Bosnia unrest
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Another country set alight by popular protests. Zizek is not my favourite commentator but i hope he may be proved right that it is symptomatic of a new consciousness.
"we see the demonstrators waving three flags side by side: Bosnian, Serb, Croat, expressing the will to ignore ethnic differences. In short, we are dealing with a rebellion against nationalist elites: the people of Bosnia have finally understood who their true enemy is: not other ethnic groups, but their own leaders who pretend to protect them from others. It is as if the old and much-abused Titoist motto of the "brotherhood and unity" of Yugoslav nations acquired new actuality."
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2014/02/who-behind-bosnia-riots-201429132930915905.htmlAn Al Jazeera analysis supporting the core of Zizek's.
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