo
i prirodno ko glina
i umiranje,i radjanj,i zivljenje.
Vi imate citave zbirke
pravila i nauka o slobodi
o svemu se kod vas pise i pripoveda
ali mi po nepisanim zakonima
slobodno zivimo
i nekog prirodnog drzimo se reda
slicno ognju,vetru i vodi.
Kod vas je zbilja sve tacno propisano
kako se jede,govori i oblaci,
a mi kad govorimo,vicemo
i masemo rukama
i corbu glasno srcemo
i u rukavicama smo
obucu nosimo od svinjske koze,
puno je kod nas seljackih navika i stvari
i kraljevski preci nasi
doista su bili govedari.
Narod nas,zbilja,u gnevu moze da kolje
rusi i pali,
ali mi nismo oni sto smisleno tlace
mi ne smatramo da je svet celi nase polje
mi ne bismo podneli
ni urodjenik prasumski da zbog nas place.
Dusa je nasa prostrana
iako smo brojem mali.
-
"The Balkan Character" (Desenka Maksimovic)
I am not ashamed to be -
as you say -
a Barbarian from the Balkans:
that soil of dirt and tempest.
You will hear now
we also have some,
unknown to you, culture.
You first examine and doubt,
estranged you are even from your own sons,
and you do not invite just anyone
at your abundant tables.
You can drink,
yet not offer to everyone
a glass of wine.
Yet by us the customs are rough
we let everyone under our roof,
by us we kiss even the stranger,
by us heroic deeds are done in the name of hospitality,
by us every man has
a whole tribe
of friends and relatives.
You do, truth is, have
a few million statues of Christ
one for everyone of you
on your roads and fields, in your jails and schools,
but by us, when people believe in God
they carry Him within
and quietly, as in a dream, they
pray to Him.
You have, truth is, for every aspect of life
devices and machines,
you've calculated all and omniscient you are,
your inventions are marvelous,
but we still use obsolete tools,
yet everything by us is still healthy,
and natural as clay
dying, giving birth, and living.
You have entire collections
of rules and sciences on freedom
you write and speak of everything
but we, by unwritten laws,
freely live
and keep to some natural order
like the fire, wind and water.
By you, everything really is precisely prescribed
how to eat, speak and dress,
yet when we speak - we shout
and wave our arms
and we slurp our soup
and we wear gloves
and shoes of pig's leather,
there are many peasant habits and things by us
and even those royal ancestors of ours
really were a cow-herding lot.
Our people, the truth is, can slaughter in rage
bring down and burn,
but we are not of those who deliberately oppress
we do not consider the whole world as our field
we could not stand
even that natives in the jungles cry because of us.
Our soul is all-embracing
although our numbers are small.
---
Da Simovic Milica ai lavoratori Italiani ed ai loro figli
Dov' questo mare delle lacrime dei bambini
che ogni giorno diventa pi grande ............
Si trova forse su qualche carta geografica
perch lo veda tutto il mondo ?
Si abbattuta una tempesta feroce
su questo pallido mare delle lacrime dei bambini
E' stata la tempesta a distruggere i sogni ...
oppure stato il frutto delle mani di qualcuno ?
Per i bambini hanno trovato l'aiuto di qualcuno
di quelle persone che combattono per i diritti dei bambini
Persone che amano e che saranno amate
perch questo si chiama amicizia
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WE ARE THE ONES
WE are the ones,
The mighty ones!
That stand with honor and pride.
Though fear may knock us down,
Two seconds or so...
We rise!
Again...
We stand straight and tall,
Defending what is ours...
With our souls.
We fought for centuries like that.
Until lies to all the other ones,
Have been told...
They told the world,
That we were the enemy,
They provided false proof.
Lies were told to the world
That we were the enemy,
And must be destroyed...
What happened to us?
The world shall ask tomorrow.
Yet only we know...
The truth...
(Natalija Pavic, 12 years old, Toronto)
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Prkosna pesma (Dobrica Eric)
Ja
kci Bozja
Srbija
izjavljujem dragovoljno
kroz lance i zicu
pred svedocima
Silom, Mukom i Nepravdom
da kriva sam i da priznajem krivicu!
Kriva sam sto sam neko
a ne niko i netko
Kriva sam sto u doba
opsteg Srbobrsta
idem u pravoslavnu crkvu
doduse, poretko
i sto se krstim ovako
s tri prsta!
Kriva sam sto jesam
a treba da nisam
Kriva sam odavno
sto stojim uspravno
i gledam u nebo, umesto u travu
Kriva sam sto se drznuh
protiv krivde
kriva sam
sto opet slavim svoju krsnu slavu!
Kriva sam sto pisem i citam
cirilicom
Kriva sam sto pevam
smejem se i psujem
(a ponekad i lajem)
Kriva sam, i priznajem
da ne znam sto znam, i da znam sto,
ne znam
Kriva sam i da zavrsim
s najvecom krivicom
(pre nego sto se zacenim od smeha)
Kriva sam, tvrdoglavka
sto sam Pravoslavka
i Svetosavka i sto ne verujem
u sveti zlocin i oprostaj greha!
Kriva sam i gresna, dakle sto
postojim
i kad vec postojim i jos drsko stojim
sto bar ne priznam da ne postojim!
Ako to priznam
da sacuvam glavu
izgubicu casni krst i krsnu slavu
Ako ne priznam
crno mi se pise
ceo svet ce na moju Zemlju da kidise
Rulje bivsih ljudi
lopova i golja
copori robota i drugih monstruma
kidisanje na moje vocnjake i polja
i na moje bele kuce pored druma
oko kojih, kao najlepse odive
cvetaju tresnje, jabuke i sljive, (...)
Moja ruza slika
ozaerena lika
koju umnozavate u veceri i jutra
to je slika vase svesti i podsvesti
To nisam ja, spolja
to ste vi - iznutra!
Mnogo smo vazne
Zemljo moja mila
Ja i Moje sestre
Istina i Pravda
cim se na nas digla ovolika sila
cim su na nas zinule krivda
i nepravda.
Sta ce ovde dzihadlije
krstasi
ameri
koji Mi cerece sinove i kceri
Mora da su cule belosvetske bande
da imamo zlatna Srca
pa ih vade
da ih presade u sopstvene grudi
ne bi li i oni tako bili ljudi (...)
Ja se ne plasim smrti crne duge
vec ropskog zivota i bolesti duge
Smrt je cesta pojava medj nama Srbima
kao sto su prolece
leto
jesen
zima
I nije strasnija
pogotovo danju
od suse
poplave
zemljotresa
mraza
kad je covjek sretne na svome imanju
okadjene duse i svetla obraza,
Zlonamernici
siti i maniti
sve mi zabraniste u rodjenoj kuci
al ne moze mi niko zabraniti
da pevam i da se smejem, umiruci
A to se vama vise ne dogadja
ni kad svadbujete
ni kad, vam se radja!
Postedite me koca i konopca
i razapnite me na vrhu planina
kao vasi praoci sto su mog praoca
Isusa Hrista Nazarecanina.
Ja cu da gledam
a vi zazmurite
Inace ce vam se oci rasprsnuti
od sjaja mog lica
Samo pozurite
Sto me pre razapnete
pre cu vaskrsnuti!
-
Spiteful Verses (Dobrica Eric)
I
divine daughter
Serbia
hereby freely state
with shackles and through the wire
before my witnesses
Force, Suffering and Injustice
that I am guilty and that I confess!
I am guilty of being someone
instead of no one or niemand
I am guilty of going
to the Orthodox church
in times of general Serb-hunt
and guilty of crossing myself
not too often though
thus, with three fingers!
I am guilty of existing
instead of being unreal.
I have a long standing guilt
of standing upright
and looking up to the sky
instead of down at the grass
I am guilty of daring
and challenging injustice
I am guilty of celebrating again
my family patron saint!
I am to blame for reading and writing
in Cyrillic
I am guilty of singing,
laughing and cursing
(and sometimes barking)
I am guilty, and I confess
that I do not know what I do,
and that I know why I don't know
I am guilty and to name
my greatest guilt
(before I die laughing)
I'm guilty - pig-headed as I am
of being Orthodox
devoted to St. Sava
and of not believing in
the Holy crime and the absolution!
My sin and my guilt is that I exist
and with all that I stand spitefully
refusing to confess I am not real!
Should I confess
to save my life
I will loose the sacred cross
and the patron saint.
Should I refuse
dire future awaits
the entire world will raid my land
Swarms of former men
Thieves and paupers
Packs of robots and other monsters yet
will pounce on my orchards and fields
and my little white houses along the roads
adorned by green goddesses
cherry, apple and plum trees (...)
My ugly image
With monstrous features
That you multiply morning and evening
It's the image
of your conscience and subconscience
That's not me on the outside
That's you - on the inside!
We are very important,
I and my sisters
Truth and Justice
for such mighty forces have rallied against us
and Wrong and Injustice are sneering at us.
Why are Jihad warriors
Crusaders or
Yanks
to quarter my sons and daughters
I suppose that foreign hordes have heard
that we have hearts of gold
and they are ripping them out
to replace their own
hoping to become human. (...)
I fear not death - the black conclusion
but slavery and endless sickness
Death is a common thing among us Serbs
Just like Spring
Summer
Fall
Winter
and it is not so fearsome
especially in daylight
no more than the drought
flood
earthquake
frost
if one meets with it on his farm
his soul cleansed with incense
his honor untarnished.
Fiends
well-fed and deranged,
you've banned all in my own home,
but no one can stop me
from singing and laughing as I am dying!
For you no longer laugh or sing
neither on weddings
nor when a child is born!
Spare me the rope and the spear
and crucify me on a mountain top
as your forefathers did my forefather
Jesus Christ of Nazareth.
I will look on
and you close your eyes
for they might shatter
in the brightness of my face
hurry now,
crucify me this day
and I shall be resurrected sooner!
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IL BUON SENSO
Nati molto dopo il sessantotto, non urlavamo
per piacere
se occupammo scuole era per futili motivi
e ancora esplodiamo di rassegnazione.
Ma voi canaglie, esseri vuoti di morale,
voi reticenti sulle stragi della NATO
e complici di crimini di Stato
sciacalli, opportunisti, masnada di assassini
voi che il massimo di sforzo lo impiegate in battimani
a fare le troie e gli avvocati degli americani
con quel pessimo buon senso - vi dovreste vergognare
ancora nessuno vi ha presentato il conto da pagare.
Voi zitti su Jasenovac, voi bugiardi fino in cima,
che non avete mai memoria ne' speranza ne' autostima
e dopo trenta anni non capite ancora Piazza Fontana:
voi triste buoncostume, ignobili figli di puttana
noi - viceversa - non abbiamo da dimenticare
dobbiamo solo capire cosa andremo a raccontare
ai figli ed ai nipoti, ai popoli fratelli
voi decadenza, cimitero dei cervelli
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PARIGI
> From: Olga Daric
> To: crj@...
> Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2000 5:00 PM
> Subject: Godinu dana nato oruzane agresije na Jugoslaviju
>
>
> Dragi drugovi,
> dostavljavljam vam malu ispravku: Okupljanje u Parizu
> pocinje u 15 sati, a ne kako je prvobitno najavljeno u 17.
> Molim vas da to objavite ako je moguce. Dunque, la manifestazione è
> alle 15 h e non alle 17 h come inizialmente previsto. Inoltre, hanno
> adderito diverse alte associazioni e collettivi, ma non potendo io
> verificarlo, non ve ne rendo conto. Cari saluti.
> Smrt fasizmu, sloboda narodu!
> Olga Daric, lektor prevodilac (Tanjug 1973-1993)
> **************************************************************************************************************************
>
> 25. marta, Pariz u 15 h. na trgu Republike Skup mira protiv
> zlocinacke n a t o agresije.
>
> A PARIGI
> Sabato 25 marzo alle 15 h. in p.zza della Repubblica
> manifestazione pacifica per ricordare una guerra sanguinaria della
> n a t o
>
> organizzata da Comité pour la protection des droits de l' homme
> (informazioni tel. 01 48 58 50 86) Montreuil
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> From: Olga Daric
> To: crj@...
> Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2000 5:00 PM
> Subject: Godinu dana nato oruzane agresije na Jugoslaviju
>
>
> Dragi drugovi,
> dostavljavljam vam malu ispravku: Okupljanje u Parizu
> pocinje u 15 sati, a ne kako je prvobitno najavljeno u 17.
> Molim vas da to objavite ako je moguce. Dunque, la manifestazione è
> alle 15 h e non alle 17 h come inizialmente previsto. Inoltre, hanno
> adderito diverse alte associazioni e collettivi, ma non potendo io
> verificarlo, non ve ne rendo conto. Cari saluti.
> Smrt fasizmu, sloboda narodu!
> Olga Daric, lektor prevodilac (Tanjug 1973-1993)
> **************************************************************************************************************************
>
> 25. marta, Pariz u 15 h. na trgu Republike Skup mira protiv
> zlocinacke n a t o agresije.
>
> A PARIGI
> Sabato 25 marzo alle 15 h. in p.zza della Repubblica
> manifestazione pacifica per ricordare una guerra sanguinaria della
> n a t o
>
> organizzata da Comité pour la protection des droits de l' homme
> (informazioni tel. 01 48 58 50 86) Montreuil
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BRUXELLES - WIEN - LONDON
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A BRUXELLES : ON MANIFESTERA AUSSI CONTRE LES TUEURS DE L'OTAN !
Commémoration du 1er anniversaire des bombardements de la
yougoslavie par l'OTAN
Vendredi 24 mars 2000, à 18 heures
Place de Brouckère
Bruxelles
Organisée par le Comité pour la paix de la Ligue Anti-Impérialiste
NON A LA PROPAGANDE DE GUERRE
NON A L'EXTENSION DE L'OTAN
Site web: http://www.lai-aib.org/
LAI, 68 rue de la Caserne, B-1000 Bruxelles
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WIEN (OESTERREICH)
Pressekonferenzeinladung/Präsentation der Dokumentation des
Wiener-Tribunals/Demonstration anläßlich des ersten Jahrestages der
NATO-Aggression
Gedenk- und Protestdemonstration zum Jahrestag der NATO-Aggression
Utl.: Präsentation der Dokumentation des Wiener-Tribunals
Wien (OTS): Anläßlich des ersten Jahrestages des NATO-Militärschlages
gegen Jugoslawien wollen wir - Vertreter und Vertreterinnen des Wiener
Tribunals - den Opfern dieser Aggression gedenken und uns gegen die
damit
eingeleitete neue Weltordnung und eine weitere militärpolitische
Integration Österreichs aussprechen.
Vor diesem Hintergrund laden wir Sie als Wiener Tribunalkomitee
anläßlich
+ des Internationalen Gedenk- und Protestmarsches am 24. März 2000,
18.30 Uhr Parlament - 20.00 Uhr Karlsplatz/vor der Oper
Motto: "Nein zu Beistandspflicht, WEU und NATO! Kein Sozialabbau für
Aufrüstung! Erhalt der Neutralität!"
+ und der Erst-Präsentation der Dokumentation des Wiener-Tribunals
zur Pressekonferenz des Wiener-Tribunal-Komitees
am Donnerstag, den 23. März 2000, um 11.00 Uhr ins Cafe
Landtmann
herzlich ein.
Ein Jahr nach dem selbstmandatierten Einsatz, dem größten Militärschlag
in
der Geschichte der NATO, gilt es Bilanz zu ziehen.
Mit diesem selbstmandatierten Kampfeinsatz wurde das Völkerrecht
ausgehölt
und die Vereinten Nationen nachhaltig geschwächt. Sowohl die
"Washingtoner Erklärung der NATO" (April 1999), wie der EU-Beschluß von
Helsinki (Dezember 1999) erkennen nur mehr "eine vorrangige
Verantwortung
des Sicherheitsrats der Vereinten Nationen" an. Damit wird offen
ausgesprochen, daß die "unerläßliche(n) Nation(en)", denen die ewige
"Mission" zukomme die "Welt zu führen" (B. Clinton), letztlich auch
gewillt sind, ihre selbstausgerufene sekundäre Verantwortung "notfalls"
mittels einer Suspendierung der Vereinten Nationen wahrzunehmen.
Was immer auch an Menschenrechtsverletzungen vor und nach dem 24. März
1999 im Kosovo passiert sein mag, heute müßte zumindest zweierlei
auffallen: 1. Daß sich die den Krieg legitimierenden Vorwürfe, die sich
von "ethnischen Säuberungen" bis zum "Genozid" gesteigert haben, als
unhaltbar erwiesen haben. 2. Daß sich die Lage im Kosovo seit dem
Einrücken der NATO-geführten KFOR-Truppen nachweislich verschlimmert
hat,
Kriminalität und Terror durch die vom Westen zur "Befreiungsbewegung"
aufgewerteten Terrororganisation UCK auf der Tagesordnung stehen und
heute
weite Teile der Provinz, zumindest unter Duldung der NATO, tatsächlich
ethnisch gesäubert sind.
Gleichzeitig drängen die maßgeblichen Kräfte der österreichischen
Politik
in Richtung einer weiteren militärpolitischen Integration Österreichs.
Daher wurde bereits in den Koalitionsgesprächen zwischen der SPÖ und der
ÖVP festgelegt, im Falle eines nichtzustandekommens einer
EU-Beistandspflicht, direkte Verhandlungen mit der WEU und/oder NATO
aufzunehmen. Die neue Regierung hat dieses Ansinnen dankend in ihren
Koalititonspakt übernommen und stellt nun die Weichen auf eine
"vollumfängliche" Teilnahme Österreichs an künftigen Militärschlägen.
****************************
Jugoslawisch-Österreichische Solidaritätsbewegung (JÖSB)
PF 217, A-1040 Wien, Österreich
joesb@...
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LONDON (UK)
Committee for Peace in the Balkans l Update No4 l Mar 2000
CONTENTS m First anniversary of NATO
bombing - Commemorative Rally details
FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF NATO BOMBING OF
YUGOSLAVIACOMMEMORATIVE RALLYOne year after NATO started bombing - speak
out against
NATO war crimes in Yugoslavia Speakers include:
Alice Mahon MP, reporting back from the second national Building
Bridges delegation to Yugoslavia on 17th
March
Tariq Ali editor of Masters of the Universe, NATO's Balkan
Crusade, which is about to be published
Felicity Arbuthnot writer specialising in depeleted uranium
Michael Gavrilovic British-Serbian Alliance for Peace
Philip Hammond media studies speciallist
Dave Knight Chair of CND
Jean Lambert MEP
Mark Steel writer
Friday 24th March7pm at Friends House, Euston Road, London NW1 (oppostie
Euston BR)Organised by the
Committee for Peace in the Balkans, supported by Campaign for Nuclear
DisarmamentThe rally will be followed by a
Candle-lit Vigil at Downing Street, 9.30pm to 10.30pm.Contact the
Committee for Peace in the Balkansc/o Alice Mahon MP,
House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA
tel 0171 275 0164
email committee@...
web sit www.peaceinbalkans.freeserve.co.uk
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A BRUXELLES : ON MANIFESTERA AUSSI CONTRE LES TUEURS DE L'OTAN !
Commémoration du 1er anniversaire des bombardements de la
yougoslavie par l'OTAN
Vendredi 24 mars 2000, à 18 heures
Place de Brouckère
Bruxelles
Organisée par le Comité pour la paix de la Ligue Anti-Impérialiste
NON A LA PROPAGANDE DE GUERRE
NON A L'EXTENSION DE L'OTAN
Site web: http://www.lai-aib.org/
LAI, 68 rue de la Caserne, B-1000 Bruxelles
---
WIEN (OESTERREICH)
Pressekonferenzeinladung/Präsentation der Dokumentation des
Wiener-Tribunals/Demonstration anläßlich des ersten Jahrestages der
NATO-Aggression
Gedenk- und Protestdemonstration zum Jahrestag der NATO-Aggression
Utl.: Präsentation der Dokumentation des Wiener-Tribunals
Wien (OTS): Anläßlich des ersten Jahrestages des NATO-Militärschlages
gegen Jugoslawien wollen wir - Vertreter und Vertreterinnen des Wiener
Tribunals - den Opfern dieser Aggression gedenken und uns gegen die
damit
eingeleitete neue Weltordnung und eine weitere militärpolitische
Integration Österreichs aussprechen.
Vor diesem Hintergrund laden wir Sie als Wiener Tribunalkomitee
anläßlich
+ des Internationalen Gedenk- und Protestmarsches am 24. März 2000,
18.30 Uhr Parlament - 20.00 Uhr Karlsplatz/vor der Oper
Motto: "Nein zu Beistandspflicht, WEU und NATO! Kein Sozialabbau für
Aufrüstung! Erhalt der Neutralität!"
+ und der Erst-Präsentation der Dokumentation des Wiener-Tribunals
zur Pressekonferenz des Wiener-Tribunal-Komitees
am Donnerstag, den 23. März 2000, um 11.00 Uhr ins Cafe
Landtmann
herzlich ein.
Ein Jahr nach dem selbstmandatierten Einsatz, dem größten Militärschlag
in
der Geschichte der NATO, gilt es Bilanz zu ziehen.
Mit diesem selbstmandatierten Kampfeinsatz wurde das Völkerrecht
ausgehölt
und die Vereinten Nationen nachhaltig geschwächt. Sowohl die
"Washingtoner Erklärung der NATO" (April 1999), wie der EU-Beschluß von
Helsinki (Dezember 1999) erkennen nur mehr "eine vorrangige
Verantwortung
des Sicherheitsrats der Vereinten Nationen" an. Damit wird offen
ausgesprochen, daß die "unerläßliche(n) Nation(en)", denen die ewige
"Mission" zukomme die "Welt zu führen" (B. Clinton), letztlich auch
gewillt sind, ihre selbstausgerufene sekundäre Verantwortung "notfalls"
mittels einer Suspendierung der Vereinten Nationen wahrzunehmen.
Was immer auch an Menschenrechtsverletzungen vor und nach dem 24. März
1999 im Kosovo passiert sein mag, heute müßte zumindest zweierlei
auffallen: 1. Daß sich die den Krieg legitimierenden Vorwürfe, die sich
von "ethnischen Säuberungen" bis zum "Genozid" gesteigert haben, als
unhaltbar erwiesen haben. 2. Daß sich die Lage im Kosovo seit dem
Einrücken der NATO-geführten KFOR-Truppen nachweislich verschlimmert
hat,
Kriminalität und Terror durch die vom Westen zur "Befreiungsbewegung"
aufgewerteten Terrororganisation UCK auf der Tagesordnung stehen und
heute
weite Teile der Provinz, zumindest unter Duldung der NATO, tatsächlich
ethnisch gesäubert sind.
Gleichzeitig drängen die maßgeblichen Kräfte der österreichischen
Politik
in Richtung einer weiteren militärpolitischen Integration Österreichs.
Daher wurde bereits in den Koalitionsgesprächen zwischen der SPÖ und der
ÖVP festgelegt, im Falle eines nichtzustandekommens einer
EU-Beistandspflicht, direkte Verhandlungen mit der WEU und/oder NATO
aufzunehmen. Die neue Regierung hat dieses Ansinnen dankend in ihren
Koalititonspakt übernommen und stellt nun die Weichen auf eine
"vollumfängliche" Teilnahme Österreichs an künftigen Militärschlägen.
****************************
Jugoslawisch-Österreichische Solidaritätsbewegung (JÖSB)
PF 217, A-1040 Wien, Österreich
joesb@...
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LONDON (UK)
Committee for Peace in the Balkans l Update No4 l Mar 2000
CONTENTS m First anniversary of NATO
bombing - Commemorative Rally details
FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF NATO BOMBING OF
YUGOSLAVIACOMMEMORATIVE RALLYOne year after NATO started bombing - speak
out against
NATO war crimes in Yugoslavia Speakers include:
Alice Mahon MP, reporting back from the second national Building
Bridges delegation to Yugoslavia on 17th
March
Tariq Ali editor of Masters of the Universe, NATO's Balkan
Crusade, which is about to be published
Felicity Arbuthnot writer specialising in depeleted uranium
Michael Gavrilovic British-Serbian Alliance for Peace
Philip Hammond media studies speciallist
Dave Knight Chair of CND
Jean Lambert MEP
Mark Steel writer
Friday 24th March7pm at Friends House, Euston Road, London NW1 (oppostie
Euston BR)Organised by the
Committee for Peace in the Balkans, supported by Campaign for Nuclear
DisarmamentThe rally will be followed by a
Candle-lit Vigil at Downing Street, 9.30pm to 10.30pm.Contact the
Committee for Peace in the Balkansc/o Alice Mahon MP,
House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA
tel 0171 275 0164
email committee@...
web sit www.peaceinbalkans.freeserve.co.uk
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* "THE OBSERVER": REGNO DEL TERRORE INSTAURATO DALL'ONU IN KOSOVO
Gravissime denunce sul ruolo del Kosovo Protection Corp (UCK "ripulito")
* INTERVISTA AD AGIM K., RIFUGIATO ALBANESE-KOSOVARO A BELGRADO
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(The following article has been already distributed in english:
http://www.egroups.com/group/crj-mailinglist/100.html? )
Da "The Observer", domenica 12 marzo 2000
Rivelazioni: Kosovo, il regno del terrore
delle unita' appoggiate dall'ONU, il
'servizio di risposta alle emergenze'
sotto accusa per omicidi e torture
di John Sweeney e Jens Holsoe
Omicidi torture ed estorsioni:
queste sono le straordinarie accuse
mosse contro il corpo di Protezione
ONU in Kosovo (KPC) da un dossier confidenziale
delle Nazioni Unite redatto
per il segretario generale Kofi Annan.
Il KPC e' accusato nel documento, apparso
il 29 febbraio, di "attivita' criminali
uccisioni, maltrattamenti/torture,
abusi di potere, intimidazioni,
rottura della politica di neutralita'
e incitamento all'odio".
Il corpo formato da 5000 uomini,
e' finanziato dagli stati membri dell'ONU
inclusa la Gran Bretagna,
riceve 30 milioni di sterline (quasi
90 miliardi di Lire) per il Kosovo.
E' stato organizzato per costituire
una forza di pronto intervento
di "risposta ai disastri". Invece, l'ONU afferma,
e' stata capace di uccidere e torturare
persone. Il giudizio di condanna dell'ONU stesso
e' una chiara prova del fallimento
del Rappresentante Speciale Bermard Kouchner
nel ristabilimento dello stato di diritto
in Kosovo.
Molti dei reclutati nel corpo provengono
direttamente dall'UCK, organizzato per
rispondere con la violenza alla
violenza della polizia di Milosevic.
L'intervento NATO ha visto a giugno scorso
la partenza delle truppe serbe dal Kosovo,
ma la violenza ed il gangsterismo degli
estremisti albanesi non si e' fermato.
Il messaggio franco del rapporto e' che
l'ONU sta pagando i salari di molti
dei gangsters.
Il Rapporto copre il periodo dal 21 gennaio,
quando il corpo e' stato formalmente
fondato.
Sotto a l'intestazione "uccisioni" l'ONU dice :
"Dagash: due membri del KPC e tre altre persone
sono state arrestate dalla polizia dell'ONU
in connessione con l'uccisione di
un Gorani (11 febbraio)"
Vi sono tre accuse di maltrattamenti
e torture: a Pec, un uomo
e' stato picchiato senza motivo
nel quartier generale del KPC.
L'uomo ha ricevuto
ferite alla testa, e gravi contusioni da
calcio di fucile.
La vittima e' stata attaccata in un articolo
di giornale, sritto da un ex combattente
dell'UCK.
A Prizren, un uomo della minoranza Torbesh -
un gruppo di musulmani turchi sospettati
dagli albanesi di collaborazione con i serbi - e' stato
sequestrato e pestato da un membro del KPC e da
altri tre uomini.
Inoltre a Prizren il KPC e' sotto accusa per
aver estorto confessioni con
l'uso della tortura.
Dopo che due uomini sono stati arrestati
con il sospetto di aver rubato una macchina
sono stati trasportati alla polizia ONU.
Gli arrestati "hanno protestato per essere stati
trattati brutalmente. Successivi esami medici
hanno corroborato le accuse
mosse dalle vittime".
Il 4 febbraio le truppe della K-FOR, la forza multinazionale,
hanno sospeso dal KPC i due sospetti torturatori.
Il KPC non e' una forza di polizia,
ed ancora una delle gravi preoccupazioni
sollevate dal rapporto dell'ONU, redatto dall'
ufficio dello stesso Kouchner, e' che
membri del KPC si stanno comportando come se
fossero al di sopra della legge.
Il rapporto fa la lista delle proteste
da parte della polizia ONU che lavora
per la sua missione in Kosovo (UNMIK).
Il KPC sta organizzando la protezione del racket
in tutto il Kosovo - a Pristina, Suva Reka,
Dragash, Istok, e Prizren - chiedendo
"contributi" ai negozianti, ai clienti e uomini d'affari.
A Suva Reka membri del KPC sono
sospettati di aver costretto la stazione
di servizio ad accettare buoni
al posto delle banconote per il carburante.
A Vucitrn, si riporta che il KPC ha
richiesto soldi in cambio di protezione
per i membri di una minoranza etnica, gli Askali,
originarii dell'India. Un membro della
famiglia era stato in precedenza
sequestrato e la famiglia aveva subito un attentato
dinamitardo.
Il KPC ha una schema chiaro
per le minacce di morte, afferma l'ONU.
Due membri del KPC hanno minacciato di
uccidere gli interpreti della K-FOR dopo essere stati
arrestati dalle truppe NATO in Kosovo.
Successivamente agli arresti, 20 uomini del
KPC hanno circondato la stazione di polizia
richiedendo il rilascio degli arrestati che sono
stati liberati il giorno dopo.
Il KPC sta forse controllando il racket della
prostituzione, afferma l'ONU. Un rapporto
e' stato ricevuto il 14 di febbraio. In tale rapporto
si afferma che un alto ufficiale del KPC
forse supervisiona il racket della
prostituzione dal Bar antistante il campo
di addestramento del KPC di Srbica.
Il KPC e' guidato dal Generale Agim Ceku,
che entra nel rapporto in quanto oggetto
di forti critiche. I suoi primi impegni
furono di non tollerare alcun comportamento
criminale da parte dei membri del KPC
e di espellere chiunque
violasse la legge, tali impegni
sono smascherati dal rapporto, e Ceku,
che e' un ex-comandante del UCK, e' oggetto di critiche
personali.
Sotto il titolo "Attivita' contro le minoranze
incluso incitamento all'odio", Ceku e'
criticato per essere stato presente
ad una marcia di protesta organizzata dai membri
Albanesi del KPC ed un discorso e' stato tradotto
in Serbo-Croato - la lingua
della minoranza musulmana slava
sospettata di collaborazionismo
con i serbi. Il rapporto commenta:
"E' chiara opinione dei presenti che
questa e' stata una azione permeditata.
I discorsi del Generale Ceku e quello
del comandante regionale del KPC
non sono stati quelli in precedenza pattuiti.
I due hanno parlato della guerra
e della lealta' 'alla patria' - 10 febbraio".
Un tale discorso ha contraddetto la politica
dell'ONU, il "datore di lavoro" del generale [Ceku].
[Un ringraziamento a L.S. per la traduzione]
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An Albanian Tragedy:
A stranger in Belgrade
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Interview with Agim K., (last name withheld)
by Tanya Djurovic
Transcribed and edited by Greg Elich
Columns of Albanian refugees marched across the world's TV screens for
months. They were all going to Albania. All the world could see them....
What
the world couldn't, or wouldn't see, are the Albanians going to
Serbia......
Agim K. (27), an engineer, born in Pristina, is an Albanian by
nationality.
He and his family, flying from the terror of their compatriots, found
refuge
in Belgrade... I met him in the offices of Serbian Red Cross, where he
was
applying for help, and asked him to tell me his story. He agreed, under
the
condition his last name and present address not be published for
security
reasons.
Q: Why and when did you and your family leave Kosovo?
A: We left Pristina on Friday, 8th of October. We left because we were
forced
to. It was no more a matter of wanting or not wanting-it was a question
of
survival.
Q: Who was forcing you?
A: No matter how unbelievable it sounds, the Albanians did... You see,
my
father was always a loyal citizen of this country. He was born here, and
respected the laws and authorities of Serbia, not of Albania; and
certainly
not of a terrorist organization such as UCK. When the bombing started,
UCK
was mobilizing Albanian people, young and old, to fight against the
Yugoslav
Army. UCK soldiers were making constant threats: they wanted men to go
to
war, and their families to go to Albania or Macedonia, as refugees...
They
went from door to door; a lot of the men joined of their own free will,
but
there were even more of those who joined out of fear. People were scared
of
retaliation on their families, more than they were scared for their own
lives...
Q: Did UCK come to your door, too?
A: Yes, of course they did. More than once... My father and me, we
refused to
join them. The soldiers said they'll shoot us as traitors, burn our
house...
My father answered that they can kill us all, if that's what they want,
but
he and his family won't be the butchers and scavengers... Finally they
left
us alone, saying that they won't have to kill us and that Yugoslav Army
will
finish the job for them...
Q: What did you do during the bombing? Did you stay in Pristina?
A: We stayed, and spent almost three months in the cellar of our Serbian
friends; they had the biggest and safest cellar in the neighborhood, so
all
of us neighbors were hiding there with them - about 15 to 20 people. No
one
paid any attention to nationality, we were all humans, helping each
other to
survive...
Q: And after the bombing?
A: That's when the real trouble started. After the war ended, and KFOR
entered Pristina, UCK came back. But they were not alone - the borders
were
no longer guarded, you see, anyone could come in. All the worst scum
from
Albania invaded Kosovo... UCK was fully armed and no one cared to stop
them;
they could do whatever they wanted. And they did - this time REAL ethnic
cleansing was at work. Serbs were killed on daily bases in the city;
abductions, rapings, burnings, treats; a circle of violence with no
ending...
What can I say? You could all see that. All the world could see, if only
they
wanted to. Me and my family tried to help our Serbian friends, the way
they
helped us during the war. But we couldn't even help ourselves... To UCK
WE
were worse then them - we were the traitors! And since we wouldn't join
the
mass expulsion of Serbs, UCK decided to make us leave Kosovo, or kill
us....
Q: When did the threats start again? And how exactly?
A: The threats started again in July, I think. First only by telephone;
later
they began to come to our house, at night - four or five people usually,
sometimes more, in UCK uniforms. They had guns, knives... First they
wanted
me to work for them, I am an engineer and they needed qualified people.
They
wanted me to make diversions on power stations and phone lines. I
refused...Then they started to break in our house several times a week,
to
beat us up, me, my father; my mother and younger sisters had to watch
them do
it, at gun point.... We had no more sleep at night; this was thousand
times
worse than anything Serbs did, or didn't, or could have done: our own
people
was torturing us because we wouldn't be the cut-throats... Still, the
thought
of leaving didn't cross my mind yet.
Q: Didn't you try to ask some protection of KFOR?
A: Yes, we did. KFOR said that there's nothing they can do, unless we
call
them while the assault is still going on... No, we couldn't hope for any
protection from their part. Then later, in August and September, the
situation became even worse. One night, I remember, three men broke in.
They
didn't even bother to put on the masks - we could all see their faces.
One of
them put a knife on my sister's throat. He said: "Next time I come, if I
find
you all here, I'll rape her in front of you and then cut her throat wide
open....!" And my sister is just 13 years old.... It was then when my
father
said, for the first time out loud: "I think we'll have to leave, sooner
or
later..." Even I, who was up to that point strongly against it, had to
agree
with him... You see, all the time I kept thinking that the situation
will get
better, kept hoping there'll be some law and order finally; but as time
went
by I saw no improvement - just more killings, more blood... I don't care
so
much for myself - but my family, my sisters, that's something else.....
Q: So you finally decided to leave? But why come to Belgrade, of all
places?
A: Where else could we go? Besides, we have old family friends here: I
lived
in their house for five years while I was studying in Belgrade. We knew
that
we can count on their support. So when we finally decided to leave
Pristina,
Belgrade was the only logical choice. I knew, of course, that some
people
here will look at us with mistrust and disapproval, but that was to be
expected wherever we go. And anything was better than Kosovo. There was
no
place there for us anymore... Still, I shall never forget the day we
left -
it was the worst day of my life. It's hard, you know, when you have to
pack
all your life in one car, leave behind all you have ever known as your
own,
lock the house and throw away the key...
Q: Where do you live now?
A: We live in our friends' house - they are wonderful people indeed, the
best
I have ever met. There is simply no way for my family and me to show
them how
much we appreciate all their help and their support. We'll stay forever
in
their debt.
Q: Do you see, anywhere in future, the possibility for you and your
family to
go back to Kosovo?
A: I am sorry I have to say it, but no, I see no possibility for that,
even
in the distant future. The situation on Kosovo will remain unstable and
unsafe in the years to come. There's no life there for us... Even if
things
DO get better someday, we'll always be traitors for our compatriots.
They
want to live in some imaginary state, some Great Albania, and they don't
even
know this state will never exist... Me, I want to live in Yugoslavia...
***
The Western media portrays stick-figure ethnic Albanians who freely
support
the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) because of what the media has claimed
are
atrocities committed by "the Serbs". But an army of NATO-organized
forensic
experts have failed to produce any evidence after scouring Kosovo for
six
months. I discuss the attempt to talk around this failure in Spinning
the
Kill (http://www.emperors-clothes.com/analysis/spin.htm)
So wherein lies the basis of KLA backing? In "Orders" (to be posted
shortly)
Cedomir Prlincevic, the Kosovo Jewish leader, argues that the KLA used
a)
terror and b) the obvious fact of Western support to "convince" powerful
Albanian clan leaders to command rank and file "support" for the KLA.
In Crimes of Fascism, Crimes of Lies
(http://www.emperors-clothes.com/analysis/revenge.htm) George Thompson
documents the historical fact of a virulent Nazi minority among Kosovo
Albanians. It is this minority, many argue, who provide the hard-core of
KLA
activists, the types who Agim K. talks about in his interview. The
tragedy of
Kosovo is that the US and Germany have brought these forces back to
power and
banished from Kosovo the many Albanians who, like Agim K., stood for the
Yugoslav ideal of brotherhood. - Jared Israel
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Gravissime denunce sul ruolo del Kosovo Protection Corp (UCK "ripulito")
* INTERVISTA AD AGIM K., RIFUGIATO ALBANESE-KOSOVARO A BELGRADO
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(The following article has been already distributed in english:
http://www.egroups.com/group/crj-mailinglist/100.html? )
Da "The Observer", domenica 12 marzo 2000
Rivelazioni: Kosovo, il regno del terrore
delle unita' appoggiate dall'ONU, il
'servizio di risposta alle emergenze'
sotto accusa per omicidi e torture
di John Sweeney e Jens Holsoe
Omicidi torture ed estorsioni:
queste sono le straordinarie accuse
mosse contro il corpo di Protezione
ONU in Kosovo (KPC) da un dossier confidenziale
delle Nazioni Unite redatto
per il segretario generale Kofi Annan.
Il KPC e' accusato nel documento, apparso
il 29 febbraio, di "attivita' criminali
uccisioni, maltrattamenti/torture,
abusi di potere, intimidazioni,
rottura della politica di neutralita'
e incitamento all'odio".
Il corpo formato da 5000 uomini,
e' finanziato dagli stati membri dell'ONU
inclusa la Gran Bretagna,
riceve 30 milioni di sterline (quasi
90 miliardi di Lire) per il Kosovo.
E' stato organizzato per costituire
una forza di pronto intervento
di "risposta ai disastri". Invece, l'ONU afferma,
e' stata capace di uccidere e torturare
persone. Il giudizio di condanna dell'ONU stesso
e' una chiara prova del fallimento
del Rappresentante Speciale Bermard Kouchner
nel ristabilimento dello stato di diritto
in Kosovo.
Molti dei reclutati nel corpo provengono
direttamente dall'UCK, organizzato per
rispondere con la violenza alla
violenza della polizia di Milosevic.
L'intervento NATO ha visto a giugno scorso
la partenza delle truppe serbe dal Kosovo,
ma la violenza ed il gangsterismo degli
estremisti albanesi non si e' fermato.
Il messaggio franco del rapporto e' che
l'ONU sta pagando i salari di molti
dei gangsters.
Il Rapporto copre il periodo dal 21 gennaio,
quando il corpo e' stato formalmente
fondato.
Sotto a l'intestazione "uccisioni" l'ONU dice :
"Dagash: due membri del KPC e tre altre persone
sono state arrestate dalla polizia dell'ONU
in connessione con l'uccisione di
un Gorani (11 febbraio)"
Vi sono tre accuse di maltrattamenti
e torture: a Pec, un uomo
e' stato picchiato senza motivo
nel quartier generale del KPC.
L'uomo ha ricevuto
ferite alla testa, e gravi contusioni da
calcio di fucile.
La vittima e' stata attaccata in un articolo
di giornale, sritto da un ex combattente
dell'UCK.
A Prizren, un uomo della minoranza Torbesh -
un gruppo di musulmani turchi sospettati
dagli albanesi di collaborazione con i serbi - e' stato
sequestrato e pestato da un membro del KPC e da
altri tre uomini.
Inoltre a Prizren il KPC e' sotto accusa per
aver estorto confessioni con
l'uso della tortura.
Dopo che due uomini sono stati arrestati
con il sospetto di aver rubato una macchina
sono stati trasportati alla polizia ONU.
Gli arrestati "hanno protestato per essere stati
trattati brutalmente. Successivi esami medici
hanno corroborato le accuse
mosse dalle vittime".
Il 4 febbraio le truppe della K-FOR, la forza multinazionale,
hanno sospeso dal KPC i due sospetti torturatori.
Il KPC non e' una forza di polizia,
ed ancora una delle gravi preoccupazioni
sollevate dal rapporto dell'ONU, redatto dall'
ufficio dello stesso Kouchner, e' che
membri del KPC si stanno comportando come se
fossero al di sopra della legge.
Il rapporto fa la lista delle proteste
da parte della polizia ONU che lavora
per la sua missione in Kosovo (UNMIK).
Il KPC sta organizzando la protezione del racket
in tutto il Kosovo - a Pristina, Suva Reka,
Dragash, Istok, e Prizren - chiedendo
"contributi" ai negozianti, ai clienti e uomini d'affari.
A Suva Reka membri del KPC sono
sospettati di aver costretto la stazione
di servizio ad accettare buoni
al posto delle banconote per il carburante.
A Vucitrn, si riporta che il KPC ha
richiesto soldi in cambio di protezione
per i membri di una minoranza etnica, gli Askali,
originarii dell'India. Un membro della
famiglia era stato in precedenza
sequestrato e la famiglia aveva subito un attentato
dinamitardo.
Il KPC ha una schema chiaro
per le minacce di morte, afferma l'ONU.
Due membri del KPC hanno minacciato di
uccidere gli interpreti della K-FOR dopo essere stati
arrestati dalle truppe NATO in Kosovo.
Successivamente agli arresti, 20 uomini del
KPC hanno circondato la stazione di polizia
richiedendo il rilascio degli arrestati che sono
stati liberati il giorno dopo.
Il KPC sta forse controllando il racket della
prostituzione, afferma l'ONU. Un rapporto
e' stato ricevuto il 14 di febbraio. In tale rapporto
si afferma che un alto ufficiale del KPC
forse supervisiona il racket della
prostituzione dal Bar antistante il campo
di addestramento del KPC di Srbica.
Il KPC e' guidato dal Generale Agim Ceku,
che entra nel rapporto in quanto oggetto
di forti critiche. I suoi primi impegni
furono di non tollerare alcun comportamento
criminale da parte dei membri del KPC
e di espellere chiunque
violasse la legge, tali impegni
sono smascherati dal rapporto, e Ceku,
che e' un ex-comandante del UCK, e' oggetto di critiche
personali.
Sotto il titolo "Attivita' contro le minoranze
incluso incitamento all'odio", Ceku e'
criticato per essere stato presente
ad una marcia di protesta organizzata dai membri
Albanesi del KPC ed un discorso e' stato tradotto
in Serbo-Croato - la lingua
della minoranza musulmana slava
sospettata di collaborazionismo
con i serbi. Il rapporto commenta:
"E' chiara opinione dei presenti che
questa e' stata una azione permeditata.
I discorsi del Generale Ceku e quello
del comandante regionale del KPC
non sono stati quelli in precedenza pattuiti.
I due hanno parlato della guerra
e della lealta' 'alla patria' - 10 febbraio".
Un tale discorso ha contraddetto la politica
dell'ONU, il "datore di lavoro" del generale [Ceku].
[Un ringraziamento a L.S. per la traduzione]
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An Albanian Tragedy:
A stranger in Belgrade
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Interview with Agim K., (last name withheld)
by Tanya Djurovic
Transcribed and edited by Greg Elich
Columns of Albanian refugees marched across the world's TV screens for
months. They were all going to Albania. All the world could see them....
What
the world couldn't, or wouldn't see, are the Albanians going to
Serbia......
Agim K. (27), an engineer, born in Pristina, is an Albanian by
nationality.
He and his family, flying from the terror of their compatriots, found
refuge
in Belgrade... I met him in the offices of Serbian Red Cross, where he
was
applying for help, and asked him to tell me his story. He agreed, under
the
condition his last name and present address not be published for
security
reasons.
Q: Why and when did you and your family leave Kosovo?
A: We left Pristina on Friday, 8th of October. We left because we were
forced
to. It was no more a matter of wanting or not wanting-it was a question
of
survival.
Q: Who was forcing you?
A: No matter how unbelievable it sounds, the Albanians did... You see,
my
father was always a loyal citizen of this country. He was born here, and
respected the laws and authorities of Serbia, not of Albania; and
certainly
not of a terrorist organization such as UCK. When the bombing started,
UCK
was mobilizing Albanian people, young and old, to fight against the
Yugoslav
Army. UCK soldiers were making constant threats: they wanted men to go
to
war, and their families to go to Albania or Macedonia, as refugees...
They
went from door to door; a lot of the men joined of their own free will,
but
there were even more of those who joined out of fear. People were scared
of
retaliation on their families, more than they were scared for their own
lives...
Q: Did UCK come to your door, too?
A: Yes, of course they did. More than once... My father and me, we
refused to
join them. The soldiers said they'll shoot us as traitors, burn our
house...
My father answered that they can kill us all, if that's what they want,
but
he and his family won't be the butchers and scavengers... Finally they
left
us alone, saying that they won't have to kill us and that Yugoslav Army
will
finish the job for them...
Q: What did you do during the bombing? Did you stay in Pristina?
A: We stayed, and spent almost three months in the cellar of our Serbian
friends; they had the biggest and safest cellar in the neighborhood, so
all
of us neighbors were hiding there with them - about 15 to 20 people. No
one
paid any attention to nationality, we were all humans, helping each
other to
survive...
Q: And after the bombing?
A: That's when the real trouble started. After the war ended, and KFOR
entered Pristina, UCK came back. But they were not alone - the borders
were
no longer guarded, you see, anyone could come in. All the worst scum
from
Albania invaded Kosovo... UCK was fully armed and no one cared to stop
them;
they could do whatever they wanted. And they did - this time REAL ethnic
cleansing was at work. Serbs were killed on daily bases in the city;
abductions, rapings, burnings, treats; a circle of violence with no
ending...
What can I say? You could all see that. All the world could see, if only
they
wanted to. Me and my family tried to help our Serbian friends, the way
they
helped us during the war. But we couldn't even help ourselves... To UCK
WE
were worse then them - we were the traitors! And since we wouldn't join
the
mass expulsion of Serbs, UCK decided to make us leave Kosovo, or kill
us....
Q: When did the threats start again? And how exactly?
A: The threats started again in July, I think. First only by telephone;
later
they began to come to our house, at night - four or five people usually,
sometimes more, in UCK uniforms. They had guns, knives... First they
wanted
me to work for them, I am an engineer and they needed qualified people.
They
wanted me to make diversions on power stations and phone lines. I
refused...Then they started to break in our house several times a week,
to
beat us up, me, my father; my mother and younger sisters had to watch
them do
it, at gun point.... We had no more sleep at night; this was thousand
times
worse than anything Serbs did, or didn't, or could have done: our own
people
was torturing us because we wouldn't be the cut-throats... Still, the
thought
of leaving didn't cross my mind yet.
Q: Didn't you try to ask some protection of KFOR?
A: Yes, we did. KFOR said that there's nothing they can do, unless we
call
them while the assault is still going on... No, we couldn't hope for any
protection from their part. Then later, in August and September, the
situation became even worse. One night, I remember, three men broke in.
They
didn't even bother to put on the masks - we could all see their faces.
One of
them put a knife on my sister's throat. He said: "Next time I come, if I
find
you all here, I'll rape her in front of you and then cut her throat wide
open....!" And my sister is just 13 years old.... It was then when my
father
said, for the first time out loud: "I think we'll have to leave, sooner
or
later..." Even I, who was up to that point strongly against it, had to
agree
with him... You see, all the time I kept thinking that the situation
will get
better, kept hoping there'll be some law and order finally; but as time
went
by I saw no improvement - just more killings, more blood... I don't care
so
much for myself - but my family, my sisters, that's something else.....
Q: So you finally decided to leave? But why come to Belgrade, of all
places?
A: Where else could we go? Besides, we have old family friends here: I
lived
in their house for five years while I was studying in Belgrade. We knew
that
we can count on their support. So when we finally decided to leave
Pristina,
Belgrade was the only logical choice. I knew, of course, that some
people
here will look at us with mistrust and disapproval, but that was to be
expected wherever we go. And anything was better than Kosovo. There was
no
place there for us anymore... Still, I shall never forget the day we
left -
it was the worst day of my life. It's hard, you know, when you have to
pack
all your life in one car, leave behind all you have ever known as your
own,
lock the house and throw away the key...
Q: Where do you live now?
A: We live in our friends' house - they are wonderful people indeed, the
best
I have ever met. There is simply no way for my family and me to show
them how
much we appreciate all their help and their support. We'll stay forever
in
their debt.
Q: Do you see, anywhere in future, the possibility for you and your
family to
go back to Kosovo?
A: I am sorry I have to say it, but no, I see no possibility for that,
even
in the distant future. The situation on Kosovo will remain unstable and
unsafe in the years to come. There's no life there for us... Even if
things
DO get better someday, we'll always be traitors for our compatriots.
They
want to live in some imaginary state, some Great Albania, and they don't
even
know this state will never exist... Me, I want to live in Yugoslavia...
***
The Western media portrays stick-figure ethnic Albanians who freely
support
the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) because of what the media has claimed
are
atrocities committed by "the Serbs". But an army of NATO-organized
forensic
experts have failed to produce any evidence after scouring Kosovo for
six
months. I discuss the attempt to talk around this failure in Spinning
the
Kill (http://www.emperors-clothes.com/analysis/spin.htm)
So wherein lies the basis of KLA backing? In "Orders" (to be posted
shortly)
Cedomir Prlincevic, the Kosovo Jewish leader, argues that the KLA used
a)
terror and b) the obvious fact of Western support to "convince" powerful
Albanian clan leaders to command rank and file "support" for the KLA.
In Crimes of Fascism, Crimes of Lies
(http://www.emperors-clothes.com/analysis/revenge.htm) George Thompson
documents the historical fact of a virulent Nazi minority among Kosovo
Albanians. It is this minority, many argue, who provide the hard-core of
KLA
activists, the types who Agim K. talks about in his interview. The
tragedy of
Kosovo is that the US and Germany have brought these forces back to
power and
banished from Kosovo the many Albanians who, like Agim K., stood for the
Yugoslav ideal of brotherhood. - Jared Israel
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SERBOMASOCHISMO CRONICO CON COMPLICAZIONI ?
Da anni ormai la nostra opinione pubblica si chiede: "Come fanno i serbi
ad essere cosi' sadici?", ma forse sarebbe il caso di incominciare
invece a chiedersi se non siano piuttosto dei masochisti... Ci riferiamo
ad esempio all'"embargo" che il "sadico regime" di Slobodan Milosevic
avrebbe decretato contro la repubblica federata del Montenegro - questa
almeno la versione di giornalisti e commentatori nostrani.
Come e' possibile? Un paese gia' sottoposto ad un embargo micidiale si
auto-boicotta l'economia, agevolando le spinte secessioniste al suo
interno? "Cui prodest?" - secondo certi "geniali" giornalisti, il blocco
delle transazioni commerciali dalla Serbia verso il Montenegro giova
(naturalmente) sempre a Milosevic, il quale "si sostiene al potere"
facendo non solo e non tanto la guerra agli altri popoli e nazioni,
quanto proprio fomentando discordia, instabilita' e scontri all'interno
del suo paese... Come quel marito che si tagliava gli attributi per far
dispetto alla moglie.
Ma ogni mediocre psicologo/psichiatra (lasciamo stare i giornalisti, che
non fanno testo) prima di rilasciare terribili diagnosi sulla salute del
presidente jugoslavo, dovrebbe interessarsi alle motivazioni recondite
dei comportamenti umani. Scoprirebbe cosi' che il governo montenegrino,
dopo avere illegalmente introdotto l'uso del marco tedesco come valuta
in base ai suggerimenti dei consiglieri USA ed al sostegno monetario
della Germania, ha causato una disparita' grave tra il cambio con il
dinaro praticato in Montenegro e quello praticato in Serbia, causando un
pesante balzo dell'inflazione che la Serbia preferirebbe evitare.
Allora siamo proprio sicuri di questo "sadomasochismo serbo"?
Insomma: questa Serbia l'embargo lo fa, oppure lo subisce?
--------- COORDINAMENTO ROMANO PER LA JUGOSLAVIA -----------
RIMSKI SAVEZ ZA JUGOSLAVIJU
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Da anni ormai la nostra opinione pubblica si chiede: "Come fanno i serbi
ad essere cosi' sadici?", ma forse sarebbe il caso di incominciare
invece a chiedersi se non siano piuttosto dei masochisti... Ci riferiamo
ad esempio all'"embargo" che il "sadico regime" di Slobodan Milosevic
avrebbe decretato contro la repubblica federata del Montenegro - questa
almeno la versione di giornalisti e commentatori nostrani.
Come e' possibile? Un paese gia' sottoposto ad un embargo micidiale si
auto-boicotta l'economia, agevolando le spinte secessioniste al suo
interno? "Cui prodest?" - secondo certi "geniali" giornalisti, il blocco
delle transazioni commerciali dalla Serbia verso il Montenegro giova
(naturalmente) sempre a Milosevic, il quale "si sostiene al potere"
facendo non solo e non tanto la guerra agli altri popoli e nazioni,
quanto proprio fomentando discordia, instabilita' e scontri all'interno
del suo paese... Come quel marito che si tagliava gli attributi per far
dispetto alla moglie.
Ma ogni mediocre psicologo/psichiatra (lasciamo stare i giornalisti, che
non fanno testo) prima di rilasciare terribili diagnosi sulla salute del
presidente jugoslavo, dovrebbe interessarsi alle motivazioni recondite
dei comportamenti umani. Scoprirebbe cosi' che il governo montenegrino,
dopo avere illegalmente introdotto l'uso del marco tedesco come valuta
in base ai suggerimenti dei consiglieri USA ed al sostegno monetario
della Germania, ha causato una disparita' grave tra il cambio con il
dinaro praticato in Montenegro e quello praticato in Serbia, causando un
pesante balzo dell'inflazione che la Serbia preferirebbe evitare.
Allora siamo proprio sicuri di questo "sadomasochismo serbo"?
Insomma: questa Serbia l'embargo lo fa, oppure lo subisce?
--------- COORDINAMENTO ROMANO PER LA JUGOSLAVIA -----------
RIMSKI SAVEZ ZA JUGOSLAVIJU
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* MEDICINALI PER LA JUGOSLAVIA (RSU)
* CD-ROM SUL KOSOVO
* UN FILM AUTOPRODOTTO SULLA DISINFORMAZIONE: "THE JUDGMENT"
* INIZIATIVE A PONTECUCCO, BOLSENA, RAVENNA
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MEDICINALI: URGENZE
> A precisazione del precedente messaggio dove sollecitavamo tutti i compagni della email list del
> coordinamento a contribuire nelle loro possibilità alla soluzione di un un problema urgente
> sollecitatoci dai rappresentanti sindacali della zastava di kragujevac riguardo la necessità di
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>
> SONO RICHIESTE URGENTI. AIUTIAMO I LAVORATORI DELLA ZASTAVA, GIA'
> COLPITI DAI BOMBARDAMENTI A NON MORIRE PER COLPA DELL'EMBARGO CHE
> CONTINUA ANCHE SUI MEDICINALI.
>
> Ricordiamo a tutti che il convoglio partirà per la zastava il prossimo 4/5 aprile.
> Per informazioni potete rivolgervi ad Anelli Lino - 0339.7448637
>
> adozioni a distanza.
> Sono olmai oltre 800 le famiglie dei lavoratori della zastava che grazie all'iniziativa di adozione a
> distanza possono, grazie alla solidarietà internazionale, soppravvivere nonostante l'embargo.
> Ma le esigenze continuano ad essere enormi. Sono infatti almeno 30.000 le famiglie dei lavoratori
> oggi senza reddito per la distruzione della fabbrica.
> Lottare contro la guerra, continuare a farlo oggi ad un anno dall'inizio del conflitto, può essere
> fatto costruendo e sviluppando con ancora maggiore efficacia, forme concrete di solidarietà
> internazionale.
> Per informazioni sull'iniziativa di adozione a distanza scrivete a alma@...
>
> Vi giriamo a riguardo il messaggio email inviatoci dalla Rsu della Soc. It. Brevetti di Roma.
>
> Oggi la RSU della Società Italiana Brevetti di Roma è diventata Mamma!!!!!
>
> In linea con la risoluzione del parlamento europeo di ieri, oltre a noi che siamo tre mamme, oggi
> alla SIB
> si sono costituiti altri sei strani nuclei famigliari con da due a tre mamme, un solo papà, due
> mamme e un
> papà ...
>
> Siamo tutte e tutti molto contenti e speriamo che lo siano anche le figlie ed i figli dei lavoratori
> della
> Zastava e le loro famiglie!
>
> Ciao a tutti e a tutte da Renata, Sveva e Lilli (RSU Sib Roma)
>
> Ciao ALMA
>
> Alma Rossi - email - alma@...
> indirizzo email del coordinamento RSU - coord.naz.rsu@...
> indirizzo internet del Coordinamento RSU - http://www.ecn.org/coord.rsu/
>
>
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"THE JUDGEMENT"
> STOP NATO: NO PASARAN! - HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.HOME-PAGE.ORG
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>
> --- At last we have visual proof that the media lied about Yugoslavia
>
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> of a nonexistent Serbian 'death camp' in 1992. These doctored images --
> especially the famous emaciated man behind barbed wire -- were broadcast
> worldwide to dehumanize the Serbs. They led to the deaths of thousands and
> great suffering for millions of human beings.
>
> "JUDGMENT" PROVES THOSE PICTURES WERE CYNICAL FABRICATIONS.
>
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>
> TELLING THE TRUTH, AND OTHER CRIMES
>
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> for libel. LM had printed a story that that charged British news station ITN
> and reporters Penny Marshall and Ian Williams with fraud. LM said ITN had
> faked the "death camp" pictures to demonize the Serbs.
>
> The Judge in the libel case admitted that ITN might have made some mistakes.
> But he argued: the LM people weren't in Bosnia that day. So how could LM be
> sure what was really happening there?
>
> IN FACT another film crew was present the entire time. They filmed the
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>
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>
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>
> 1) The Loyalist ("Serbian") Authorities were humane.
>
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> watching. Not so. The ITN crew visited two surprisingly casual and humane
> locations. They were protected but not controlled by the loyalist
> authorities whom they later compared to Nazi's.
>
> 2) Marshall KNEW the loyalists were humane.
>
> She and the crew from RTS interviewed POWs', their wives, non-POW refugees, a
> doctor, at least one red cross worker, the commander of the POW Center. The
> film shows these interviews. Marshall simply suppressed this evidence of
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>
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>
> Marshall is shown arguing with one refugee. She tries to coerce the man to
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> "Not a prison. No, no. REFUGEE center. They treat us very kind. No, no,
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>
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>
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INIZIATIVE DELLA CAMPAGNA "ROMPERE L'EMBARGO"
5. Iniziativa a Pontecucco (FO) il 1 Aprile
Sabato 1 aprile, alle ore 21,30 presso il Centro Sociale "Il Confino"
(via Comunale Cervese, 1831) a Pontecucco S.
Giorgio di Cesena (FO) si terrà la "Festa di Solidarietà con il popolo
Jugoslavo eContro gli Embarghi". Vi sarà: Musica
popolare dal vivo con l'organetto diatonico di Pepe Medri; Cabaret
esplosivo; Musica e piatti balcanici. Nel corso
dell'iniziativa si raccoglieranno le firme per la "Campagna Rompere
l’Embargo". L’iniziativa è organizzata dal Centro
Sociale "Il Confino" e dal Coordinamento Romagnolo Contro la Guerra e la
Nato. Per Informazioni e dare una mano:
red-ghost@...
6. Iniziativa a Bolsena (VT) il 2 Aprile
Domenica 2 aprile a Bolsena (VT), dalle 11 per tutta la giornata presso
la taverna "Fufluns" (Largo Donzellini, a 50 mt.
da piazza Matteotti) si svolgerà l’iniziativa "Tutte le guerre contro di
noi, Noi contro tutte le guerre". Durante la
giornata saranno proiettati i video di F.Grimaldi "Iraq, genocidio
nell’Eden" e "Serbi da Morire". Ci saranno dibattiti con:
Carlo Pona (Tribunale Clark), Simona Lanzoni (Donne in Nero), Vittorio
Tranquilli (Ass. ABC), Fulvio Grimaldi
(Giornalista); Nella Ginatempo (Forum). Concluiderà la giornata il trio
di musica popolare "Tarantole". Vi sarà del
materiale a disposizione e si raccoglieranno le firme contro l’embargo.
L’iniziativa è promossa dal Forum delle Donne del
Prc della provincia di Viterbo, con l’adesione di: Arci,
Italia-Nicaragua, Ass. Proposta, Aucs, Centro Comunitario di
Celleno, Cobas Scuola, Comitato contro la guerra, Comitato in difesa
della Costituzione, Csoa, Donne in Nero, la
Piccola Editrice-Celleno, Massari Editore, Rdb-Cub.
8. Il 10 Aprile Cena di Autofinanziamento a Ravenna
Il 10 aprile ci sarà una cena di autofinanziamento del Comitato contro
la guerra e la NATO di Ravenna presso i Mulner
(via Lametta). Per prenotarsi: red-ghost@... oppure Tel.
0544/404475 (Monica o Claudio).
9. Iniziativa a Ravenna il 28 Aprile
La prossima iniziativa a Ravenna ci sarà il 28 aprile, ore 21 alla sala
Melandri, con al presentazione della sezione italiana
del tribunale internazionale contro i crimini della Nato in Jugoslavia.
Il tribunale internazionale è nato su proposta di
Ramsey Clark (ex ministro della giustizia americano) con l'adesione di
magistrati, avvocati, militanti, ecc. da tutto il
mondo. Sarà disponibile un opuscolo di presentazione del tribunale
indipendente (3.000 lire). Ovviamente si
raccoglieranno le firme contro l’embargo all’Iraq. Per informazioni e
dare una mano: red-ghost@... oppure Tel.
0544/404475 (Monica o Claudio).
Questo notiziario viene spedito il venerdì e (se necessario) il martedì
intorno alle 16.00 per le notizie vi preghiamo di
inviarle in tempo utile, tenendo conto che la lettura delle e-mail
avviene anche il giorno dopo quello di spedizione.
Grazie.
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* CD-ROM SUL KOSOVO
* UN FILM AUTOPRODOTTO SULLA DISINFORMAZIONE: "THE JUDGMENT"
* INIZIATIVE A PONTECUCCO, BOLSENA, RAVENNA
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MEDICINALI: URGENZE
> A precisazione del precedente messaggio dove sollecitavamo tutti i compagni della email list del
> coordinamento a contribuire nelle loro possibilità alla soluzione di un un problema urgente
> sollecitatoci dai rappresentanti sindacali della zastava di kragujevac riguardo la necessità di
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>
> SONO RICHIESTE URGENTI. AIUTIAMO I LAVORATORI DELLA ZASTAVA, GIA'
> COLPITI DAI BOMBARDAMENTI A NON MORIRE PER COLPA DELL'EMBARGO CHE
> CONTINUA ANCHE SUI MEDICINALI.
>
> Ricordiamo a tutti che il convoglio partirà per la zastava il prossimo 4/5 aprile.
> Per informazioni potete rivolgervi ad Anelli Lino - 0339.7448637
>
> adozioni a distanza.
> Sono olmai oltre 800 le famiglie dei lavoratori della zastava che grazie all'iniziativa di adozione a
> distanza possono, grazie alla solidarietà internazionale, soppravvivere nonostante l'embargo.
> Ma le esigenze continuano ad essere enormi. Sono infatti almeno 30.000 le famiglie dei lavoratori
> oggi senza reddito per la distruzione della fabbrica.
> Lottare contro la guerra, continuare a farlo oggi ad un anno dall'inizio del conflitto, può essere
> fatto costruendo e sviluppando con ancora maggiore efficacia, forme concrete di solidarietà
> internazionale.
> Per informazioni sull'iniziativa di adozione a distanza scrivete a alma@...
>
> Vi giriamo a riguardo il messaggio email inviatoci dalla Rsu della Soc. It. Brevetti di Roma.
>
> Oggi la RSU della Società Italiana Brevetti di Roma è diventata Mamma!!!!!
>
> In linea con la risoluzione del parlamento europeo di ieri, oltre a noi che siamo tre mamme, oggi
> alla SIB
> si sono costituiti altri sei strani nuclei famigliari con da due a tre mamme, un solo papà, due
> mamme e un
> papà ...
>
> Siamo tutte e tutti molto contenti e speriamo che lo siano anche le figlie ed i figli dei lavoratori
> della
> Zastava e le loro famiglie!
>
> Ciao a tutti e a tutte da Renata, Sveva e Lilli (RSU Sib Roma)
>
> Ciao ALMA
>
> Alma Rossi - email - alma@...
> indirizzo email del coordinamento RSU - coord.naz.rsu@...
> indirizzo internet del Coordinamento RSU - http://www.ecn.org/coord.rsu/
>
>
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"THE JUDGEMENT"
> STOP NATO: NO PASARAN! - HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.HOME-PAGE.ORG
>
> >From www.emperors-clothes.com - "JUDGEMENT" (Please forward!)
>
> --- At last we have visual proof that the media lied about Yugoslavia
>
> We have just finished production work on the English version of a stunning
> new film - "JUDGMENT." It exposes the tricks used to concoct phony pictures
> of a nonexistent Serbian 'death camp' in 1992. These doctored images --
> especially the famous emaciated man behind barbed wire -- were broadcast
> worldwide to dehumanize the Serbs. They led to the deaths of thousands and
> great suffering for millions of human beings.
>
> "JUDGMENT" PROVES THOSE PICTURES WERE CYNICAL FABRICATIONS.
>
> We urge you: Buy this film today Give a copy to a friend who doesn't want to
> believe the mass media would fabricate phony atrocity pictures. Show this
> film on TV stations, show it to local organizations, get it reviewed in local
> papers. It will change people's minds. It will change your mind.
>
> TELLING THE TRUTH, AND OTHER CRIMES
>
> Last week the British alternative magazine, LM, was fined over $500,000 US
> for libel. LM had printed a story that that charged British news station ITN
> and reporters Penny Marshall and Ian Williams with fraud. LM said ITN had
> faked the "death camp" pictures to demonize the Serbs.
>
> The Judge in the libel case admitted that ITN might have made some mistakes.
> But he argued: the LM people weren't in Bosnia that day. So how could LM be
> sure what was really happening there?
>
> IN FACT another film crew was present the entire time. They filmed the
> footage used in "JUDGMENT".
>
> "JUDGMENT", proves LM was simply telling the truth. "JUDGMENT" proves Penny
> Marshall lied. "JUDGMENT" shows how Marshall produced the picture that
> fooled the world and justified a war.
>
> The ITN crew visited a POW center and a refugee camp. By sheer luck they
> were accompanied by a crew from Serbian television (RTS). The RTS crew
> filmed the ITN crew at work. Using this RTS footage, a small Yugoslav film
> studio has recreated the events of that day. Emperors-Clothes edited the
> Yugoslav movie to produce the English language film, "JUDGMENT".
>
> RTS is the TV station that NATO bombed in April, 1999, killing 20 people.
> The film is dedicated to those dead, whose murders began with the ITN
> pictures. We say this because the images that Penny Marshall fabricated in
> 1992 began the dehumanization of the Serbian people. ITN and Penny Marshall
> laid the political basis for the bombing of the Bosnian loyalist government
> and of Serbia itself a year ago.
>
> WHAT THIS FILM PROVES
>
> 1) The Loyalist ("Serbian") Authorities were humane.
>
> >From the pictures that ITN produced one would think that Marshall and her
> crew had sneaked into a death camp and shot their film when nobody was
> watching. Not so. The ITN crew visited two surprisingly casual and humane
> locations. They were protected but not controlled by the loyalist
> authorities whom they later compared to Nazi's.
>
> 2) Marshall KNEW the loyalists were humane.
>
> She and the crew from RTS interviewed POWs', their wives, non-POW refugees, a
> doctor, at least one red cross worker, the commander of the POW Center. The
> film shows these interviews. Marshall simply suppressed this evidence of
> humane treatment. Instead she staged some pictures. These were then
> doctored to produce Nazi-like images for mass consumption. The height of
> cynicism and dishonesty.
>
> 3) The refugees SAID they were treated decently.
>
> Marshall is shown arguing with one refugee. She tries to coerce the man to
> say something anti-Yugoslav. He refuses. "No, no," he protests vehemently.
> "Not a prison. No, no. REFUGEE center. They treat us very kind. No, no,
> very kind." Undeterred, Marshall used this very location to stage her phony
> death camp shots.
>
> 4) Marshall staged the death camp sequence seen around the world.
>
> She went out of her way to film from inside an awkward storage area. Why?
> Because one side had what she wanted: a fence, mainly chicken wire but with a
> few strands of barbed wire at the top. Shooting through the barbed wire,
> Marshall talked to refugees OUTSIDE the fence. She then doctored the raw
> footage to produce false images of prisoners behind barbed wire.
>
> 5) Marshall and Ian Williams were filmed in the act of lying.
>
> The amazing thing is -- the RTS people were filming a few feet away. They
> caught the same shots from a slightly different angle. They got pictures of
> Marshall, Ian Williams, a cameraman, a man holding a mike. You will see,
> step by step, just how Marshall doctored her pictures to produce the look of
> a Nazi death camp. That is, the film takes footage shot by RTS and then
> proceeds to alter it, as you watch, producing the phony ITN photos of
> Nazi-like atrocities.
>
> This film will change people's minds.
>
> It documents that Marshall and ITN have committed the worst crime against
> humanity: they lied to millions of people in order to justify a war.
>
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>
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INIZIATIVE DELLA CAMPAGNA "ROMPERE L'EMBARGO"
5. Iniziativa a Pontecucco (FO) il 1 Aprile
Sabato 1 aprile, alle ore 21,30 presso il Centro Sociale "Il Confino"
(via Comunale Cervese, 1831) a Pontecucco S.
Giorgio di Cesena (FO) si terrà la "Festa di Solidarietà con il popolo
Jugoslavo eContro gli Embarghi". Vi sarà: Musica
popolare dal vivo con l'organetto diatonico di Pepe Medri; Cabaret
esplosivo; Musica e piatti balcanici. Nel corso
dell'iniziativa si raccoglieranno le firme per la "Campagna Rompere
l’Embargo". L’iniziativa è organizzata dal Centro
Sociale "Il Confino" e dal Coordinamento Romagnolo Contro la Guerra e la
Nato. Per Informazioni e dare una mano:
red-ghost@...
6. Iniziativa a Bolsena (VT) il 2 Aprile
Domenica 2 aprile a Bolsena (VT), dalle 11 per tutta la giornata presso
la taverna "Fufluns" (Largo Donzellini, a 50 mt.
da piazza Matteotti) si svolgerà l’iniziativa "Tutte le guerre contro di
noi, Noi contro tutte le guerre". Durante la
giornata saranno proiettati i video di F.Grimaldi "Iraq, genocidio
nell’Eden" e "Serbi da Morire". Ci saranno dibattiti con:
Carlo Pona (Tribunale Clark), Simona Lanzoni (Donne in Nero), Vittorio
Tranquilli (Ass. ABC), Fulvio Grimaldi
(Giornalista); Nella Ginatempo (Forum). Concluiderà la giornata il trio
di musica popolare "Tarantole". Vi sarà del
materiale a disposizione e si raccoglieranno le firme contro l’embargo.
L’iniziativa è promossa dal Forum delle Donne del
Prc della provincia di Viterbo, con l’adesione di: Arci,
Italia-Nicaragua, Ass. Proposta, Aucs, Centro Comunitario di
Celleno, Cobas Scuola, Comitato contro la guerra, Comitato in difesa
della Costituzione, Csoa, Donne in Nero, la
Piccola Editrice-Celleno, Massari Editore, Rdb-Cub.
8. Il 10 Aprile Cena di Autofinanziamento a Ravenna
Il 10 aprile ci sarà una cena di autofinanziamento del Comitato contro
la guerra e la NATO di Ravenna presso i Mulner
(via Lametta). Per prenotarsi: red-ghost@... oppure Tel.
0544/404475 (Monica o Claudio).
9. Iniziativa a Ravenna il 28 Aprile
La prossima iniziativa a Ravenna ci sarà il 28 aprile, ore 21 alla sala
Melandri, con al presentazione della sezione italiana
del tribunale internazionale contro i crimini della Nato in Jugoslavia.
Il tribunale internazionale è nato su proposta di
Ramsey Clark (ex ministro della giustizia americano) con l'adesione di
magistrati, avvocati, militanti, ecc. da tutto il
mondo. Sarà disponibile un opuscolo di presentazione del tribunale
indipendente (3.000 lire). Ovviamente si
raccoglieranno le firme contro l’embargo all’Iraq. Per informazioni e
dare una mano: red-ghost@... oppure Tel.
0544/404475 (Monica o Claudio).
Questo notiziario viene spedito il venerdì e (se necessario) il martedì
intorno alle 16.00 per le notizie vi preghiamo di
inviarle in tempo utile, tenendo conto che la lettura delle e-mail
avviene anche il giorno dopo quello di spedizione.
Grazie.
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0289425770
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WIEN - BRADFORD - WASHINGTON - BERKELEY - NEW YORK - TORONTO
==================================================================
WIEN (OESTERREICH)
Godinu dana posle napada:
Rat NATO-a protiv Jugoslavije - ne}emo nikada zaboraviti!
24.marta NATO je napao Jugolaviju, jednu suverenu dr`avu, bez objave
rata. Ujedinjena vojna snaga 19 bogatih dr`ava
uni{tila je na{u dr`avu pod izgovorom, da {tite ljudska prava na Kosovu
i time su naterali narod u bedu. Sve vreme dok su
78 dana vodili takozvani "humanitarni rat", NATO je prekr{io razne
ugovore i deklaracije, kao i sopstvene ustanove, kao
{to su Deklaracija ljudskih prava UN, Helsinki-ugovor, itd. UN i
Me|unarodno pravo su postali marionete NATO-a!
@alosni bilans
Preko 3.000 civila postali su `rtve agresije, veliki delovi
infrastrukture i ekonomije Jugoslavije su uni{teni. Napadi
NATO-raketa su upropastili prirodu, do{lo je do ekolo{ke katastrofe ne
samo u Jugoslaviji, nego i {irom Evrope. Cilj
embarga i politi~kog iznu|ivanja sa Zapadom na ~elu SAD i Nema~ke, je da
i dalje oslabe Srbiju i da podignu re`im
marioneta, koje bi bile sluge Svetskom poredku NATO-a.
Rat medija
Predhodni rat je ve} pripreman jednu deceniju unapred: Zapad se neumorno
me{ao, vodio je podbada~ku propagandu,
forsirao je rat i na kraju je razbio Jugoslaviju. Podr`avali su ratove u
Hrvatskoj, BiH i na Kosovu, dok su pomagali
separatisti~kim snagama protiv Jugoslavije. Svetsko mnenje su
manipulisali la`ima, jer su sa punom namerom nahu{kali
narode protiv Srba. Propaganda medija je izmislila "holokaust" nad
albanskim stanovni{tvom i da je NATO tobo`e zbog
toga morao da interveni{e, ali ni jedna od tih la`i do danas nije
dokazana: za vreme rata su neumorno ponavljali, da su
izme|u 100.000 i 225.000 Albanaca nestali i da su najverovatnije
pobijeni. Ali ~ak Me|unarodni tribunal za ratne zlo~ine
u Jugoslaviji (ICTY) nije mogao da ih prona|e, ve} je izjavio da je
na|eno 2.108 mrtvih, od kojih se ne zna, ~ijoj
nacionalnosti pripadaju.
Etni~ko ~i{}enje na Kosmetu
Dok je NATO kao vojna sila prisutna na Kosmetu, KFOR podr`ava etni~ko
~i{}enje, koje sad sprovodi "razoru`ana" OVK
nad nealbanskim stanovni{tvom. Proterali su do sada ukupno 300.000 Srba,
Crnogoraca, Roma, Turaka i drugih manjina,
~ak i Albance, koji se ose}aju lojalni prema Jugoslaviji. U Srbiji ve}
`ive preko jedan milion izbeglica i njihova situacija je
veoma te{ka.
NATO i Zapad jo{ uvek tvrde da je na naredbu re`ima iz Beograda do{lo do
sistematskog proterivanja, da je re`im tolerisao
etni~ko ~i{}enje - ali do dan-danas nemaju nikakve dokaze, ve} su
upotrebili tu propagandu da napadnu Jugoslaviju.
+ Mi danas ho}emo da Vas podsetimo, koje `rtve je doneo taj rat i ho}emo
da podsetimo, da i dalje uni{tavaju na{u zemlju
kroz ekonomsku blokadu. Jedini koji pate to su opet civili.
+ Ho}emo da podsetimo, da svi oni, koji su ovaj rat podr`avali, da su
ratni zlo~inci, jer su samovoljno i bez razmi{ljanja
prihvatili la`i medija.
+ Ho}emo da podsetimo, da sprovodjenje Novog svetskog poredka od NATO-a
ne zna~i ni{ta dobro ni za Austrijance, jer
ve} sada pla}aju 40 milijardi dolara za nove rakete! NATO }e dovesti rat
i bedu tako|e i na Zapad.
NATO napolje iz Jugoslavije i sa Balkana!
Zaustavite nacionalno i politi~ko ~i{}enje NATO-a i OVK!
Dosta je blokade!
Zapad mora da plati ratne od{tete bez ikakvih uslovljavanja!
Dosta je sa razbijanjem Jugoslavije - protiv podr`avanja separatisti~kih
pokreta od strane Zapada!
Pravda za Srbiju!
Stop priklju~enju Austrije u NATO i WEU, evropskom NATO-paktu!
Me|unarodni miting
24. Mart 2000
18.00 ~asova ispred parlamenta
20.00 ~asova na [tefansplacu
Jugoslovensko-Austrijski pokret solidarnosti (JÖSB)
Jugoslawisch-Österreichische Solidaritätsbewegung (JÖSB)
PF 217, A-1040 Wien, Österreich
joesb@...
-
Mi, 22.3.
16-18 Uhr
Schottenpassage
Demo
Fr, 24.3.
18 h Parlament
20 h Oper (musste aufgrund von Bauarbeiten geändert werden)
* Nein zu Beistandspflicht, WEU und NATO!
* Kein Sozialabbau für Aufrüstung!
* Erhalt der Neutralität!
Unterstützer:
Bewegung der Revolutionären Linken Chile (MIR)
Bewegung für soziale Befreiung (BSB)
Bewegung gegen den Krieg
Bewegungszentrum für aktive Gewaltlosigkeit
Casa del Pueblo latinoamericano
Gewerkschaftlicher Linksblock (GLB)
gpa-Jugend (SchülerInnen und StudentInnen)
Initiative für Frieden in Kurdistan
Internationales Solidaritätsforum (ISF)
Jugoslawischer Dachverband
Jugoslawisch-Österreichische Solidaritätsbewegung (JÖSB)
Kampagne zur Verteidigung politischer und sozialer Rechte
Kommunistische Jugend Österreich (KJÖ)
Kommunistische Partei Österreich (KPÖ)
Kommunistischer StudentInnenverein (KSV)
Österreichischer Friedensrat
Prison Watch International Wien
Revolutionär Kommunistische Liga (RKL)
Sozialistische Jugend Österreich (SJÖ)
Wiener Friedensbewegung
Die JÖSB stellt ihre Beteiligung zusätzlich unter folgende Losungen:
* Stoppt die Vertreibungen durch UCK und NATO!
* NATO raus aus dem Kosovo!
* Schluss mit der Blockade gegen Jugoslawien!
Jugoslawisch-Österreichische Solidaritätsbewegung (JÖSB)
PF 217, A-1040 Wien, Österreich
joesb@...
-
Sonntag im Vorstadtzentrum 15
15., Meiselstrasse 46/4
Jeden So von 16-22 Uhr
26.3. 18 h 30
Kosovo - ethnische Säuberung mit Hilfe der NATO
Ein Jahr nach Beginn des brutalen Bombardements Jugoslawiens ist die
Heuchelei der NATO sichbar: Nicht Menschenrechte wurden verteidigt,
sondern die Interessen der westlichen Allianz. Warum verhindert die
NATO heute nicht die blutige Vertreibung von Serben, Roma, Juden und
anderen Minderheiten aus dem Kosovo? Auf diese Frage wollen wir im
Laufe der Diskussion eine Antwort finden.
Bewegung für Soziale Befreiung
15., Meiselstrasse 46/4
bsb@...
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BRADFORD (UK)
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On the anniversary of NATO's bombing of Yugoslavia.....
Friday 24 - Sunday 26th March 2000
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The Yugoslav Crisis: international responses and the way forward
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(please note that the conference proper begins on Saturday morning
although
there are a number of events on Friday evening and that bookings for
accommodation must be made by Monday 20th March)
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Please also note that Father Sava from Kosovo has agreed to attend the
conference!
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An International Conference with Yugoslav music, food, theatre, film
and silent vigil - almost a festival for Yugoslavia!
Venue: Richmond Building, University of Bradford, UK
organised by:
the West Yorkshire Committee for Peace in the Balkans and the
Rsearch Unit in South East European Studies, University of Bradford, in
association with the City of Bradford Metropolitan Council
Supported by:
Committee for Peace in the Balkans (London); Campaign for Nuclear
Disarmament;
National Peace Council; Refugee Action; Northern Refugee Centre,
Sheffield;
United Nations Association; Pax Christi; International Voluntary
Service;
Anglican Pacifist Fellowship; ECRE/ICVA Reference Group on Former
Yugoslavia,
led by the British Refugee Council
http://www.brad.ac.uk/acad/rusees/conference.html
Keynote Speakers:
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Father Sava
Serbian Orthodox Diocese of Kosovo and Metohija
Gracanica Monastery, Pristina,
Kosovo and Metohija
(needs no introduction...!)
Rev. Dr. Paul Oestreicher, International Consultant, Coventry Cathedral
a political scientist long associated with eastern Europe and the
anti-apartheid movement... recently spent a month in Belgrade for the
Church of
England
Larry Hollingsworth, former (and controversial!) head of UNHCR,
Bosnia... now a
freelance consultant and advisor to Christian Aid
Paul Watson, Balkan's Bureau Chief, Los Angeles Times
Pulitzer Prize winning journalist... one of the few journalists to
remain in
Yugoslavia during the bombing... and fiercely independent
Felicity Arbuthnot, journalist
... specialises in social and environmental issues with special
knowledge of
Iraq and the effects of Depleted Uranium and cluster bombs...a regular
contributor to the Daily Herald and New Internationalist and others...
Bob Marshall Andrews MP QC
...will be talking on the legal aspects of the recent war
Programme of Events
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Friday 24th March (the anniversary of NATO bombing)
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5.00pm Feature film, one night only by special arrangement, 'Pretty
Village
Pretty Flame' (Lepa Sela Lepo Gore)(dir. Srdjan Dragojevic),
Pictureville,
National Museum of Film, Photography and Television, Discounts for
conference
ticket holders
'an electrifying war movie, gripping and dense, frequently very funny, a
masterpiece' Misha Glenny, Sight and Sound
'Wilder in its black humour than MASH, bolder in its vision of politics
and
the military than any movie Stanley Kubrick has ever made' Emanuel Levy,
Variety
'...a powerful assault on the insanity of war' New York Times
'...hurls the Bosnian war into our faces like a hunk of burning
debris...war
in the nineties is different: war profiteers hawk TVs while chatting on
cellphones and the spoils of war are a Gameboy...It burns. It rocks. The
soundtrack stutters in your head. See it on the big screen if you can'
Jonathan Miller, Resnap
7.45pm Meeting: 'Promoting a Culture of Peace in the North of England -
creating partners' called by the National Peace Council @ IHS
Department, 26
Pemberton Drive, Bradford University
9.30pm -10.30pm Candlelight Silent Vigil, Queen Victoria's Memorial,
City
Centre, Bradford . Please wear dark or black clothes and bring a
candle!.
Called by Yorkshire CND with the support of the international
conference.
9.00pm - 2.00am . 'Yugoslav Rock Night', New Beehive Inn (nightclub),
Manningham
Road, Bradford
Saturday 25th March
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09.30am International Conference - registration and coffee
10.30am Opening by the Lord Mayor of Bradford
Day of Seminars and Workshops with keynote speakers
5.00pm close
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8.00pm Theatre Production, Bradford Alhambra Studio Theatre.
'...is normal!' a play by Ray Brown about his friends in former
Yugoslavia
with 'Finetime' Fonteyne and Sandra Hunt
'...is normal! is terrific. Ray Brown has found an important way to
write about
important matters in a time when trivia rules...' Trevor Griffiths
'...like an except from a surrealist diary, yet it's based on the
reality of
what was my country...' Goran Stefanovski
'...is normal!' is a funny, human, spellbinding mixture of fact,
fiction,
performance and dramatic readings which also features music and voices
recorded
live in former Yugoslavia.
+ Yugoslav art exhibition, Yugoslav wine and food
profits to the Balkan Initiatives Community Fund
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Sunday 26th
10.00am - Conference - Seminars, Workshops and Plenary Sessions
5.00pm close
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Seminars/Workshops
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Staffed by leading experts and practitioners from Moscow, via
Yugoslavia,
Croatia, Bosnia to the US - and of course the UK.....
International and strategic Issues
The Aid and NGO Response
Challenging Nationalism
The Economic Dimension
Environmental Destruction
Culture and the Yugoslav Wars
Direct Aid and Community Development
Conflict Prevention and Resolution
Women and Peacework
Peace Activism
Local government, town twinning and peace-building
Refugees in Britain and Yugoslavia
Peacework in political parties
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The Yugoslav Crisis: International Responses and the Way Forward
University of Bradford
25-26 March 2000
Draft Timetable
Saturday
0930 Registration and Coffee
1030 Plenary
Welcome speech: Deputy Lord Mayor of Bradford
Keynote Speakers: Father Sava, Decani Monastery, Kosovo; Paul
Oestreicher, International Consultant, Coventry Cathedral, Stephen
Henthorne, Defense Studies Foundation; Paul Watson, Los Angeles Times
1200 Seminars/Workshops
a) Strategic and International Issues: The Road to Kosovo
Chair: Tom Gallagher, Department of Peace Studies, University of
Bradford
Alex Bellamy
Department of International Politics, University of Aberystwyth
The Path(s) to Peace? Reassessing the Kosovo Settlements
John Allcock
Research Unit in South East European Studies, University of Bradford
Rural ressentiment and the break-up of Yugoslavia
Zoran Lakic
University of Montenegro, Yugoslavia
Breaking or Disintegration of Yugoslavia?
b) The Aid and NGO Response
Dragica Milinkovic
Centre for Advanced Legal Studies, Belgrade
Civil Society, Civil Disobedience and NGOs in Serbia
Sanja Cosic
Danas
The Yugoslav Independent Media: the impact of NATO bombing and survival
David Chandler
Leeds Metropolitan University
The Lessons of Bosnia
c) Challenging Nationalism 1
Chair: John Allcock, RUSEES, University of Bradford
Dennis Browne
Bates College, Lewiston, Maine, USA
Cultures of Deliberation and Expediency: an alternative to the
nationalist paradigm
Ana Devic
Watson Institute for International Studies, Brown University, USA
The Multilayered Amnesia of Yugoslavia's Breakdown: Social Sciences
Troubled Vision of Nationalism
1330 Lunch
1430 Seminars/Workshops
a) Strategic and International Issues 2: International Perspectives
Chair: Dr Phil Wright, University of Sheffield and Sheffield Committee
for Peace in the Balkans
Dragan Simeunovic
Faculty of Political Science, University of Belgrade
Kosovo War in Yugoslavia: State and Perspective
Luca Ratti
Centre for European Studies, University of Southampton
NATO Enlargement to the Balkans: The View from Rome
Ekaterina Stepanova
Moscow Centre, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Russia in the Kosovo Crisis
b) Strategic and International Issues 3: Implications
Wim van Meurs
Centre for Applied Policy Research, University of Munich
The Stability Pact: European Ideals and Regional Realities
Chad Staddon
Faculty of the Built Environment, University of the West of England,
Bristol
Militarism and Nature at the Millennium: the environmental consequences
of the 1999 NATO campaign in FRY
Zoran Kusovac
Sentinel Regional Security Assessment, Janes
Disintegration, Division, Integration: Strategic Prospects for Balkans
States and Sub-State Entities
c) Direct Aid and Community Development
Anya Hart
IVS/Balkan Sunflowers
Denis Rustovitz
Chairman, Edinburgh Direct Aid
Success and Failure in Rebuilding Shattered Communities in Bosnia and
Kosovo
d) Peace Activism
Chair: Alan Brooke, West Yorkshire Committee for Peace in the Balkans
Dick Withecombe, Greater Manchester Committee for Peace in the Balkans
Dick Pitt, Sheffield Committee for Peace in the Balkans
Nigel Chamberlain, Press and Information Officer, CND National
Green Party representative
e) Challenging Nationalism 2: Media
Irena Ristic
University of Passau
Western media and NATO's Yugoslav War
Bob Jiggins
Research Unit in South East European Studies, University of Bradford
Truth and Reality: the Media War in the West
Sanja Pecujlic-Mastilovic
BKCW Mental Health Trust, London
'Disposable Identities: A personal account of media formation of
national identity'
1600 Coffee
1630 Plenary and Panel Discussion
Respondents
Alexsandar Lopasic, Stephen Henthorne
1730 Closing Remarks
2000 Theatre Production '...is normal!', Bradford Alhambra Studio
Theatre
2200 Music and Dancing, Small Hall, Richmond Building
Sunday
1000 Plenary with Keynote Speakers
Felicity Arbuthnot, Journalistt; Bob Marshall Andrews MP QC; Larry
Hollingsworth, former Head of UNHCR, Bosnia
1130 Seminars/Workshops
a) Economic Issues
Chair: Marko Milivojevic, RUSEES, University of Bradford
Boris Young
USA
An Emerging Political Crisis: Self-management and Market Reform in
Yugoslavia During the Early 1980s
Margaret Cobble
University of Plymouth, UK
Bosnia: neo-liberal development Strategies and Consequences for Economic
and Human Development
Phil Wright
University of Sheffield
The Effects of Sanctions on Yugoslavia
b) Municipalities and Peace-Building
Chair: Ted Brown, Projects Manager, City of Bradford Council
Peter Redfern, External Liaison Manager, City of Bradford Council
Marija Caric
Association of Free Cities and Municipalities, Yugoslavia
Diana Beckley, Norfolk and Norwich Novi Sad Association
Gordana Ciric
University of Novi Sad
Universities in Serbia: Status during the Crisis and a View towards the
Future
c) Environment 1: General Environmental Impacts of the War
Chair: Dr. Chad Staddon
Pekka Haavisto
UNEP, Geneva
The Joint UNEP/UNCHS(Habitat) Balkans Task Force
Richard Clarke, Marija Anteric
Birkbeck College and Kings College, University of London
Conflict and Environment in the Former Yugoslavia
Radoje Lausevic
Serbian Ecological Society, Belgrade, Yugoslavia
The Environmental Effect of NATO<?PC850(146)>s War
d) Conflict Prevention and Reconciliation
Chair: Dr. Andrew Rigby, University of Coventry
David Steele
Centre for Strategic & International Studies, Washington
Religious Communitites' Role in Conflict Prevention and Resolution
Svetlana Kijevcanin
Group MOST/Centre for Anti-War Action, Belgrade
1300 Lunch
1400 Seminars/Workshops
b) Refugees and Asylum Seekers
Dusan Ignatovic, YUCOM, Belgrade
Draft Evaders and Deserters
Beth Logan
c) Environment 2: Post-War Environmental Reconstruction
Chair: Dr. Chad Staddon
Jennifer Braswell
Regional Environmental Centre for Central and Eastern Europe, Hungary
The REC's Involvement in Balkan Reconstruction
Valentina Mileusnic Vucic
Belgrade, Yugoslavia
Environment Issues in the Context of Economic Sanctions Against
Yugoslavia and War Destruction
Catherine Euler
CADU, UK
Depleted Uranium and the Kosovo War
d) Women and Peacework
Jane Gregory
Women's Aid to former Yugoslavia
Pat Sanchez
Women's Aid for Peace
e) War and Yugoslav Culture
Chair: Dr David Norris, Department of Slavonic Studies, University of
Nottingham
prof. dr. Ljilijana Bogoeva
Faculty of Dramatic Arts, University of Belgrade
The Representation of the Yugoslav Crisis in Film and Drama
prof. dr. Ratomir Ristic
University of Nis
Witnessing the rise of nationalisms and the teaching of literature
Dragan Radovanovic
Sculptor, Novi Sad, Yugoslavia
Bojan Bem
Painter, Belgrade
Ray Brown
Broadcaster and Playwright
Leeds
1530 Coffee
1600 Plenary
Marija Caric, Association of Free Cities and Municipalities; Joan
McQueenie Mitric, journalist, USA; prof . dr. Miroljub Radojkovic,
Faculty of Political Science, University of Belgrade
Conference Organiser (UK)
Bob Jiggins
RUSEES, University of Bradford & West Yorkshire Committee for Peace in
the Balkans
Tel: +44 (0)7050 615511 Fax: +44 (0)7050 644569 Email:
r.jiggins@...
Conference Organiser (Yugoslavia)
Svetlana Djuric
New Balkan Initiatives, Belgrade
Email: lanadj@...
Conference Floor Manager
Richard Johnson
Tel: +44 (0)1484 863726 Mobile: +44 (0)7944 253405 Email: volp@...
Private Accommodation Manager
Rachel Sweeting
WYCPB
Tel: +44 (0)1484 842428 Email: westview@...
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STOP NATO: NO PASARAN! - HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.HOME-PAGE.ORG
In a message dated 03/21/2000 7:16:32 PM Eastern Standard Time,
r.jiggins@... writes:
<< Committee for Peace in the Balkans (London) >>
Note that I spoke to Carol Turner who I believe is the coordinator of
the
Committee for Peace in the Balkans in London. She had learned of this
conference from email. Unless the Committee has endorsed this AFTE the
fact,
continuing to post this crucial endorsement is FALSE ADVERTISING.
There is
a good reason for this falsity: you will note that on the top of the
list of
speakers is Father Sava. Father Sava, who works with Bishop Artijime
and
takes the same "line", plays a role like that of Noam Chosmky -
"Position
Two" . His utterances are used worldwide by the Serb-bashers, blaming
the
problems in Kosovo on the Milosevich government, of which he
disapproves.
His statements, which are often quite extreme, are then quoted by the
mainstream press (a search on Lexis turns up a flood of Fr. Sava
references
in the western media) usually saying "Even Fr. Sava, a Serbian priest,
said;'
and then quoting him to justify Western policy.
PS - I just looked at the subsequent post. Look at the whole focus of
the
thing - it is in support of the so-called independent opposition and
media in
Serbia. Aren't they the ones whose independence has been bolstered by
$100,000,000 from the US Senate? Moreover - Carnegie Endowment for
Peace?
They're the ones who invented the whole humanitarian interventionist
strategy. I smell a BIG RAT. I will stick my neck out and say:
evidence
here suggests this is a conference intended to present the
"humanitarian"
part of the "humanitarian war" coalition AS IF IT WERE a real peace
force
(hence the unauthorized use of the highly honorable Committee for Peace
in
the Balkans.)
Best
Jared
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WASHINGTON (USA)
PICKET for TRUTH
MARCH for JUSTICE
The war is not over. On the 1st anniversary of the criminal US/NATO
bombing
of Yugoslavia, demonstrate to demand:
U.S./NATO OUT OF KOSOVO
* No New Bombing of Yugoslavia
* Stop fascist KLA terror against all peoples of Kosovo and Yugoslavia.
Friday, March 24th @ 4pm
Gather for a "PICKET for TRUTH"=20
at the National Press Club,=20
14th and =91F=92 Streets NW
MARCH for JUSTICE at 5pm=20
Past the Washington Post and on to the=20
White House for a candle light vigil.
Tens of thousands of US and NATO (KFOR) troops occupy Kosovo today. What
is the result? Over 250,000 Serbs, Roma people, Turks, Egyptians,
Albanians an= d others have been driven from Kosovo by methods of
KKK-style vigilante violence carried out by the so-called Kosovo
Liberation Army (KLA).=20
KFOR solders turn a blind eye to the destruction and desecration of all
cultural and religious sites in Kosovo that is daily being done by
right-wing Kosovo Albanians, mostly KLA members unsuccessfully
transformed
to the so-called KPF.=20
The Pentagon is constructing a huge military base in Kosovo, and is now
attempting to transform the Ukraine, the second largest republic in the
former Soviet Union, into a NATO satellite to threaten Russia and secure
th= e oil riches of the Caspian Sea.
One year ago, the US and NATO began a massive bombing campaign against
Yugoslavia, dropping 23,000 bombs and missiles which killed thousands of
innocent civilians, all in the name of protecting =93ethnic
minorities.=94
= This is the same government which let the killers of Amadou Diallo
walk
free.
Today, the threat of a new US/NATO attack on Yugoslavia looms, as
General
Wesley Clark accuses the Yugoslav government of rebuilding its military
forces. While the US gives the KLA free rein to attack Serbian and
Albanian civilians in Mitrovica and southern Serbia, Secretary of State
Madeleine Albright accuses Yugoslavia of =93interfering=94 in its own
internal affair= s.
Join us on March 24th to =93Picket for Truth=94 at the National Press
Club. Let=92s send a message to the mass media in this country: STOP THE
LIES!! Then, =93March for Justice=94 to the White House to demand the
indictment o= f the war criminals Clinton, Albright, Clark, Cohen and
the
others.
Sponsored by the International Action Center, for more information:
Phone: 202-588-1205 =20
email: npcdc@...
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BERKELEY (USA)
> >>
> >> AWARD-WINNING
> >> VIDEO DOCUMENTARY SCREENING:
> >>
> >>
> >> YUGOSLAVIA: THE AVOIDABLE WAR
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> produced by
> >> George Bogdanich and Martin Lettmayer
> >> for Frontier Theatre and Film Inc.
> >>
> >>
> >> Tuesday, March 21, 2000, 7:00 - 9:00pm
> >> International House (Great Hall)
> >> 2299 Piedmont Avenue, Berkeley
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> "Yugoslavia: The Avoidable War" is an award-winning video documentary
> >> which examines US and western intervention in the Balkans. While
> >presenting
> >> themselves as peacemakers, Western countries helped initiate the break
up
> >> of Yugoslavia, by providing illegal arms and intelligence support to
> >> different ethnic factions.
> >>
> >> The documentary traces the diplomatic and military blunders by the
west
> >> which helped inflame ethnic tensions into a full blown civil war,
using
> >> original footage and revealing interviews with well placed diplomats
and
> >> military experts.
> >>
> >> Free admission
> >> Sponsored by the Balkan Information Project
> >> bip@...
> >>
> >>
> >> _______________________________________
> >>
> >>
> >> KOSOVO: ONE YEAR LATTER
> >>
> >> PRESENTATIONS AND PANEL DISCUSSION:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> "CONSEQUIENCES OF INTERVENTIONISM ON AMERICA'S FUTURE
> >>
> >>
> >> by
> >> Dr. Thomas Fleming and Dr. Srdjan Trifkovic
> >>
> >> Thursday, March 23, 2000, 7:00 - 9:00pm
> >> International House (Great Hall)
> >> 2299 Piedmont Avenue, Berkeley
> >>
> >>
> >> Thomas Fleming, President of The Rockford Institute and Editor of
> >> "Chronicles: A Magazine of American Culture"
> >>
> >> Srdjan Trifkovic, Foreign Affairs Editor of "Chronicles: A Magazine of
> >> American Culture" and Executive Director of The Lord Byron Foundation
for
> >> Balkan Studies
> >>
> >> They have just come back from visiting Serbia and Montenegro and will
be
> >> discussing the new LBF book "KOSOVO UNDER NATO"
> >>
> >>
> >> Free admission
> >> Co-Sponsored by the Balkan Information Project (bip@...)
> >> and UCB's Peace and Conflict Studies Progra
> >>
> >
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NEW YORK (USA)
UPDATE
Missing from yesterday's email was the time of the NYC
demonstration. It will be at 5 pm. Sorry!
The war is not over
US/NATO OUT OF KOSOVO!
On the 1st Anniversary of the US/NATO Bombing of Yugoslavia
Rallies set around the U.S. See www.iacenter.org for the city nearest
you.
In NYC,
Assemble and Rally:
Friday, March 24
5 pm
Times Square--Armed Forces Recruiting Station
(43rd St. and Broadway)
Following the rally:
March for Truth to the New York Times and Ch. 7
STOP THE FASCIST TERROR AGAINST THE SERB AND ROMA PEOPLE
Tens of thousands of US and NATO troops occupy Kosovo today. What is
the
result? Over 250,000 Serbs, Roma people, Egyptians and others have been
driven from Kosovo by methods of KKK-style vigilante violence carried
out
by the so-called Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA). The Pentagon is
constructing a huge US military base in Kosovo. Under the pretext of
fighting for "national independence" the US and other imperialist
countries have militarily occupied and turned into semi-colonies Bosnia,
Slovenia, Croatia and other former republics of Yugoslavia. This is
their
plan for Kosovo as well. The US/NATO war is not over. The US is now
attempting to transform the Ukraine, the second largest republic in the
former Soviet Union, into a NATO satellite.
Last March 24 the US and NATO countries began bombing Belgrade, Novi
Sad,
Pristina and the other cities of Yugoslavia/Serbia. Thousands of
civilians
died from 23,000 bombs and cruise missiles. This was done in the name of
protecting "ethnic minorities." The same government that lets the
killers
of Amadou Diallo walk free arrogantly proclaims its right to mass murder
Serb and other Yugoslav people in the name of "fighting racism and
ethnic
discrimination."
Join us on March 24, 2000, in a demonstration to demand that US and NATO
leave Kosovo. Demand that Clinton, General Wesley Clark, Secretary of
State Madeleine Albright and others be indicted for war crimes against
the
people of Yugoslavia.
International Action Center
39 West 14th Street, Room 206
New York, NY 10011
email: iacenter@...
web: www.iacenter.org
CHECK OUT THE NEW SITE www.mumia2000.org
phone: 212 633-6646
fax: 212 633-2889
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TORONTO (CANADA)
Laying of the Wreath at the Cenotaph, on March 24
Toronto 2 P.M.
Old City Hall ( Queen St. W.)
The board members of the ASW , at the meeting held on Wednesday
March 15,
have decided to mark March 24 , (the new "Remembrance Day" for all the
Serbs,) with the Wreath Laying at the Cenotaph, at the Old City Hall ,at
2
PM , the exact time when the first bombs were dropped by NATO a year
ago.
We have decided that this is the most appropriate place to start a
"Remembrance Day " for the Serbs of Toronto.
We hope that our presence will remind our fellow Canadians of the
tragedy that has befallen the people of Yugoslavia and of the innocent
victims of NATO aggression.
We are working together with all the other groups and hope to have
as many people as possible at that time of the day.
The invitation to join us and honour the innocent victims of this
illegal and
unjust war, has been
sent to other women and peace groups.
After the wreath laying and observing the minute of silence we
will quietly move to Nathan Philip Square's speaker's corner to continue
a
silent vigil until 5.30 PM and after that we will join thousands of
Serbs
in front of the American Consulate , where the memorial starts at 6p.m.
This way we give everybody the chance to join us at the time that
fits the best into their schedule of the day.
We encourage everybody to join us
For more information ,please call Snezana at 416- 928-0043
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RIMSKI SAVEZ ZA JUGOSLAVIJU
e-mail: crj@... - URL: http://marx2001.org/crj
http://www.egroups.com/group/crj-mailinglist/
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WIEN (OESTERREICH)
Godinu dana posle napada:
Rat NATO-a protiv Jugoslavije - ne}emo nikada zaboraviti!
24.marta NATO je napao Jugolaviju, jednu suverenu dr`avu, bez objave
rata. Ujedinjena vojna snaga 19 bogatih dr`ava
uni{tila je na{u dr`avu pod izgovorom, da {tite ljudska prava na Kosovu
i time su naterali narod u bedu. Sve vreme dok su
78 dana vodili takozvani "humanitarni rat", NATO je prekr{io razne
ugovore i deklaracije, kao i sopstvene ustanove, kao
{to su Deklaracija ljudskih prava UN, Helsinki-ugovor, itd. UN i
Me|unarodno pravo su postali marionete NATO-a!
@alosni bilans
Preko 3.000 civila postali su `rtve agresije, veliki delovi
infrastrukture i ekonomije Jugoslavije su uni{teni. Napadi
NATO-raketa su upropastili prirodu, do{lo je do ekolo{ke katastrofe ne
samo u Jugoslaviji, nego i {irom Evrope. Cilj
embarga i politi~kog iznu|ivanja sa Zapadom na ~elu SAD i Nema~ke, je da
i dalje oslabe Srbiju i da podignu re`im
marioneta, koje bi bile sluge Svetskom poredku NATO-a.
Rat medija
Predhodni rat je ve} pripreman jednu deceniju unapred: Zapad se neumorno
me{ao, vodio je podbada~ku propagandu,
forsirao je rat i na kraju je razbio Jugoslaviju. Podr`avali su ratove u
Hrvatskoj, BiH i na Kosovu, dok su pomagali
separatisti~kim snagama protiv Jugoslavije. Svetsko mnenje su
manipulisali la`ima, jer su sa punom namerom nahu{kali
narode protiv Srba. Propaganda medija je izmislila "holokaust" nad
albanskim stanovni{tvom i da je NATO tobo`e zbog
toga morao da interveni{e, ali ni jedna od tih la`i do danas nije
dokazana: za vreme rata su neumorno ponavljali, da su
izme|u 100.000 i 225.000 Albanaca nestali i da su najverovatnije
pobijeni. Ali ~ak Me|unarodni tribunal za ratne zlo~ine
u Jugoslaviji (ICTY) nije mogao da ih prona|e, ve} je izjavio da je
na|eno 2.108 mrtvih, od kojih se ne zna, ~ijoj
nacionalnosti pripadaju.
Etni~ko ~i{}enje na Kosmetu
Dok je NATO kao vojna sila prisutna na Kosmetu, KFOR podr`ava etni~ko
~i{}enje, koje sad sprovodi "razoru`ana" OVK
nad nealbanskim stanovni{tvom. Proterali su do sada ukupno 300.000 Srba,
Crnogoraca, Roma, Turaka i drugih manjina,
~ak i Albance, koji se ose}aju lojalni prema Jugoslaviji. U Srbiji ve}
`ive preko jedan milion izbeglica i njihova situacija je
veoma te{ka.
NATO i Zapad jo{ uvek tvrde da je na naredbu re`ima iz Beograda do{lo do
sistematskog proterivanja, da je re`im tolerisao
etni~ko ~i{}enje - ali do dan-danas nemaju nikakve dokaze, ve} su
upotrebili tu propagandu da napadnu Jugoslaviju.
+ Mi danas ho}emo da Vas podsetimo, koje `rtve je doneo taj rat i ho}emo
da podsetimo, da i dalje uni{tavaju na{u zemlju
kroz ekonomsku blokadu. Jedini koji pate to su opet civili.
+ Ho}emo da podsetimo, da svi oni, koji su ovaj rat podr`avali, da su
ratni zlo~inci, jer su samovoljno i bez razmi{ljanja
prihvatili la`i medija.
+ Ho}emo da podsetimo, da sprovodjenje Novog svetskog poredka od NATO-a
ne zna~i ni{ta dobro ni za Austrijance, jer
ve} sada pla}aju 40 milijardi dolara za nove rakete! NATO }e dovesti rat
i bedu tako|e i na Zapad.
NATO napolje iz Jugoslavije i sa Balkana!
Zaustavite nacionalno i politi~ko ~i{}enje NATO-a i OVK!
Dosta je blokade!
Zapad mora da plati ratne od{tete bez ikakvih uslovljavanja!
Dosta je sa razbijanjem Jugoslavije - protiv podr`avanja separatisti~kih
pokreta od strane Zapada!
Pravda za Srbiju!
Stop priklju~enju Austrije u NATO i WEU, evropskom NATO-paktu!
Me|unarodni miting
24. Mart 2000
18.00 ~asova ispred parlamenta
20.00 ~asova na [tefansplacu
Jugoslovensko-Austrijski pokret solidarnosti (JÖSB)
Jugoslawisch-Österreichische Solidaritätsbewegung (JÖSB)
PF 217, A-1040 Wien, Österreich
joesb@...
-
Mi, 22.3.
16-18 Uhr
Schottenpassage
Demo
Fr, 24.3.
18 h Parlament
20 h Oper (musste aufgrund von Bauarbeiten geändert werden)
* Nein zu Beistandspflicht, WEU und NATO!
* Kein Sozialabbau für Aufrüstung!
* Erhalt der Neutralität!
Unterstützer:
Bewegung der Revolutionären Linken Chile (MIR)
Bewegung für soziale Befreiung (BSB)
Bewegung gegen den Krieg
Bewegungszentrum für aktive Gewaltlosigkeit
Casa del Pueblo latinoamericano
Gewerkschaftlicher Linksblock (GLB)
gpa-Jugend (SchülerInnen und StudentInnen)
Initiative für Frieden in Kurdistan
Internationales Solidaritätsforum (ISF)
Jugoslawischer Dachverband
Jugoslawisch-Österreichische Solidaritätsbewegung (JÖSB)
Kampagne zur Verteidigung politischer und sozialer Rechte
Kommunistische Jugend Österreich (KJÖ)
Kommunistische Partei Österreich (KPÖ)
Kommunistischer StudentInnenverein (KSV)
Österreichischer Friedensrat
Prison Watch International Wien
Revolutionär Kommunistische Liga (RKL)
Sozialistische Jugend Österreich (SJÖ)
Wiener Friedensbewegung
Die JÖSB stellt ihre Beteiligung zusätzlich unter folgende Losungen:
* Stoppt die Vertreibungen durch UCK und NATO!
* NATO raus aus dem Kosovo!
* Schluss mit der Blockade gegen Jugoslawien!
Jugoslawisch-Österreichische Solidaritätsbewegung (JÖSB)
PF 217, A-1040 Wien, Österreich
joesb@...
-
Sonntag im Vorstadtzentrum 15
15., Meiselstrasse 46/4
Jeden So von 16-22 Uhr
26.3. 18 h 30
Kosovo - ethnische Säuberung mit Hilfe der NATO
Ein Jahr nach Beginn des brutalen Bombardements Jugoslawiens ist die
Heuchelei der NATO sichbar: Nicht Menschenrechte wurden verteidigt,
sondern die Interessen der westlichen Allianz. Warum verhindert die
NATO heute nicht die blutige Vertreibung von Serben, Roma, Juden und
anderen Minderheiten aus dem Kosovo? Auf diese Frage wollen wir im
Laufe der Diskussion eine Antwort finden.
Bewegung für Soziale Befreiung
15., Meiselstrasse 46/4
bsb@...
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BRADFORD (UK)
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On the anniversary of NATO's bombing of Yugoslavia.....
Friday 24 - Sunday 26th March 2000
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The Yugoslav Crisis: international responses and the way forward
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(please note that the conference proper begins on Saturday morning
although
there are a number of events on Friday evening and that bookings for
accommodation must be made by Monday 20th March)
**********************************************************************
Please also note that Father Sava from Kosovo has agreed to attend the
conference!
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An International Conference with Yugoslav music, food, theatre, film
and silent vigil - almost a festival for Yugoslavia!
Venue: Richmond Building, University of Bradford, UK
organised by:
the West Yorkshire Committee for Peace in the Balkans and the
Rsearch Unit in South East European Studies, University of Bradford, in
association with the City of Bradford Metropolitan Council
Supported by:
Committee for Peace in the Balkans (London); Campaign for Nuclear
Disarmament;
National Peace Council; Refugee Action; Northern Refugee Centre,
Sheffield;
United Nations Association; Pax Christi; International Voluntary
Service;
Anglican Pacifist Fellowship; ECRE/ICVA Reference Group on Former
Yugoslavia,
led by the British Refugee Council
http://www.brad.ac.uk/acad/rusees/conference.html
Keynote Speakers:
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Father Sava
Serbian Orthodox Diocese of Kosovo and Metohija
Gracanica Monastery, Pristina,
Kosovo and Metohija
(needs no introduction...!)
Rev. Dr. Paul Oestreicher, International Consultant, Coventry Cathedral
a political scientist long associated with eastern Europe and the
anti-apartheid movement... recently spent a month in Belgrade for the
Church of
England
Larry Hollingsworth, former (and controversial!) head of UNHCR,
Bosnia... now a
freelance consultant and advisor to Christian Aid
Paul Watson, Balkan's Bureau Chief, Los Angeles Times
Pulitzer Prize winning journalist... one of the few journalists to
remain in
Yugoslavia during the bombing... and fiercely independent
Felicity Arbuthnot, journalist
... specialises in social and environmental issues with special
knowledge of
Iraq and the effects of Depleted Uranium and cluster bombs...a regular
contributor to the Daily Herald and New Internationalist and others...
Bob Marshall Andrews MP QC
...will be talking on the legal aspects of the recent war
Programme of Events
---------------
Friday 24th March (the anniversary of NATO bombing)
--------------------------------------
5.00pm Feature film, one night only by special arrangement, 'Pretty
Village
Pretty Flame' (Lepa Sela Lepo Gore)(dir. Srdjan Dragojevic),
Pictureville,
National Museum of Film, Photography and Television, Discounts for
conference
ticket holders
'an electrifying war movie, gripping and dense, frequently very funny, a
masterpiece' Misha Glenny, Sight and Sound
'Wilder in its black humour than MASH, bolder in its vision of politics
and
the military than any movie Stanley Kubrick has ever made' Emanuel Levy,
Variety
'...a powerful assault on the insanity of war' New York Times
'...hurls the Bosnian war into our faces like a hunk of burning
debris...war
in the nineties is different: war profiteers hawk TVs while chatting on
cellphones and the spoils of war are a Gameboy...It burns. It rocks. The
soundtrack stutters in your head. See it on the big screen if you can'
Jonathan Miller, Resnap
7.45pm Meeting: 'Promoting a Culture of Peace in the North of England -
creating partners' called by the National Peace Council @ IHS
Department, 26
Pemberton Drive, Bradford University
9.30pm -10.30pm Candlelight Silent Vigil, Queen Victoria's Memorial,
City
Centre, Bradford . Please wear dark or black clothes and bring a
candle!.
Called by Yorkshire CND with the support of the international
conference.
9.00pm - 2.00am . 'Yugoslav Rock Night', New Beehive Inn (nightclub),
Manningham
Road, Bradford
Saturday 25th March
---------------
09.30am International Conference - registration and coffee
10.30am Opening by the Lord Mayor of Bradford
Day of Seminars and Workshops with keynote speakers
5.00pm close
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8.00pm Theatre Production, Bradford Alhambra Studio Theatre.
'...is normal!' a play by Ray Brown about his friends in former
Yugoslavia
with 'Finetime' Fonteyne and Sandra Hunt
'...is normal! is terrific. Ray Brown has found an important way to
write about
important matters in a time when trivia rules...' Trevor Griffiths
'...like an except from a surrealist diary, yet it's based on the
reality of
what was my country...' Goran Stefanovski
'...is normal!' is a funny, human, spellbinding mixture of fact,
fiction,
performance and dramatic readings which also features music and voices
recorded
live in former Yugoslavia.
+ Yugoslav art exhibition, Yugoslav wine and food
profits to the Balkan Initiatives Community Fund
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Sunday 26th
10.00am - Conference - Seminars, Workshops and Plenary Sessions
5.00pm close
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Seminars/Workshops
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Staffed by leading experts and practitioners from Moscow, via
Yugoslavia,
Croatia, Bosnia to the US - and of course the UK.....
International and strategic Issues
The Aid and NGO Response
Challenging Nationalism
The Economic Dimension
Environmental Destruction
Culture and the Yugoslav Wars
Direct Aid and Community Development
Conflict Prevention and Resolution
Women and Peacework
Peace Activism
Local government, town twinning and peace-building
Refugees in Britain and Yugoslavia
Peacework in political parties
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The Yugoslav Crisis: International Responses and the Way Forward
University of Bradford
25-26 March 2000
Draft Timetable
Saturday
0930 Registration and Coffee
1030 Plenary
Welcome speech: Deputy Lord Mayor of Bradford
Keynote Speakers: Father Sava, Decani Monastery, Kosovo; Paul
Oestreicher, International Consultant, Coventry Cathedral, Stephen
Henthorne, Defense Studies Foundation; Paul Watson, Los Angeles Times
1200 Seminars/Workshops
a) Strategic and International Issues: The Road to Kosovo
Chair: Tom Gallagher, Department of Peace Studies, University of
Bradford
Alex Bellamy
Department of International Politics, University of Aberystwyth
The Path(s) to Peace? Reassessing the Kosovo Settlements
John Allcock
Research Unit in South East European Studies, University of Bradford
Rural ressentiment and the break-up of Yugoslavia
Zoran Lakic
University of Montenegro, Yugoslavia
Breaking or Disintegration of Yugoslavia?
b) The Aid and NGO Response
Dragica Milinkovic
Centre for Advanced Legal Studies, Belgrade
Civil Society, Civil Disobedience and NGOs in Serbia
Sanja Cosic
Danas
The Yugoslav Independent Media: the impact of NATO bombing and survival
David Chandler
Leeds Metropolitan University
The Lessons of Bosnia
c) Challenging Nationalism 1
Chair: John Allcock, RUSEES, University of Bradford
Dennis Browne
Bates College, Lewiston, Maine, USA
Cultures of Deliberation and Expediency: an alternative to the
nationalist paradigm
Ana Devic
Watson Institute for International Studies, Brown University, USA
The Multilayered Amnesia of Yugoslavia's Breakdown: Social Sciences
Troubled Vision of Nationalism
1330 Lunch
1430 Seminars/Workshops
a) Strategic and International Issues 2: International Perspectives
Chair: Dr Phil Wright, University of Sheffield and Sheffield Committee
for Peace in the Balkans
Dragan Simeunovic
Faculty of Political Science, University of Belgrade
Kosovo War in Yugoslavia: State and Perspective
Luca Ratti
Centre for European Studies, University of Southampton
NATO Enlargement to the Balkans: The View from Rome
Ekaterina Stepanova
Moscow Centre, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Russia in the Kosovo Crisis
b) Strategic and International Issues 3: Implications
Wim van Meurs
Centre for Applied Policy Research, University of Munich
The Stability Pact: European Ideals and Regional Realities
Chad Staddon
Faculty of the Built Environment, University of the West of England,
Bristol
Militarism and Nature at the Millennium: the environmental consequences
of the 1999 NATO campaign in FRY
Zoran Kusovac
Sentinel Regional Security Assessment, Janes
Disintegration, Division, Integration: Strategic Prospects for Balkans
States and Sub-State Entities
c) Direct Aid and Community Development
Anya Hart
IVS/Balkan Sunflowers
Denis Rustovitz
Chairman, Edinburgh Direct Aid
Success and Failure in Rebuilding Shattered Communities in Bosnia and
Kosovo
d) Peace Activism
Chair: Alan Brooke, West Yorkshire Committee for Peace in the Balkans
Dick Withecombe, Greater Manchester Committee for Peace in the Balkans
Dick Pitt, Sheffield Committee for Peace in the Balkans
Nigel Chamberlain, Press and Information Officer, CND National
Green Party representative
e) Challenging Nationalism 2: Media
Irena Ristic
University of Passau
Western media and NATO's Yugoslav War
Bob Jiggins
Research Unit in South East European Studies, University of Bradford
Truth and Reality: the Media War in the West
Sanja Pecujlic-Mastilovic
BKCW Mental Health Trust, London
'Disposable Identities: A personal account of media formation of
national identity'
1600 Coffee
1630 Plenary and Panel Discussion
Respondents
Alexsandar Lopasic, Stephen Henthorne
1730 Closing Remarks
2000 Theatre Production '...is normal!', Bradford Alhambra Studio
Theatre
2200 Music and Dancing, Small Hall, Richmond Building
Sunday
1000 Plenary with Keynote Speakers
Felicity Arbuthnot, Journalistt; Bob Marshall Andrews MP QC; Larry
Hollingsworth, former Head of UNHCR, Bosnia
1130 Seminars/Workshops
a) Economic Issues
Chair: Marko Milivojevic, RUSEES, University of Bradford
Boris Young
USA
An Emerging Political Crisis: Self-management and Market Reform in
Yugoslavia During the Early 1980s
Margaret Cobble
University of Plymouth, UK
Bosnia: neo-liberal development Strategies and Consequences for Economic
and Human Development
Phil Wright
University of Sheffield
The Effects of Sanctions on Yugoslavia
b) Municipalities and Peace-Building
Chair: Ted Brown, Projects Manager, City of Bradford Council
Peter Redfern, External Liaison Manager, City of Bradford Council
Marija Caric
Association of Free Cities and Municipalities, Yugoslavia
Diana Beckley, Norfolk and Norwich Novi Sad Association
Gordana Ciric
University of Novi Sad
Universities in Serbia: Status during the Crisis and a View towards the
Future
c) Environment 1: General Environmental Impacts of the War
Chair: Dr. Chad Staddon
Pekka Haavisto
UNEP, Geneva
The Joint UNEP/UNCHS(Habitat) Balkans Task Force
Richard Clarke, Marija Anteric
Birkbeck College and Kings College, University of London
Conflict and Environment in the Former Yugoslavia
Radoje Lausevic
Serbian Ecological Society, Belgrade, Yugoslavia
The Environmental Effect of NATO<?PC850(146)>s War
d) Conflict Prevention and Reconciliation
Chair: Dr. Andrew Rigby, University of Coventry
David Steele
Centre for Strategic & International Studies, Washington
Religious Communitites' Role in Conflict Prevention and Resolution
Svetlana Kijevcanin
Group MOST/Centre for Anti-War Action, Belgrade
1300 Lunch
1400 Seminars/Workshops
b) Refugees and Asylum Seekers
Dusan Ignatovic, YUCOM, Belgrade
Draft Evaders and Deserters
Beth Logan
c) Environment 2: Post-War Environmental Reconstruction
Chair: Dr. Chad Staddon
Jennifer Braswell
Regional Environmental Centre for Central and Eastern Europe, Hungary
The REC's Involvement in Balkan Reconstruction
Valentina Mileusnic Vucic
Belgrade, Yugoslavia
Environment Issues in the Context of Economic Sanctions Against
Yugoslavia and War Destruction
Catherine Euler
CADU, UK
Depleted Uranium and the Kosovo War
d) Women and Peacework
Jane Gregory
Women's Aid to former Yugoslavia
Pat Sanchez
Women's Aid for Peace
e) War and Yugoslav Culture
Chair: Dr David Norris, Department of Slavonic Studies, University of
Nottingham
prof. dr. Ljilijana Bogoeva
Faculty of Dramatic Arts, University of Belgrade
The Representation of the Yugoslav Crisis in Film and Drama
prof. dr. Ratomir Ristic
University of Nis
Witnessing the rise of nationalisms and the teaching of literature
Dragan Radovanovic
Sculptor, Novi Sad, Yugoslavia
Bojan Bem
Painter, Belgrade
Ray Brown
Broadcaster and Playwright
Leeds
1530 Coffee
1600 Plenary
Marija Caric, Association of Free Cities and Municipalities; Joan
McQueenie Mitric, journalist, USA; prof . dr. Miroljub Radojkovic,
Faculty of Political Science, University of Belgrade
Conference Organiser (UK)
Bob Jiggins
RUSEES, University of Bradford & West Yorkshire Committee for Peace in
the Balkans
Tel: +44 (0)7050 615511 Fax: +44 (0)7050 644569 Email:
r.jiggins@...
Conference Organiser (Yugoslavia)
Svetlana Djuric
New Balkan Initiatives, Belgrade
Email: lanadj@...
Conference Floor Manager
Richard Johnson
Tel: +44 (0)1484 863726 Mobile: +44 (0)7944 253405 Email: volp@...
Private Accommodation Manager
Rachel Sweeting
WYCPB
Tel: +44 (0)1484 842428 Email: westview@...
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STOP NATO: NO PASARAN! - HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.HOME-PAGE.ORG
In a message dated 03/21/2000 7:16:32 PM Eastern Standard Time,
r.jiggins@... writes:
<< Committee for Peace in the Balkans (London) >>
Note that I spoke to Carol Turner who I believe is the coordinator of
the
Committee for Peace in the Balkans in London. She had learned of this
conference from email. Unless the Committee has endorsed this AFTE the
fact,
continuing to post this crucial endorsement is FALSE ADVERTISING.
There is
a good reason for this falsity: you will note that on the top of the
list of
speakers is Father Sava. Father Sava, who works with Bishop Artijime
and
takes the same "line", plays a role like that of Noam Chosmky -
"Position
Two" . His utterances are used worldwide by the Serb-bashers, blaming
the
problems in Kosovo on the Milosevich government, of which he
disapproves.
His statements, which are often quite extreme, are then quoted by the
mainstream press (a search on Lexis turns up a flood of Fr. Sava
references
in the western media) usually saying "Even Fr. Sava, a Serbian priest,
said;'
and then quoting him to justify Western policy.
PS - I just looked at the subsequent post. Look at the whole focus of
the
thing - it is in support of the so-called independent opposition and
media in
Serbia. Aren't they the ones whose independence has been bolstered by
$100,000,000 from the US Senate? Moreover - Carnegie Endowment for
Peace?
They're the ones who invented the whole humanitarian interventionist
strategy. I smell a BIG RAT. I will stick my neck out and say:
evidence
here suggests this is a conference intended to present the
"humanitarian"
part of the "humanitarian war" coalition AS IF IT WERE a real peace
force
(hence the unauthorized use of the highly honorable Committee for Peace
in
the Balkans.)
Best
Jared
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WASHINGTON (USA)
PICKET for TRUTH
MARCH for JUSTICE
The war is not over. On the 1st anniversary of the criminal US/NATO
bombing
of Yugoslavia, demonstrate to demand:
U.S./NATO OUT OF KOSOVO
* No New Bombing of Yugoslavia
* Stop fascist KLA terror against all peoples of Kosovo and Yugoslavia.
Friday, March 24th @ 4pm
Gather for a "PICKET for TRUTH"=20
at the National Press Club,=20
14th and =91F=92 Streets NW
MARCH for JUSTICE at 5pm=20
Past the Washington Post and on to the=20
White House for a candle light vigil.
Tens of thousands of US and NATO (KFOR) troops occupy Kosovo today. What
is the result? Over 250,000 Serbs, Roma people, Turks, Egyptians,
Albanians an= d others have been driven from Kosovo by methods of
KKK-style vigilante violence carried out by the so-called Kosovo
Liberation Army (KLA).=20
KFOR solders turn a blind eye to the destruction and desecration of all
cultural and religious sites in Kosovo that is daily being done by
right-wing Kosovo Albanians, mostly KLA members unsuccessfully
transformed
to the so-called KPF.=20
The Pentagon is constructing a huge military base in Kosovo, and is now
attempting to transform the Ukraine, the second largest republic in the
former Soviet Union, into a NATO satellite to threaten Russia and secure
th= e oil riches of the Caspian Sea.
One year ago, the US and NATO began a massive bombing campaign against
Yugoslavia, dropping 23,000 bombs and missiles which killed thousands of
innocent civilians, all in the name of protecting =93ethnic
minorities.=94
= This is the same government which let the killers of Amadou Diallo
walk
free.
Today, the threat of a new US/NATO attack on Yugoslavia looms, as
General
Wesley Clark accuses the Yugoslav government of rebuilding its military
forces. While the US gives the KLA free rein to attack Serbian and
Albanian civilians in Mitrovica and southern Serbia, Secretary of State
Madeleine Albright accuses Yugoslavia of =93interfering=94 in its own
internal affair= s.
Join us on March 24th to =93Picket for Truth=94 at the National Press
Club. Let=92s send a message to the mass media in this country: STOP THE
LIES!! Then, =93March for Justice=94 to the White House to demand the
indictment o= f the war criminals Clinton, Albright, Clark, Cohen and
the
others.
Sponsored by the International Action Center, for more information:
Phone: 202-588-1205 =20
email: npcdc@...
====================================================================
BERKELEY (USA)
> >>
> >> AWARD-WINNING
> >> VIDEO DOCUMENTARY SCREENING:
> >>
> >>
> >> YUGOSLAVIA: THE AVOIDABLE WAR
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> produced by
> >> George Bogdanich and Martin Lettmayer
> >> for Frontier Theatre and Film Inc.
> >>
> >>
> >> Tuesday, March 21, 2000, 7:00 - 9:00pm
> >> International House (Great Hall)
> >> 2299 Piedmont Avenue, Berkeley
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> "Yugoslavia: The Avoidable War" is an award-winning video documentary
> >> which examines US and western intervention in the Balkans. While
> >presenting
> >> themselves as peacemakers, Western countries helped initiate the break
up
> >> of Yugoslavia, by providing illegal arms and intelligence support to
> >> different ethnic factions.
> >>
> >> The documentary traces the diplomatic and military blunders by the
west
> >> which helped inflame ethnic tensions into a full blown civil war,
using
> >> original footage and revealing interviews with well placed diplomats
and
> >> military experts.
> >>
> >> Free admission
> >> Sponsored by the Balkan Information Project
> >> bip@...
> >>
> >>
> >> _______________________________________
> >>
> >>
> >> KOSOVO: ONE YEAR LATTER
> >>
> >> PRESENTATIONS AND PANEL DISCUSSION:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> "CONSEQUIENCES OF INTERVENTIONISM ON AMERICA'S FUTURE
> >>
> >>
> >> by
> >> Dr. Thomas Fleming and Dr. Srdjan Trifkovic
> >>
> >> Thursday, March 23, 2000, 7:00 - 9:00pm
> >> International House (Great Hall)
> >> 2299 Piedmont Avenue, Berkeley
> >>
> >>
> >> Thomas Fleming, President of The Rockford Institute and Editor of
> >> "Chronicles: A Magazine of American Culture"
> >>
> >> Srdjan Trifkovic, Foreign Affairs Editor of "Chronicles: A Magazine of
> >> American Culture" and Executive Director of The Lord Byron Foundation
for
> >> Balkan Studies
> >>
> >> They have just come back from visiting Serbia and Montenegro and will
be
> >> discussing the new LBF book "KOSOVO UNDER NATO"
> >>
> >>
> >> Free admission
> >> Co-Sponsored by the Balkan Information Project (bip@...)
> >> and UCB's Peace and Conflict Studies Progra
> >>
> >
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NEW YORK (USA)
UPDATE
Missing from yesterday's email was the time of the NYC
demonstration. It will be at 5 pm. Sorry!
The war is not over
US/NATO OUT OF KOSOVO!
On the 1st Anniversary of the US/NATO Bombing of Yugoslavia
Rallies set around the U.S. See www.iacenter.org for the city nearest
you.
In NYC,
Assemble and Rally:
Friday, March 24
5 pm
Times Square--Armed Forces Recruiting Station
(43rd St. and Broadway)
Following the rally:
March for Truth to the New York Times and Ch. 7
STOP THE FASCIST TERROR AGAINST THE SERB AND ROMA PEOPLE
Tens of thousands of US and NATO troops occupy Kosovo today. What is
the
result? Over 250,000 Serbs, Roma people, Egyptians and others have been
driven from Kosovo by methods of KKK-style vigilante violence carried
out
by the so-called Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA). The Pentagon is
constructing a huge US military base in Kosovo. Under the pretext of
fighting for "national independence" the US and other imperialist
countries have militarily occupied and turned into semi-colonies Bosnia,
Slovenia, Croatia and other former republics of Yugoslavia. This is
their
plan for Kosovo as well. The US/NATO war is not over. The US is now
attempting to transform the Ukraine, the second largest republic in the
former Soviet Union, into a NATO satellite.
Last March 24 the US and NATO countries began bombing Belgrade, Novi
Sad,
Pristina and the other cities of Yugoslavia/Serbia. Thousands of
civilians
died from 23,000 bombs and cruise missiles. This was done in the name of
protecting "ethnic minorities." The same government that lets the
killers
of Amadou Diallo walk free arrogantly proclaims its right to mass murder
Serb and other Yugoslav people in the name of "fighting racism and
ethnic
discrimination."
Join us on March 24, 2000, in a demonstration to demand that US and NATO
leave Kosovo. Demand that Clinton, General Wesley Clark, Secretary of
State Madeleine Albright and others be indicted for war crimes against
the
people of Yugoslavia.
International Action Center
39 West 14th Street, Room 206
New York, NY 10011
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TORONTO (CANADA)
Laying of the Wreath at the Cenotaph, on March 24
Toronto 2 P.M.
Old City Hall ( Queen St. W.)
The board members of the ASW , at the meeting held on Wednesday
March 15,
have decided to mark March 24 , (the new "Remembrance Day" for all the
Serbs,) with the Wreath Laying at the Cenotaph, at the Old City Hall ,at
2
PM , the exact time when the first bombs were dropped by NATO a year
ago.
We have decided that this is the most appropriate place to start a
"Remembrance Day " for the Serbs of Toronto.
We hope that our presence will remind our fellow Canadians of the
tragedy that has befallen the people of Yugoslavia and of the innocent
victims of NATO aggression.
We are working together with all the other groups and hope to have
as many people as possible at that time of the day.
The invitation to join us and honour the innocent victims of this
illegal and
unjust war, has been
sent to other women and peace groups.
After the wreath laying and observing the minute of silence we
will quietly move to Nathan Philip Square's speaker's corner to continue
a
silent vigil until 5.30 PM and after that we will join thousands of
Serbs
in front of the American Consulate , where the memorial starts at 6p.m.
This way we give everybody the chance to join us at the time that
fits the best into their schedule of the day.
We encourage everybody to join us
For more information ,please call Snezana at 416- 928-0043
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HANNO "INFOIBATO" LA STORIA
Nella memoria collettiva le "foibe" rappresentano una delle pagine "più
nere" dlla storia della lotta di Liberazione al confine orientale poichè
per più di cinquant'anni si sono avallate le tesi della destra fascista
e
nazionalista (sostenute da un'ampia pubblicistica propagandistica alla
quale la sinistra non è mai stata in grado di rispondere in maniera
decisa
e chiarificatrice) ovvero che tra il 1943 ed il 1947 furono "uccise solo
perchè italiane" dai partigiani "slavocomunisti" "migliaia" di persone
(le
cifre spaziano dai 5000 ai 20000 morti, con un picco - da parte della
sezione udinese di Azione Giovani - di 300.000).
Nel più recente clima di revisionismo storico tendente a criminalizzare
i
partigiani e la Resistenza nel suo insieme, la questione foibe è tornata
ad
avere un'eco nazionale, soprattutto grazie all'inchiesta portata avanti
dal
P.M. romano Giuseppe Pititto, il quale (è notizia di pochi mesi fa) ha
dovuto rifare tutta la richiesta di rinvio a giudizio per un vizio di
forma
(aveva completamente sbagliato a notificare gli avvisi di garanzia agli
indagati). In questa inchiesta Pititto, il quale aveva dichiarato di
avere
scoperto "la verità sulle foibe"naveva chiesto l'incriminazione di tre
partigiani (due fiumani ed uno istriano) per "genocidio", mentre a
leggere
la richiesta di rinvio a giudizio si vedeva chiaramente che i primi due
erano accusati di essere responsabili della morte di tre persone, mentre
il
terzo veniva accusato dell'uccisione di sette persone...
Ma cosa è successo effettivamente nella cosiddetta "Venezia Giulia" (che
allora comprendeva le vecchie Province di Trieste e Gorizia, buona parte
delle quali appartiene ora alla Slovenia, l'Istria, Fiume e la Dalmazia,
oggi croate), tra l'8 settembre 1943 e il maggio del '45?
Dopo l'8 settembre i prtigiani delle'esercito jugoslavo di liberazione
(nel
quale combattevano anche molti italiani, ma non solo : pure diversi
militari tedeschi avevano disertato il loro esercito per combattere coi
partigiani dell'esercito jugoslavo) avevano preso il controllo di parte
dell'Istria ed inq uel frangente funzionarono dei tribunali popolari che
procedettero all'arresto di gerarchi, segretari del Fascio, militari,
poliziotti e via di seguito.
Una parte di questi furono condannati a morte ; vi furono anche, come
sempre accade in queste occasioni, episodi di giustizia sommaria,
vendette,
abusi.
Ma bisogna considerare cosa significarono vent'anni di fascismo per le
popolazioni slovene e croate dei territori annessi all'Italia dopo la
fine
della prima guerra mondiale : cambiamento forzato dei cognomi "ridotti"
(così è la dizione ufficiale) in forma italiana, divieto di parlare la
propria lingua in pubblico e persino in chiesa, chiusura di tutte le
scuole
slovene e croate, trasferimento degli insegnanti e degli impegati
pubblici
di lingua slovena e croata nelle più remote parti dell'Italia, per non
parlare, dopo l'inizio della guerra e l'occupazione di quella che fu
denominata la "provincia di Lubiana", delle deportazioni di massa di
civili
(all'incirca 15000 persone, soprattutto vecchi, donne e bambini,
internati
chi nell'isola di Rab-Arbe in Dalmazia, chi a Gonars in Friuli) della
distruzione di villaggi, delle esecuzioni di massa.
Pulizia etnica, si direbbe oggi.
Ma ritorniamo all'autunno del '43.
Tra l'ottobre del '43 e la primavera del '44 furono recuperati, da una
decina circa di foibe istriane, duecento corpi di persone uccise nel
periodo di potere popolare ; per renderci conto delle proporzioni
valutiamo
che per riprendere il controllo della zona, nei primi giorni di ottobre
del
'43, i nazifascisti massacrarono 13.000 persone (o quantomeno questa è
la
cifra che il comando germanico comunicò attraverso la stampa locale).
L'aspetto più interessante di tutta la montatura creata intorno alla
faccenda delle foibe sta forse in come sono stati usati i documenti
ufficiali in funzione della propaganda di parte nazional-fascista.
infatti la stessa pubblicistica di stampo nazionalista, i cui esponenti
parlano di "migliaia di infoibati sol perchè italiani",
se analizzata attentamente ci fornisce altri dati.
Per esempio nel "Martirologo delle genti adriatiche" di Gianni Bartoli
(democristiano, esule dall'Istria, che fu per molti anni sindaco di
Trieste) troviamo un elenco di circa quattromila nomi che comprendono sì
persone persone che sono state "infoibate", ma anche militari caduti sui
vari fronti di guerra ed addirittura partigiani o resistenti deportati
dai
tedeschi nell'arco temporale che va dal 1942 al 1945.
Abbiamo poi Luigi Papo, già comandante in Istria della Milizia
Repubblichina e strtto collaboratore di qull'Italo Sauro che da Venezia
organizzava i servizi segreti della R.S.I nei territori sotto controllo
tedesco (la Venezia Giulia e parte del Friuli erano stai dopo l'8
settembre
di fatto annessi al Reich tedesco sotto la denominazione di Adriatisches
Kusteland). Papo è oggi uno dei maggiori esponenti del neoirredentismo
ed è
autore di un "Albo d'Oro" in cui elenca più di 20000 nomi di morti nel
corso della seconda guerra mondiale (ma anche dopo) e facenti capo alla
Venezia Giulia e Dalmazia, ma, benchè la copertina riporti lo spaccato
di
una "foiba", non tutti i nomi elencati sono nomi di "infoibati", anzi
questi ne compongono la minima parte. Troviamo qui infatti elencati i
caduti per fatti di guerra sui vari fronti, i morti nei lager nazisti e
sotto i bombardamenti, addirittura molti partigiani.
Sempre lo stesso Papo ha recentemente pubblicato un libro "L'Istria e le
sue foibe" dove riporta un documento (datato aprile '45) nel quale il
Federale dell'Istria Bilucaglia dice di inviare al presidente del C.N.L.
(che a Trieste era di forte matrice antislava e anticomunista) 500
pratiche
relative ad altrettanti "infoibati" per i quali si prevedeva di dare dei
risarcimenti alle famiglie. Cinquecento dunque: comprese le persone
uccise
nel corso del conflitto.
Andiamo ora a vedere cosa accadde nella provincia di Trieste dopo il 1°
maggio del '45, quando la città rimase, per quaranta giorni, sotto
l'amministrazione jugoslava.
Da verifiche e controlli incrociati tra gli archivi dello Stato Civile
ed i
testi nazionalisti sopra citati, è risultato che il totale degli
"scomparsi" da Trieste furono poco più di 500 (questa ricerca è stata
pubblicata nel libro "Operazione foibe a Trieste", scritto dall'autrice
di
questo articolo e pubblicato dalla casa editrice Kappavu di Udine). Di
questi 500 circa 200 erano militari e guardie di finanza che furono
internati come prigionieri di guerra nei campi e morirono per cause
varie
(la gran parte per un'epidemia di tifo). Un altro centinaio di questi
furono portati a Lubiana, processati per collaborazionismo e condannati
a
maorte. Mollti di essi avevano fatto parte dell'Ispettorato Speciale di
P.S., un corpo che era stato creato ancora nel '42 per la repressione
antislava ed antipartigiana (solo la Venezia Giulia e la Sicilia
conobbero
questo tipo di formazione). Questo corpo, noto come "banda Collotti" dal
nome del loro capo, può essere paragonato per efferatezza alla
famigerata
"banda Koch" che operò a Roma, ma a differenza di questa aveva pure
l'incarico di compiere vere e proprie azioni antiguerriglia nel
circondario
di Trieste.
Infine una quarantina di persone furono recuperate da alcune foibe
triestine, ma in questi casi si trattò (o almeno così venne accertato
nel
corso dei processi celebrati nel dopoguerra) per lo più di vendette
personali.
questi, in estrema sintesi, i fatti. Vediamo ora invece i due esempi di
quella che si può definire la "mitologia delle foibe", i due simboli dei
"crimini dei partigiani slavocomunisti", ovvero le due foibe di
Bassovizza
e di Monrupino.
La foiba di Monrupino o di Opicina (l'abisso si trova a metà strada tra
le
due località e viene indicato ora con l'uno ora con l'altro nome) servì,
nei primi giorni del maggio '45, da fossa comune per i morti della
battaglia di Opicina, battaglia che durò per sei giorni e segnò la
definitiva sconfitta dell'esercito nazista in zona ; per rendere l'idea
della tragedia di questa battaglia si pensi che delle due parti in lotta
perirono cicra un migliaio di persone. successivamente i corpi dei
soldati
tedeschi furono traslati e la voragine rimase vuota (così leggiamo in un
testo di speleologia pubblicato a Trieste alcuni anni or sono, ma così
appare anche in un rapporto ufficiale della Polizia Civile di Trieste ed
inoltre così hanno testimoniato alcune persone che si sono calate
nell'abisso prima che lo stesso venisse ricoperto con una lastra di
pietra
e dichiarato "monumento di inetresse nazionale"). Grottesca appare
quindi
l'iscrizione sulla pietra voluta dai "giuliani dai dalmati ai loro
caduti",
dato che quellla fossa aveva accolto soprattutto militari dell'esercito
germanico.
Poi c'è la foiba di Basovizza (questa è stata proprio dichiarata
monumento
nazionale) che in realtà non è una cavità naturale ma un pozzo
artificiale,
una vecchia miniera abbandonata. Fu per alcuni anni meta di suicidi (il
pozzo è profondo 250 metri); ma nel corso della seconda guerra mondiale
fu
usata, da quanto ci ha riferito un testimone oculare, dai nazifascisti
per
gettarvi dentro i loro prigionieri.
Sui presunti "infoibamenti" a Basovizza s'è scritto tantissimo (chi
parla
di quattrocento, chi di quattromila "infoibati"), ma dagli stessi
documenti
che sono stati pubblicati sulla stampa locale appare che testimoni
oculari
di queste uccisioni non ci furono ; che già nell'estate del '45 gli
angloamericani (Trieste era allora sotto amministrazione militate
alleata)
operarono dei recuperi dal pozzo e dopo aver tirato fuori circa una
ventina
di corpi decisero di lasciar perdere perchè non ce ne erano altri; che
le
"voci" di militari neozelandesi "infoibati" dai partigiani a Basovizza
furono smentite dallo stesso Ministero della Difesa neozelandese.
Inoltre nel 1954 una ditta fu incaricata di svuotare il pozzo dai
residuati
bellici che vi erano stati gettati dentro dagli angloamericani : se nel
corso di queste operazioni si fossero rinvenuti dei cadaveri si immagina
che ne sarebbe stata data notizia. Infine il pozzo fu utilizzato come
discarica nel corso degli anni '50, quando sindaco di trieste era lo
stesso
Gianni bartoli che aveva scritto tante pagine sulle tragedie delle foibe
e
dell'esodo dall'Istria; avrebbe permesso uno scempio del genere se fosse
stato veramente convinto che lì giacevano dei resti umani?
Anche questa voragine fu poi chiusa con una lastra di pietra ed accanto
ad
essa si trova una pietra carsica che riporta lo spaccato del pozzo con
l'indicazione dei livelli di ciò che vi sarebbe dentro ("detriti della I
guerra mondiale", "detriti vari", "salme di infoibati"). Ma la cosa
strana
è che la quantità di "metri cubi contenenti le salme degli infoibati"
continua ad oscillare tra i 300 ed i 500: basta confronatre le foto
scattate in epoche varie per rendersene conto.
In mezzo a tutte queste mistificazioni sono poche le voci che si levano
per
cercare di ricondurre la "questione foibe" nelle sue reali proporzioni,
cioè come un fatto di gurra, orribile finchè si vuole ma effetto e non
causa di altri orrori.
Infatti a tutt'oggi il deputato di A.N. Roberto Menia si ostina a
dichiarare in Commissione parlamentare nel corso della discussione della
proposta di legge per la tutela della minoranza slovena, che "circa
20mila
italiani sono stati assassinati nelle foibe", e purtroppo il problema è
talmente poco conosciuto che nessuno osa contraddirlo.
Così della vicenda delle foibe come quella di Porzus, come del Triangolo
Rosso, come di via Rasella si sono sefviti i "pacificatori" che per
riabilitare i repubblichini di Salò accusano i partigiani di avere pure
loro commesso dei crimini di guerra.
Per capire con chi abbiamo a che fare vediamo cosa ci dice, nero su
bianco,
Luigi Papo: "..la storia quando serve alla propaganda può benignamente
venire falsata".
Di fronte a cotantà onestà e fondamentale quindi mobilitarsi tutti per
la
chiarezza storica, per evitare la revisione e conseguente
criminalizzazione
della Resistenza.
Claudia Cernigoi
direttrice de "La Nuova Alabarda e la coda del diavolo"
Per contatti: CP 57, 34100 Trieste
(Un grazie di cuore a S.M. per la trascrizione!)
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HANNO "INFOIBATO" LA STORIA
Nella memoria collettiva le "foibe" rappresentano una delle pagine "più
nere" dlla storia della lotta di Liberazione al confine orientale poichè
per più di cinquant'anni si sono avallate le tesi della destra fascista
e
nazionalista (sostenute da un'ampia pubblicistica propagandistica alla
quale la sinistra non è mai stata in grado di rispondere in maniera
decisa
e chiarificatrice) ovvero che tra il 1943 ed il 1947 furono "uccise solo
perchè italiane" dai partigiani "slavocomunisti" "migliaia" di persone
(le
cifre spaziano dai 5000 ai 20000 morti, con un picco - da parte della
sezione udinese di Azione Giovani - di 300.000).
Nel più recente clima di revisionismo storico tendente a criminalizzare
i
partigiani e la Resistenza nel suo insieme, la questione foibe è tornata
ad
avere un'eco nazionale, soprattutto grazie all'inchiesta portata avanti
dal
P.M. romano Giuseppe Pititto, il quale (è notizia di pochi mesi fa) ha
dovuto rifare tutta la richiesta di rinvio a giudizio per un vizio di
forma
(aveva completamente sbagliato a notificare gli avvisi di garanzia agli
indagati). In questa inchiesta Pititto, il quale aveva dichiarato di
avere
scoperto "la verità sulle foibe"naveva chiesto l'incriminazione di tre
partigiani (due fiumani ed uno istriano) per "genocidio", mentre a
leggere
la richiesta di rinvio a giudizio si vedeva chiaramente che i primi due
erano accusati di essere responsabili della morte di tre persone, mentre
il
terzo veniva accusato dell'uccisione di sette persone...
Ma cosa è successo effettivamente nella cosiddetta "Venezia Giulia" (che
allora comprendeva le vecchie Province di Trieste e Gorizia, buona parte
delle quali appartiene ora alla Slovenia, l'Istria, Fiume e la Dalmazia,
oggi croate), tra l'8 settembre 1943 e il maggio del '45?
Dopo l'8 settembre i prtigiani delle'esercito jugoslavo di liberazione
(nel
quale combattevano anche molti italiani, ma non solo : pure diversi
militari tedeschi avevano disertato il loro esercito per combattere coi
partigiani dell'esercito jugoslavo) avevano preso il controllo di parte
dell'Istria ed inq uel frangente funzionarono dei tribunali popolari che
procedettero all'arresto di gerarchi, segretari del Fascio, militari,
poliziotti e via di seguito.
Una parte di questi furono condannati a morte ; vi furono anche, come
sempre accade in queste occasioni, episodi di giustizia sommaria,
vendette,
abusi.
Ma bisogna considerare cosa significarono vent'anni di fascismo per le
popolazioni slovene e croate dei territori annessi all'Italia dopo la
fine
della prima guerra mondiale : cambiamento forzato dei cognomi "ridotti"
(così è la dizione ufficiale) in forma italiana, divieto di parlare la
propria lingua in pubblico e persino in chiesa, chiusura di tutte le
scuole
slovene e croate, trasferimento degli insegnanti e degli impegati
pubblici
di lingua slovena e croata nelle più remote parti dell'Italia, per non
parlare, dopo l'inizio della guerra e l'occupazione di quella che fu
denominata la "provincia di Lubiana", delle deportazioni di massa di
civili
(all'incirca 15000 persone, soprattutto vecchi, donne e bambini,
internati
chi nell'isola di Rab-Arbe in Dalmazia, chi a Gonars in Friuli) della
distruzione di villaggi, delle esecuzioni di massa.
Pulizia etnica, si direbbe oggi.
Ma ritorniamo all'autunno del '43.
Tra l'ottobre del '43 e la primavera del '44 furono recuperati, da una
decina circa di foibe istriane, duecento corpi di persone uccise nel
periodo di potere popolare ; per renderci conto delle proporzioni
valutiamo
che per riprendere il controllo della zona, nei primi giorni di ottobre
del
'43, i nazifascisti massacrarono 13.000 persone (o quantomeno questa è
la
cifra che il comando germanico comunicò attraverso la stampa locale).
L'aspetto più interessante di tutta la montatura creata intorno alla
faccenda delle foibe sta forse in come sono stati usati i documenti
ufficiali in funzione della propaganda di parte nazional-fascista.
infatti la stessa pubblicistica di stampo nazionalista, i cui esponenti
parlano di "migliaia di infoibati sol perchè italiani",
se analizzata attentamente ci fornisce altri dati.
Per esempio nel "Martirologo delle genti adriatiche" di Gianni Bartoli
(democristiano, esule dall'Istria, che fu per molti anni sindaco di
Trieste) troviamo un elenco di circa quattromila nomi che comprendono sì
persone persone che sono state "infoibate", ma anche militari caduti sui
vari fronti di guerra ed addirittura partigiani o resistenti deportati
dai
tedeschi nell'arco temporale che va dal 1942 al 1945.
Abbiamo poi Luigi Papo, già comandante in Istria della Milizia
Repubblichina e strtto collaboratore di qull'Italo Sauro che da Venezia
organizzava i servizi segreti della R.S.I nei territori sotto controllo
tedesco (la Venezia Giulia e parte del Friuli erano stai dopo l'8
settembre
di fatto annessi al Reich tedesco sotto la denominazione di Adriatisches
Kusteland). Papo è oggi uno dei maggiori esponenti del neoirredentismo
ed è
autore di un "Albo d'Oro" in cui elenca più di 20000 nomi di morti nel
corso della seconda guerra mondiale (ma anche dopo) e facenti capo alla
Venezia Giulia e Dalmazia, ma, benchè la copertina riporti lo spaccato
di
una "foiba", non tutti i nomi elencati sono nomi di "infoibati", anzi
questi ne compongono la minima parte. Troviamo qui infatti elencati i
caduti per fatti di guerra sui vari fronti, i morti nei lager nazisti e
sotto i bombardamenti, addirittura molti partigiani.
Sempre lo stesso Papo ha recentemente pubblicato un libro "L'Istria e le
sue foibe" dove riporta un documento (datato aprile '45) nel quale il
Federale dell'Istria Bilucaglia dice di inviare al presidente del C.N.L.
(che a Trieste era di forte matrice antislava e anticomunista) 500
pratiche
relative ad altrettanti "infoibati" per i quali si prevedeva di dare dei
risarcimenti alle famiglie. Cinquecento dunque: comprese le persone
uccise
nel corso del conflitto.
Andiamo ora a vedere cosa accadde nella provincia di Trieste dopo il 1°
maggio del '45, quando la città rimase, per quaranta giorni, sotto
l'amministrazione jugoslava.
Da verifiche e controlli incrociati tra gli archivi dello Stato Civile
ed i
testi nazionalisti sopra citati, è risultato che il totale degli
"scomparsi" da Trieste furono poco più di 500 (questa ricerca è stata
pubblicata nel libro "Operazione foibe a Trieste", scritto dall'autrice
di
questo articolo e pubblicato dalla casa editrice Kappavu di Udine). Di
questi 500 circa 200 erano militari e guardie di finanza che furono
internati come prigionieri di guerra nei campi e morirono per cause
varie
(la gran parte per un'epidemia di tifo). Un altro centinaio di questi
furono portati a Lubiana, processati per collaborazionismo e condannati
a
maorte. Mollti di essi avevano fatto parte dell'Ispettorato Speciale di
P.S., un corpo che era stato creato ancora nel '42 per la repressione
antislava ed antipartigiana (solo la Venezia Giulia e la Sicilia
conobbero
questo tipo di formazione). Questo corpo, noto come "banda Collotti" dal
nome del loro capo, può essere paragonato per efferatezza alla
famigerata
"banda Koch" che operò a Roma, ma a differenza di questa aveva pure
l'incarico di compiere vere e proprie azioni antiguerriglia nel
circondario
di Trieste.
Infine una quarantina di persone furono recuperate da alcune foibe
triestine, ma in questi casi si trattò (o almeno così venne accertato
nel
corso dei processi celebrati nel dopoguerra) per lo più di vendette
personali.
questi, in estrema sintesi, i fatti. Vediamo ora invece i due esempi di
quella che si può definire la "mitologia delle foibe", i due simboli dei
"crimini dei partigiani slavocomunisti", ovvero le due foibe di
Bassovizza
e di Monrupino.
La foiba di Monrupino o di Opicina (l'abisso si trova a metà strada tra
le
due località e viene indicato ora con l'uno ora con l'altro nome) servì,
nei primi giorni del maggio '45, da fossa comune per i morti della
battaglia di Opicina, battaglia che durò per sei giorni e segnò la
definitiva sconfitta dell'esercito nazista in zona ; per rendere l'idea
della tragedia di questa battaglia si pensi che delle due parti in lotta
perirono cicra un migliaio di persone. successivamente i corpi dei
soldati
tedeschi furono traslati e la voragine rimase vuota (così leggiamo in un
testo di speleologia pubblicato a Trieste alcuni anni or sono, ma così
appare anche in un rapporto ufficiale della Polizia Civile di Trieste ed
inoltre così hanno testimoniato alcune persone che si sono calate
nell'abisso prima che lo stesso venisse ricoperto con una lastra di
pietra
e dichiarato "monumento di inetresse nazionale"). Grottesca appare
quindi
l'iscrizione sulla pietra voluta dai "giuliani dai dalmati ai loro
caduti",
dato che quellla fossa aveva accolto soprattutto militari dell'esercito
germanico.
Poi c'è la foiba di Basovizza (questa è stata proprio dichiarata
monumento
nazionale) che in realtà non è una cavità naturale ma un pozzo
artificiale,
una vecchia miniera abbandonata. Fu per alcuni anni meta di suicidi (il
pozzo è profondo 250 metri); ma nel corso della seconda guerra mondiale
fu
usata, da quanto ci ha riferito un testimone oculare, dai nazifascisti
per
gettarvi dentro i loro prigionieri.
Sui presunti "infoibamenti" a Basovizza s'è scritto tantissimo (chi
parla
di quattrocento, chi di quattromila "infoibati"), ma dagli stessi
documenti
che sono stati pubblicati sulla stampa locale appare che testimoni
oculari
di queste uccisioni non ci furono ; che già nell'estate del '45 gli
angloamericani (Trieste era allora sotto amministrazione militate
alleata)
operarono dei recuperi dal pozzo e dopo aver tirato fuori circa una
ventina
di corpi decisero di lasciar perdere perchè non ce ne erano altri; che
le
"voci" di militari neozelandesi "infoibati" dai partigiani a Basovizza
furono smentite dallo stesso Ministero della Difesa neozelandese.
Inoltre nel 1954 una ditta fu incaricata di svuotare il pozzo dai
residuati
bellici che vi erano stati gettati dentro dagli angloamericani : se nel
corso di queste operazioni si fossero rinvenuti dei cadaveri si immagina
che ne sarebbe stata data notizia. Infine il pozzo fu utilizzato come
discarica nel corso degli anni '50, quando sindaco di trieste era lo
stesso
Gianni bartoli che aveva scritto tante pagine sulle tragedie delle foibe
e
dell'esodo dall'Istria; avrebbe permesso uno scempio del genere se fosse
stato veramente convinto che lì giacevano dei resti umani?
Anche questa voragine fu poi chiusa con una lastra di pietra ed accanto
ad
essa si trova una pietra carsica che riporta lo spaccato del pozzo con
l'indicazione dei livelli di ciò che vi sarebbe dentro ("detriti della I
guerra mondiale", "detriti vari", "salme di infoibati"). Ma la cosa
strana
è che la quantità di "metri cubi contenenti le salme degli infoibati"
continua ad oscillare tra i 300 ed i 500: basta confronatre le foto
scattate in epoche varie per rendersene conto.
In mezzo a tutte queste mistificazioni sono poche le voci che si levano
per
cercare di ricondurre la "questione foibe" nelle sue reali proporzioni,
cioè come un fatto di gurra, orribile finchè si vuole ma effetto e non
causa di altri orrori.
Infatti a tutt'oggi il deputato di A.N. Roberto Menia si ostina a
dichiarare in Commissione parlamentare nel corso della discussione della
proposta di legge per la tutela della minoranza slovena, che "circa
20mila
italiani sono stati assassinati nelle foibe", e purtroppo il problema è
talmente poco conosciuto che nessuno osa contraddirlo.
Così della vicenda delle foibe come quella di Porzus, come del Triangolo
Rosso, come di via Rasella si sono sefviti i "pacificatori" che per
riabilitare i repubblichini di Salò accusano i partigiani di avere pure
loro commesso dei crimini di guerra.
Per capire con chi abbiamo a che fare vediamo cosa ci dice, nero su
bianco,
Luigi Papo: "..la storia quando serve alla propaganda può benignamente
venire falsata".
Di fronte a cotantà onestà e fondamentale quindi mobilitarsi tutti per
la
chiarezza storica, per evitare la revisione e conseguente
criminalizzazione
della Resistenza.
Claudia Cernigoi
direttrice de "La Nuova Alabarda e la coda del diavolo"
Per contatti: CP 57, 34100 Trieste
(Un grazie di cuore a S.M. per la trascrizione!)
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