Identity And Other Politics
Nebojsa Malic on the Russophobia of Serbia’s Quislings
Tag: balkans
A Most Stubborn Reality
Glitches in Empire’s Matrix In the virtual reality concocted by the Empire, the lynching of Moammar Gadhafi was a splendid victory for NATO. Never mind now that it was the “transitional rebels” who were supposed to be fighting the “kinetic military action” in Libya — or any such inconvenient details. No, insist the Imperial partisans, … Continue reading “A Most Stubborn Reality”
Occupations, Faux and Real
To an observer of Balkans affairs, it is impossible to watch any sort of popular protest anywhere in the world, and not think of October 5, 2000. That was the day the Empire-supported "democratic opposition" in Serbia orchestrated a coup and ousted from power Yugoslav leader Slobodan Milosevic (dismantling Yugoslavia itself soon thereafter). The coup was … Continue reading “Occupations, Faux and Real”
The Emperor’s Speech
Obama defends imperial delusions, says Nebojsa Malic
Hostage to Hubris
Nebojsa Malic says the empire is trapped in Kosovo
An End to Surrender
Serbia delivers last fugitive; now what? asks Nebojsa Malic
Conjuring the Black Hat
In the afternoon hours of May 26, the president of Serbia called a surprise press conference to announce, in Boratesque English, the arrest of General Ratko Mladic, wartime commander of Bosnian Serb forces. Entirely by coincidence, or so President Tadic’s crack team of spin-masters would have everyone believe, this happened on the very day EU’s foreign policy … Continue reading “Conjuring the Black Hat”
1941
In the early morning of April 6, 1941, Axis armies began their Balkans campaign. Originally aimed only at Greece, the operation was officially expanded a week earlier to include the kingdom of Yugoslavia. By the end of April, all of the Balkans was in Axis hands. Hitler’s official excuse was that the British had landed in Greece, … Continue reading “1941”
Seeing Through the ‘Humanitarians’
Marko Markanovic on the morality of an NFZ
Riding the Sandstorm
Nebojsa Malic on the Empire and the Arab Revolutions