Don't Mourn, Balkanize! Essays After Yugoslavia
by Grubacic, Andrej; Dunbar-Ortiz, RoxanneFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2010-11-15
Publisher(s): PM Press
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Summary
Presenting a radical leftist perspective on the recent history of the Balkan region, this collection of essays, commentaries, and interviews argues that the dismantling of Yugoslavia is just another milestone in the long history of colonialism, conquest, and interventionism. Written between 2002 and 2010, this volume addresses significant happenings such as the trial of Slobodan Milosevic, the assassination of Prime Minister Djindjic, the supervised "independence" of Kosovo, and the occupation of Bosnia. In addition to this contemporary look, this exploration reveals the politically progressive traditions of the Balkan peoples as evidenced by their anti-Ottoman, anticrusade, and antifascist actions in addition to their embracing of socialism, feminism, and new social experiments.
Author Biography
Andrej Grubacic is a historian, sociologist, and a visiting professor of sociology at the University of San Francisco. He is the coauthor of Wobblies and Zapatistas and editor of the Staughton Lynd Reader. Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz is a historian and professor at California State University–Hayward. She is the author of The Great Sioux Nation, Red Dirt: Growing up Okie, and Roots of Resistance. They both live in San Francisco.
Table of Contents
| Preface | p. 11 |
| Introduction | p. 16 |
| The Dismantling of Yugoslavia: A Timeline | p. 35 |
| Balkanization from Above | |
| Introduction | p. 42 |
| Should Milo¿evic Be Tried at the Hague? | p. 47 |
| Who was Djindjic? | p. 57 |
| Post-Yugoslavia and the Exceptional State of Serbia-Montenegro | p. 60 |
| Post-Yugoslavia After the State of Emergency | p. 78 |
| Between Old Yugoslavia and "New" Europe | p. 85 |
| Yugoslav Absurdistan | p. 90 |
| A "New Phase" in the Balkans | p. 96 |
| The Departure of the Balkan Clouseau | p. 104 |
| Between Balkan Primitivism and European Future | p. 111 |
| Eisenhower's Mistake: A Tale of an Astonishing Letter to the Former German Chancellor | p. 117 |
| The Balkans: The Independence Will Be Supervised | p. 123 |
| The Americans Are Coming! | p. 132 |
| Kosovo: A New War in the Balkans? From Supervised Independence to Unsupervised Violence | p. 140 |
| Kosovo's Unworthy Victims: An Interview with Paul Polansky | p. 144 |
| Caligula's Horse: U.S., "New" Europe, and Kosovo | p. 151 |
| Balkanization from Below | |
| Introduction | p. 158 |
| A Different Balkans is Possible | p. 167 |
| Civil Society or Participatory Society: A Conversation with Michael Albert | p. 169 |
| The Multiethnic Dream of Kosovo | p. 180 |
| Self-Management Returns to Serbia? | p. 185 |
| Anarchy in the Balkans: Andrej Grubacic in Conversation with Freedom Fight | p. 189 |
| The Kosovo Question: Some Radical Perspectives | p. 201 |
| No State, No Nation: Balkan Federation | p. 208 |
| Parecon as a New Path for the Balkans? An Interview With Michael Albert | p. 220 |
| Anti-Privatization Protests in Serbia: Global Balkans Interviews Milenko Sreckovic (Freedom Fight) | p. 241 |
| New Rounds of Enclosure and Resistance: Fighting Notes from "Transitional" Serbia | p. 250 |
| Don't Mourn, Balkanize! A Vision for the Balkans | p. 256 |
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