The Yugoslav Nonviolent Revolution

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On http://www.transnational.org from October 9, 2000

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"Milosevic certainly did not even think the thought. The opposition had
hoped for it but hardly foreseen it would happened just like that. Western
leaders and commentators had predicted about everything else but this: that
nonviolence by the many would sweep away the authoritarian power presided
over and solidified by Slobodan Milosevic over 13 years.

It was a miracle unfolding, minute by minute, in front of our eyes. Unarmed
citizens were stronger, finally, than Milosevic' force. They also achieved
in about 24 hours what NATO violence could not achieve in 78 days. It's yet
another remarkable victory for non-violence. But do we see and understand
it like that?"

This PressInfo - the first in a small series  where we try to understand
the implications of the recent changes - has the following headings.

* The power of nonviolence
* Two types of power and Gandhi: why all rulers are dependent
* The sources of power
* Why do people obey?
* Many reasons it happened now
* Rulers isolate themselves and lose the grip on reality

Read the analysis in full here: http://www.transnational.org

Soon to come:

PressInfo # 100 will deal with why nobody would really like Milosevic to
turn up in the Hague. It's just another "Balkan" game played by the West.

PressInfo # 101 will analyze the changed conflict formation in the Balkans.
The West made Milosevic the main factor. With him gone, its policies are
likely to become even more counterproductive.

 TFF 2000


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