Students have developed effective self-governance through student plenums or assemblies, where each student has the right to speak and all decisions are voted on. Ad hoc working groups are put in place to deal with various issues, from security and logistics to PR and legal questions.
The university occupations function without a discernable leadership, alternating the representatives who speak to the public. They are adamant about their autonomy, vocally distancing themselves from all political parties and party politics, as well as from established civil society organisations and even informal groups.
In doing so, they are creating a new political space and new means for the political to be enacted, breaking through the confines of ossified institutionalised politics and representative democracy.
[…] students in Serbia are fully controlling the institutions they have occupied while enjoying an overwhelming support of the public: around 80 percent of Serbian citizens support their demands.
All my support for the students and the Serbian working class, I was not aware of their conflict. The struggle reminds me of the Spanish 15M and, a bit, the US Occupy Wall Street. I hope they have better luck.
Despite various strategies by the government to try to suppress the demonstrations, they have only gained momentum. Universities have been occupied and large demonstrations and strikes have been held across the country.
Me, side-eying my compatriots.
Really inspiring
Refreshing news amidst an onslaught of negativity.
Yet if they are supported by the US and EU, it will then be considered outside interference by a lot of communists on Lemmy.
As if the US would support such a movement. They only support right wing fascist dictatorships. Or “democracy” if there’s resources to exploit.
if the US has its grubby hands on something outside their own country, we can be pretty sure they are up to no good. given, you know, their history fucking everyone else over.
doesn’t seem to be the case here, thankfully.
Because it has worked so well in the past…
So it would be rude to interfere with Serbia’s continuous revolution.
They are more than capable of deposing their own government without outside assistance. Enough colour revolutions already.
