Political Idiot in Sao Paolo
29 Nov 2010 Leave a Comment
in Uncategorized Tags: activism, Internet, Kosovo, movie diary, Serbia
first frame Diary of a Political Idiot (portuguese, english)
http://www.artemov.net/saopaulo/?p=55
streaming
Vivo ARTE.MOV
São Paulo
Encontro sobre mídia ativismo, com Jasmina Tesanovic, documentarista, ativista política, autora de Diary of a Political Idiot (Kossovo, 1999).
DIA 29/11
LOCAL: CINUSP
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Serbia and United Europe
26 Oct 2010 1 Comment
in Uncategorized Tags: Belgrade, Kosovo, Serbia, Srebrenica, Zoran Djindjic
in English, in italiano
It was a historic day for Serbia, October 25, 2010, when the European Union accepted the candidacy of the Serbian pro-European government. Years will pass before Serbia becomes an official member of the EU, and yet, from today onward, life will radically change for us Serbian citizens.
Already, a year ago, when the Schengen visas were first abolished, the Serbian situation transformed. Serbs were treated better at the European borders, in European banks, even in daily encounters with minor officials such as ticket-checkers on metros. After two decades of sanctions, isolation and legalized crime, Serbia is at the doors of the Union, the fortress of western democracy. Europe is a political structure with human rights, a functional legal system, relative monetary stability, and an abhorrence of racism and war crimes. In short, an empire with civilized standards, which the new Serbia has tried, with great difficulties, to implement in recent years. One step forward, two backwards.
Zoran Djindjic successfully deposed Milosevic, the butcher of the Balkans, but Djindjic himself was assassinated in 2003. After this grievous loss, another Serbian nationalism emerged. It no longer clung to the dusty Communist rhetoric of Milosevic, but rushed for the doors of the newly-fundamentalist Serbian Orthodox church. Church officials had been deeply involved in the war crimes of the Bosnians Serbs during the ethnic cleansing. A transition from totalitarianism to fundamentalism was not a difficult step.
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Srebrenica Anniversary: The Design of Crime
11 Jul 2010 2 Comments
in Uncategorized Tags: genocide, Hannah Arendt, Karadzic, Kosovo, Milosevic, Mladic, Scorpions, Srebrenica, Tadic, The Suitcase, Women in Black, Zene u Crnom
Today is the 15th anniversary of the genocide in Srebrenica, Bosnia, where more than 8000 Muslim male civilians were killed and their bodies buried in mass graves scattered all over the region. Slobodan Milosevic, the president of Serbia at the time of the killing, died in the Hague in 2006, before any verdict was reached in his trial. The UN Dutch troops present in the enclave of Srebrenica at the time, in order to protect the civilians, did not face any charges for failing in their duty. Radovan Karadzic, the Bosnian Serb leader responsible of designing this crime is currently on trial in The Hague, at the International War Crime Tribunal. General Ratko Mladic, whose troops carried out the massacre under his orders, is still at large.
In the year 2007, Serbia proper was found guilty of failing to prevent the genocide, but not for actually committing it. Many of the large number of people and troops involved in liquidating the Srebrenica prisoners never appeared before any court. Others received very mild sentences for smaller misdeeds, such as the six members of the paramilitary troops “Scorpions.” More
Bez naslova
21 Feb 2008 Leave a Comment
in Uncategorized Tags: Kosovo
http://www.boingboing.net/2008/02/21/jasmina-tesanovic-st.html#more
Evo sad je deset do cetiri, dosla sam iz posete ocu koji stanuje iza Skupstine na Vracar pored Svetog Save kod drugarice koja se neprekidno zali na strasan zvuk zvona: jak i los. Znaci trasa mitinga Kosovo je Srbija. I sta sam videla? Dosta mladih bukvalno srednjoskolaca sa flasama piva u ruci, neki cudan skup motorciklista bez obelezja ali sa nesnosnim turiranjem motora; dosta milicije vrlo opustene na suncu, i onaj uobicajni svet koji sam vidjala na Milosevicevim govorima ali i Kostunicinim Novim godinama sa Cecom i Veljom i Dodikom. Sad ce biti Kusta umesto Cece kazu. Vreme je suncano i toplo, onako da se covek raznezi u prolece ali mene je uhvatila neka jeza. Kosovo srpsko ili albansko na stranu, upitah se najednom dok se jos nista lose nije desilo: ko preuzima odgovornost ovog mitinga? Svi? Sto ce reci niko. Vec zamisljam sta sve moze da se desi i zato otvaram ovaj blog. Da pisete sve sto znate da se desava, dobro i lose. Hocu istinu samo istinu. Hocu prosto da znam neke stvari koje iskreno receno ne kapiram: sta taj narod ocekuje na trgu, u crkvi od politicara, popova. Am I missing something? Nemam vise snage da se plasim ali ne mogu da prestanem da se pitam i da pokusavam da sprecim bar ono sto golim okom mogu da vidim kao zlo.
Dajem Kosovo za Sengen
27 Nov 2007 Leave a Comment
in Uncategorized Tags: Kosovo, migration, Schengen
…I spremila sam sve papire, I osiguranje lepo platila
I stvarno me tamo zovu I lepo hoce da mi plate put I posao da im uradim, I nemam nameru da emigriram, ovde imam nesto prokleto sto me drzi ( a nije Kosovo) I nesto dobro sto me drzi ala drustvo dunav…I zovu bas mene jer im se dopada moj rad, moj umetnicki rad, znaci ne treba im neko koga mogu da najme iza coska, I sve je to super I laskavo I unosno I zanosno jer uopste ne putujem tako cesto… zapravo u poslednje vreme uopste I ne putujem jer me mrzi da se akam za vizu u turisticke svrhe I da dajem pare koje nemam kad lepo mogu da odem u crnu goru ( za sada) gde imam crnogorce I more…I ne dadose mi vizu, diskreciono pravo bez objasnjenja….da ne pricam koliko mi je trebalo da zakazem taj razgovor jer su sva mesta popunjena do bog te pita kada… kada vise I ne moram da idem u Sengeniju…kazu mi drugari da je sve to zbog Kosova i pregovora. Nikad nisam bila na Kosovo…jos kao dete su me vodili roditelji u Grcku na letovanje I to bi bilo to…
anonimna gradjanka Srbije ispred anonimne ambasade u Beogradu
