zgb, hirvatistan

ZAGINFLATCH #12, june 1998. ZAP/ARK; GAJEVA 55; 10000
ZAGREB; CROATIA
email: ZAP_ZG@ZAMIR-ZG.ZTN.APC.ORG

Dear friends and comrades! This is another issue of Zaginflatch
- a newsletter of a small anarchist group from Zagreb.
Zaginflatch publishes on a non regular basis and is meant to be
an infosheet on the events in this part of the globe. Zagreb
anarchist movement also publishes some other publications.
Those are Ne}emo i nedamo (a newsletter similar to
Zaginflatch) and Comunitas (bimonthly magazine).
Besides above mentioned publishing projects we have another
one going on and that is to publish a translation of C.HarperÆs
ôAnarchy - graphic guide.ö
Then, there are actions we write about, and we shouldnÆt forget
our infoshop which reopened in Autonomous culture factory. If
you are in a position please send us material to spread or single
copies for our reading archive. Any language is fine.

If you are interested to learn more about our group we suggest
you try at http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Lobby/9946 or
just write to us!

Meeting of ex-yu anarchists

Most of the subscribers to the ex-yu-a-lista mailing list knows
that last summer we had organised a smaller meeting of
anarchists from former Yugoslavia, and that happened in
Hungary.  Why Hungary ? æCause its in the half way of ex
Yugoslavia, so people from all countries will have similar
difficulties in getting there. In few places you could read how it
looked like, and since we saw that things like that are very
meaningful, we decided to restart organizing of a new meeting
of that sort. This time it is going to happen in Pecs, in late
August. If you are interested to learn more about this, get in
touch. Structure of organization of summit is imagined to be
similar with the last one, and that means it will stay maximally
open for itÆs successors, let them create it as they please.
However, its very important that all of us have a clear vision
what do we want, and what to expect. Anyway, it would be ideal
if all who are interested, or at least all the people which are
going to meeting would participate in creating it, but since we
are not all on the e-mail, its an impossible. But thereÆll be a letter
for those who are not on the e-mail, so all the people will be
informed on the time.

On 7.th and 8.th of mart, in Belgrade, was held up a gathering of
anarcho-punx, and people who are filing close to the anarchist
idea. Respond was very good, but interest for the polemics and
following of the summit was fluctuated. First day people talked
about human relations, which brings us in the situation of
covered or opened conflict with purpose to  have foundations for
further work. Mainly it all reduced to gossip and unfounded
arguments, and nothing was concluded by that question. There
were also few other things people talked about, and after two
hours the end came. Tomorrow the day past mush more
constructive, and some plans for the future came up. The most
important thing is that summit was hold and that people started
to think about concrete things i problems which are ahead of us.
In next few months we plane another meeting, and by then the
time will show. In next few issues ôKontrapunktö
(kontra@eunet.yu) planes to unite texts of different authors,
which will become study associates. Soon there should be a
political newsletter, which should, hopefully, be regular in the
future. In any case, we need associates. Get in touch !  Davor
KonjikuÜi}, Goce Del~eva 11/13, 11080 Zemun, Yugoslavia ;
e-mail : davork@sezam.co.yu

torpedo informator, number 29 ... 10.1.1998. (translated and
published unchanged!)
Till today Revolutionary group Torpedo was after four years of
active work give great revolutionary movement in SR
Yugoslavia, just like on the  rest of former Yugoslavia. They
published 29 numbers of ô Torpedo informatorö, 19 numbers
ôTorpedo û News Flashö ( informator on English ), co-operated
in few libertarian magazines, published few circular letters, done
enough different leaflets and 13 brochures. From today
Revolutionary group Torpedo officially stop with existing, and
with any other further work. Reasons for quitting need to search
in personal weaknesses, like in a number of mistakes in
organized approach. Behind us, accept published material,
there is a lot of translated material which is waiting for
publishing. That material weÆll pass to active comrades. From
today addresses of Torpedo are no longer existing. Long live the
revolution !

Ex-yu-a-lista
With help of zamir-zg new discussion and informative e-mail list
was started. It functions in a way which massage sends to
termed e-mail address is passed to all subscribers of the list. In
that way there could be exchanged thoughts and send news to
bigger number of interesents, and in the same it is ensured that
discussion will be in public. The name of that new list is ex-yu-a-
list, and its described as ex-yugoslavian anarcho list, and that
means that it gathers around 60 individuals from territory of ex
Yugoslavia, interested in field of anarchism. ItsÆ point is to
ensure the space for discussion about anarchism on this
territories. Fast and secured ways of  e-mail are able to
exchange more data on a cheap and efficient way. If you are
interested in more info, get in touch with e-mail to
marko.vukovic@zamir-zg.znt.apc.org and he will send you more
detail descriptions.

The second number of newsletter OVER THE WALL OF
NATIONALISM AND WAR was delayed on some time because
of classical reasons, but it is finally out with a 9# of Comunitas.
Also,  the start of new 1998. will be remembered by a tour of
UnutraÜnji bunt (yu), and Radikalna promjena (cro) - 2 punk
bands from Croatia and Serbia. The tour was also under the title
Over the walls of nationalism and war. The place of touring was,
by logic, Slovenia, and it all last for 9 days. On the eight gigs
there werenÆt any unpleasant scenes, but on gig in Ormo`, some
people from Zagreb were acting very stupid and irresponsible to
the hosts from Ormo` ( they were stupid chaos-punx
o.p.everybody). Financialy the whole story went excellent, the
lost was only 80 DM. There will probably be released benefit
split-live tape with cause of  covering this expenses, and maybe
it will all be crowned with split vinyl of these two bands. Details
from the tour you can find in several zines like ôIn medias resö,
ôPrilagodba stavaö(cro)....
And further we expect to be released a new compilation 7ö, a
work of punk bands Bad justice (Po`ega,Croatia), and Totalni
promaÜaj (Kraljevo,Yugoslavia), with the same name as a
newsletter / 7ö / tours released by label Humanita nova.

PROTEST

20.2. has been cheerful on the streets of Zagreb. The groups of
trade unions fixed in advance a protest on main city square, it
should be against social policy of Croatian government. Some
of smaller political parties joined. But the biggest trade union
and all the bigger parties were refuse to participate in organizing
it. Assembly of city of Zagreb forbid that gathering û they called
the decision about public safety which is on yet from the war,
and it goes that public gatherings are permitted only on few
places on the outskirts of town, and that means far away from
the eyes and ears of the people/passengers. But until now
there, on that square was few pre-election meetings and even
few concerts, but never mind. Anyway, many people believe that
that decision is in direct contradiction with constitution in which
is guaranteed right to public gatherings. The city is, with help of
the police, decided to reinforce that decision, they must not let
the people to get to the main square û trade unions said that
they WILL have meeting on the square. For two days police
from whole Croatia gathered in the Zagreb, and half an hour
before the real meeting they blocked all ways to main square,
somewhere about 14:30 that day. They said that they will do that
but they also guaranteed not to use any force. Colons of
workers went from 4 or 5 places in town, they were supposed to
meet with others in agreed time. When the people came to
police cordons, colons were  stacked. There were lot of pushing,
and trying to break the cordons to get to the square. The mass
was estimated to 20 or 40 thousands, but it was really hard to
count. There were many revolutionaries û tourists ( people
eating ice-cream, drink juice, and cheering) which turned o.k. at
the end because great part of them carried by the atmosphere,
ice-creams were thrown on the pigs. There were flying eggs and
stuff against the cop cordons. Cops were trying to kick few
people but solidarity amongst the people were pretty strong, so
that was stopped ! It seamed that those days was present great
revolt to the government, and that there is a level of solidarity
between the people which was pretty forgotten by these times.
This was the only revolution in which the state was in position to
make the barricades, the cops was behind the real barricades +
cordons. That was pretty  odd, because police were charging to
the barricades, and people were defending, until now that is.
SomethingÆs wrong, ha !?!  It all ended after 5 hours of pushing,
and yelling when tired people went to one other square and
there held one smaller meeting, just for fun. That part isnÆt so
interesting û there wasnÆt any trouble, hehe. During the breaking
of condors there were a little group of punx who tried to act like
the core of riot. The most of them were skinhunters, but there
were also some of skins. That day the truce was fold,
apparently. DidnÆt last for very long, ha ? There were some BBB
(bad blue boys) û  fans of ôcroatiaö football club ( ex dinamo ).
Dinamo was also one of the most important slogans during the
protest, because most of the people donÆt want that the name of
football club be Croatia, then they want dinamo, itÆs a symbol of
resistant to president and government, although in great part is
only non argumental showing off in a football fan style. All skins
are bbb, although big part of bbb arenÆt fascists. Trade unions
announced a lot of new protest around the whole Croatia. WeÆll
see !

DAY AGAINST POLICE BRUTALITY, 15.3.

Second year in a role of actions organized by COBP ( Citizens
Against Police Brutality û Le COBP ) from Montreal, was
stopped by the side of brutal ones. Last year was prevented
performance of Schmrtz Theatre, and same happened this year.
But same as last year there were time for deal a few leaflets
before the boys in blue manage to organize. This year the action
was imagined as marking the places on which were police
cordons during the trade union protest, and it should be marked
with blue paint, of course. But organs of persecution wisely
asked : ô did your mother teach you to paint lines on the road ?ö
and arrested two persons from art group ô bijesne gliste ô ( mad
earth-worm) which co-ordinated with the action. News reporter
from ônovi listö they took by force his camera, and the photos
with the massage that  laws arenÆt same for them and for us.
You may say thatÆs brutal, but they were provocated, werenÆt
they ?! We just hope that in the police report  wont be anything
connected with harassment of our friends, because they were
only kissing the radiators. At the end we can conclude that they
stopped us for filling our action but not completely because we
always manage to deal our leaflets, nanananananaaaa.
The last news says that the spokesman of  police said that their
man (police officer) made mistake because of the pressure from
the recent trade union protest.

AUTONOMOUS CULTURAL FACTORY
(www.arkzin.com)

In Zagreb was recently founded ATTACK (AuTonomna
TvorniCA Kulture), autonomous cultural factory. It is an
continuation of idea ôalternative needs spaceö and until now
things are going on much more serious and it started with itsÆ
realization. Attack is a space open on a daily basis from 12 to 22
and serves as meeting space and energy cultivation point.
Until now there have happened many actions ( FAKI û festival of
alternative theatre utterance, reclaim the streets, many
expositions and many other events ), and after few months
attack has found his place in Heinzelova 33, but it lost that
space after 20 shitheads barged in and make some trouble
which resulted with angry boss breaking the contract ordering
attack to move out by 31.6.1998. Before, during, and after the
opening ceremony (7.3.) atmosphere was workly, stormy,
cheerful and sometimes fucked up. The idea of attack is new to
many people and therefore it is hard to adapt it in practice. Well
you can guess how is it to run a self managed center which
obeys laws and whose group is made of mainly young
unexperienced activists. ThatÆs why happenings in attack are
going little bit slower than we expected. For now in attack you
can drink real Turkish coffee, or juice, and slowly there are
opening of cyber-cafe, and info shop of alternative (anarchism,
antimilitarism, ecology...) contents. Attack became place where
people came express themselves or just hang out. Right now
people of Attack are trying a new place to rent. E-mail is:
attack_ZG@zamir-zg.ztn.apc.org

Critical mass
(http://www.zamir.net/dadi/kmas)

After few attempts in æ80ies, 14.3.Æ98. was held another critical
mass,  first in these decade. ItÆs a cheerful and peaceful bunch
who is trying to crawl the streets with bicycles, skates, rollers or
any other kind of ecological transport means, you can even run,
but then you better be in shape. Well this is what happened that
afternoon. At noon, in front of ex mosque, now museum, on the
ex square of victims of fascism, 35-40 of us bikers gathered,
and soon (after half an hour) we were ready to move. We made
few rounds for warming up and then we start to move/block the
streets. After cca half an hour we made a small break, after that
we returned to the mosque, and make another round around it.
All together great event. We ignored red lights for five or six
times, but only when it was 100% safe for all bikers, i say bikers
because only roller who came with us couldnÆt keep the rhythm,
...for what we are really sorry ! This time we werenÆt interesting
to cops, they just turned their heads on the other side. But some
of drivers were pretty pissed, so we got a lot of horning, but who
gives a fuck !?

Second critical mass  29. 3. Æ98.

Second critical mass was all like the first one, we gathered in
front of mosque, we wait for half an hour, then we block the
streets for some while. But this time boys in blue were pissed of
when one of them couldnÆt pass through us. When he finally did
he ordered us to stop. This was saluted with laughter, so he got
pissed. He tried to stop one person and block his way, but this
biker simply turned the other way. This completely confused the
officer. We moved further but he already called for support.
Support came rather fast, and he was ( pig on motorcycle )
pretty angry so he tried to stop one guy by force. After few bad
words, we were on the road again. But soon the car of
emergency service should go through and people in the stack
cars were to mad, again the police came but this time in a car,
so everything ended with the chase. Cops didnÆt caught no one
but they stopped the second critical mass. Although they really
tried to catch us. They even drove through pedestrian zones in
order to catch us. I guess they werenÆt ready for some civil
disobedience so they reacted quite strongly. Well, tough luck,
for them. The most interesting thing is that one of the bikers was
a really young boy, a four or five year old, but he and his mother
turned one crossroad before the police chase.

Third critical mass

This time to critical mass came only few people ( about 15 ), so
they drove around the town for hour or two, nothing exciting
happened, even people didnÆt horned to much, maybe because
bikers blocked only one track. They made a longer round then
two times before, but it ended without any problems.

Fourth critical mass

This critical mass didnÆt  happened, because nazi shitheads
came and attack the bikers, after we saw them coming we had
few minutes to escape, but few people didnÆt handle, so one guy
was hardly beaten, but most of us was able to escape. There
were 20 or 30 of them, and only 15 or 20 bikers, mostly women.
Although they throw rocks and bottles, no one got hit. They
arenÆt really good shooters, you know, but they hit a tram, and it
is only 15 meters long.
After that a merely bunch of 15 skinheads came to attack, while
it wasnÆt open yet. There were only two guys inside it. When
they came they shout like: where are queers, where are punx.
They also searched for communists ( who may that be ? ) and
serbs ( !?!), because they saw few punx with red stars on their
jackets ( which off course is an serb/communist symbol ), and
they are all real croats!? Although attack isnÆt punk club, but
place when all people can be creative there is a rumor that
skinheads are founding an antitank ( ! ) club for the right wing
shatters. CanÆt wait to see it. Anyway, they beat up two guys
who put the stage for FAKI û theatre festival - , the interesting
thing is that they thought those two were punks, and while they
were put the stage they listened ôrachmaninovö, or some other
classic music. But they didnÆt make lot of damage, they were
probably surprised that ôpunk headquartersö looks like a fuckinÆ
show-room.

FAKI û the festival of alternative theatre

The low budget scene theatre scene in Zagreb exploded few
weeks ago. The FAKI û festival of alternative theatre took over
the streets with the numerous street happenings, and with the
evening line up of shows in ATTACK. Line up from day one,
27.4. was : teater Gromki, tractal fans theatar, and Kugla.
Second day, 28.4. : bez ambala`e, teatar xxx, La via en rose,
^ez cesto. 29.4. : teatar xxx, crna kronika, beldevere, U.B.I.,
30.4. : teater xxx, bijesne gliste, META, le cheval. Day 5. :
radionica dramskog stvaralaÜtva SC, schmrtz teatar, gole i
veseli fetus, theatre de femmes, bruvno. And day 6. : Üipak,
D.I.Z.E.L., not your bitch.
It was a week of many good performances through all over the
town. It was something which had to happen because there is a
lot of low budget theatres, but no place to express them selves.
Streets of Zagreb were full of performances for a week, and
many of them were very political. Like the one of Schmrtz
theatre when 22 people got into the biggest book store and took
22 books. When they were stopped at the exit they argued
against such high prices of knowledge! (our state charges 22%
tax for books!).. Hopefully, in the future will be more of such
events.

Reclaim the streets 16.5.

The happening started in 11.30 in the center of town, with
performance of  ôbez ambala`eö art group, at 12:00 second
group U.B.I. (united Balkan incorporated), had their
performance, at 12:30 another performance happened in front
of Croatian national theatre, it was performed by La via en rose,
at the same place Radionica SC held their performance, after
that group META had their performance at importanne fountain.
After that people moved to square of French revolution for a
dance, flee market and more happenings. It lasted till 22:00, it
was nice, a little bit drunk atmosphere with lot of fun and dance.
Maybe it wasnÆt extreme like in other parts of Globe, but we sure
showed some potential. Till next year!!!

Protest against thermo- electric power plant in Lukovo èugarje
22.4.

On the day of the planet Earth the ecology organization Zelena
Akcija ( green action ) held a protest against building a thermo û
electric power plant in one of the most beautiful places on the
Adriatic sea, in Lukovo èugarje. Though with the lesson old for
few years, when the last TE power plant was build at the coast
of Adriatic sea, and when many sea species extinct population
started to feel seek and nausea, people from the area of L.è.
refused to let them built that power plant. During the campaign,
Zelena akcija collected 12000 signatures against that built. One
of the parts of campaign was to protest in front of hotel
intercontinental where was held a meeting of foreign investors
and local firms and        ô representatives ôof the areas. There
were about 30 people, we met near by hotel intercontinental
from where we went to main entrance of the hotel. By the time
we came to the hotel, the meeting was already over which was
our plan. All 30 of us put some safety masks and some of the
people had banners ô we donÆt want power plant on coal ô, some
of us should laid on the floor but because of the rain it didnÆt
happen. All together it lasted for half an hour, we stood in front
of hotel, while some people gave few statements for press, TV,
and radios. It all went pretty o.k. , but maybe with few more
people it would be better.
The building of power plant on coal in Lukovo èugarje is very
popular theme right now, and few days ago the whole show on
local TV was about that power plant. In the show people mainly
argued because it is a great deal of money for firm who will own
a power plant, and it is a lost of health for people who live in that
area, not to mention destruction of local woods and sea cost.
But during the show viewers could vote pro or con to power
plant, and the result was : about 14 000 con, and about 1000
pro. Until now, the money was the only measure for building
something, but from now i believe that people will have some
rights to decide, too. But in this case, of Lukovo Üugarje,
because of big deal of money IÆm not sure that greedy investors
will accept to build a power plant on gas. And  already in some
other parts of croatia people bought the story of new jobs and
more electricity, so stupidity of people will again be one way
ticket for everyoneÆ health hazard.

Day of the planet Earth

Accept of anti power plant protest at hotel intercontinental,
amnesty international organized an petition for releasing an
ecological prisoners. It was organized on one town square in the
center of town. At the same square some people made the
three of promises, on which everybody should write his/her
promise for the future. At the end it turned to be a three of
wishes, not promises, but most of the wishes are more or less
too much for individual, but it proves that people are yet not
ready to act, but they are expecting others to do everything while
they are sleeping. We just hope that with time we could organize
something bigger for the day of planet Earth, who knows, maybe
even next year. Or is this another wish for the three of wishes.

The square of victims of fascism

For seven years now, there are protests on the ex square  of
victims of fascism, but year after a year there are no signs that
this square will get itsÆ old name back. This year the protest was
organized by action of social democrats, and lot of people
came, mostly veterans of W.W.II, partisans and lot of us
younger antifascists. IÆm afraid that there were only five people
from different areas of underground, and that pisses me
because many people claim to be antifascists, and when action
is needed theyÆre not there. Anyway, what is interesting is that
this year, like the last one, came about 20 ustaÜa, rightwing
idiots, who shout something like ôgo to serbiaö, ôvukovarö,
ôcroatiaö... no comment is needed. The whole protest would be
funny, but o.k. that one of those fascists didnÆt hit one of the
spokesmen. Interesting is that police only removed that guy and
calmed him down, not the guy who was hit. But what is really
funny is that on national television the whole report was about
those fascists who came to wreck the protest. They even give
some statements, and about protest they told only few words
from which you could conclude that few enemies of the state,
probably communists and lunatics wanted the old name back
because they hate croatia. But it is still o.k., because few
months ago there was a festivity on the monument for victims of
the concentration camp of ustashian fascist regime
(Jasenovac), on which some members of parliament came (
probably to look like the government cares, although we
know...),  and then when some people from
serb/jewish/antifascist movements asked why is the monument
in such terrible condition, they made this whole statement in
which they talked about the war and about how the monument
was under serbian occupation during it. War stopped several
years ago, and in all that time they are still talking shit about
serbian aggression instead of giving some real answers. So,
national(istic) TV again showed it like something which serbs
done, this time neglect of the monument, but i donÆt get it, cause
most of the victims in that camp were serbian children, women,
men, older people...but we have to expect this kind of things,
because to prove how croats didnÆt commit any war crimes in
wwII some people already think off story in which the bodies
founded in that camp wasnÆt victims of ustaÜa but innocent
Croatian soldiers brutally slaughtered by bloodthirsty antifascists
after the war ended. Probably that is way they remove the name
of the square. Because they werenÆt any of fascistsÆ victims !?

Anti nuclear protest at Indian embassy
Not so many people showed up and participated in building a
paper mushroom. Then they gave a note to the embassy and
were forced to move by the cops. A lot of media attention was
gained though.

pseudoastronaut klase C
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